Founded by two minds deeply rooted in both business and entertainment
(not to mention junk food and alcohol, which explains a thing or two),
Still Playing With Toys could possibly solve world hunger, uncover
the secrets to David Blane’s madness, and figure out just what happened
to Ben Stiller’s career… that, or it’ll be a cool place to get a highly
entertaining pop culture fix, no matter what genre you might happen
to be into. You'll know more about us soon. For now, we've gotta keep
that mystique going, you know?
Troy
Benjamin
(President, Editor-in-Chief, Writer - Still Playing with Toys Presents)
- Troy graduated from Los Angeles’ Loyola Marymount University with
a Bachelor of Arts in film production. After working his way up and
learning how to make several cups of coffee at the same time, Troy
worked under film producer Trevor Albert for four years. There Troy
assisted in the 20th Century Fox films “The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen” and “Because of Winn-Dixie.” He also worked feature film
development for Albert on several upcoming films. In addition, at
Hollywood’s Trailer Park/Creative Domain, Troy acted as Unit Production
Manager on dozens of studio DVD releases, EPKs, publicity reels, theatrical
trailers, and television commercials. His resume spans from DVDs for
Warner Home Video, 20th Century Fox, and Paramount Pictures to TV
spots for Sony Electronics of America and Walt Disney Resorts.
Drew
Drescher
(Vice-President, Business Manager)
- Drew Drescher graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelors
Degree in marketing. For two years, Drew worked for international
gaming icon Games Workshop, marketing for summer campaigns such as
Storm of Chaos and Lustra. While there, Drew also learned the joy
of breaching the walls between imagination and reality with a 12-pound
sledgehammer. Drew has implemented several business plans including
a strategic analysis of Games Workshop as well as a focal restructuring
for Iowa City Studio Arts a la Carte. Drew currently advises for DeVry
University in Chicago.
Chris
Enterline
(Pencilist and Inker - Still Playing with Toys Presents)
- PRESS
RELEASE
- New to the comics field, Enterline cites his influences as Chris
Bachalo, Michael Turner, and Todd McFarlane and fulfils his life-long
dream to be a published comics artist with this announcement. “Chris
is unbelievable. He has a unique vision and it’s been an absolute
pleasure concepting and building our projects from the ground up with
him. I have the utmost faith in placing our launch title in his hands...
That and he draws a drool-worthy sexy female figure,” says Editor-in-Chief
Troy Benjamin of Enterline’s artistic talents. Enterline has signed
on for four issues to be released summer of 2007 with an option for
future books to be published under the Still Playing with Toys Comics
banner.
Rob
Smith
(Colorist - Still Playing with Toys Presents)
- PRESS
RELEASE
- Smith, comes to the table with a strong background in graphic design
having received his degree from Gallaudet University, the acclaimed
liberal arts university for the deaf and hard of hearing. He also
continues to be a partner at independent comic book company Supreme
Knight Studios as a creative consultant to the CEO.
