Stanley "The Stanch" Obende is an award-winning illustrator, storyboard artist, letterer, colorist, comic book creator and concept artist from Nigeria. Stanch is a juggernaut who has lent his inks to several top-rated comics in Africa. These include all of the books by Etan Comics, Guardian Prime, Ireti, Visionary, Uhuru: Legend of the Windriders, Avonome, Itan (Comic Republic), Barikisu, Moon Dust (Epoch Comics), Strike Guard (Spoof Comics) among others. He’s also the co-creator of Avonome.[1]