Allan Comport is now in his twentieth year as an artist's representative. For the past five years he has been a part of Shannon Associates representing over 100 artists throughout the world. He holds a B.A. in Education from Heidelberg College and a M.A. in pastoral counseling from Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Allan has served on the faculty of the Ringling School of Art & Design and currently teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is a frequent speaker on the subject of the business of illustration and a member of the Illustrator's Club of Washington, Maryland and Virginia. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his illustrator/wife Sally Wern Comport and their two daughters.