Salamander Studio is the illustration studio of Chris Wharton.

Chris Wharton grew up in Leonia, New Jersey, on a steady diet of Disney, Warner Brothers, Sunday Comics, and Saturday Morning Cartoons. He fell in love with cartoons and comics, and got his BFA in Sequential Art from Savannah College of Art and Design.

Chris has been making comics online since 2006, and has self published his book Giant! with the help of his amazing supporters through Kickstarter. He has done freelance illustration work for several companies, including Fidelity Investments, Words and Pictures, Smart Game Systems, and Th3rd World Studio, creating banners, logos, and table top game art. And he also enjoys creating time lapse videos of his drawings for his YouTube channel.

He lives in Carrboro, North Carolina, with his wife and daughter, and dog.