Joe Pruett


Joe Pruett is an American comic book writer, editor, and publisher, and the co-founder of Desperado Publishing and AfterShock Comics.

Biography

Pruett broke into the industry during the year of 1989 as Bob Burden's assistant on Flaming Carrot Comics, where he inked backgrounds, assisted on lettering, and transcribed scripts. He worked with Burden from issues #23-29.
In 1992, Pruett joined Gary Reed's Caliber Comics where he served through 1998 as a writer, an editor, and a creative director. While at Caliber, Pruett's anthology title Negative Burn was nominated for numerous Harvey and Eisner awards.
In 1998 he left Caliber to become a freelance writer and became a regular contributor to Marvel's X-Men books. In particular he wrote Cable during the storylines "Apocalypse: The Twelve" and "Ages of Apocalypse".
Pruett formed Desperado Publishing in the summer of 2004 and brought back the second series of Negative Burn. He is launching a third series of yearly anthology books in 2010.
In 2015, Pruett co-founded the creator-owned publisher AfterShock Comics with Marvel Comics veteran Mike Marts.

Awards

Awards he has won or been nominated for include:
  • 1994: Negative Burn nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award
  • 1995:
  • * "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" from Negative Burn #11, nominated for "Best Short Story" Eisner Award
  • * Negative Burn nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award
  • 1996:
  • * Best of Negative Burn nominated for "Best Graphic Album of Previously Released Material" Harvey Award
  • * Negative Burn nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award
  • 1997:
  • * Nominated for "Best Editor" Eisner Award, for Negative Burn
  • * Negative Burn nominated for "Best Anthology" Eisner Award
  • * Negative Burn nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award
  • 1999: Negative Burn #50 nominated for "Best Anthology" Eisner Award
  • 2007: Won "Best Comics-Related Book" Eisner Award for The Art of Brian Bolland
  • 2022 Won Gary Reed Independent Creator of the Year Award

    Writer

Comics he has written include:
  • Negative Burn vol. 1 :
  • * "Kilroy Is Here: Tiananmen Square"
  • * "The Panic"
  • * "Kilroy Is Here: Rosewood"
  • * "Kilroy Is Here: Safe Haven"
  • * "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale"
  • * "Kilroy Is Here: Henry"
  • Kilroy Is Here #0-10
  • Cable #71, 73-78
  • X-Men Unlimited #24-30
  • Wolverine vol. 2 #158, Harry Candelario and Richard Starkings
  • Gambit #25
  • "First Among Men"

    Editor

Comics he has edited include:
  • Negative Burn #1-50
  • Negative Burn vol. 2 #1-21
  • ''The Art of Brian Bolland''

    Interviews

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