Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born January 12, 1962) is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics.
Quesada was born in New York City to Cuban-born parents and grew up in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. He studied at the School of Visual Arts, where he received a BFA in illustration in 1984. He started out as an artist in the early 1990s. His first widely distributed works were for V...
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Joseph "Joe" Quesada (born January 12, 1962) is an American comic book editor, writer and artist. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics.
Quesada was born in New York City to Cuban-born parents and grew up in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. He studied at the School of Visual Arts, where he received a BFA in illustration in 1984. He started out as an artist in the early 1990s. His first widely distributed works were for Valiant Comics where he penciled and plotted Ninjak, X-O Manowar, and others. His art was heavily influenced by Japanese manga, evidenced by large, watery eyes, long, flowing hair, and unnatural body proportions. Several of his page compositions reflect the art nouveau style of Alphonse Mucha. Later, he and his inking partner Jimmy Palmiotti formed a publishing company, Event Comics, and co-created Ash, a firefighter with superpowers.
In 1998, Event Comics was contracted to do several books for Marvel Comics, dubbed Marvel Knights. As editor of...
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