Joe Quesada Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for two Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, one in 1993 for best penciller and one in 1999 for best cover artist
• Began his career as a comic book artist in the early 1990s with Valiant Comics, where he drew the character Ninjak
• Before he became involved in the comic book industry, he was a professional musician
• Became the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in 2000 and is credited with supervising the company as it recovered from a period of bankruptcy in the late 1990s
• Best known as a comic book writer, editor and artist who has worked on numerous books for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics
• Launched his own publishing company, Event Comics, and created a firefighter character with superpowers named Ash