Joe Pruett

Joe Pruett (born January 8, 1966) 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 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 (story adapted by Pruett from prose by Neil Gaiman) 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 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