Joe Zabel

Joe Zabel (born July 7, 1953) is a comic book writer and artist living in Cleveland Heights. He is best known for his work illustrating American Splendor, by fellow Clevelander Harvey Pekar. Under the company names Known Associates Press and Amazing Montage Press, Zabel has also published his own series of mystery comics, The Trespassers.

Zabel grew up in Chesterland, Ohio, and attended Youngstown State University. He broke into comics in 1977, helping to draw a promo ad in an issue of Power Comics' Cobalt Blue.

Zabel is also a comics reviewer, having been published in such venues as The Comics Journal, Subliminal Tattoos, Indy magazine, and iComics.com. He was the editor-in-chief of The Webcomics Examiner, an online magazine of webcomics reviews and interviews.