Josh Elder

Josh Elder (born May 17, 1980, in Carmi, Illinois) is an American journalist, lecturer and writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.

Early life Josh Elder graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in Film.

Career Josh Elder (sometimes credited as Joshua Elder) is a comic book author and the creator (along with artist Erich Owen) of the graphic novel series and nationally syndicated comic strip Mail Order Ninja. A former associate editor at "Wizard Magazine", Elder also served as noted graphic novel reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times and Director of Operations for the literacy advocacy group Reading with Pictures. He regularly gave workshops on creating comics and graphic novels at schools, libraries and universities across the country. He has also participated in and led professional development seminars for teachers and librarians—including the New York Public School system and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

Elder currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.

Awards Mail Order Ninja winning the Rising Stars of Manga Grand Prize contest in 2005. Elder was named one of the 25 great graphic novels for kids by the School Library Journal.

Published works This table lists only works in which Elder is the primary writer (or co-writer) of a published book with an ISBN.

Title Primary artist Publisher Pub. Year ISBN Rising Stars of Manga Vol. 5 Erich Owen Tokyopop 2005 Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1 Erich Owen Tokyopop 2006 Mail Order Ninja Vol. 2 Erich Owen Tokyopop 2006 Love Bytes Gigi Platinum Studios 2007 StarCraft: Frontline Vol. 1 Ramanda Karga Tokyopop 2008 StarCraft: Frontline Vol. 2 Ramanda Karga Tokyopop 2009 StarCraft: Frontline Vol. 3 Ramanda Karga Tokyopop 2009 StarCraft: Frontline Vol. 4 Ramanda Karga Tokyopop 2009