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Joe Keatinge

Joe Keatinge is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for his writing work with Marvel Comics and Image Comics, and as the co-editor of Popgun with Mark Andrew Smith.

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Joe Keatinge
Born (1982-06-11) June 11, 1982
NationalityAmerican
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Popgun
Awards2008 Harvey Award for Best Anthology
2010 Eisner Award for Best Anthology

Joe Keatinge is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for his writing work with Marvel Comics and Image Comics, and as the co-editor of Popgun with Mark Andrew Smith.

Early life

Joe Keatinge was born on June 11, 1982, in Santa Monica, California. He attended school in Portland, Oregon.

Career

After finishing school, Keatinge left for San Francisco, California, to pursue a career in comics, eventually working with Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen, leading to his hiring at Image Comics shortly after Larsen became Publisher.

Keatinge's career at Image spanned various positions including Public Relations and Marketing, as well as Sales and Licensing.

He has contributed to anthology titles such as Negative Burn with artist Evan Bryce and Fantastic Comics #24 with artists Michael Allred and Laura Allred, which was part of The Next Issue Project. In 2018, Keatinge collaborated with artist Bret Blevins on the Stellar limited series published by Image Comics.1

He is most well known for his work on the anthology, PopGun with co-editor Mark Andrew Smith.

Awards

  • 2008 Harvey Award for Best Anthology (for PopGun Volume 1, with Mark Andrew Smith; Image Comics)2
  • 2010 Eisner Award for Best Anthology (for Popgun Volume 3, with Mark Andrew Smith and D. J. Kirkbride; Image Comics)3

Nominations

  • 2009 Harvey Award for Best Anthology for PopGun Volume 24
Bibliography

Bibliography

As a writer

As an editor

As a colorist

  • Jack Staff #11 (with co-colorists Erik Larsen and Eric Stephenson and writer/artist/letterer Paul Grist, 2006)
  • Masters of the Universe #4 ( with co-colorists Thomas Mason, James Offredi, Rex Stabbs, Ali "Haplo" Tavakoly, Deidre Lynn "Kookie" Vance and Larry Jámal Walton, 2004, reprinted in issue #17 of the UK series in 2005)
  • Savage Dragon #115: "Freak Force: Together Again for the First Time!" (with co-colorist Dash Martin, writer Erik Larsen, artist Mark Englert, and letterer Chris Eliopoulos, 2004)
  • Savage Dragon: God War #1-2 (with co-colorists Dash Martin and Josh Richardson, writer Robert Kirkman, artist Mark Englert, and letterer Rus Wooton, 2004-2005)

As an artist

  • Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children #1: "Life Stinks" (written by James Anthony Kuhoric, 2010)
References

References

  1. Pitts, Lan (May 29, 2018). "Bret Blevins Returns To Co-Pilot Image's Stellar With Joe Keatinge". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Stellar by Blevins and writer Joe Keatinge reboots the 2010 Top Cow Pilot Season series...as it expands from a one-shot to (hopefully) an ongoing series.
  2. "2008 Harvey Awards" Archived 2013-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. The Harvey Awards. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  3. "Complete List ofEisner Award Winners" Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine. Comic-Con International. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  4. "2009 Harvey Awards" Archived 2013-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. The Harvey Awards. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
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