Joe Quesada
Quesada at Comic-Con NYC 2008. Photo by Alex Erde.
Birth name	Joseph Quesada
Born	December 1, 1962 (1962-12-01) (age 45)
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Penciller, Writer, Editor

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Writer and artist

The Mucha-inspired cover to Ninjak #3 (Apr 1994).

Quesada was born in New York City to Cuban-born parents. He studied at the School of Visual Arts, where he received a BFA in illustration in 1984. He started out as an artist in the early 1990s. His first widely distributed works were for Valiant Comics where he penciled and plotted Ninjak, X-O Manowar and others. His art was heavily influenced by Japanese manga, evidenced by large, watery eyes, long, flowing hair, and unnatural body proportions. Several of his page compositions reflect the art nouveau style of Alphonse Mucha. Later, he formed his own publishing company, Event Comics, and created Ash, a firefighter with superpowers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (459x700, 110 KB) Summary Ninjak #3 by VALIANT Comics Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (459x700, 110 KB) Summary Ninjak #3 by VALIANT Comics Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book... Alfons Mucha (July 24, 1860 - July 14, 1939) was a Czech painter and decorative artist. ... Ninjak is the title of a 1990s comic book produced by Valiant Comics. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The School of Visual Arts (SVA), is an art school in Manhattan, New York City and is one of the nations leading independent colleges of art and design. ... For the Hal Foster comic strip, see Prince Valiant. ... Ninjak is the title of a 1990s comic book produced by Valiant Comics. ... // X-O Manowar (Aric Dacia) is a fictional Valiant Comics superhero created by legendary writer and former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, artist Bob Layton and Jon Hartz. ... Vitebsk Railway Station one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture. ... Alfons Mucha (July 24, 1860 - July 14, 1939) was a Czech painter and decorative artist. ... Ash is an American comic created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti. ... This article is about the profession. ... Superpowers redirects here. ...

In 1998, Event Comics was contracted to do several books for Marvel Comics, dubbed Marvel Knights. As editor of Marvel Knights, Quesada encouraged experimentation and used his contacts in the indie comics world to bring in new creators such as David W. Mack, Mike Oeming, Brian Michael Bendis, Garth Ennis, and Steve Dillon. Quesada also illustrated a well-received Daredevil story written by cult film director Kevin Smith. Joe Quesada became editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in 2000. He also sits on the executive board of comic book charity A Commitment to Our Roots. This article is about the comic book company. ... Cover art from Inhumans #1 (Nov 1998) by Jae Lee. ... David Mack at Heroes Con 2006. ... Michael Avon Oeming is a comic book writer and artist. ... Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. ... Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... Steve Dillon is a British comic book artist. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... This article is about the American screenwriter, film director, actor and comic book writer. ... The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... A Commitment To Our Roots A Commitment To Our Roots, commonly known as ACTOR, is the first federally recognized not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping comic book creators, writers, and artists in need. ...

Editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics

Joe Quesada is best-known as the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. He succeeded to this position in 2000, following Bob Harras's separation from the company. Joe Quesada is the first Hispanic editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and one of the few Hispanics in the American industry to have achieved prominence for work other than his own draftsmanship. As editor-in-chief of one of the two largest publishers in the comic book business, his decisions are influential and have had, and continue to have, reverberations outside the world of comics. He has been the subject of much praise and derision from commentators both inside and outside the industry, due to his headstrong management style and far-reaching effects on Marvel books and the industry at large. The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... Robert Bob Harras was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000. ... Hispanic (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; Latin: , adjective from Hispānia, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania and its peoples. ...

Quesada became Editor-in-chief at the same time that controversial personality Bill Jemas succeeded to the presidency of the company. The two enjoyed enormous success together and enjoyed a seemingly warm personal relationship. The fruits of that relationship culminated in the establishment of the Ultimate line of Marvel titles, which were aimed at teenagers, took place outside of the restrictive continuity of the Marvel Universe, and heralded Marvel's - and the industry's - climb back to prominence. Jemas, after a series of discussions and changes in his role as a Marvel executive, separated from the company. Bill Jemas is a founding partner at 360ep, a management firm dedicated to cross-pollinating entertainment properties against various forms of media, such as film, video games, comic books and consumer products. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ... This article is about the shared universe setting used by many Marvel Comics titles. ...

House of M #1 variant cover art by Joe Quesada & Danny Miki.

Quesada, however, was retained as editor-in-chief; Jemas's separation had the unexpected result of confirming the company's, and subsequently the industry's, confidence in Quesada's stewardship. During his partnership with Jemas, and more so afterwards, Quesada became an industry mover and shaker. Download high resolution version (600x900, 177 KB)Cover to House of M #1, featuring the Scarlet Witch. ... Download high resolution version (600x900, 177 KB)Cover to House of M #1, featuring the Scarlet Witch. ... House of M was an eight-part comic book crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. ...

Joe Quesada is credited with supervising Marvel Comics during a revival and a period of growth in which Marvel Comics recovered from the bankruptcy of the late 1990s. Throughout the 1990s, Marvel Comics relied chiefly on its large stable of popular characters and considered its creators to be replaceable, hired laborers. With Avi Arad heading up Marvel's licensing division, Quesada was free to focus on hiring capable talent and matching them with compatible titles, characters, and other creators. Examples of this among writers include J. Michael Straczynski on Amazing Spider-Man, Mark Waid on Fantastic Four and Brian Michael Bendis on Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Avengers. Quesada considered comic-making to be Marvel's core function and focused on the quality of Marvel's key titles, not allowing Marvel simply to rest on the laurels of decades-old comic creations. His tenure has seen many worn-out titles rise once again to prominence in the sales charts, due to creative team changes, changes in creative and editorial direction, and relaunches, the most successful as of August 2006 being New Avengers. Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ... Avi Arad (Hebrew: אבי ארד) is an Israeli-American businessman. ... Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of both a comic book published by Marvel Comics and a daily newspaper comic strip. ... Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. ... This article is about the superheroes. ... Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. ... For the video game of the same title, see Ultimate Spider-Man (video game). ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... The Avengers is a superhero team that appear in the fictional Marvel Universe. ... New Avengers is a comic book published by Marvel Comics. ...

Quesada dislikes comic book deaths and, early in his editorial career, imposed a moratorium on the comic-book practice of creatively bringing back a character thought to be dead, though this ban was almost immediately done away with. Quesada changed his view, saying the continuity should not stand in the way of telling a good story. He also banned the use of editorial footnotes in comic books early in his tenure, though like the case with comic book deaths, this ban has since become relaxed. Cover to Uncanny X-Men #136 (August 1980, art by John Byrne), the penultimate issue of the Dark Phoenix saga. ...

Quesada has also banned Marvel characters from smoking, including Wolverine, the Thing, J. Jonah Jameson and Nick Fury. This stems from his own father's death from lung cancer and his feeling that these characters, whom kids look up to, should not be seen smoking.^[1] Although this has been common practice in recent television shows, films, or commercials, the decision attracted criticism^{[citation needed]} because the characters are seen as icons and Marvel is largely not child-friendly in its most well-known comics. For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... thing, see Thing (disambiguation). ... John Jonah Jameson (also known as J. Jonah Jameson, J.J., Jolly Jonah Jameson, or J.J.J.) is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title. ... Colonel Nicholas Joseph Nick Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day super-spy in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ... This article is about the comic book company. ...

Joe Quesada's predecessor as Marvel editor in chief, Bob Harras, canceled and restarted all of Marvel's titles that were not either X-Men-related or at fewer than 100 issues already. This was an effort to shore up sagging sales with a new #1 issue for each of Marvel's popular titles, issued at a time shortly after the bust of the comic book collecting industry, and when Marvel was in the throes of bankruptcy. Quesada reversed this policy first by showing the "old", combined issue numbers beside the "new" numbers on covers (the difference between the two issue numbers shown on the cover would always be the number of issues that the series had before Harras restarted it), and then definitively restoring the "old" numbers for Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man and Avengers when they each passed the 500 mark.^[2] Robert Bob Harras was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ...

Joe Quesada has been involved in the creation of three successful imprints:

• Marvel Knights, aimed at older readers (before his tenure as editor-in-chief)
• MAX, aimed at adult readers, with Brian Michael Bendis
• Ultimate, aimed at teen readers, with Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar

Quesada has advocated he is personally not a fan of comic book creators signing exclusive contracts with Marvel or DC Comics instead of freelancing, yet he understands that it is simply how the market works in this day and age, citing Jack Kirby's short stint as an oboe player and the difficulty in getting him to return to comics.^{[citation needed]} Cover art from Inhumans #1 (Nov 1998) by Jae Lee. ... MAX is an imprint of Marvel Comics for adult audiences, launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system. ... Brian Michael Bendis (born August 18, 1967) is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. ... The various characters of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, as seen on the cover of Ultimates (v2) #12. ... Mark Millar (born December 24, 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer born in Coatbridge. ... A comic book artist at work. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment by a single employer is also common. ...

Under Joe Quesada's guidance, Marvel Comics became an aggressive publisher of trade paperbacks, changing Marvel's marketing of them from a quiet aftermarket to a primary means of content delivery. Before Quesada's time, Marvel comic book collections were sporadic, releasing only tried-and-true stories from ages past and presented in such a manner to hide that they were ever monthly comics, without any clear indication of the individual titles or issue numbers. Under Quesada, Marvel publishes more trade paperbacks as an alternative to the monthly series they reprint, getting comic book collections into mainstream bookstores as well as specialty comics shops, often releasing weeks after the final collected issue, and as complete as the monthly issues, covering every issue of popular titles and released with volume numbers on the spine. This allows greater ease for casual readers to collect. In comics, a trade paperback (TPB or simply trade) specifically refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or...

Even though Quesada's policy of complete and well-presented trade paperbacks was one of the central pillars that brought Marvel back from the brink of bankruptcy following the disastrous years of the late 1990s, critics charge that trade paperbacks cannibalize monthly comic book sales, because readers may opt to forego monthly series in order to wait for the cheaper collections, not realizing that monthly sales are an indicator to publishers of interest in such collections.^[3] Another criticism is that writers may be forced to extend a serialized story until it is long enough to fill a trade paperback, and that, by being in mainstream bookstores, they hurt the specialty comic shops that are Marvel's financial mainstay.

When confronted with the controversial retcon of Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson-Parker, Quesada participated in a series of interviews on the subject to address the problems faced with the character's inevitably finite development in an infinite universe, and that the present diversity of Marvel's market allows for virtually all interpretive aspects of the character to remain stable. He also promoted and praised the MC2 title Spider-Girl for continuing to provide fans with a stable marriage and an expanded family. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mary Jane Watson is a fictional character in the universe of Marvel Comics. ... In mathematics, a set is called finite if and only if there is a bijection between the set and some set of the form {1, 2, ..., n} where is a natural number. ... Characters from the MC2 universe. ... For the Marvel Comics character who is the daughter of Spider-Man, see Spider-Girl. ...

"The truth of the matter is that if the fans truly want a married Peter and MJ with kids, then we have an incredible book called “Spider-Girl.” If this is truly what fandom wants, to see Peter go through the natural progressions of life, then I expect orders on “Spider-Girl” to go through the roof in the next month. I know people love Peter and want the best for him, but believe me, the best thing for the longevity of the character is for him not to be married. We knew there was going to be fallout with this decision -- it’s what we’ve come to expect with every move we make -- but it’s something that had to be eventually done. WIZARD did a very revealing article in which they interviewed past creators and editors -- all of whom agreed that the marriage was a mistake. Even Sam Raimi said that Peter Parker needs to be single and works best that way. I am not a lone voice in the woods here."

At Meagcon 2008, Quesada received the Sun award for his achievements in the industry, he also announced that he was pulling "New Joe Fridays" from Newsarama's forums and redirecting them to a Myspace account. He also took a dunking for charity. Newsarama. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Dunking is a form torture that was applied to supposed witches. ...

Quesada is notorious for his propensity to publicly make fun of chief rival DC Comics. This has increased his popularity in Marvel circles, at the same time making him highly unpopular in DC circles. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ...

Bibliography

The two page cover for X-O Manowar#0 by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti.

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• The Ray
• Batman: Sword of Azrael
• X-Factor
• X-O Manowar
• Ninjak
• Ash
• Daredevil v2
• Daredevil: Father
• The Amazing Spider-Man: One More Day

With writer Dennis O'Neil, he co-created Azrael Occupation: Freelance computer programmer/software designer Known Relatives: Happy Terrill (a. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) is a fictional character from DC Comics. ... X-Factor is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... // X-O Manowar (Aric Dacia) is a fictional Valiant Comics superhero created by legendary writer and former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, artist Bob Layton and Jon Hartz. ... Ninjak is the title of a 1990s comic book produced by Valiant Comics. ... Ash is an American comic created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti. ... For other uses, see Daredevil (comics). ... The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off television program and a daily newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the superhero Spider-Man. ... Dennis Denny ONeil is a comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of books until his retirement. ... Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) is a fictional character from DC Comics. ...

Quesada's writing has been featured in:

• Daredevil: Father
• Iron Man v3
• NYX

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References

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External links

• Quesada's homepage
• Santerians The Art of Joe Quesada
• Joe Quesada's Resources at Howtomakecomics.net
• Joe Quesada Roadtrip Nation interview
• lambiek.net entry on Joe Quesada
• Large PopImage interview with Joe, Aug.01
• Inside Quesada's office
• Joe Quesada at the Internet Movie Database
• Joe Quesada's blog on Marvel.com
• Joe Quesada's 2006 Christmas song - EMarvel.net