Joe Keatinge
Encyclopedia
Joe Keatinge is an award winning American
comic book
editor
and writer, best known as the co-editor of Popgun
with Mark Andrew Smith. He is also a first cousin of Mayhaw Hoons, ex-bassist of Portland, OR indie rock band The Shaky Hands
.
creator Erik Larsen
, leading to his hiring at Image Comics shortly after Larsen became Publisher.
Keatinge's career at Image spanned various positions including PR & Marketing as well as Sales & Licensing. In addition, he's contributed to anthology titles such as Negative Burn
with artist Evan Bryce and The Next Issue Project#1: Fantastic Comics #24 with artists Mike & Laura Allred. He's most well known for his work on the Eisner and Harvey award-winning anthology, PopGun, with co-editor Mark Andrew Smith
.
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comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
editor
Comic book creator
A comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...
and writer, best known as the co-editor of Popgun
Popgun (comics)
Popgun is an award-winning comics anthology series created by Mark Andrew Smith and Joe Keatinge. Popgun was published by Image Comics starting in 2007. The driving concept behind Popgun is a mixtape of graphic short stories that cross the borders of all genres...
with Mark Andrew Smith. He is also a first cousin of Mayhaw Hoons, ex-bassist of Portland, OR indie rock band The Shaky Hands
The Shaky Hands
The Shaky Hands are a Portland, Oregon based rock group, formed in 2003 by musician Paul Culp, of "Lonesome Radio Heart" and Colin Anderson. Nicholas Delffs joined soon after on vocals and guitar...
.
Biography
Joe Keatinge was born in Santa Monica, CA on June 11, 1982. After attending school in Portland, OR, he left for San Francisco, CA to pursue a career in comics, eventually working with Savage DragonSavage Dragon
Savage Dragon is an ongoing American comic book series created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon...
creator Erik Larsen
Erik Larsen
Erik J. Larsen is an American comic book writer, artist and publisher. He is best known for his work on Savage Dragon, as one of the founders of Image Comics, and for his work on Spider-Man for Marvel Comics.-Early life:...
, leading to his hiring at Image Comics shortly after Larsen became Publisher.
Keatinge's career at Image spanned various positions including PR & Marketing as well as Sales & Licensing. In addition, he's contributed to anthology titles such as Negative Burn
Negative Burn
Negative Burn is a black-and-white anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing...
with artist Evan Bryce and The Next Issue Project#1: Fantastic Comics #24 with artists Mike & Laura Allred. He's most well known for his work on the Eisner and Harvey award-winning anthology, PopGun, with co-editor Mark Andrew Smith
Mark Andrew Smith
Mark Andrew Smith is an award-winning American comic book author and graphic novelist.-Biography:In 2004 Smith caught the attention of Image Comics Publisher Erik Larsen and then Executive Director Eric Stephenson who picked up his and Dan Hipp's first comic book series titled the Amazing Joy...
.
Editor
- PopgunPopgun (comics)Popgun is an award-winning comics anthology series created by Mark Andrew Smith and Joe Keatinge. Popgun was published by Image Comics starting in 2007. The driving concept behind Popgun is a mixtape of graphic short stories that cross the borders of all genres...
:- Volume One (with Mark Andrew Smith, Image Comics, November 2007)
- Volume Two (with Mark Andrew Smith, Image Comics, July 2008)
- "Volume Three" (Executive Editor, edited by Mark Andrew Smith & DJ Kirkbride)
- "Volume Four" (Executive Editor, edited by DJ Kirkbride, Adam P. Knave & Anthony Wu)
- "One Model Nation (with co-editor Mike Allred, written by C. Allbritton Taylor, illustrated by Jim Rugg)
External links
- PopGun Wins The Harvey Award for Best Anthology. Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
, September 28, 2008 - SDCC 08: Are Comics Dying?, NewsaramaNewsaramaNewsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
, August 8, 2008 - Harvey Awards, HARVEY AWARDS NOMINATION: "Best Anthology: Popgun Volume One", Harvey Awards, June 8, 2008
- Geek Love: Growing Interest In Comics Expands Music Crossover, Billboard Magazine, May 24, 2008
- Baker's Dozen, On Editing The PopGun Anthology, Baker's Dozen, January 3, 2008
- Newsarama Talks To Allred on Reviving Stardust with Joe Keatinge, NewsaramaNewsaramaNewsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
, November 15, 2007