Josh Elder (born May 17, 1980 in

Carmi, Illinois Carmi is a city in and the county seat of White County, Illinois, United States, along the Little Wabash River, where the population was 5,240 at the 2010 census. History Carmi post office has been in operation since 1817, and then a WPA oil on ...

) is an American journalist, lecturer and writer, primarily of

comic books A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

and

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Early life

Josh Elder graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in Film.http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/books/16548/obi-wan-shinobi . ''

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''.

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 ''Mail Order Ninja'' is an original English-language (OEL) manga written by Joshua Elder and illustrated by Erich Owen. It was the winner of Tokyopop's fifth Rising Stars of Manga competition. It is about a boy who orders a ninja from a comic boo ...

''. A former associate editor at "

Wizard Magazine ''Wizard'' or ''Wizard: The Magazine of Comics, Entertainment and Pop Culture'' (previously titled ''Wizard: The Guide to Comics'' and ''Wizard: The Comics Magazine'') was a magazine about comic books, published monthly in the United States by Wi ...

", Elder also serves as noted graphic novel reviewer for the ''

Chicago Sun-Times The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the ''Chicago T ...

'' and Director of Operations for the literacy advocacy group Reading with Pictures. He regularly gives 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

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Awards

''Mail Order Ninja'' winning the in the 2005

Rising Stars of Manga ''Rising Stars of Manga'' (RSoM) was an English-language comic anthology published by TOKYOPOP from 2002 to 2008, and a contest held by the same company. It was originally semi-annual, but switched to annual beginning with the 6th volume. Each vo ...

Grand Prize contest. Elder was named one of the 25 great graphic novels for kids by the

School Library Journal ''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with ...

."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.

References

External links

Presenting at Cusp Conference 2010 (video)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elder, Josh 1980 births Living people American comics writers People from Carmi, Illinois