Joe Pruett (January 8, 1966) is an

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, editor, and publisher.

Biography

Pruett broke into the industry during the year of 1989 as

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's assistant on

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Comics, where he inked backgrounds, assisted on lettering, and transcribed scripts. He worked with Burden from issues #23-29. In 1992 Joe joined Gary Reed's

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where he served through 1998 as a writer, an editor, and a creative director. While at Caliber, Joe's anthology title, ''

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. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclectic range of genres, ...

'', was nominated for numerous

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and

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. In 1998 he left Caliber to become a freelance writer and became a regular contributor to

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books. In particular he wrote ''

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'' during the storylines " Apocalypse: The Twelve" and "

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". Pruett formed

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in the summer of 2004 and brought back the second series of ''Negative Burn''. He is launching a third series of yearly anthology books in 2010. In 2015, Pruett co-founded the

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publisher

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with

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veteran

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Bibliography

Writer

Comics he has written include: *''

'' vol. 1 (

): ** "Kilroy Is Here: Tiananmen Square" (with pencils by

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and inks by

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, in ''Negative Burn'' #1, July 1993) ** "The Panic" (with J. Adam Walters, in ''Negative Burn'' #3, September 1993) ** "Kilroy Is Here: Rosewood" (with pencils by Guy Burwell, in ''Negative Burn'' #4, October 1993) ** "Kilroy Is Here: Safe Haven" (with pencils by Ken Meyer Jr., in ''Negative Burn'' #6, December 1993) ** "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" (adapted from story by

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, with pencils by Ken Meyer Jr., in ''Negative Burn'' #11, May 1994) ** "Kilroy Is Here: Henry" (with pencils by Marc Erickson, in ''Negative Burn'' #13, July 1994) *'' Kilroy Is Here'' #0-10 (Caliber Comics, 1994–1996, tpb also including short stories, 304 pages,

, April 2006, ) *''

'' #71, 73-78 (with pencils by

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, Michael Ryan and

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, Marvel Comics, September 1999 - April 2000) *''

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'' #24-30 (with pencils by Pascual Alixe,

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and John Czop, Marvel Comics, September 1999 - January 2001) *''

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'' vol. 2 #158 (with Sunny Lee (pencils), Harry Candelario (inks) and Richard Starkings (colors), Marvel Comics, January 2001) * "First Among Men" (with

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, in ''

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'' vol. 2 #2,

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, May 2001)

Editor

Comics (and comics-related books) he has edited include: *''

'' #1-50 (

, January 1993 - December 1997) *''Negative Burn'' vol. 2 #1-21 (

, May 2006 - June 2008) *''The Art of

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'' (312 pages, Desperado Publishing, December 2006, )

Awards

Awards he has won or been nominated for include: *1994: ''

'' nominated for "Best Anthology"

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1994 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac *1995: ** "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" from ''Negative Burn'' #11, nominated for "Best Short Story"

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(story adapted by Pruett from prose by

)1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac ** ''Negative Burn'' nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award1995 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac *1996:1996 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac ** ''Best of Negative Burn'' nominated for "Best Graphic Album of Previously Released Material" Harvey Award ** ''Negative Burn'' nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award *1997: ** Nominated for "Best Editor" Eisner Award, for ''Negative Burn''1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac ** ''Negative Burn'' nominated for "Best Anthology" Eisner Award ** ''Negative Burn'' nominated for "Best Anthology" Harvey Award1997 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac *1999: ''Negative Burn'' #50 nominated for "Best Anthology" Eisner Award1999 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac *2007: Won "Best Comics-Related Book" Eisner Award for ''The Art of

''2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
the Comic Book Awards Almanac

Notes

References

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External links

at Desperado Publishing

at Caliber Comics

Interviews

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