Joseph Michael Linsner

Infobox Comics creator

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area = Penciller, Inker, Writer, Publisher
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Joseph Michael Linsner is an American comic book writer-artist-colorist best known for his mature-audiences supernatural character Dawn, who first appeared in "Cry for Dawn" #1 (1989), self-published by his Cry for Dawn Productions.

Biography

Joe was born on Friday the 13th in December 1968 Flushing Queens, NYC. Following the introduction of his lingerie-wearing occult character Dawn the original nine-issue series that debuted in 1989 (Cry For Dawn), Linsner moved the character to Sirius Entertainment for several miniseries.These included the five-issue "Dawn" (1995-1996, reprinted as the trade paperback collection "Dawn: Lucifer's Halo" #1, Nov. 1997, ISBN 1-57989-014-8), and the six-issue "Crypt of Dawn" (Oct. 1996 - March 1999), and the one-shots "Dawn 1/2: Dreams of Dawn" (1999) and "Dawn #1/2" (2000), co-published by Sirius and Wizard Magazine.

As Joe Linsner, he broke into mainstream comics drawing the cover of "Justice League Quarterly" #13 (Winter 1993). His Marvel Comics work includes the one-shot "Killraven" #1 (Feb. 2001), several covers for the company's mid-2000s "Mystique (comics)|Mystique" series, and painted covers and interior penciling and inking for the Wolverine-Black Cat three-issue miniseries "Claws" (Oct.-Dec. 2006). He drew the cover of the Image Comics one-shot "Witchblade / The Punisher" #1 (June 2007). As Joseph Linsner, he drew the cover of Dark Fantasy Productions' "Dark Fantasy" #1 (1994).

Linsner has also done painted comic-book cover art for Topps Comics, Dark Horse Comics and others.

References

* [http://linsner.com Joseph Michael Linsner official website]
* [http://www.comics.org Grand Comics Database]