- Joe Gentile
=Personal life=
Gentile was born in
Chicago Heights ,Illinois . He is married to Kathy Gentile, an Information Technology Director.He is also the owner of a chain of comic book stores located in Illinois, Amazing Fantasy.Work as a Publisher
Gentile's comics, books, and prose anthologies often feature many of the same authors and artists (which are also some of his closest friends), including
Mike Bullock ,Doug Klauba ,Ruben Procopio (the acclaimed Disney animator and artist"),Rafael Nieves , Martin Powell, CJ Henderson, Jim Kuhoric, Mark Dawiziak, David Tichman, andRichard Dean Starr . Other well-known writers featured in more than one Moonstone publication includeCraig Shaw Gardner ,John Jakes ,Peter David ,Nancy Kilpatrick , Will Murray,Silvestre Szilagyi ,Ron Goulart ,Stuart M. Kaminsky ,Max McCoy ,Robert Weinberg ,Robert J Randisi ,James Reasoner ,Robert Morrish andMax Allan Collins .Comic writer
A life-long
comic book fan, Gentile's forays into comic books have dealt with both original previously established media characters such as Sherlock Holmes. All were published by Moonstone Books. He wrote an original graphic novelThe Mysterious Traveler with art byTrevor Von Eeden , and two Sherlock Holmes comic book storylines in "The Scorned Mistress" Sherlock Holmes Mysteries #1, and followed it with a "Sherlock Holmes and The Clown Prince of London" with interior art by Rich Gulik and cover art by Drew Tucker. In addition to Sherlock Holmes, he has also written for Buckaroo Banzai including "Return of the Screw", a three-issue story arc.Print
Gentile released his prose fiction short story, "The Shrug of Atlas", in Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles. The collection was nominated for a Bram Stoker award and led to the release of a follow-up volume, Kolchak: The Night Stalker Casebook, in 2007, which featured Gentile's story "Until Tomorrow". The first book was a success, selling out its first printing, and the second volume was also an unqualified success. The third Kolchak anthology is due 2008 from
Moonstone Books . In 2007, Gentile's story "The Mad Gasser of Mantoon" appeared in The Spider Chronicles, also fromMoonstone Books .Persondata
NAME= Gentile, Joe
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Author ,Comic book writer ,Book publisher
DATE OF BIRTH=March 1 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH=Chicago ,Illinois U.S.
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