Nationality American Name Josh Elder | Role Journalist | |
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Area(s) Writer, Lecturer, Journalist Notable works Mail Order Ninja, StarCraft: Frontline, The Batman Strikes! Awards Grand Prize Winner of the 5th Rising Stars of Manga Books StarCraft: Frontline, Frozen Cinestory, Starcraft 1: Frontline, Reading with Pictures, Frozen Cinestory: Based on | ||
Education Northwestern University | ||
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Josh Elder (born May 17, 1980 in Carmi, Illinois) is an American journalist, lecturer and writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.
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- Digital altitude josh elder at the marketing mastery event las vegas 2016
- Early life
- Career
- Awards
- Published works
- References
Early life
Josh Elder graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in Film.
Career
Josh Elder (sometimes credited as Joshua Elder) is an award-winning comic book author and the creator (along with artist Erich Owen) of the graphic novel series and nationally syndicated comic strip Mail Order Ninja. A former associate editor at "Wizard Magazine", Elder also serves as noted graphic novel reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times 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 Albany Park, Chicago.
Awards
Mail Order Ninja winning the in the 2005 Rising Stars of Manga Grand Prize contest. Elder was named one of the 25 great graphic novels for kids by the 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.