Joe Benitez (born May 21, 1971) is an American

comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literary ...

. He is co-creator and

penciller A penciller (or penciler) is an artist who works on the creation of comic books, graphic novels, and similar visual art forms, with a focus on the initial pencil illustrations. In the American comic book industry, the penciller is the first step ...

of '' Weapon Zero'', published by

Top Cow Productions Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, an imprint of Image Comics. It was founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. The company is known for publishing titles such as '' Cyberforce'', '' The Darkness'', ''Sunstone, Wanted,'' and '' Witch ...

. Other titles he has worked on include '' The Darkness'', '' The Magdalena'', as well as work for

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

Bibliography

*'' Cyberforce Origins: Cyblade'' *'' Weapon Zero'' (

) *'' The Darkness'' (

) *'' The Magdalena'' (

): ** ''Blood Divine'' (with Marcia Chen, 3-issue mini-series) ** ''Magdalena/

Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...

'' #1 (with

David Wohl David Wohl is an American comic book writer and editor. He is best known as an editor at Marvel Comics and Top Cow Productions and, at the latter, writing '' The Darkness'' and ''Witchblade''. Career David Wohl began his creative career as a h ...

) *''Ballistic/Wolverine'' (Marvel/Top Cow Crossover) *''Witchblade/Elektra'' (Marvel/Top Cow Crossover) *''Silver Surfer/Weapon Zero'' (Marvel/Top Cow Crossover) *''

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'' #11 (

) *''

Wraithborn ''Wraithborn'' is an American comic book limited series by Joe Benitez and Marcia Chen, launched in November 2005. It is his largest body of work after his time as regular penciler on Top Cow's '' The Darkness''. ''Wraithborn'' was published by ...

'' (with Marcia Chen, 6-issue mini-series,

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...

, 2005-2006) *''

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'' #823 (

, 2006) *''

Titans In Greek mythology, the Titans ( ; ) were the pre-Twelve Olympians, Olympian gods. According to the ''Theogony'' of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (mythology), Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). The six male ...

'' vol. 2: #2-4 *'' Soulfire'' #9-10 *''

Lady Mechanika Lady Mechanika is a steampunk comic created by comic artist Joe Benitez. History of the series The ''Lady Mechanika'', a comic series in the steampunk Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology a ...

'' vol. 1: #0-3 (

Aspen MLT Aspen Comics (Aspen MLT Inc.) is a California entertainment company founded in 2003 by artist Michael Turner. It has locations in Santa Monica and Marina Del Rey. The company is best known for producing comic books and figurines. History The com ...

, 2010–12) *''Lady Mechanika'' vol. 1: #4-5 (Benitez Productions, 2015) *''Lady Mechanika: The Tablet of Destinies'', vol. 2, #1-6 (Benitez Productions, 2015) *''Lady Mechanika: The Lost Boys of West Abbey'', #1-2 (Benitez Productions, 2016) *''Wraithborn: Redux'' (with Marcia Chen), #1-6 (Benitez Productions, 2016) *''Lady Mechanika: La Dama de la Muerte'', #1-3 (Benitez Productions, 2016) *''Lady Mechanika: Clockwork Assassin'', #1-3 (Benitez Productions, 2017)

References

*
Comicon.com: August 2005 interview
about ''Wraithborn''
Comicon.com:September 2006 interview
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