Josh Trujillo is an American writer known for his work on comic book franchises such as ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

,'' ''

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,'' and ''

Rick and Morty ''Rick and Morty'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated science fiction Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadvent ...

''. He has recently been announced as the next writer of ''

Blue Beetle Blue Beetle is the name of three superheroes appearing in a number of American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939. The most recent of the companies to own rights to Blue Beetle is DC Comics, which bought the rights to the ...

''.

Career

Trujillo was born and lives in Los Angeles. He did not attend college, but began freelance writing in his 20s. He first major credit came in 2016, when he contributed the story ''Tonight'' to the anthology '' Love is Love'', produced by

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

and

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. Later that year he was hired by

BOOM! Studios Boom! Studios (stylized as BOOM! Studios), is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher. They are headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company is a subsidiary of Random House division of Penguin Random House sin ...

to author three Adventure Time graphic novels, all published in 2016 as well: ''The Three Castles'', ''Princess Bubblegum'', and ''Brain Robbers''. Trujillo's self-published romance anthology ''Love Machines'' touched on stories of technology intersection with romance. "The Most Beautiful Woman In The World" told the tale of Vincente Minelli and Lester Gaba, as well as ''Cynthia the "Gaba Girl".'' In 2018 he wrote his first comic book for the ''Rick and Morty'' series, ''Rick and Morty Issue 36'', and he has since authored several others, including '' Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart''. Trujillo has also written for a number of

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franchises, including

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Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

Superman Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...

, and

Hulkling Hulkling is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A member of the Young Avengers superhero team in the Marvel Universe, Hulkling's visual design is patterned on the Hulk. In addition to being superhumanly stro ...

and

Wiccan Wicca (), also known as "The Craft", is a modern pagan, syncretic, Earth-centred religion. Considered a new religious movement by scholars of religion, the path evolved from Western esotericism, developed in England during the first half ...

. In addition to working for comic studios, Trujillo has also contributed writing to several video games, including '' Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series'', Destruction AllStars, and '' Batman: The Enemy Within''. In 2018 he authored his own four-issue comic book with

entitled ''Dodge City'', and in 2020 he wrote the children’s book ''Lost Beast, Found Friend''. Trujillo's work appears in the

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-winning anthology, ''MINE! A Celebration of Planned Parenthood'', and the

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...

-winning ''Be Gay, Do Comics''. In 2021, Trujillo co-created the character of Aaron Fischer with writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Jan Bazaldua. Fischer, a gay teenage runaway, is a new hero taking on the mantle of

. In September 2021 it was announced he will be the writer of a one-off superhero-themed comic book about the YouTube stars known as

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. He is currently writing a comic biography of

Baron von Steuben Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben ( , ; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis Freiherr von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-b ...

for

Mariko Tamaki Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels '' Skim'', ''Emiko Superstar,'' and '' This One Summer''."Mariko Tamaki". CBC Radio, '' The Next Chapter'', 12 November 2012. In 2016 she began writing ...

's Surely imprint.

Personal life

Trujillo is openly gay, and has been involved in activism relating to

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and Latino issues in comics and entertainment. Much of his work centers gay characters, or introducing gay themes to existing properties. In 2015, he moderated San Diego Comic Con’s first panel on queer gaming. Writer

Sina Grace Sina Grace (born August 3, 1986) is an American comics writer, artist, memoirist, and social media personality. He is known for writing and drawing for various publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel, Image, and BOOM! Comics, including ''Iceman'' ...

has stated that the character of "Softboy" in his comic Rockstar and Softboy is based on Trujillo.

Bibliography

* ''Aggretsuko: Out to Lunch'' * ''Bill & Ted's Day of the Dead''

References

External links

Official website
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