Joe Gentile | |
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Born |
Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States |
June 2, 1963
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
Joe Gentile (born June 2, 1963) is an American author, editor and the founder of Moonstone Books, a Chicago publishing house. He is also known as a comic book writer and author.
Gentile was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He is married to Cathy Gentile, an American actress. They have two children together, Annabella and Joseph Jr. He is also the owner of a chain of comic book stores located in Illinois called Amazing Fantasy, which has 4 locations in the southside of Chicago.
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, and Richard Dean Starr. Other well-known writers featured in more than one Moonstone publication include Craig 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 and Max Allan Collins.