Joe Kelly
Joe Kelly
Graphic Novelist: I Kill Giants, Four Eyes
Joe Kelly is part of Man of Action Entertainment, the bi-coastal studio that created megahit BEN 10 and GENERATOR REX.
Man of Action served as co-executive producers/writers for Marvel's ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN and are executive producers/writers for MARVEL'S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE on Disney XD.
Man of Action consists of creators Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle. Disney/Marvel's Academy Award-winning hit feature film BIG HERO 6 utilized the characters/team created by Man of Action and they are credited as such in the film.
The quartet collectively worked on the largest franchise characters in comics from Superman to X-Men before refocusing on creating their own original worlds/characters for their original comic books and graphic novels published through their Man of Action imprint at Image Comics.
In comics, Joe Kelly's Eisner-nominated I KILL GIANTS received numerous awards and accolades domestically and internationally including the "International Manga Award" in 2012 & was named to the "Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens" by the Young Adult Library Services Association upon its release.
Kelly's legendary Superman story, Action Comics #775: "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" was turned into a hit DC Universe 2012 animated film, SUPERMAN vs. THE ELITE, scripted by Kelly. He's long been credited with revising and revitalizing DEADPOOL, created/wrote FOUR EYES, BIG DOG, BANG!TANGO, etc.
Kelly teaches Writing for Animation at his alma mater, NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing.
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