Joe Quesada

I make stuff up.

Sometimes I get paid to do it.

Writer, Artist, Director, EP Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, etc. Former EIC/CCO Marvel Ent.

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Most of my friends can tell you I don’t like talking about a thing until it’s a thing. It’s a stressful policy for two reasons; I’m excited to talk about it and worried it’ll leak before I do.

So here goes.

I’ve started a newsletter on Subs-- wait, can I say that here?

The link is in my bio. It’s 100% FREE, launches next week, and you can pre-subscribe NOW!

I’ve always loved chatting with you. It started back in the 90s with the Event Comics message boards. It continued in my weekly Marvel Q+A columns, Joe Fridays, and later Cup of Joe, which grew into my favorite part of every con I attended, a panel filled with you and several hundred (at times thousands) of my favorite people!

God’s honest truth.

I missed that interaction, the camaraderie, and the differences of opinions between us, and I find it increasingly difficult to speak to you on most social platforms these days. There’s just so much white noise (panels are still a blast!).

This doesn’t mean I’m “quitting” Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. Each of them is a valuable communication and marketing tool. I’m simply adding another that I think will be a lot of fun, and I'd love it if you joined me.

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The day Kevin Smith quit, plus the thankless miracle in every comic.
https://t.co/BOnT1Qtqlx
Lesson 21 is live.

#KevinSmith #Daredevil #ComicsCraft #VisualStorytelling #ComicsLettering

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One of the strangest Marvel stories you’ve ever heard that starts with a $400 manila envelope and gets crazier from there.
New lesson just dropped.
https://t.co/gJOrMlSSvD
#InvisibleLanguage #VisualStorytelling #ComicBookStorytelling #DrawingTheLineSomewhere #MarvelComics

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New lesson dropped.
The Geometry of Power.
Perspective isn't just a technical skill. It's a storytelling weapon.
Plus, the day we left the Comics Code Authority.

https://t.co/lCssNtY7ik

#DrawingTheLineSomewhere #InvisibleLanguage #ComicsCraft #VisualStorytelling #LearnComics

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Film controls it. Prose doesn't have it. Comics has to earn it.
My latest newsletter just dropped.
https://t.co/zrbHFrCaIt
#InvisibleLanguage #ComicBookStorytelling #VisualStorytelling #DrawingTheLineSomewhere #ComicBookArt

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A comic hits the reader in the reverse order it was made.
Color first. Line art second. Story last.
New lesson just dropped: Working Backward.
https://t.co/fBoXO3VzM6

#ColorTheory #ComicBookArt #VisualStorytelling

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TWITTER / X
New newsletter is up!

Tales Of My French Mistress.
Steamy Tales And The Emotional Language of Color.

https://t.co/doQcTZdeMJ

#VisualStorytelling #ComicBookArt #Colorist #GraphicNovels #MarvelComics

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This Thursday, April 30, at 6 PM at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. I’m giving a talk as part of the Nelson-Atkins’ Timeless Mucha exhibition, which features roughly 150 works.

You can purchase tickets right here.
https://t.co/WNrgjpqfmJ

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I SUCK! There, I said it.
Find out why. My latest newsletter just dropped.

https://t.co/3uKwE9lirp

#InvisibleLanguage #ComicBookStorytelling #VisualStorytelling #DrawingTheLineSomewhere #ComicBookArt

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Day four, Calgary.
I just found out this city is home to the world’s most famous rodeo.

And this weekend, they followed that up with me.

Bold programming choice.

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Day three, Calgary. Saturday is going to be insane. Let’s do this.
Yesterday I watched Darth Vader walk past a guy in a ten-gallon hat and actual spurs.

Neither of them blinked.
I love this planet.

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Day two, Calgary.
My tailbone hurts. My voice is half gone, and I’ve signed my name so many times it’s starting to feel like an out-of-body experience.

No notes.

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Yo, Calgary.
It’s day one of the show.

There’s a specific energy in a convention hall before the doors open.
All that possibility. All that chaos.

God, I love the smell of sweaty EVA foam, contact cement, and thermoplastics in the morning.

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I’ve Made These Mistakes On Every Page I’ve Drawn.
New newsletter just dropped.

Part 14 of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling

The More You Scratch, The More It Itches
https://t.co/ivyCe7eMi1

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Heading to Calgary next week, if you're around, stop by and say hello!

Experiences and packages available here.
https://t.co/aTW2gvmjSp

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I didn't deserve to be Marvel's Editor-in-Chief.
Plus: Part 13 of The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling.
LIVE NOW!
https://t.co/tqlRDdiDqA
#MarvelEIC #Storytelling #VisualStorytelling #ComicBooks #MakeItWrongOnPurpose

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What’s the greatest Marvel story never told?
Plus, The Invisible Language of Visual Storytelling Part 12.
LIVE NOW!
https://t.co/xZOHv2DzKu

#Marvel #Wolverine #Storytelling #VisualStorytelling #ComicBooks

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The big reveal you’ve been waiting for.

New newsletter is live:
https://t.co/U5viAC1j9d

#VisualStorytelling #ComicsWriting #SpiderMan #Storytelling #ComicCreators

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Shhhhh...

Let the moment speak for itself

New Newsletter just dropped.

https://t.co/Xb8XQkMnJM

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Hope to see you at Megacon!

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A Hard Lesson I Learned After Three Decades in the Comic Book Industry.

New newsletter just dropped.
https://t.co/kKlzpVbUmW