Joseph SchmalkeJoseph Schmalke is a comics creator, writer, and illustrator residing in Westbrook, Maine. Joe is the author or artist (sometimes both) on several horror comics-- including PHANTOM STARKILLER (Black Caravan), MURDER HOBO (Scout Comics), THE ELECTRIC LACK (Scout Comics/Black Caravan), THE CALAMITOUS BLACK DEVILS (Broken Icon Comics), and his self-published Grindhouse graphic novels THE INFERNAL PACT, and CHERRY BLACKBIRD. A classically trained painter, Joe got his start doing tattoos in the back of New Orleans barber shops. A lifelong lover of comic books and horror movies, he has worked behind the scenes in film and tv but has always focused on making the type of books that he loves to read-- full of dark humor and dark themes. He has done variant comic book covers for Boom! Studios, Image Comics, Vault Comics, Mad Cave and Valiant comics. His work is also featured on Exclusive FYE and MARVEL COMICS t-shirt designs, SUPER 7 card artwork, and was a contributor on A Sound of Thunder's IT WAS METAL graphic novel anthology. Read More Read Less