Joe Jusko is one of the best known fantasy, pin-up and comic artists in the world today. His career has spanned over 40 years, starting with the sale of his first cover for Heavy Metal magazine in 1977 at the age of 17. Since graduating that year from NYC's High School of Art & Design, Joe has worked for almost every major comic publisher, producing hundreds of images for covers and interiors. His work has appeared on paperback book covers, calendars, posters, t-shirts, toy packaging, and countless trading cards, most notably the multi award-winning 1992 Marvel Masterpieces, the popularity of which led to his groundbreaking 1995 Art of Edgar Rice Burroughs trading cards. Those 125 paintings have made him the most prolific Burroughs artist ever. In addition to his work at Marvel over the years, Joe has produced art for many other companies and characters, including DC Comics, Wildstorm, Top Cow, and Byron Preiss Visuals, to name just a few. He has produced storyboards for ad agencies and advertising campaigns for such clients as the World Wrestling Federation. Joe also produced a fully painted graphic novel based on Lara Croft, the heroine of the Tomb Raider video game series, which won a Certificate of Merit from the Society of Illustrators, into which he was inducted in 2007.