About the Author
By day, Josh is a mild-mannered graphic novelist known for co-creating the nationally syndicated comic strip Mail Order Ninja, writing The Adventures of Superman and Scribblenauts Unmasked for DC Comics and editing the Comics That Make Kids Smarter anthology for Andrews McMeel Publishing. By night, he serves as a Comics Ambassador for the US State Department, spreading the word about comics in the classroom to the far corners of the globe!As a consultant, Josh advises companies and institutions on best practices for using comics in the classroom and developing comic-centric educator programming. His clients include Andrews McMeel Publishing, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the New York Comic Con.As a lecturer, Josh has led cartooning workshops and professional development seminars on using comics in the classroom at schools and libraries in Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Charlotte, New York City, Ann Arbor, St. Louis, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Las Vegas, Fort Knox, Halifax, Santiago and Minsk among many other cities and towns worldwide.As a presenter, Josh has spoken at the International Reading Association’s annual conference, the American Library Association’s annual conference, TEDX Peachtree and the CUSP Design Conference. He also given talks at Northwestern University, Stanford University, Grinnell College and the University of Concepcion.