Education
Growing up in New York, Jusko attended the High School of Art and Design, where his instructors included Bernard Krigstein. He graduated in 1977 with the District of Columbia Comics Award of Excellence in Cartooning.
Growing up in New York, Jusko attended the High School of Art and Design, where his instructors included Bernard Krigstein. He graduated in 1977 with the District of Columbia Comics Award of Excellence in Cartooning.
Jusko painted the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading cards, the popularity of which has been credited with initiating the painted trading card boom of the 1990s. In addition to his long stint as one of the main cover artists for The Savage Sword of Conan, Jusko has painted every major character that Marvel has created, most notably the Hulk and the Punisher. Jusko has also produced covers and interior art for many other comics companies and characters, including District of Columbia, Crusade, Innovation, Harris, Wildstorm, Top Cow Productions, and Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
Trading cards Besides the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces trading card set, Jusko painted the 1995 Art of Edgar Rice Burroughs trading cards.
His work is featured in the 1996 card set Fleer"s Ultra X-Men Wolverine Cards, as well as Conan the Barbarian and Vampirella trading card sets. Jusko has also produced storyboards for ad agencies, for such notable clients as the World Wrestling Federation.
Jusko produced the collection, The Art of Joe Jusko (Desperado Publishing, 2009), as well as a graphic novel adaptation of Steve Niles"s supernatural detective Cal MacDonald. Upper Deck announced a new Marvel Masterpiece series to go along with their 25th Anniversary.
Scheduled for the end of this year, Jusko, just like the original will be completing all new 135 base card images (1992′s base card series contained 100 cards).
New York City police officer At one point in his career, Jusko became "disillusioned with the lack of work.. and became a police officer After several years I realized art was my main passion and went back to it full time.
Luckily, the second time was a charm and my career took official" After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Jusko created the Police and Firefighter Heroes of September 11 lithograph, all proceeds of which went to the New York City Police and Fire Department Widows" and Orphans" Fund.