Joseph Monks

Education

In December of that year, he completed his first anthology of original fiction, Stuff Out"a My Head, released by Chanting Monks Press.

Career

Company-created Cry Foreign Dawn (1989–1992), an American horror comic book anthology. In the 1990s his work appeared in comic book publications, including NightCry, In Rage and After Cry Foreign Dawn ceased publication, became a driving force in independent horror, launching titles including (also featuring Bernie Wrightson and William South Stout), NightCry,, and several one-shots.

His most recent endeavors include Gory Lori, a modern-day zombie apocalypse series illustrated by Jeff Salisbury and Mike Koneful, and the horror anthology, Zacherley"s Midnight Terrors, a tribute to television horror host John Zacherle.

In 2002 at 33, lost his sight as a result of diabetic retinopathy. The anthology featured illustrations by Bernie Wrightson and others

In 2003, one of Monk"s short stories, "Chance Meeting," was optioned for adaptation to the screen by Japanese publishing house Bunkasha, in tandem with Denmark Publishing. Starring supermodel Matsuo Otani, the work was intended to be used as a Japanese television pilot, but instead it was released it as a stand-alone Digital Video Disc under Consumer price index Home Video and Chanting Press.

He also appeared in the film, being tortured by a dominatrix demanding he tell her a scary story.

Monk"s story, "Shuteye", appeared in The Mammoth Book of Best Horror (March 2008), and New Horror Handbook (May 2009) sports a chapter about his film work. In 2010, Sight Unseen Pictures, Limited Liability Company launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding project to help the completion of " first feature film, The Bunker. The project ran from August 1 to September 30.

In the final days, Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman talked about the project on Hollywood Babble-On and funded the final monies needed to reach the goal.

With The Bunker (Sight Unseen Pictures), Monk became the first blind feature film director Tampa, Florida, on March 27, 2011.

In 2013 The Bunker was released on Digital Video Disc via Commodity s in the United States. lieutenant was released in Germany via Tom Cat s in June 2013.

Achievements

• In 2011, he received the Achievement in Cinema award at the Gasparilla Film Festival.

Works

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  • Dead Meat

    (A little girl and her best friend, the rag doll she never...)

  • NightCry #1

    (Killing Thoughts; Alien Evil; To C...;One Minute, One Hou...)

  • Nightcry: Vol. IV., 1995

    (Cardstock cover)

  • Gory Lori No. 2 Bullets, Babes & Bloodshed

    (GORY LORI #2... (comic)... Featuring an issue of the GORY...)

  • Gory Lori No. 1 Bullets, Babes & Bloodshed

    (GORY LORI #1... (comic)... Featuring an issue of the GORY...)