Josef Rubinstein

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Josef Rubinstein
Joe Rubinstein at the 2008 New York Comic Convention.
Born	June 4, 1958 Germany
Nationality	German-American
Area(s)	Inker
Notable works	The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

Josef "Joe" Rubinstein is a comic book artist and inker, most associated with inking Marvel Comics' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

[edit] Biography

Rubinstein' was born on June 4, 1958 in Germany, and emigrated to the United States from Israel when he was 5 years old, soon developing an interest in American comic books. At age 11 he attended classes in New York (where he lived) at the Arts Students League, under art teacher Arthur J. Foster, the son of the legendary Hal Foster (creator/artist of "Prince Valiant," one of the most highly-regarded comic strips in history).

Josef's idol at the time was Neal Adams, whom he met at a comic book convention when he was 13 years old. Josef asked if he could work at his and Dick Giordano's new studio, Continuity Associates, and subsequently became their assistant c1971-1972. He met and assisted many legendary artists while working there, including Wally Wood, Russ Heath, Gray Morrow, Jim Starlin and Klaus Janson, among others. At the age of 17, Rubinstein began work as a freelance artist. He has worked for every major comics company and has the Guinness record for having inked the most pencillers after inking The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe on and off for 20 years.

Recently, Rubinstein inked a mini-series for Dark Horse Comics called Archenemies (the comic has been optioned by Sam Raimi), and co-inked issues of DC Comics's Ion mini-series.

Joe is also an award-winning portrait artist and illustrator, and currently works for Teshkeel Media and First Salvo Publishing.^{[citation needed]}