| Josh Wagner | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joshua Wagner August 13, 1975 California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Pseudonym(s) | (Sergio) |
| Notable works | Fiction Clemens |
| Awards | 2008 Project Fanboy Award for "Best Storyline" |
| Official website | |
Josh Wagner (August 13, 1975) is an American comics writer and novelist based primarily in Missoula, Montana. He writes comic books, novels, and short stories, and is also a screenwriter and film producer. His style is heavily influenced by metafiction, folk tales, and surrealist modern literature.
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Josh Wagner has been writing comic books since 2007. His first professional comic book story appeared in the Eisner-nominated anthology 24Seven vol. 2, published by Image Comics in 2007. His first creator owned mini-series, Fiction Clemens came out in 2008 through Ape Entertainment. Fiction Clemens won an award in 2009 for "Best Storyline" from Project Fanboy. The Image Comics anthology Outlaw Territory will carry stories by Wagner in volumes 1 and 2 (released 2009 and 2011 respectively). In September, 2009 Image Comics launched a five-issue series written by Wagner, called The Sky Pirates of Neo Terra based on the Nintendo Wii and DS game of the same name. Sky Pirates is illustrated by the Canadian artist Camilla d'Errico.
Wagner's career as a writer began with his first published work of fiction titled "The Finger". This short story saw print in Lost Worlds Magazine in 1992, a year before Wagner graduated high school. Since 1999 Wagner has been writing a steady stream of novels and short prose. His first novel, "The Adventures of the Imagination of Periphery Stowe" published in 2004 by BAM Publications, led directly to the development of Fiction Clemens. He has since published several short stories and poems, and plans to release three new novels sequentially between 2010-2012. The first of these novels, "Deadwind Sea", was released in January, 2010 by Impossible Clock Productions. The second, "Smashing Laptops", was released November, 2011 by Impossible Clock Productions.
Wagner's work in the film industry includes musical score, editing, screenwriting, and production. His first full short, Adam Funn,[1] completed in late 2009, was a finalist in the 2nd Annual Openfilm "Get It Made" Competition.
The Montana Actor's Theater produced his first stage play, "Salep & Silk" in the fall of 2010 in conjunction with the Silk Road restaurant and the Crystal Theater in Missoula, Montana.
Wagner's poetry has been published internationally in print and online magazines such as SpeedPoets and The Nervous Breakdown.