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About Me

I am a staff artist at Wildstorm Entertainment, a division of DC Comics which is owned by Time/Warner. I am currently working on Lost Boys:Reign of Frogs.I started out at Top Cow Productions as a background artist on Witchblade, and Tomb Raider. I did some assist work at Aspen Comics as well, on Soulfire -and most recently wrapped up work at Aspen on Iron and the Maiden(which led me to get hired at Wildstorm).I've worked on New Line Cinemas Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Wildstorm's Wetworks in my time as staff artist, and don't intend to stop there! Stay tuned...

My Interests

Right now I'm so busy with work, I enjoy getting the opportunity to spend time hanging out with my wife Beth and my friends...which seems to come in small doses these days

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet Brett Favre,Jack Kirby, and Alfred Hitchcock...Brett Favre is my all-time hero...he was exciting to watch...his ability to improvise...he took risks, and he always looked to be having fun...all around class-act!Jack Kirby was a trialblazer...comicbooks seemed to barely be able to contain the power and imagination he brought to his work...it would be fun to have been able to chat with him about the craft of comics.Alfred Hitchcock is someone who've I've come to appreciate pretty recently...it goes back to me drawing comics...I sometimes struggle with how best to convey something in my work and I always end up thinking about shots I've seen elsewhere that hit that emotion or idea I'm trying to convey...and I always find myself thinking about Hitchcock"s work...he was so good at holding your suspense and creating tension..a master

Music:

Its all about Pelican City and DJ Shadow...lovin that stuff..NIN,Interpol, Kings of Leon,Radiohead,ArcticMonkeys,Eagles of Death Metal,the Walkmen,Tom Waits,White Stripes,Sigur Ros...

Movies:

There will be blood...totally awesome. The Good the Bad and the Ugly,The Incredibles,Intacto, No Country for Old men,Unforgiven...The Conformist(even though I've only seen snips of it...loved what I saw)

Television:

ESPN's sportscenter...nfl network, and discovery channel all day

Books:

Blue Beetle,Walking Dead,Logan,All-Star Superman,All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder,

Heroes:

Brett Favre...he just has the poise and attitude...he's a leader

My Blog

Kings(and queens) of Leon

A couple of weeks ago Beth and I went to the House of Blues in downtown San Diego to catch one of our favorite bands Kings of Leon. We left early to try and catch the GreenBay Packers at the Sea...
Posted by Joel on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:47:00 PST

Joel Gomez Post Comicon 08

Beth and I started our con this year with a party for Gametap...promoting America McGee's Grimm...it was a great party with good food and awesome company.This is something I found a little weird aft...
Posted by Joel on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:13:00 PST

San Diego Comicon 08

Just wanted to take the opportunity to let everyone know I will have a table in artist alley, DD-17; will be amongst fellow Wildstorm artist. I will have original art from my run on Wetworks as well a...
Posted by Joel on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:24:00 PST

LostBoys:The Process

Hey Guys,The fine folks over at ComicMonsters.com asked me to do a behind-the-scenes write-up on the process of drawing LostBoys:Reign of Frogs. The write-up features art from issue three of Los...
Posted by Joel on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:25:00 PST

Celebrating Comics With The Kids

On Friday May 30th The Gillispie School in La Jolla, Ca. invited Beth Sotelo and myself to come talk about the artistic process of creating a comicbook for their annual art day celebration.Beth explai...
Posted by Joel on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:13:00 PST

A tour of my workspace at Wildstorm Studios

This is the office I share with Jim Lee at Wildstorm studios.I sit at the left where the red sweater is...Carlos D'anda(l) and Richard Friend(r) work in the ajoining office to the left of Jim and myse...
Posted by Joel on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:12:00 PST

New York Comic Con 2008

This is the exterior of one of the best chinese food restaurants I've ever eaten at...Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown...upon entering this fine eatery, who would we see leaving ? None other than Sean 'Che...
Posted by Joel on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:14:00 PST

BBQ!

Ben Abernathy ,Adam Archer, Jim Chadwick ...good times!Richard Friend,Carlos D’anda,and Eddy Nunez...I think Carlos is speaking to the mothershipJJ kirby with a small plastic fist coming out the...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST