JOE HARRIS is a New York Times-bestselling author of original comics and graphic novels. Titles include the demonic rock ‘n’ roll thrill ride, Rockstars; two sci-fi adventure series, Great Pacific and Snowfall (Image Comics); the supernatural thrillers, Ghost Projekt and Spontaneous; the children’s fantasy, Wars In Toyland (Oni Press); and the ghostly journey into the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, Disaster Inc. (AfterShock).
As a young creator at Marvel Comics, Joe launched the cult-classic Spider-Man spinoff, Slingers and the Bishop: The Last X-Man series. He has written for virtually every major comics publisher—DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, and Valiant Comics—and for myriad characters, including Batman, Firestorm and The X-Men. He was a contributor to the #1 Best-Selling, Love Is Love anthology (DC Comics and IDW) benefitting victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre in 2017.
Harris is probably best known for writing the long-running, hit comics continuation of Agents Mulder and Scully’s paranormal investigations into The X-Files (IDW Comics). The X-Files: Cold Cases—an audio adaptation featuring the voices of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson—was released in 2017 by Audible to chart-topping success. The follow-up production, The X-Files: Stolen Lives was released soon after.
A horror screenwriter and filmmaker, Harris conceived and co-wrote Darkness Falls for Sony Pictures (based on his award-winning short film, Tooth Fairy), along with the farcical political slasher movie, The Tripper, for FOX. In 2018, he co-wrote the live-action superhero web series, Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe for Valiant Entertainment. Since 2021, he has contributed social commentary and insight into the annual horror anthology, John Carpenter’s Tales For a Halloween Night (Storm King) have provided social commentary and insight to the renowned series. Surviving Nuclear Attack, a paranoid sci-fi thriller written by Joe, was released under the John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction imprint in 2019.
The grisly Viking werewolf saga, Sun Eater—co-written by Dylan Sprouse and Harris—was published by Heavy Metal Comics in 2022. The following year, Harris’ original, pop-culture sci-fi saga, Death Defied, was serialized in Heavy Metal Magazine.
His new series, a supernatural baseball thriller, Past Time will be published by Mad Cave Studios in 2025.
A native New Yorker, Joe lives in Manhattan with his two cats, Gus Gus and Max.
