From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joshua Ortega
Joshua Ortega
Joshua Ortega by the publishers of Blue Begonia Press and the Raven
Chronicles, and edited by award-winning poet Jody
Aliesan. During this time, he also worked for Microsoft,
providing original content for a number of the compa-
ny’s online video games.
Novels
In 1998, Ortega founded his own publishing and enter-
tainment company, Omega Point Productions, and in Au-
gust 1999, the company published the first edition of his
debut novel ((FREQUENCIES)). The book has been com-
pared to classic works of fiction such as Brave New
World, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451.[citation needed] After two
Joshua Ortega at the April 2008 New York Comic Convention. years and multiple printings, the rights to
Born 1974
((FREQUENCIES)) were bought by the Jodere Group, pub-
lishers of such New York Times Bestsellers as Crossing
Nationality American Over by John Edward and The Power of Kaballah by Yehuda
Area(s) Writer, novelist Berg.
Ortega is currently working on the sequel to
Notable ((FREQUENCIES)), Star Wars, Spider-Man, ((FREQUENCIES)), ~VIBRATIONS~, in addition to another
works Batman, Star Trek
novel, an original screenplay, and numerous comic book
Official website and graphic novel projects. He often gives talks to aspir-
ing writers of speculative fiction in the Seattle area.
Joshua Ortega (born 1974) is an author and journalist best
known for his novel ((FREQUENCIES)), as well as his com- Comics
ic book and graphic novel work on entertainment prop- The hardcover edition of ((FREQUENCIES)) was released in
erties such as Star Wars, Spider-Man, Batman, Star Trek, The March 2003, and was promoted with a national book tour
Escapist, and The Necromancer. that took Ortega to over forty cities during the year. The
tour itself became news, since a book tour of this magni-
Career tude was unheard of for a first-time author, and Ortega
made multiple appearances on major media outlets such
Journalism and poetry as NPR, Fox TV, and Coast to Coast AM.
In 2004, Ortega began negotiations with numerous
Joshua Ortega began his writing career at the University
comic book and graphic novel publishers, and in March
of Washington in Seattle, Washington, working as a re-
2005, his first comic book story was released: Spider-Man
porter and a reviewer for the school’s newspaper, The
Unlimited #8, published by Marvel Comics. The story was
Daily of the University of Washington, covering the booming
entitled “Everything” and featured Ryan Sook on pencils.
Seattle music and arts scene of the 1990s.
His next story, “Shadows & Light,” was released by Dark
After college, he worked for the Los Angeles-based
Horse Comics in April 2005 in Star Wars Tales #23. “Shad-
URB magazine and The Flavor, a Seattle-based hip-hop
ows & Light” served as a prequel to the bestselling
magazine. During this time, he not only continued to
Knights of the Old Republic video games for the Xbox and
cover the music and entertainment beat, but also began
PC, and featured Dustin Weaver on pencils.
to write about technology’s effects on culture and pol-
Since then, Ortega has written for several major
itics. He soon developed a reputation as an expert in
American comic book publishers, including Marvel
the fields of emerging technology and surveillance is-
Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, TOKYOPOP,
sues, and would later contribute feature-length articles
Image Comics, Top Cow Productions, and Speakeasy
for newspapers such as The Seattle Times.
Comics, working on characters and properties such as
While working as a journalist, one of Ortega’s poems,
Star Wars, Batman, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Michael Chabon’s
“A Place at the Table,” was selected as the lead poem for
a poetry anthology, A Place at the Table, which was juried
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joshua Ortega
The Escapist, Beowulf, and his own co-creation, The Necro-
mancer, penciled and co-created by Francis Manapul.
References
[1] Ortega & Sharp on Gears of War Comic,
Video games Newsarama, July 24, 2008
Joshua is also being credited as a writer for Epic Games’ [2] Josh Ortega Talks "Gears of War", Comic Book
Gears of War 2 as well scripting the Gears of War comic Resources, December 24, 2008
books.[1][2]
External links
Bibliography • Omega Point Productions
• Greenberg, Pete. "Episode 87 - Jet City Comic Show
Novels 2010 Part 2"; Backroom Comics Podcast
• ((FREQUENCIES)), Jodere Group (March 2003). ISBN Persondata
1-58872-069-1. Name Ortega, Joshua
Alternative names
Comics
Short description
• Gears of War (with Liam Sharp, Wildstorm, December
2008 - ongoing) Date of birth 1974
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death
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