Joseph Martin has written for Magnet, Skyscraper, Bookforum, The Believer, The L.A. Review of Books, and a host of other fine glossies, websites, and tabloid-sized alt weeklies. He received his MFA in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University, where he also taught creative writing workshops and lecture classes on graphic novels and cartooning. Martin currently resides in Baltimore, MD, and teaches English, tech, and creative writing at the Maryland Institute College of Art.