Joe Gentile

Joe Gentile is best known as the founder and publisher of Moonstone Books, the Chicago-based house that has championed pulp revival and creator-owned comics since 1995. Born in Chicago, he launched Moonstone to publish his own work and that of like-minded creators, focusing on horror, westerns, and licensed properties such as Zorro, Doc Savage, The Phantom, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker. As a writer, Gentile contributed to over a dozen issues between 1988 and 2013, with his most frequent credits appearing on *Fright Night* and its spin-offs, including the *Fright Night 3-D Winter Special*, as well as multiple *Kolchak the Night Stalker* tales like "Lambs to Slaughter" and "Get of Belial." He also wrote for *Phases of the Moon: Full Moon* and *Moonstone Monsters: Demons*, often collaborating with artists and writers drawn to Moonstone’s pulp ethos. Under his leadership, the company expanded into prose anthologies and graphic novels, becoming a steady home for both original genre work and licensed pulp heroes. Gentile’s legacy is tied to keeping the spirit of old-fashioned adventure alive in modern comics, and he has been recognized with industry honors for his contributions to independent publishing.