Amazon has hired Joe Quesada, the former editor-in-chief of Marvel to help the company further tap into comics to develop for film and television.

Quesada is not just the former EiC for Marvel but also the former chief creative officer for the company as well. He has signed an exclusive first-look film and television deal with Amazon.

Amazon is going heavy with comic focused projects. That includes numerous Sony-owned Marvel projects as well as a number of other comics they have optioned as well. The platform has found success with The Boys as well as the Invincible animated series.

Joe Quesada is a comic artist and writer who began his career in 1990 at DC Comics. There, his highest profile projects were Batman: Sword of Azrael and The Ray. He started to break out at Valiant where he penciled the interiors and covers for Ninjak, Solar, Man of the Atom, and more. He went on to create Ash with Jimmy Palmiotti.

In 1998, Quesada helped revive Marvel from Chapter 11 as part of the Marvel Knights launch, a more mature take on Marvel’s classic characters. He illustrated Daredevil which was written by Kevin Smith. From there, he became editor in chief of the company following Bob Harras’ departure from the company. He was eventually promoted to chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment in 2010 and stepped down as EiC in 2011. He left Marvel in 2022.

(via The Hollywood Reporter)