Joe Kessler is a cartoonist based in South London.
His books include Windowpane and The Gull Yettin.
His drawings have been exhibited internationally in numerous solo and group shows including le Chemin de Terre at the Pompidou Centre in 2024.
His book, Windowpane received the Prix Révélation at the 2020 Festival International de la Band Dessinée d’Angoulême while The Gull Yettin was featured as a New York Times Graphic Novel of the Year in 2023 and a Washington Post Graphic Novel of the Summer.
He is co-founder and Art Director of Breakdown Press and has designed books for numerous other publishers.
He works as an associate lecturer on BA Illustration at Camberwell College of the Arts.
Joe Kessler and The Gull Yettin: an interview with Dash Shaw in The Comics Journal.
joebkessler@gmail.com