Joe Mruk
Joe Mruk / Red Buffalo Illustrator is a Pittsburgh-based author-illustrator, designer and educator with 12 years' experience freelancing, often in the realm of the local music scene, making posters, album art and festival branding packages. His corporate clients include the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates, Ansys, the Environmental Protection Agency, and American Rivers. Joe teaches storytelling, digital illustration and graphic novels at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media. He is also the current regional advisor of the West PA chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. He is working on a middle-grade noval and graphic novel series, Oslo, and several other projects, and is currently seeking a literary agent. Joe's website is www.redbuffalo.org.