{{short description|American writer}} {{Infobox comics creator | image = Josh Trujillo by Gage Skidmore.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Trujillo at the 2023 WonderCon. | birth_name = Josh Trujillo | birth_place = Los Angeles, California | birth_date = | death_place = | cartoonist = | write = y | art = | pencil = | ink = | edit = | publish = | letter = | color = | alias = | signature = | notable works = ''Adventure Time'', ''Captain America'', ''Rick and Morty'', ''Blue Beetle'' | awards = | website = {{URL|https://www.joshtrujillo.com/}} }} '''Josh Trujillo''' is an American writer known for his work on comic book franchises such as ''Adventure Time,'' ''Captain America,'' and ''Rick and Morty''. He has recently been announced as the next writer of ''Blue Beetle''.
==Career== Trujillo was born and lives in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joshtrujillo.com/about|title=Bio - Josh Trujillo|website=Josh Trujillo}}</ref> He did not attend college,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://anchor.fm/amuse/embed/episodes/Josh-Trujillo---Writer--Editor--Game-Designer-ejql6c|title=Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast|website=Anchor}}</ref> but began freelance writing in his 20s.
He first major credit came in 2016, when he contributed the story ''Tonight'' to the anthology ''Love is Love'', produced by IDW Publishing and DC Comics. Later that year he was hired by BOOM! Studios to author three Adventure Time graphic novels, all published in 2016 as well: ''The Three Castles'', ''Princess Bubblegum'', and ''Brain Robbers''.
Trujillo's self-published romance anthology ''Love Machines'' touched on stories of technology intersection with romance. "The Most Beautiful Woman In The World" told the tale of Vincente Minelli and Lester Gaba, as well as ''Cynthia the "Gaba Girl".''<ref>{{cite web |title=Love Machines |url=http://www.joshtrujillo.com/lovemachines |website=JoshTrujillo.com}}</ref> In 2018 he wrote his first comic book for the ''Rick and Morty'' series, ''Rick and Morty Issue 36'', and he has since authored several others, including ''Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joshtrujillo.com/credits|title=Credits|website=Josh Trujillo}}</ref> Trujillo has also written for a number of Superhero franchises, including The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, and Hulkling and Wiccan.
In addition to working for comic studios, Trujillo has also contributed writing to several video games, including ''Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6636812/fullcredits|title=Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (Video Game 2017)|website=IMDb}}</ref> Destruction AllStars, and ''Batman: The Enemy Within''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7170214/fullcredits|title=Batman: The Enemy Within (Video Game 2017)|website=IMDb}}</ref> In 2018 he authored his own four-issue comic book with BOOM! Studios entitled ''Dodge City'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/interviews.html?showinterview=IN01161890324|title=DYNAMIC FORCES® - Marvel, DC, Dynamite, Signed Comics, Sketch Covers, CGC Graded, Variants, Collectibles and more!|website=www.dynamicforces.com}}</ref> and in 2020 he wrote the children’s book ''Lost Beast, Found Friend''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lost-Beast-Found-Friend/Josh-Trujillo/Lost-Beast-Found-Friend/9781620107423|title=Lost Beast, Found Friend|date=June 9, 2020|isbn=978-1-62010-742-3 |via=www.simonandschuster.com |last1=Trujillo |first1=Josh |publisher=Oni Press }}</ref>
Trujillo's work appears in the Ringo Award-winning anthology, ''MINE! A Celebration of Planned Parenthood'', and the Ignatz Award-winning ''Be Gay, Do Comics''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/books/surely-books-lgbtqia-graphic-novels-mariko-tamaki.html|title=New Imprint for Graphic Novels Aims to Increase the Presence of Queer Authors (Published 2019)|first=George Gene|last=Gustines|work=The New York Times |date=October 3, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
In 2021, Trujillo co-created the character of Aaron Fischer with writer Christopher Cantwell and artist Jan Bazaldua. Fischer, a gay teenage runaway, is a new hero taking on the mantle of Captain America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aiptcomics.com/2021/03/15/marvel-comics-new-hero-captain-america-of-the-railways/|title=Marvel Comics reveals new hero Captain America of the Railways • AIPT|first=David|last=Brooke|date=15 March 2021 }}</ref> In September 2021 it was announced he will be the writer of a one-off superhero-themed comic book about the YouTube stars known as FaZe Clan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/faze-clan-dc-batman-comic-book-1235009411/|title=FaZe Clan and DC Unveil Batman Comic Book Collaboration • AIPT|first=Trilby|last=Beresford|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=8 September 2021 }}</ref>
He is currently writing a comic biography of Baron von Steuben for Mariko Tamaki's Surely imprint.
==Personal life== Trujillo is openly gay, and has been involved in activism relating to LGBTQ and Latino issues in comics and entertainment. Much of his work centers gay characters, or introducing gay themes to existing properties. In 2015, he moderated San Diego Comic Con’s first panel on queer gaming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2016/7/21/your-official-lgbt-guide-comic-con-2016|title=Your Official LGBT Guide to Comic-Con 2016|date=July 21, 2016|website=www.advocate.com}}</ref>
Writer Sina Grace has stated that the character of "Softboy" in his comic Rockstar and Softboy is based on Trujillo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sina-grace-to-write-and-draw-rockstar-and-softboy-one-shot-at-image|title=Sina Grace to Write and Draw Rockstar and Softboy One-Shot at Image|date=November 17, 2021|website=www.bleedingcool.com}}</ref>
==Bibliography== {{Expand list|date = May 2025}} * ''Aggretsuko: Out to Lunch'' * ''Bill & Ted's Day of the Dead''
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==External links== * [https://www.joshtrujillo.com/ Official website]
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