Joey Manley
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Manley in 2009
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| Born | Joseph Manley July 1965[1] |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | publisher; writer |
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Notable works
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Modern Tales The Death of Donna-May Dean |
| http://www.JoeyManley.com | |
Joey Manley (1965–2013)[2] was an online publisher, known as the founder of the webcomics site Modern Tales,[3] as well as numerous other web-specific entertainment properties (including the subscription webcomics sites Serializer, Girlamatic, and Graphic Smash, and the webcomics hosting service Webcomics Nation).
Starting in 2001, Manley hosted TalkAboutComics, which began as a podcast in which Manley interviewed webcomics artists; it later became a webcomics forum and blog. Manley co-hosted the "Diva Lea Show" podcast with Lea Hernandez starting in 2003.
He worked on the Webby-winning FreeSpeech.org, which he helped start in 1995. He was the author of one novel, The Death of Donna-May Dean, published by St. Martin's Press in 1991. At the time of his death he was serializing a new novel online called Snake-Boy Loves Sky Prince.
Death
Manley died of pneumonia at age 48; survived by his long-time companion Joe Botts.[4]
References
- ↑ Spurgeon, Tom. "Joey Manley, RIP," The Comics Reporter (Nov. 8, 2013).
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- ↑ Melrose, Kevin. "Modern Tales founder Joey Manley passes away," Comic Book Resources: Robot 6 (Nov. 8, 2013).
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