Biography
Josh Trujillo is an award-winning writer, editor, and narrative designer based in Los Angeles. He has worked with clients including Marvel, Gearbox Studios, Telltale Games, Netflix, and DC Comics, among others.
Josh is currently a Senior Writer at Gearbox Studios, and recently wrapped work on the next installment of the Borderlands game franchise. He also served as the writer of Blue Beetle ongoing series. In 2023, Trujillo released Washington's Gay General, and the Queer romance Pool Boys. His work spans different genre and audiences, including children's fiction, history, gaming, and Queer issues.
Trujillo has written for various iconic characters, including Superman, Wonder Woman, and X-Men. He has also written official comics based on Rick and Morty, Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir, Sonic the Hedgehog, Aggretsuko, Godzilla, and Adventure Time.
For interactive media, Trujillo has written for titles including Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Farmville, WB MultiVersus, Hogwarts Legacy, Batman: The Enemy Within, and The Wolf Among Us 2 (unreleased.
Josh's passion for gaming extends to his comics work as well. In 2015, he created Death Saves: Fallen Heroes of the Kitchen Table, an anthology collecting stories about what happens to beloved tabletop RPG characters when they run out of hit points. Inspired by the success of the project, Trujillo created the Death Saves Total Party Kill Guide, a book of tabletop gaming advice and a humorous spin on old gaming handbooks. A second volume, Advanced Death Saves, debuted in 2019. Trujillo also designed original tabletop gaming content for Lion Forge's Rolled & Told.
In 2020, he contributed to the Ignatz award-winning anthology Be Gay, Do Comics. Trujillo's work is also featured in DC Comics and IDW's Eisner award-winning Love is Love, benefiting victims of the Orlando nightclub tragedy, and the Ringo award-nominated Mine!, benefiting Planned Parenthood. In 2018, Dodge City was named one of the year's best comics by AV Club.
Trujillo speaks for inclusiveness and diversity in popular media, and works alongside groups including Prism Comics. He is a regular of conventions around the country, and has moderated discussion panels on historical comics, writing all-ages comics, and self-publishing. In 2015, Trujillo organized and moderated San Diego Comic Con's first panel on Queer gaming.
In 2021, Christopher Cantwell, Jan Bazaldua, and Josh Trujillo created the Queer Captain America, Aaron Fischer, for Marvel Comics. News of Aaron's first appearance was featured in outlets including Entertainment Weekly, The Today Show, and The Hill. He debuted in The United States of Captain America #1.
Born and raised in Southern California, Josh enjoys theme parks, trading card games, YouTube video essays, and his dog, Pretzel. He's always ready for the next adventure.
Josh Trujillo's comics writing is represented by Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management.
You can remain updated on his work by following Josh on social media @LostHisKeysMan.