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Joe Caramagna.

Writer · United States

Joe Caramagna: American comics writer who co-authors the Space Chasers graphic novels with astronaut Leland Melvin, authentic kid-astronaut space adventures for ages 8-12.

Joe Caramagna is an American comics writer and prolific letterer, a graduate of the Joe Kubert School whose lettering has touched much of the Marvel Universe. In children's books he co-writes the Space Chasers graphic-novel series (2025-) with real-life NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, illustrated by Alison Acton: thrilling, authentic space adventures in which a crew of middle-school astronauts must save an orbiting station, and later reach the Moon, with no grown-ups to fall back on. His storytelling wears its STEM smarts lightly, blending white-knuckle peril with warmth about teamwork, recovery and being underestimated. A reliable graphic-novel writer for ages 8-12.