Over the past 35 plus years, Joe has created illustrations for such clients as American Express, Barnes & Noble.com, Capitol Records, The New Yorker, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone and Time.

His portraits of authors appear regularly in the New York Times Book Review.

Among his awards are 4 medals from the Society of Illustrators.

Joe is also a drummer and plays with a blues trio as well as with The Half-Tones, an all illustrator jazz group.