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Joe Chiappetta

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Born

Chicago, The United States

Website

http://joechiappetta.blogspot.com

Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

Jesus Christ, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Edgar Rice Burroughs, C.S. Lewi ...more

Member Since

April 2010

URL

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Joe Chiappetta is an American author and cartoonist, grateful to be married with three children. Currently living in California, his formal education was from Northern Illinois University, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with an emphasis in painting.

While trained in the more traditional arts, his lifetime creative focus has been in writing and cartooning. As one of the key members of the Independent Comics Movement of the 1990s, Chiappetta’s work is respected around the globe. He is best known as the man behind one of the longest running autobiographical comics, SILLY DADDY, which has been a rewarding creative endeavor since 1991. The series has received the following professional recognition:
- Xeric Award Winner
- Ignatz Award No ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 74 ratings · 12 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Silly Daddy 3.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Chosen: A Science Fiction Space Opera for the Whole Family 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silly Daddy: A Death in the Family 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silly Daddy: The Long Goodbye 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debt-Busters: How to get out of debt using spiritual truths 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power Pendant of Planet Pizon: a Star Chosen sci-fi novelette it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genesis Jam: An Anthology Inspired by the Ultimate Creator by Joe Chiappetta (Goodreads Author), Ruth Etrenne, Daanyel George (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mighty Messianic Prophecy: Biblical Research of Predictions Proving that Jesus Is God it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silly Daddy in Space: Putting the Hyper back in hyperspace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Armed with Intergalactic Weapons Not Of This World: An autobiographical science fiction voyage of Silly Daddy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Digital Art History from a Silly Daddy, Star Chosen, and Old Pocket PC Perspective

Joe Chiappetta draws Silly Daddy Comics on Pocket PC

Looking Back at the Past 25 years to Look Forward

Joe Chiappetta, 10/30/2025

Since the earliest days of Microsoft's Pocket PC in 2000 AD and later, the Pocket PC Phone, various art and drawing programs were available to load onto the Windows Mobile platform. While this operating system eventually lost out to the more famous ones of today (Android, Apple), with the right software back then, such

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Joe Chiappetta is now following Zsolt Bugarszki Author of Icarus
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Joe Chiappetta liked Ana Peraza's review of Star Chosen: A Science Fiction Space Opera for the Whole Family: "Wow, what a journey! This book offers a fresh perspective that guides readers through some of the most challenging issues we face today—both as Christians and as a society—beautifully framed within a captivating sci-fi parable and stunning art. I found" Read more of this review »
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Joe’s Quotes

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

tags: dreamers, dreaming, dreams, open-eyes, open-mind

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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

tags: life, self-actualization, unrealized-potential

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message 4: by Joe

Dec 02, 2014 06:18AM

One year ago, this nonfiction book came out:
Mighty Messianic Prophecy: A Biblical Study of Predictions Proving that Jesus Is God
It's not the greatest book of all time, but it does help you appreciate the greatest book of all time on a deeper level!

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message 3: by Joe

Jan 19, 2011 02:40PM

Thanks so much Ellen. I appreciate your kind words
Ellen wrote: "Hi Joe!
I read and reviewed your book! I loved it. I touted it on Facebook and Twitter, and this link is on my review blog if you'd like to Tweet it or share it any way you can. I also posted the r..."

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message 2: by Ellen

Jan 19, 2011 11:07AM

Hi Joe!
I read and reviewed your book! I loved it. I touted it on Facebook and Twitter, and this link is on my review blog if you'd like to Tweet it or share it any way you can. I also posted the review on amazon and goodreads. God bless you, my friend!
Ellen

http://ellencmazereviews.blogspot.com...

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message 1: by Danielle The Book Huntress

Jan 13, 2011 07:39AM