Palmiotti is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Starting at Marvel Comics in 1991, where he inked mostly the Punisher, Ghost Rider, The Nam and the Marvel 2099 line, Palmiotti has accumulated extensive inking and writing credits and has often inked the work of his friend and collaborator Joe Quesada, notably on Ash (which they co-created, along with Painkiller Jane) and Daredevil (esp. the 'Guardian Devil' arc penned by Kevin Smith). He also worked for Dark Horse Comics, as the inker during the Doug Mahnke run on X. He inked Paul Gulacy on Master of Kung Fu, Punisher and Catwoman. He inked Steve Dillon on Punisher, as well as Brad Walker's pencil's on the DC Comics miniseries Secret Six - Six Degrees of Separation.
In 1994, he and Quesada formed a publishing company, Event Comics, and co-created Ash, a firefighter with superpowers, Painkiller Jane, a female cop with healing powers, Kid Death and Fluffy, about a boy and his pet robot dog and 22 Brides, about a group of girls that run the New York underworld. . In 1998, Event Comics was contracted to do several books for Marvel Comics, dubbed Marvel Knights.
As a writer Palmiotti is known for Deadpool, Daughters of the Dragon, the punisher, Heroes for Hire and Shanna the She-Devil for Marvel Comics, Hawkman, Superboy and The Monolith for DC Comics, as well as 21 Down, The Resistance and The Twilight Experiment for their Wildstorm imprint (often in tandem with fellow writer Justin Gray). Palmiotti also co-scripted, with Garth Ennis, a Ghost Rider video game that ties in with the movie. He has also penned Supergirl #12, the two Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters miniseries and an arc for Superman Confidential. Palmiotti and Gray were also part of the writing team for DC's Countdown. Currently, along with Gray, Palmiotti is writing the monthly Jonah Hex and Freedom Fighters for DC Comics, as well as the miniseries Time Bomb for Radical Publishing.
Palmiotti has, as well, sold and put into development at one time or another: Beautiful Killer, Gatecrasher, Tempest, Civil Warrior and has currently being shopped Death Troupe and Triggergirl 6. Palmiotti recently co-wrote with Justin Gray The Beginning for Fox Atomic Comics.
He worked on the Painkiller Jane series for the Sci-Fi Channel starring Kristanna Loken. This was a one hour, 22 episode show. There was also a two hour Painkiller Jane movie done for Sci-Fi as well. In the past he has written and storyboarded films for Hooptown for Nike. They featured LeBron James and Vince Carter.
He is also known as an editor for many projects and books with companies ranging from Marvel comics, Fox atomic, Blackbull comics and Kickstart comics.Palmiotti is also a partner in two comicbook companies. Blackbull comics, Event comics and a partner of Paperfilms inc.
Comics
Comics work includes:
- THE RESISTANC (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Juan Santacruz, IDW (originally Wildstorm); Collects #1-8; 192 pages; April 2009 (originally 2002), ISBN 1-6001-0407-X)
- 21 Down (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Jesus Saiz, Wildstorm); Collects #1-7; 176 pages; November 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0120-2)
- Monolith (with Phil Winslade, DC Comics, 2004—2005)
- Jonah Hex (with Justin Gray):
- Face Full of Violence (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Luke Ross, and Tony DeZuniga; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #1-6, Titan Books, December 2006, ISBN 1-84576-408-0, DC, September 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1095-3)
- Guns of Vengeance (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Luke Ross, Dylan Teague, Tony Dezuñiga, Phil Noto, David Michael Beck, Paul Gulacy, Jimmy Palmiotti, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Art Thibert; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #7-12, DC, April 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1249-2)
- Origins (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Jordi Bernet, Phil Noto, and Val Semeik; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #13-18, DC, November 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1490-6)
- Only the Good Die Young (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Jordi Bernet, Phil Noto, and David Michael Beck; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #19-24, DC, April 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1689-7)
- Luck Runs Out (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Russ Heath, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Jordi Bernet, John Higgins, Stefano Landini, and Rafa Garres; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #25-30, DC October 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1960-4)
- Bullets Don't Lie (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Darwyn Cooke, J.H. Williams III, Jordi Bernet, Rafa Garres, Paulo Siqueira, and Mark Sparacio; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #31-36, DC, April 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2157-7)
- Lead Poisoning (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Jordi Bernet and David Michael Beck; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #37-42, DC, October 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2485-1)
- Six Gun War (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Cristiana Cucina; 144 pages, collects Jonah Hex #44-49, DC, April 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2587-X)
- No Way Back (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Tony Dezuinga; 136 pages; DC, June 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2550-0)
- Counting Corpses (written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti; art by Darwyn Cooke, Dick Giordana, Jordi Bernet, Paul Gulacy and Billy Tucci; 160 pages; collects Jonah Hex #43 and 50-54, DC, October 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2899-2)
- Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (with co-author Justin Gray, 8-issue limited series, DC Comics, September 2006 - April 2007, tpb, July 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1336-7)
- Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters: Brave New World (with co-author Justin Gray, 8-issue limited series, DC Comics, November 2007 - June 2008, tpb, September 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1954-3)
- The Beginning (with co-author Justin Gray, art by John Higgins, Fox Atomic Comics, 2007, ISBN 978-0061243547)
- Back to Brooklyn (with co-author Garth Ennis; art by Mihailo Vukelic; 128 pages; Collects Back to Brooklyn #1-5; Image, July 2009, ISBN 1-6070-6060-4)
- Terra (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Amanda Conner, miniseries, DC Comics; collected as Terra with Supergirl #12; 128 pages; December 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2510-1)
- Power Girl (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Amanda Conner ongoing series, DC Comics, July 2009 - May 2010) collected as:
- Volume 1: Power Girl: A New Beginning (April 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2618-3)
- Volume 2: Aliens & Apes (October 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2910-7)
- The Last Resort Graphic Novel (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo; 120 pages, IDW, March 2010, ISBN 1-6001-0615-3)
- Random Acts of Violence Graphic Novel (with co-author Justin Gray and art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo; 72 pages, Image, April 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6264-X)
Screenwriting
Writing for television and film includes:
- Painkiller Jane: The Series for the SCI-FI channel and Starz. Creator, writer and script consultant on 22 1 hour episodes.
- Dead Space: The Movie: script writer with Justin Gray for E.A. Games and Starz.
- The Next Generation: The Beginning. Pilot movie DVD, 2008. Writer with Justin Gray for Lions Gate Entertainment and the Animation Collective.
Superhero Squad]] : Planet hulk. Script for animated show. Marvel comics Disney entertainment.
Repo Men: script for two original webisodes. Universal studios.
Hooptown: short webisodes featuring Vince Carter & LeBron James. screenwriter and storyboard artist. Client: Nike
