Linsner was born in Queens, New York, one of three brothers. His father died when Joseph was 14 years old. Linsner grew up with a fascination for Batman, the X-Men, Conan the Barbarian, and the pinup artist Alberto Vargas. Later influences included Alan Moore, Pat Mills, and David Cronenberg.
Linsner introduced the lingerie-wearing occult character Dawn in Cry for Dawn, a nine-issue series self-published by Linsner and Joseph M. Monks' Cry for Dawn Productions beginning in 1989. Cry For Dawn Productions dissolved in late 1993, and Linsner took Dawn to a new publisher he helped found, Sirius Entertainment; Dawn was published by Sirius for several limited series and one-shots from 1995 to 2000.
Linsner broke into mainstream comics drawing the cover of Justice League Quarterly #13 (Winter 1993). His Marvel Comics work includes the one-shot Killraven #1 (Feb. 2001), several covers for the company's mid-2000s Mystique series, and painted covers and interior penciling and inking for the Wolverine-Black Cat three-issue limited series Claws (Oct.-Dec., 2006), followed in 2011 by the three-issue limited series Wolverine & Black Cat: Claws 2 (Aug.–Nov., 2011).

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