J. Michael Straczynski
J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski, known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or jms, is an American screenwriter, television producer and director, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Studio JMS, and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5and its spinoff Crusade, Jeremiah, and Sense8...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth17 July 1954
CountryUnited States of America
book issues watches
It's been amazing to watch, because for 'Thor', which was always a mid-selling book, to be in the top ten for every single issue since the reboot is just a great compliment.
resent-you world want
The hardest thing in the world is to stand alone. Your friends will not understand, will resent you, will want you to just stop it and let life go back to where it was. But you have to follow the quiet turning of your own considered conscience. It's a hard road.
success book thinking
I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.
terrible fairs ifs
Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?
passion too-late firsts
Follow your passion. The rest will attend to itself. If I can do it, anybody can do it. It's possible. And it's your turn. So go for it. It's never too late to become what you always wanted to be in the first place.
visibility lows shows
I've worked on high visibility shows that weren't always the best, and low visibility shows that I love but that didn't have the PR behind them.
writing long immortality
Like everyone else, I am going to die. But the words - the words live on for as long as there are readers to see them, audiences to hear them. It is immortality by proxy. It is not really a bad deal, all things considered.
leadership fighting differences
Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.
father son car
You don't buy into huge car chases or sensates or interstellar warfare, but you can buy into a loving relationship or a father-son relationship, and you can buy into the small humor. If you want to make your fiction universal, go small. That's the best way to do it.
kids age robins
There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.
heart joy rewards
I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.
communication quality sides
The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language.
writing blow doubt
When in doubt, blow something up.
next-day half way
When you walk into a movie theater, you don't walk out half-way through, and then come back the next day to watch the rest of it.