J. Michael Straczynski

Joseph Michael Straczynski (; born July 17, 1954) is an American entertainment creator, filmmaker, and motion picture producer. He is also a writer of numerous comic books. He was the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS. Straczynski was the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). Straczynski is also the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison. Joseph Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was co-writer on the martial arts thriller Ninja Assassin (2009). He was one of the key writers for Marvel's Thor (2011), the horror film Underworld: Awakening (2012), and the apocalyptic horror film World War Z (2013). From 2001 to 2007, Straczynski wrote Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by writing issues of Thor and Fantastic Four. He is the author of the Superman: Earth One trilogy of graphic novels, and he has written Superman, Wonder Woman, and Before Watchmen for DC Comics. Straczynski is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, Dream Police, and Ten Grand through Joe's Comics. A prolific writer across a variety of media, as well as a former journalist, Straczynski is the author of the autobiography Becoming Superman (2019) for HarperVoyager, the novel Together We Will Go (2021) for Simon & Schuster, the instructional Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer (2021) for Benbella Books, and the novel The Glass Box (2024) for Blackstone Publishing. In 2020 he was named Head of the Creative Council for the comics publishing company Artists, Writers and Artisans. Straczynski was a long-time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums (including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online) since 1984....