The Twilight Zone #1 by J. Michael Straczynski

Later, he went to work for DC, where he wrote the well-received Superman: Earth One. For much of the 2000s, Straczynski had an exclusive contract at Marvel, where he wrote Amazing Spider-Man, The Mighty Thor, and Silver Surfer: Requiem among others. This actually closed out an episode.) Concocting loopholes in stories he was forced to write so that they could be overwritten later.Īfter Jeremiah ended, Straczynski began writing for comic books. Tossing B5-trademarked teddy bears out of airlocks to protest attempts to merchandise his show. Killing off network-mandated additions to his cast. He'd done everything to earn their ire: Retconning Janine's makeover in Ghostbusters as the result of spiritual possession. He became persona non grata in television for a while. Straczynski again found himself fighting with studio execs and producers while running Jeremiah. Later, Straczynski tried to realize the grander ambitions of B5 with the Aftershow Crusade, but it crashed and burned due to network bickering. B5's use of early CGI and season-long arcs were revolutionary at the time and paved the way for shows like Battle Star Galactica 2003 and later prestige television.ī5 came to a somewhat unsatisfactory end, due to the series being cancelled, hastily concluded, then Un-Cancelled - whereupon the creators had to find a way to extend the story before airing the actual conclusion. Babylon 5 was not a major success and was overshadowed by Deep Space Nine, but it proved influential. He has written at great length about the show since it went off the air. Straczynski was active on Usenet and CompuServe to a degree almost unheard of for a showrunner. To produce it, he endured budget headaches, unexpected actor illness and departures, multiple near-cancellations, an ongoing feud with Paramount over similarities between his show and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and much more. His B5 scripts alone run to ten thick volumes, and he wrote a new, camera-ready shooting script for the film Ninja Assassin from start to finish in 53 hours.ī5 was a long-time personal project for Straczynski, to the point that he wrote most of the five-year series single-handedly. Later major works included the screenplay for the Clint Eastwood film Changeling, the Netflix series Sense8, and an earlier long run on Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man. He first became well known in SF circles in the 1990s for creating the cult Space Opera Babylon 5. Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is a writer in several genres and mediums, often known online as JMS.

The Twilight Zone #1 by J. Michael Straczynski