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J. Michael Straczynski Gives Slight Tease For The Return Of Babylon 5
Turns out the network passed on the pilot for this cycle- and that's an important point that JMS emphasizes on his Patreon, with The CW President Mark Pedowitz speaking with him to confirm that the pilot was not dead but was being moved into active development for Fall 2023. Image: Screencap JMS began his update by referencing[...]
J. Michael Straczynski Gives Slight Tease For The Return Of Babylon 5
Michael Straczynski (or JMS) for a "from-the-ground-up" reboot pilot of the original sci-fi drama Since that time, they've learned from JMS that he was "hip deep" writing the script for the pilot and beginning to lay out the map of the reboot should it go to series So with that in mind and with a[...]
J. Michael Straczynski Gives Slight Tease For The Return Of Babylon 5
By all means view this as gossip, even another bit of speculation – and dismiss it accordingly, but that's the gist of what I was told about why the request for the original 3D models was made a few months back." So bear all that in mind, maybe, just maybe, it might give JMS' tweet some[...]
Gregg Hurwitz & Mark Texeira's New Comic, Knighted, From AWA Studios
Starring Knight, a character they see as the Batman of the AWA shared continuity with JMS and Mike Deodato's The Resistance, to be published by AWA on November the 3rd, 2021 AWA CCO and former Marvel EIC Axel Alonso says, "With KNIGHTED, Gregg and Mark are deconstructing and, in fact, reinventing an all-too familiar super-hero paradigm in the context[...]
Cover image for OUT #1 CVR B DEODATO JR (MR)
Rob Williams, Will Conrad, and Marco Lesko's new vampire World War II comic book series Out, for Artists, Writers & Artisans (AWA) is "out" in October 2021, as well as a one-shot for alien medical comic ET-ER by Jeff McComsey, Dan Panosian, Javier Pulido and Shawn Crystal. Here are their full October 2021 solicits along with[...]
Cover image for TELEPATHS #1 (OF 6) CVR A EPTING
JMS is also, of course, famous for writing about telepaths in Babylon 5 Looks like he may be channeling this in September, in a world where ten percent of humanity are suddenly telepathic Any room for a Psi-Corps? Here are AWA's full solicits for September 2021. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img[...]
Marvel Rushes To Publish Loki Graphic Novel By JMS & Olivier Coipel
Also added was Steve Englehart, who was co-creator along with previously credited Sal Buscema of Roxxon in the comic books the multi-national conglomerate of Big Oil, Big Media, Big Pharma, and Big Politics, which has a retail outlet in the manner of Walmart in Loki, namely Roxxcart. JMS, Olivier Coipel and Steve Englehart Added to Loki TV[...]
The Last Dangerous Visions: JMS Prepares "Lost" Harlan Ellison Book
JMS is the executor of Harlan and Susan Ellison's literary estate, and part of that job is to prepare Ellison's work for republication and keep it in print. "The Last Dangerous Visions" graphic from JMS Dangerous Visions is the legendary Science Fiction anthology edited by Harlan Ellison that heralded the New Wave alongside Michael Moorcock's New Worlds[...]
Babylon 5 The Lost Tales DVD Cover
Michael Straczynski has a longer career in writing television.  A huge silver age Superman fan, JMS got into television writing in the 1980s and wrote hundreds of scripts staring with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and going on to She-Ra Princess of Power, the Real Ghostbusters, and the 1980's Twilight Zone relaunch.  It[...]
Marvel Brings Back Classic "Sins Past" Story in JMS Spider-Man Omnibus
Michael Straczynski had a very memorable run on Amazing Spider-Man in the mid-2000s, with notable improvements like "now Spider-Man has organic web-shooters like in the movies" and the unforgettable One More Day storyline, in which Spider-Man, totally keeping within his character, makes a deal with Mephisto that sacrifices his marriage, a storyline that was a[...]
J. Michael Straczynski Pens Heartfelt Letter About his Friend, Harlan Ellison
Michael Straczynski took to his facebook page to write a letter, talking about where he came from and how important Harlan's friendship was to him. The pair worked together a few times, Ellison wrote two episodes of JMS's Babylon 5 space-centric tv series, as well as JMS adapting for film one of Ellison's works, "Repent, Harlequin! Said[...]
JMS And Ben Templesmith, Working Together Again
So, last year Ben Templesmith was replaced as the artist on JMS's Ten Grand comic series for Image Comics A work-for-hire gig for Ben, he seemingly went incommunicado after being sent a script At the time JMS wrote,  Most recently, we gave Ben a full script on July 26th It is now September 4th, and we[...]
JMS Has His Doctor Who Story All Mapped Out
JMS told Chris, I would love to write a Doctor Who episode someday, I'm a huge fan I'm curious to see how the new guy does, I love what Matt Smith is doing so I'll give the new guy benefit of the doubt I do know what that story would be But honestly? Steven Moffat is[...]
Pop Culture Hounding Joe Michael Straczynski
Michael Straczynski, otherwise known as JMS! Joe and I discuss the many and varied comic projects he has going on at the moment, including Terminator for Dark Horse Comics, Twilight Zone for Dynamite Entertainment, and his continuing work on the Joe's Comics imprint with Image Comics (Ten Grand, Sidekick, Protectors Inc.) We also discuss his background with[...]
Things To Do In London This Week If You Like Comics – JMS To Tintin
But don't you fret! There are comic book things! Cameron Stewart, Will Simpson, JMS and Tintin! Saturday 4th January Cameron Stewart is signing at Gosh! Comics tomorrow Creator of the award-winning comic Sin Titulo, and artist on such mind blindingly good titles as Batman and Robin and Sea Guy will be at Gosh! on January the 4th from[...]
JMS' Apocalypse Al Moves Heaven And Earth To Image Comics
Though you may have heard of it before… The Adventures Of Apocalypse Al, a four part mini-series by JMS, Sid Kotian and Bill Farmer Was to have come out frtom MTV Geek And then, well, the Geek fell. At which point, Image jumped in, already publishing a number of JMS' titles as Joe's Comics[...]