| John Jackson Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Official website | |
John Jackson Miller is an American comic book writer and commentator, known for his work on the Star Wars franchise as well as his research into comic book circulation history, as presented in the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series.
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Miller was born on January 12, 1968. A collector of comics and publisher of mini-comics since childhood, he began as editor of the trade magazine Comics Retailer in 1993. Following the introduction of Magic: The Gathering, he added games to its coverage, changing the title to Comics & Games Retailer in 2001. In 1998, Miller was appointed managing editor of Comics Buyer's Guide;[1] he served as the first editor of Scrye: The Guide to Collectible Card Games following its purchase by Krause Publications in 1999. He produced much work for Comics Buyer's Guide magazine, and following the 2002 launch of the Standard Catalog of Comic Books line, worked pricing and other content from those books back into the magazine.
His first professional comics work appeared in 2003 in Crimson Dynamo for Marvel Comics, which led to a run on Iron Man (#73/418 - 85/430). In 2006, he helped relaunch the Dark Horse Star Wars line with the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ongoing comic series.
He writes a regular column called Longbox Manifesto for regular comics magazine Comics Buyer's Guide. In 2007, he launched The Comics Chronicles, a website devoted to comic-book circulation history and research.
In February 2007, he was hired as a writer for the video game Sword of the New World.[2] In December 2007, Wizards of the Coast announced he would co-write a Knights of the Old Republic guidebook for its Star Wars Roleplaying Game, to be released in August 2008.[3] In early 2008, he launched a fantasy webcomic with artist Chuck Fiala called Sword & Sarcasm.[4]
In 2008, he wrote the Dark Horse comic-book adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.[5] In 2009, he was announced as the scripter for Mass Effect: Redemption, the first comic-book series based on the video game Mass Effect, launching in January 2010.[6]
In 2010, Dark Horse Comics announced he would be writing Star Wars: Knight Errant, a new Star Wars comic series. An original novel by the same name is slated for 2011 release by Del Rey.[7]
| Preceded by Robin Laws |
Iron Man writer 2003–2004 |
Succeeded by Mark Ricketts |