Dylan Neal
VIP
A while back I mentioned I had a copy of Joe's resume from the TCA in Pasadena. Now while I'm sure most of the visitors to this site are well aware of Joe's history and accomplishments, it occured to me that the rest of the cast of LOTR may have no real knowledge of what Joe has done besides B5.
I thought this might help everyone get better acquainted with our "boss"; that and I'm really bored and have nothing else to do with my Sunday afternoon.
Sit back and relax, this is a long one...
He has published three novels, over 500 articles and short stories, an anthology of his short stories, a dozen produced plays, and roughly two dozen produced radio dramas, in excess of 200 television episodes and five television movies...with awards and nominations in every category.
At 46, Staczynski has become one of the most prolific and highly regarded writers currently working in the television industry. In 1995 he was selected by Newsweek magazine as one of their "Fifty For The Future," described as "innovators who will shape our lives as we move into the 21st Century." In 1996, the year he won the coveted Hugo award, the most important award in the science fiction genre, Buzz magazine named him one of the 100 coolest people in Los Angeles. Cinefantastique annually lists him among the 100 most important people in science fiction, and in 1997 Science Fiction Age declared him "the Tolstoy of Science Fiction." He received the Inkpot Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Diego Comic Book Exhibition, the Ray Bradbury Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and has evevn had an asteroid officially named after him by the International Astronomical Union (designated 8379 Straczynski).
Straczynski began writing and selling while still in high school, continued through a variety of colleges across the United States, and arrived in Los Angeles on April Fool's Day, 1981, without contacts, friends or family in the Industry. Armed only with a lengthy list of print credits in leading magazines and newspapers, he quickly worked his way theough the ranks from freelancer to staff writer, story editor, co-producer, producer, supervising producer and finally, executive producer and creator of his own series: Babylon 5.
Between 2000 and 2001, Straczynski wrote three top-selling comics: "Midnight Nation" and "Rising Stars," (his own creations) published through his own Joe's Comics imprint with Image/Top Cow (publishers of "Spawn"), and taking over the "Amazing Spider-Man" comic for Marvel Comics which is considered to be their flagship title. In addition, Rising Stars was optioned by MGM for a motion picture, hiring Straczynski to adapt the book into a high-budget feature film for Atlas Entertainment (producers of Three Kings and City of Angels). He also wrote the thirteen-episode City of Dreams half-hour radio anthology series for SCIFI.COM's Seeing Ear Theatre, which featured Tim Curry and Steve Buscemi. At the same time, Straczynski's third novel, Tribulations, was published by Dark Tales Publications.
His work covers every conceivable genre ranging from historical dramas and adaptations of famous works of literature (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, nominated for Writer's Guild and Ace Awards), to mystery series (Murder She Wrote), cop shows (Jake and the Fatman), anthology series (Twilight Zone), and science fiction (Babylon 5), among others.
He has been an investigative reporter (even receiving death threats as a result), a university instructor, a magazine editor, a crisis counselor (with degrees in Psychology and Sociology), and for five years was a host of a two-hour live weekly radio talk show in Los Angeles. He writes 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, except his birthday, New Year's, and Christmas.
So there you have it. Needless to say we're in exceptional company guys.
Anyone else feel like a complete lazy- ass after reading that?
Regards,
Dylan
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I thought this might help everyone get better acquainted with our "boss"; that and I'm really bored and have nothing else to do with my Sunday afternoon.
Sit back and relax, this is a long one...
He has published three novels, over 500 articles and short stories, an anthology of his short stories, a dozen produced plays, and roughly two dozen produced radio dramas, in excess of 200 television episodes and five television movies...with awards and nominations in every category.
At 46, Staczynski has become one of the most prolific and highly regarded writers currently working in the television industry. In 1995 he was selected by Newsweek magazine as one of their "Fifty For The Future," described as "innovators who will shape our lives as we move into the 21st Century." In 1996, the year he won the coveted Hugo award, the most important award in the science fiction genre, Buzz magazine named him one of the 100 coolest people in Los Angeles. Cinefantastique annually lists him among the 100 most important people in science fiction, and in 1997 Science Fiction Age declared him "the Tolstoy of Science Fiction." He received the Inkpot Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Diego Comic Book Exhibition, the Ray Bradbury Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and has evevn had an asteroid officially named after him by the International Astronomical Union (designated 8379 Straczynski).
Straczynski began writing and selling while still in high school, continued through a variety of colleges across the United States, and arrived in Los Angeles on April Fool's Day, 1981, without contacts, friends or family in the Industry. Armed only with a lengthy list of print credits in leading magazines and newspapers, he quickly worked his way theough the ranks from freelancer to staff writer, story editor, co-producer, producer, supervising producer and finally, executive producer and creator of his own series: Babylon 5.
Between 2000 and 2001, Straczynski wrote three top-selling comics: "Midnight Nation" and "Rising Stars," (his own creations) published through his own Joe's Comics imprint with Image/Top Cow (publishers of "Spawn"), and taking over the "Amazing Spider-Man" comic for Marvel Comics which is considered to be their flagship title. In addition, Rising Stars was optioned by MGM for a motion picture, hiring Straczynski to adapt the book into a high-budget feature film for Atlas Entertainment (producers of Three Kings and City of Angels). He also wrote the thirteen-episode City of Dreams half-hour radio anthology series for SCIFI.COM's Seeing Ear Theatre, which featured Tim Curry and Steve Buscemi. At the same time, Straczynski's third novel, Tribulations, was published by Dark Tales Publications.
His work covers every conceivable genre ranging from historical dramas and adaptations of famous works of literature (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, nominated for Writer's Guild and Ace Awards), to mystery series (Murder She Wrote), cop shows (Jake and the Fatman), anthology series (Twilight Zone), and science fiction (Babylon 5), among others.
He has been an investigative reporter (even receiving death threats as a result), a university instructor, a magazine editor, a crisis counselor (with degrees in Psychology and Sociology), and for five years was a host of a two-hour live weekly radio talk show in Los Angeles. He writes 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, except his birthday, New Year's, and Christmas.
So there you have it. Needless to say we're in exceptional company guys.
Anyone else feel like a complete lazy- ass after reading that?
Regards,
Dylan
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