JMS Origin Article

[Jan]

Excellent article with pics I'm pretty sure nobody here has ever seen.

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-10931-j-michael-straczynski’s-origin-story.html

At 57, Straczynski is a figure for whom the nerd classes are already polishing a boulder on the Mount Rushmore of science-fiction history, somewhere near Gene Roddenberry and Rod Serling. His list of credits—comic books, novels, theater, journalism, radio, film, TV—is long enough to cramp your finger as you scroll down his Wikipedia entry.

ETA: OOH! Clips from his college paper! http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/b...ily-aztec.html

Did I mention, excellent?

Jan

[JoeD80]

I just get a 404 on that link.

edit: [might be my browser. One of the characters wasn't translating right.]

[Jan]

I changed the link and added the link to the Daily Aztec clips

Jan

[Jan]

JMS posted a comment to the Daily Aztec page:

J. MIchael Straczynski À Works at Screenwriter

Dreadful. Absolutely dreadful. The so-called comedic writing is sophomoric and cliched, relying on slamming together random images and nonsensical phrases. Self-indulgent, over-written and over-wrought. That the author was 19, with a mental age of 6, is no excuse. Clearly, this guy is never going to have a career as a writer. What the hell was he thinking?

Jan

[JoeD80]

I enjoyed the "personal journal" one.

[DaveNarn]

Good article, and it confirms the rumors that JMS is/was haunted by the ghost of Groucho Marx or could be a denizen of Radio Free Oz.

At any rate I'm sure he was just young and secure in the belief that one day he would grow out of it...

Any day now.

[Dan Dassow]

Great article!
Plus: The color picture of JMS from his Sony Bono era
Minus: No mention of JMS's first published play.