John Jackson Miller

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.

Biography

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 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;"News Watch: Krause Publications Names Editors," The Comics Journal #203 (April 1998), p. 30. he served as the first editor of 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 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 , a website devoted to comic-book...
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