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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