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{{quote|''"[[Cosmic Plaything|The universe considers me its]] [[Chew Toy|personal cat toy]]. Do you have ANY idea what it's like to go through life covered in cosmic cat spit?"''
|JMS in IRC, 1/22/97}}
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Afterward, he attempted to continue spreading the joy with high-concept shows like ''[[Crusade]]'' and ''[[Jeremiah (TV series)|Jeremiah]]'' - but the networks had by then decided that he was an enemy, and have since taken ''[[To the Pain|special]]'' care to [[Screwed by the Network|screw with him]].
He then started writing for comic books, and has had somewhat more success, most notably ''[[Bullet Points]]'', [[JMS Spider-Man|his run on]] ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' (which included the famous 9/11 issue and ''[[One More Day]]''), ''[[Midnight Nation]]'', ''[[Rising Stars]]'', ''[[Silver Surfer]]: Requiem'', and ''[[Supreme Power]]''. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for the [[Clint Eastwood]]-directed, [[Angelina Jolie]]-starring ''[[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]'', and his current projects include writing a script for a [[Lensman]] movie, the remake of ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', and at least one pass at a ''[[World War Z]]'' treatment. Recently{{when}} got handed the writing reins of a revival of one of Marvel's primary series, ''[[The Mighty Thor]]'', as a lead-in to the next [[Crisis Crossover]]. He even got to write for the ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' movie, even managing a cameo (he's the first guy to find Mjolnir and try to lift it). Truly an [[Ascended Fanboy]]. He also wrote ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]: Awakening'', the fourth installment of that series.
His first name is Joseph and friends call him Joe, but he has stated that "Joe Straczynski" is a name that would "frighten cats." Professionally, he goes by J. Michael so as to allow people to work up to the "Straczynski." First word: one letter, easy; second word: Michael, two syllables but familiar enough; then...the leap. Fans generally know and refer to him just by his initials, which is how he signs his emails and
He is currently{{when}} working for DC Comics, having written ''[[The Brave and the Bold]]'', ''[[Superman]]'' and ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', although he recently{{when}} left the last two titles to write more Earth-1 graphic novels. He will soon be among the writers working on DC's ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' prequels.
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