Jamie S. Rich Explained

Nationality:American
Write:y
Edit:y
Notable Works:Cut My Hair, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, It Girl and the Atomics, Love is Love
Awards:Eisner Awards, 2017 - Best Anthology, Love is Love, DC Comics (with Marc Andreyko, Sarah Gaydos, Robert 'Bob' Harris, David Hedgecock, Maggie Howell, Chris Ryall)

Jamie S. Rich is an author of both prose and graphic novel fiction, a web series host, and editor of American comic books. He was formerly an Executive Editorial Director at IDW Publishing.[1]

Career

As writer

His first published work was the novel “Cut My Hair”, or originally published in 2000 and reprinted in 2002. Beginning in 2006 his first graphic novel, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her was released with art by Joëlle Jones. In the following years Rich has released subsequent works in both prose and graphic art formats in a variety of genres from Oni Press, as well as Dark Horse Comics, and Image Comics. He has also written single-issue comic book stories for Marvel and DC Comics. Plus, at Image Comics, the 12 issue series It Girl & The Atomics.[2]

From the Gutters/Back to the Gutters

In 2013, Rich launched the web series “From the Gutters”.[3] A series of nine long-form interviews with comics industry talent. The follow-up series, “Back to the Gutters”[4] ran for ten episodes starting in 2016.

Editorial

His editorial career began in 1994 as Assistant Editor to Bob Shreck at Dark Horse Comics before becoming the editor for Mike Allred’s Madman Comics at Dark Horse before moving on to Oni Press in 1998. There, Rich took on the role of Editor in Chief, eventually leaving Oni in 2004.

After a period of time as a freelance writer, Rich joined DC Comics in 2015 as a Senior Editor for DC’s Vertigo imprint,[5] and became Group Editor for Vertigo and Young Animal in 2016.[6] Following that in 2018, he became Group Editor for the Batman and Justice League titles,[7] and eventually the Superman titles.

Rich left DC in 2021[8] to become Editor in Chief at Tapas Media, a short-format web comics publisher.[9]

In early 2022, he moved to IDW Publishing to become the publisher's current Executive Editorial Director.[10]

After a corporate restructuring in May 2023, Rich was promoted to Editor-In-Chief at IDW.[11]

He then left IDW for an unannounced role elsewhere.[12]

Published works

Novels

Graphic novels

Awards

In 2017, Rich shared the Eisner Award for Best Anthology for editing the graphic novel Love is Love, a co-publishing collaboration between IDW and DC Comics. A tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johnston . Rich . 2013-04-15 . SCOOP: Jamie S. Rich, Editor-In-Chief of IDW, Quits For Something New . 2024-06-18 . BleedingCool. en-US.
  2. Web site: Alverson . Brigid . 2013-04-15 . 'It Girl & The Atomics' to end in July . 2022-11-20 . CBR . en-US.
  3. Web site: From The Gutters - YouTube . 2022-11-20 . www.youtube.com.
  4. Web site: Back To The Gutters - YouTube . 2022-11-20 . www.youtube.com.
  5. Web site: Melrose . Kevin . 2015-03-12 . Jamie S. Rich joins Vertigo as senior editor . 2022-11-20 . CBR . en-US.
  6. Web site: Reid . Calvin . DC Taps Pop Star Gerard Way to Launch New Comics Imprint . 2022-11-21 . PublishersWeekly.com . en.
  7. Web site: Terror . Jude . 2018-04-07 . Jamie S. Rich, The New Batman Group Editor for DC Comics . 2022-11-20 . Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . en.
  8. Web site: Johnston . Rich . 2021-06-04 . DC Comics Group Editor Jamie S Rich Quits For New Opportunity . 2022-11-20 . Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . en.
  9. Web site: Tantimedh . Adi . 2021-06-16 . Tapas Media Gains Jamie S. Rich as New Editor-in-Chief . 2022-11-20 . Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . en.
  10. Web site: Johnston . Rich . 2022-05-09 . Jamie S Rich Quits Tapas Media EIC To Be IDW Exec Editorial Director . 2022-11-20 . Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . en.
  11. Web site: Johnston . Rich . 2023-05-03 . IDW Confirm EIC Jamie S Rich, Co-Publishers Mark Doyle, Tara McCrillis . 2023-06-18 . bleedingcool.com . en.
  12. Web site: Johnston . Rich . 2024-06-18 . SCOOP: Jamie S. Rich, Editor-In-Chief of IDW, Quits For Something New . 2024-06-18 . BleedingCool. en-US.
  13. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Cut my hair . 2000 . Crazyfish/MJ-12 . 0-9700387-0-4 . Burbank, Calif. . 45040521.
  14. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Cut my hair . 2002 . Oni Press . 0-9700387-0-4 . 1st Oni Press . Portland, Or. . 50776636.
  15. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . I was someone dead . 2005 . Oni Press . Andi Watson . 1-932664-26-2 . 1st . Portland, Or. . 62212712.
  16. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Have you seen the horizon lately? . 2007 . Oni Press . 978-1-932664-73-7 . 1st . Portland, Or. . 156817639.
  17. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . 12 reasons why I love her . 2016 . Joëlle Jones, Doug Sherwood . 978-1-62010-273-2 . Tenth anniversary . Portland, OR . 921869153.
  18. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . You have killed me . 2009 . Oni Press . Joëlle Jones . 978-1-932664-88-1 . 1st . Portland, OR . 177018546.
  19. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Spell checkers. Vol. 1 . 2010 . Nicolas Hitori de, Joëlle Jones . 978-1-934964-32-3 . 1st . Portland, OR . 430841067.
  20. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Spell checkers . 2010 . Oni Press . Nicolas Hitori de, Joëlle Jones, Kimball Davis, Doug Sherwood, Keith Wood, Jill Beaton . 978-1-934964-32-3 . 1st . Portland, OR . 642018917.
  21. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Spell checkers. Volume 3, Careless whisper . 2013 . Nicolas Hitori de, Joëlle Jones . 978-1-62010-094-3 . 1st . Portland, OR . 882938400.
  22. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . A boy & a girl . 2013 . Natalie Nourigat . 978-1-62010-089-9 . 1st . Portland, OR . 864752997.
  23. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . It Girl! and the Atomics. Round one, Dark streets, Snap City . 2013 . Mike Norton, Chynna Clugston-Flores, Mike Allred, Laura Allred . 978-1-60706-725-2 . Berkeley, Calif. . 835972766.
  24. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . It Girl! and the Atomics. Round two, The world is flat . 2013 . Mike Norton, Chynna Clugston-Flores, Natalie Nourigat, Allen Passalaqua, Crank! . 978-1-60706-791-7 . Berkeley, Calif. . 862823802.
  25. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Madame Frankenstein : or the feminine monstrosity . 2015 . Megan Levens, Crank!, Steven Birch, Joëlle Jones, Nick Filardi . 978-1-63215-197-1 . Berkeley, CA . 891616725.
  26. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Archer Coe & the thousand natural shocks . 2014 . Dan Christensen . 978-1-62010-121-6 . 1st . Portland, Oregon . 870984771.
  27. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Ares & Aphrodite : love wars . 2015 . Megan Levens, Crank!, Jill Beaton, Robin Herrera . 978-1-62010-208-4 . 1st . Portland, OR . 896861537.
  28. Book: Jones, Joëlle . Lady killer. Volume 1 . 2015 . Jamie S. Rich, Laura Allred, Crank! . 978-1-61655-757-7 . 1st . Milwaukee, OR . 921164422.
  29. Book: Rich, Jamie S. . Archer Coe & the way to dusty death . 2018 . Dan Christensen . 978-1-62010-505-4 . 1st . Portland, OR . 1046055954.
  30. Web site: Here Are Your 2017 Eisner Awards Winners . 2022-11-21 . Comics . en.

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