Jamie S. Rich is an author of both prose and

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

fiction, a web series host, and editor of American

comic books A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

. He is currently Executive Editorial Director at

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...

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 Joëlle Jones (born February 20, 1980) is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for her work on '' Lady Killer'', a series published in 2015–2017 by Dark Horse Comics, for her cover work on various Marvel Comics series, and for h ...

. In the following years Rich has released subsequent works in both prose and graphic art formats in a variety of genres from

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Grou ...

, as well as

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

, and

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

. He has also written single-issue comic book stories for

Marvel Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...

and

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

. Plus, at Image Comics, the 12 issue series It Girl & The Atomics.

From the Gutters/Back to the Gutters

In 2013, Rich launched the web series “From the Gutters”. A series of nine long-form interviews with comics industry talent. The follow-up series, “Back to the Gutters” 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 Michael Dalton Allred is an American comic book artist and writer most famous for his independent comics creations, ''Madman'' and ''iZombie''. His style is often compared to pop art, as well as commercial and comic art of the 1950s and 1960s ...

’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 Vertigo is a condition where a person has the sensation of movement or of surrounding objects moving when they are not. Often it feels like a spinning or swaying movement. This may be associated with nausea, vomiting, sweating, or difficulties w ...

imprint, and became Group Editor for Vertigo and

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in 2016. Following that in 2018, he became Group Editor for the

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

and

Justice League The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceived ...

titles, and eventually the

Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...

titles. Rich left DC in 2021 to become Editor in Chief at Tapas Media, a short-format web comics publisher. In early 2022, he moved to IDW Publishing to become the publisher's current Executive Editorial Director. After a corporate restructuring in May 2023, Rich was promoted to Editor-In-Chief at IDW.

Published works

Novels

* Cut My Hair (Crazyfish 2000/Oni Press 2002) * I Was Someone Dead (Oni Press 2005) * Have You Seen the Horizon Lately? (Oni Press 2007)

Graphic novels

* 12 Reasons Why I Love Her (Oni Press 2006) * You Have Killed Me (Oni Press 2009) * Spell Checkers Volume 1 (Oni Press 2010) * Spell Checkers Volume 2: Sons of a Preacher Man (Oni Press 2011) * Spell Checkers Volume 3: Careless Whisper (Oni Press 2013) * A Boy and a Girl (Oni Press 2013) * It Girl and the Atomics Volume 1 (Image 2013) * It Girl and the Atomics Volume 2 (Image 2013) * Madame Frankenstein (Oni Press 2014) * Archer Coe - The Thousand Natural Shocks (Oni Press 2014) * Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars (Oni Press 2015) * Lady Killer Volume 1 (Co-Written with series creator Joëlle Jones) (Dark Horse 2015) * Archer Coe - The Way to Dusty Death (Oni Press 2018)

Awards

In 2017, Rich shared the

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books, sometimes referred to as the comics industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards. They are named in ...

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 On , 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man, killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando Police officers shot and killed him after a three-hour standoff. In a 9- ...

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