John T. "Toyzilla" Marshall is an author, pop culture expert, comic book writer and film producer.
He has written five reference books on vintage toys: (''
GI Joe And Other Backyard Heroes'' (1997), ''
Action figures of the 1980s'' (1998), ''Action Figures of the 1960s'' (1998), ''
Comic Book Hero Toys'' (1999), and ''Collecting Monster Toys'' (1999), all published by
Schiffer Publishing
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (also known for its imprints Schiffer, Schiffer Craft, Schiffer Military History, Schiffer Kids, REDFeather MBS, Cornell Maritime Press, Tidewater Publishers, Thrums Books, Geared Up Publications ) is a family-owned publi ...
).
He has also been a columnist for
Toy Shop
''Toy Shop'' is a Simulation video game, simulation/role-playing video game video game developed by Portuguese team Seed Studios and published by Majesco Entertainment for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It is often compared to the Sto ...
,
Collectors' Showcase, and
Collecting Toys.
Additionally he has been a contributor to several notable books on vintage toys, such as The Collectible GI Joe by Derryl DePriest.
In 1993 he formed a comic book publishing company, Marshall Comics, and in the mid-1990s wrote for independent comic book publisher Antarctic Press, including seven issues of Ninja High School.
[ Ninja high school]
In 2007 he wrote and produced an independent film, Slammerell
co-starring Tiffany Pa
References
* ''
The Wall Street Journal'' (Sept 25 1998 pg W10), ''
The Courier-Post
The ''Courier-Post'' is a morning daily newspaper that serves South Jersey in the Delaware Valley. It is based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and serves most of Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties. The paper has 30,313 daily paid subscr ...
'' (October 10, 1998), The ''
MetroWest Daily News'' (Sept 27, 2001), ''
AntiqueWeek
AntiqueWeek is one of the most popular antiques newspapers in the United States and has been a source for weekly antiques and collectibles news in the United States since 1968. ''AntiqueWeek'' has a weekly circulation of over 70,000 readers.
Th ...
'' (Nov 27, 2000), ''Toy Shop'' (Aug 9 2002 and others), ''Collecting Toys'' (February 1997 and others), ''Collectors' Showcase'' (July/August 1999 and others).
External links
Official site
Living people
Toy collecting
Year of birth missing (living people)
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