Jamie S. Rich
{{Short description|American comic book editor and writer}}
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| notable works =Cut My Hair, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, It Girl and the Atomics, Love is Love
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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.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2013-04-15 |title=SCOOP: Jamie S. Rich, Editor-In-Chief of IDW, Quits For Something New |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scoop-jamie-s-rich-editor-in-chief-of-idw-quits-for-something-new/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=BleedingCool|language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Alverson |first=Brigid |date=2013-04-15 |title='It Girl & The Atomics' to end in July |url=https://www.cbr.com/it-girl-the-atomics-to-end-in-july/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}
= From the Gutters/Back to the Gutters =
In 2013, Rich launched the web series “From the Gutters”.{{Cite web |title=From The Gutters - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@fromthegutters/videos |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.youtube.com}} A series of nine long-form interviews with comics industry talent. The follow-up series, “Back to the Gutters”{{Cite web |title=Back To The Gutters - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@BackToTheGutters/videos |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.youtube.com}} 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,{{Cite web |last=Melrose |first=Kevin |date=2015-03-12 |title=Jamie S. Rich joins Vertigo as senior editor |url=https://www.cbr.com/jamie-s-rich-joins-vertigo-as-senior-editor/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=CBR |language=en-US}} and became Group Editor for Vertigo and Young Animal in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Reid {{!}} |first=Calvin |title=DC Taps Pop Star Gerard Way to Launch New Comics Imprint |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/71508-dc-taps-pop-star-gerard-way-to-launch-new-comics-imprint.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}} Following that in 2018, he became Group Editor for the Batman and Justice League titles,{{Cite web |last=Terror |first=Jude |date=2018-04-07 |title=Jamie S. Rich, The New Batman Group Editor for DC Comics |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jamie-s-rich-batman-group-editor/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}} and eventually the Superman titles.
Rich left DC in 2021{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2021-06-04 |title=DC Comics Group Editor Jamie S Rich Quits For New Opportunity |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-group-editor-jamie-s-rich-quits-for-new-opportunity/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}} to become Editor in Chief at Tapas Media, a short-format web comics publisher.{{Cite web |last=Tantimedh |first=Adi |date=2021-06-16 |title=Tapas Media Gains Jamie S. Rich as New Editor-in-Chief |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/tapas-media-gains-jamie-s-rich-as-new-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}
In early 2022, he moved to IDW Publishing to become the publisher's current Executive Editorial Director.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2022-05-09 |title=Jamie S Rich Quits Tapas Media EIC To Be IDW Exec Editorial Director |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jamie-s-rich-quits-tapas-media-eic-to-be-idw-exec-editorial-director/ |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}
After a corporate restructuring in May 2023, Rich was promoted to Editor-In-Chief at IDW.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2023-05-03 |title=IDW Confirm EIC Jamie S Rich, Co-Publishers Mark Doyle, Tara McCrillis |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/idw-confirm-eic-jamie-s-rich-co-publishers-mark-doyle-tara-mccrillis/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}}
He then left IDW for an unannounced role elsewhere.{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2024-06-18 |title=SCOOP: Jamie S. Rich, Editor-In-Chief of IDW, Quits For Something New |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/scoop-jamie-s-rich-editor-in-chief-of-idw-quits-for-something-new/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=BleedingCool|language=en-US}}
Published works
= Novels =
- Cut My Hair (Crazyfish 2000{{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45040521 |title=Cut my hair |date=2000 |publisher=Crazyfish/MJ-12 |isbn=0-9700387-0-4 |location=Burbank, Calif. |oclc=45040521}}/Oni Press 2002){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50776636 |title=Cut my hair |date=2002 |publisher=Oni Press |isbn=0-9700387-0-4 |edition=1st Oni Press |location=Portland, Or. |oclc=50776636}}
- I Was Someone Dead (Oni Press 2005){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62212712 |title=I was someone dead |date=2005 |publisher=Oni Press |others=Andi Watson |isbn=1-932664-26-2 |edition=1st |location=Portland, Or. |oclc=62212712}}
- Have You Seen the Horizon Lately? (Oni Press 2007){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156817639 |title=Have you seen the horizon lately? |date=2007 |publisher=Oni Press |isbn=978-1-932664-73-7 |edition=1st |location=Portland, Or. |oclc=156817639}}
= Graphic novels =
- 12 Reasons Why I Love Her (Oni Press 2006){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/921869153 |title=12 reasons why I love her |date=2016 |others=Joëlle Jones, Doug Sherwood |isbn=978-1-62010-273-2 |edition=Tenth anniversary |location=Portland, OR |oclc=921869153}}
- You Have Killed Me (Oni Press 2009){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/177018546 |title=You have killed me |date=2009 |publisher=Oni Press |others=Joëlle Jones |isbn=978-1-932664-88-1 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=177018546}}
- Spell Checkers Volume 1 (Oni Press 2010){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430841067 |title=Spell checkers. Vol. 1 |date=2010 |others=Nicolas Hitori de, Joëlle Jones |isbn=978-1-934964-32-3 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=430841067}}
- Spell Checkers Volume 2: Sons of a Preacher Man (Oni Press 2011){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642018917 |title=Spell checkers |date=2010 |publisher=Oni Press |others=Nicolas Hitori de, Joëlle Jones, Kimball Davis, Doug Sherwood, Keith Wood, Jill Beaton |isbn=978-1-934964-32-3 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=642018917}}
- Spell Checkers Volume 3: Careless Whisper (Oni Press 2013){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/882938400 |title=Spell checkers. Volume 3, Careless whisper |date=2013 |others=Nicolas Hitori de, Joëlle Jones |isbn=978-1-62010-094-3 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=882938400}}
- A Boy and a Girl (Oni Press 2013){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/864752997 |title=A boy & a girl |date=2013 |others=Natalie Nourigat |isbn=978-1-62010-089-9 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=864752997}}
- It Girl and the Atomics Volume 1 (Image 2013){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/835972766 |title=It Girl! and the Atomics. Round one, Dark streets, Snap City |date=2013 |others=Mike Norton, Chynna Clugston-Flores, Mike Allred, Laura Allred |isbn=978-1-60706-725-2 |location=Berkeley, Calif. |oclc=835972766}}
- It Girl and the Atomics Volume 2 (Image 2013){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/862823802 |title=It Girl! and the Atomics. Round two, The world is flat |date=2013 |others=Mike Norton, Chynna Clugston-Flores, Natalie Nourigat, Allen Passalaqua, Crank! |isbn=978-1-60706-791-7 |location=Berkeley, Calif. |oclc=862823802}}
- Madame Frankenstein (Oni Press 2014){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891616725 |title=Madame Frankenstein : or the feminine monstrosity |date=2015 |others=Megan Levens, Crank!, Steven Birch, Joëlle Jones, Nick Filardi |isbn=978-1-63215-197-1 |location=Berkeley, CA |oclc=891616725}}
- Archer Coe - The Thousand Natural Shocks (Oni Press 2014){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/870984771 |title=Archer Coe & the thousand natural shocks |date=2014 |others=Dan Christensen |isbn=978-1-62010-121-6 |edition=1st |location=Portland, Oregon |oclc=870984771}}
- Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars (Oni Press 2015){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/896861537 |title=Ares & Aphrodite : love wars |date=2015 |others=Megan Levens, Crank!, Jill Beaton, Robin Herrera |isbn=978-1-62010-208-4 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=896861537}}
- Lady Killer Volume 1 (Co-Written with series creator Joëlle Jones) (Dark Horse 2015){{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Joëlle |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/921164422 |title=Lady killer. Volume 1 |date=2015 |others=Jamie S. Rich, Laura Allred, Crank! |isbn=978-1-61655-757-7 |edition=1st |location=Milwaukee, OR |oclc=921164422}}
- Archer Coe - The Way to Dusty Death (Oni Press 2018){{Cite book |last=Rich |first=Jamie S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1046055954 |title=Archer Coe & the way to dusty death |date=2018 |others=Dan Christensen |isbn=978-1-62010-505-4 |edition=1st |location=Portland, OR |oclc=1046055954}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Here Are Your 2017 Eisner Awards Winners |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/eisner-awards-winners-2017/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Comics |date=9 November 2017 |language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:American comics writers
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Category:American comic book editors
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