Micah Wright

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| birth_name = Micah Ian War Dog Wright

| birth_date = 1969

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| notable works = Stormwatch: Team Achilles

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| website = http://www.micahwright.com/

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Micah Ian War Dog Wright{{cite web |first=Bruce |last=Haring |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/native-american-tv-writers-lab-selects-2019-participants-1202588893/ |title=Native American TV Writers Lab Selects 2019 Participants |publisher=Deadline |date=April 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405130134/https://deadline.com/2019/04/native-american-tv-writers-lab-selects-2019-participants-1202588893/ |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |url-status=live }} (born 1969) is a Native American writer who has worked in film, television, animation, video games and comic books. Wright started his career at Nickelodeon where he was an intern, script supervisor, and also a staff writer on The Angry Beavers. It was at Nickelodeon that he became friends with Jay Lender, with whom he would collaborate as a writing partner on numerous projects across various media. Wright got his start in comics with the short lived Stormwatch: Team Achilles. He came to public attention with his anti-war satire posters, which were later compiled into the bookYou Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want. After set backs, Wright shifted his focus to video games. He co-wrote the titles Destroy All Humans! and Robocalypse with Jay Lender. A member of Writers Guild of America West, he chaired the Video Game Writers Caucus and helped establish the WGA’s first Video Game Writing Award in 2007. He also co-founded the WGA's Native American and World Indigenous Writers Committee. In 2015, he published Duster, a WWII-themed graphic novel crowdfunded on Kickstarter. He also consulted on virtual reality project TheBlu, which lead to a teaching role in virtual reality filmmaking. He co-directed They’re Watching (2016), a horror comedy, and served as Chief Content Manager (2017–2019) for the TV network First Nations Experience, overseeing its first original programming.

Early life

Wright was born in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated from the University of Arizona with degrees in political science and creative writing.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1716202 |title=You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want! - A Collection of Remixed War Posters |publisher=Democracy Now! |date=May 28, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605154039/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/1716202 |archive-date=June 5, 2003 |url-status=dead }} While in college, Wright was involved in a weekly sketch comedy show where he started out as a writer and eventually became a performer.{{cite web |first=Katherine |last=Keller |url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/micahwright.shtml |title=The Wright Man for the Job |publisher=Sequential Tart |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030803195454/http://www.sequentialtart.com/micahwright.shtml |archive-date=August 3, 2003 |url-status=dead }}

Career

=Animation and comics=

After graduating and moving to Los Angeles, Wright started interning at Nickelodeon, before becoming script supervisor and eventually a staff writer on The Angry Beavers.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/beavers.html |title=The World of Micah Ian Wright: Angry Beavers |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021105180057/http://www.micahwright.com/beavers.html |archive-date=November 5, 2002 |url-status=dead }} In early 2000, a number of writers working on Nickelodeon cartoons contacted the Writers Guild of America to renegotiate the contracts on their behalf and organize a union.{{cite web |first=Rico |last=Gagliano |url=http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/05/news-gagliano.shtml |title=Naughty Nick |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=December 28, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020612170507/http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/05/news-gagliano.shtml |archive-date=June 12, 2002 |url-status=dead }} At the time, Wright, who also took part in the union drive, was writing and producing the pilot for his own show, Constant Payne, a steampunk science fiction series following a family of adventurers co-produced with Madhouse, with an aesthetic inspired by anime, pulp magazines and early Soviet propaganda posters.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/payne.html |title=The World of Micah Ian Wright: Constant Payne |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021003224112/http://www.micahwright.com/payne.html |archive-date=October 3, 2002 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Aliev|first=Nick|url=https://www.cbr.com/before-avatar-the-last-airbender-nick-rejected-constant-payne/|title=Before Avatar: The Last Airbender, Nick Rejected the Action Pilot Constant Payne|website=CBR|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121041759/https://www.cbr.com/before-avatar-the-last-airbender-nick-rejected-constant-payne/|archive-date=January 21, 2022|url-status=live}} The show, which would have been Nickelodeon's first action adventure offering, was not ordered to series due to the network's fears of violent programming in the wake of the September 11 attacks as well as Nickelodeon's suspicions that Wright was one of the figureheads in the union organizing effort.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=16775 |title=Nick no longer in Constant Payne |publisher=Toon Zone |date=January 12, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714070604/http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=16775 |archive-date=July 14, 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/iMovieTheater5.html |title=Constant Payne Pilot |publisher=.Mac |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106104456/http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/iMovieTheater5.html |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last=Hopkins|first=Ethan|url=https://www.cbr.com/rejected-cartoon-pilots/|title=15 Failed Cartoon Pilots Too Weird For TV|website=CBR|date=March 17, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819184438/https://www.cbr.com/rejected-cartoon-pilots/|archive-date=August 19, 2022|url-status=live}} Wright has since tried pitching Constant Payne to Warner Bros. Animation{{cite web |first=Jimmy |last=Kustes |url=http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37881 |title=Micah Wright on Constant Payne, Invader Zim, and Batman's producers |publisher=Toon Zone |date=June 18, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030502064543/http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37881 |archive-date=May 2, 2003 |url-status=dead }} and to foreign studios as an animated feature-length film{{cite web |first=Jimmy |last=Kustes |url=http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38015 |title='Constant Payne': The Motion Picture? |publisher=Toon Zone |date=June 18, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020821061435/http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38015 |archive-date=August 21, 2002 |url-status=dead }} but the project remains uncompleted.{{cite web|last=Lampkin|first=William|url=https://thepulp.net/pulp-articles/payne/|title=An animated Doc|website=ThePulp.Net|date=June 2002|access-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827230306/https://thepulp.net/pulp-articles/payne/|archive-date=August 27, 2022|url-status=live}} During his time at Nickelodeon, Wright became friends with Jay Lender, with whom he would collaborate as a writing partner on numerous projects across various media.{{cite web |first=Geoffrey |last=Wessel |url=http://comicsbulletin.com/interviews/4680/micah-ian-wright-returning-to-the-medium-he-loves/ |title=Micah Ian Wright: Returning to the Medium he Loves |publisher=Comics Bulletin |date=July 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410010622/http://comicsbulletin.com/interviews/4680/micah-ian-wright-returning-to-the-medium-he-loves/ |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

At San Diego Comic Con in 2001, Wright, who has been a fan of comics since childhood,{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://micahwright.com/rants.htm |title=Rants |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031211072707/http://micahwright.com/rants.htm |archive-date=December 11, 2003 |url-status=dead }} was introduced to some of the editors of DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint through his friend, artist John Cassaday. Wright pitched his idea for a creator-owned G.I. Joe-type series, hoping to publish it through the Homage sub-imprint.{{cite web |first=Jonah |last=Weiland |url=http://comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=954 |title='STORMWATCH' RETURNS THIS JULY |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=March 1, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306233155/http://comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=954 |archive-date=March 6, 2002 |url-status=dead }} The editors liked the concept but asked Wright to rework it to fit into the Wildstorm Universe,{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/comics.html |title=The World of Micah Ian Wright: Comics & Graphic Novels |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020910113201/http://www.micahwright.com/comics.html |archive-date=September 10, 2002 |url-status=dead }} and the project was eventually developed into a new version of one of the imprint's founding titles, Stormwatch. Stormwatch: Team Achilles with art by Whilce Portacio,{{cite web |first=Greg |last=Schoen |url=http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/10412125245805.htm |title=Micah Wright Speaks Out About StormWatch 6, Authority, Whilce Portacio And More |publisher=Silver Bullet Comic Books |date=December 29, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030127055826/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/10412125245805.htm |archive-date=January 27, 2003 |url-status=dead }} debuting in July 2002 under the "mature readers" sub-imprint Eye of the Storm,{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Doran |url=http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000858 |title=STORMWATCH WATCHES THE WATCHMEN |publisher=Newsarama |date=March 1, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020309102331/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000858 |archive-date=March 9, 2002 |url-status=dead }} featured a UN-sanctioned team consisting primarily of human soldiers, created in response to the growing superhuman presence in the political areas of the Wildstorm Universe, particularly the events depicted in Mark Millar's run on The Authority.{{cite web |first=Sam |last=Evans |url=http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/103008193395954.htm |title=Micah Wright: The Driving Force Of The New StormWatch |publisher=Silver Bullet Comic Books |date=August 23, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019190149/http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/103008193395954.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2002 |url-status=dead }} Despite consistent critical acclaim throughout its run,{{cite web |first=Augie |last=De Blieck |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=pipeline&article=1360 |title=DUE IN SHOPS THIS WEEK |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=July 9, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806025124/http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=pipeline&article=1360 |archive-date=August 6, 2002 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Johanna |last=Draper |url=http://www.mindspring.com/~johannadc/reviews/2003/week0122.html |title=Comics Out January 22 |publisher=Comics Worth Reading |date=January 22, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030301192616/http://www.mindspring.com/~johannadc/reviews/2003/week0122.html |archive-date=March 1, 2003 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Greg |last=McElhatton |url=http://www.icomics.com/rev_040903_stormwatch.shtml |title=StormWatch: Team Achilles #9 |publisher=iComics |date=April 9, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030421182016/http://www.icomics.com/rev_040903_stormwatch.shtml |archive-date=April 21, 2003 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Katherine |last=Keller |url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=2556&issue=2003-09-01 |title=StormWatch: Team Achilles #14 |publisher=Sequential Tart |date=September 1, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031231152152/http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=2556&issue=2003-09-01 |archive-date=December 31, 2003 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Barb |last=Lien-Cooper |url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=2595&issue=2003-10-01 |title=Stormwatch: Team Achilles |publisher=Sequential Tart |date=October 1, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019053719/http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=2595&issue=2003-10-01 |archive-date=October 19, 2003 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Don |last=MacPherson |url=http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/critiques/030804/stormwatchteamachilles20.shtml |title=STORMWATCH: TEAM ACHILLES #20 |publisher=The Fourth Rail |date=March 8, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318205736/http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/critiques/030804/stormwatchteamachilles20.shtml |archive-date=March 18, 2004 |url-status=dead }} Stormwatch, like other Eye of the Storm titles, suffered from low sales{{cite web |first=Tim |last=O'Shea |url=http://silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/105668642118583.htm |title=Micah Ian Wright: SBC Q&A; |publisher=Silver Bullet Comic Books |date=June 26, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030728135921/http://silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/105668642118583.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2003 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Arune |last=Singh |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2757 |title=UP IN THE SKY...: CASEY, GRAY & WRIGHT DISCUSS WILDSTORM'S EYE OF THE STORM |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=September 5, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031001201623/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2757 |archive-date=October 1, 2003 |url-status=dead }} and was ultimately cancelled few issues shy of Wright's planned 26-issue storyline.{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11787 |title=STORM'S END: STORMWATCH: TEAM ACHILLES CANCELLED |publisher=Newsarama |date=April 15, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417044502/http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11787 |archive-date=April 17, 2004 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/stormwatch.htm |title=Stormwatch: Team Achilles, A 26-part story |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040421114632/http://www.micahwright.com/stormwatch.htm |archive-date=April 21, 2004 |url-status=dead }} Shortly before the cancellation, the series took part in the line-wide crossover "Coup d'Etat" which saw The Authority take over the United States, forcing Team Achilles to go on the run.{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11683 |title=WATCHING THE POST-COUP STORM: MICAH WRIGHT ON STORMWATCH: TEAM ACHILLES |publisher=Newsarama |date=April 13, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417150448/http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11683 |archive-date=April 17, 2004 |url-status=dead }}

Soon after the launch of Stormwatch: Team Achilles, Wright and artist Mark Robinson created a pitch for the revival of another Wildstorm property, DV8, which was rejected due to the low sales of the series' previous iteration and the creators' relatively unknown status.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://micahwright.com/dv-8.htm |title=DV-8 REJECTED |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030422205702/http://micahwright.com/dv-8.htm |archive-date=April 22, 2003 |url-status=dead }} In 2003, Wright teamed up with artist Rick Remender to pitch a series focusing on the exploits of a low-ranking member of Advanced Idea Mechanics, a villainous organization operating within the Marvel Universe. The proposal, titled Joe A.I.M. and submitted for publication under Marvel's briefly revived Epic imprint, was rejected, prompting Wright to share his dissatisfaction with the Epic editorial on his Delphi message board,{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1666 |title=LYING IN THE GUTTERS #51: AIM FIRE |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=June 16, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030804041558/http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1666 |archive-date=August 4, 2003 |url-status=dead }} which resulted in a public dispute between him and Marvel's then-Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada.{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1670 |title=LYING IN THE GUTTERS #52: MORE WRIGHT STUFF |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=June 23, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810111440/http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1670 |archive-date=August 10, 2003 |url-status=dead }} In an interview later that year, Wright expressed regret for making the issue public.{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy63.html |title=WAITING FOR TOMMY: MICAH WRIGHT |publisher=Dynamic Forces |date=December 3, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205073421/http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy63.html |archive-date=December 5, 2003 |url-status=live }} Other unproduced projects include American Cross with artist Niko Henrichon, a revenge story that takes place during the American Revolution,{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/american.html |title=American |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021002005013/http://www.micahwright.com/american.html |archive-date=October 2, 2002 |url-status=dead }} Lifer with artist Steve Pugh, a four-issue military sci-fi series described by Wright as "Starship Troopers meets Catch-22",{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://micahwright.com/lifer.htm |title=New Page 1 |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030609103229/http://micahwright.com/lifer.htm |archive-date=June 9, 2003 |url-status=dead }} Los Diablos with art by Taesoo Kim, a rejected weird western anime pitch repurposed into a comic book series.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/western.html |title=Los Diablos |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021224023613/http://www.micahwright.com/western.html |archive-date=December 24, 2002 |url-status=dead }} and Thunderhead!, an adult-oriented animated series co-created by Wright and Jay Lender.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://micahwright.com/thunderhead.htm|title=From the writers of SpongeBob SquarePants and The Angry Beavers comes... |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814181540/http://micahwright.com/thunderhead.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2003 |url-status=dead }}

=Controversy and fallout=

Outside of his work in animation and comics, Wright gained online popularity with a series of satirical military propaganda posters that combined the imagery of the World War II-era propaganda posters and the modern anti-war messages as slogans.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/PhotoAlbum1.html |title=Know Your Place! Shut Your Face! |publisher=.Mac |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017084922/http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/PhotoAlbum1.html |archive-date=October 17, 2002 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Daron |last=Letts |url=http://www.rabble.ca/rabble_interview.shtml?x=17638&url= |title=Close Your Eyes Norman Rockwell |publisher=rabble.ca |date=December 11, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207075231/http://www.rabble.ca/rabble_interview.shtml?x=17638&url= |archive-date=February 7, 2003 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://www.newsarama.com/Propaganda.htm |title=Propaganda |publisher=Newsarama |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030324093855/http://www.newsarama.com/Propaganda.htm |archive-date=March 24, 2003 |url-status=dead }} Shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, some of the posters were collected into a book, You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want, with a foreword by Kurt Vonnegut and an introduction by Howard Zinn.{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Pogue |url=http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2003/02/19/always_something_to_radicalize.html |title=Always something to radicalize |newspaper=NUVO |date=February 19, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040101173956/http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2003/02/19/always_something_to_radicalize.html |archive-date=January 1, 2004 |url-status=dead }} Early printings of the book featured another introduction, where Wright described his experiences as a sergeant in the United States Army Rangers who had seen active combat in the 1989 invasion of Panama, a claim he had previously made discussing his military-themed series Stormwatch: Team Achilles in various interviews as well as responding to the criticism of his poster work online,{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Parrott |url=http://www.kevinparrott.com/archives/000625.html |title=In The Back, Third Row, On The Right |publisher=kevinparrott.com |date=May 7, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040609235928/http://www.kevinparrott.com/archives/000625.html |archive-date=June 9, 2004 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/Personal4.html |title=Who's the Traitor? |publisher=.Mac |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017084341/http://homepage.mac.com/leperous/Personal4.html |archive-date=October 17, 2002 |url-status=dead }} and further elaborated upon while promoting You Back the Attack with a radio interview on Democracy Now! and a profile in The Washington Post.{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Leiby |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/07/06/vintage-propagandas-revisionist-visonary/81b77b1b-58fb-4e29-8056-d730312ce6e8/ |title=Vintage Propaganda's Revisionist Visonary |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 6, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025131115/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/07/06/vintage-propagandas-revisionist-visonary/81b77b1b-58fb-4e29-8056-d730312ce6e8/ |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |url-status=live }} Wright's credentials were then questioned by actual Rangers, prompting them to contact The Post profile's author Richard Leiby, who began researching Wright's background.{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Leiby |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60120-2004May1?language=printer |title=Rangers Lead the Way in Exposing Authour as a Fraud |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 2, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514043131/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60120-2004May1?language=printer |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }} In April 2004, after Wright learned that Leiby was writing an exposé questioning his military service,{{cite web |first=Jonah |last=Weiland |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3613 |title=MICAH WRIGHT COMES CLEAN, RANGER STORY A HOAX |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 2, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040526114124/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3613 |archive-date=May 26, 2004 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12524 |title=MICAH WRIGHT: "I WAS NEVER AN ARMY RANGER" |publisher=Newsarama |date=May 2, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505145359/http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12524 |archive-date=May 5, 2004 |url-status=dead }} he confessed that he had never been a Ranger, having only participated in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and apologized online.{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/ranger.htm |title=Mea Culpa |publisher=micahwright.com |date=May 8, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327093525/http://www.micahwright.com/ranger.htm |archive-date=March 27, 2006 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/ranger-3.htm |title=What's With the Three Apologies? |publisher=micahwright.com |date=May 8, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327093532/http://www.micahwright.com/ranger-3.htm |archive-date=March 27, 2006 |url-status=dead }}

The revelation resonated across the comic book industry, attracting responses from a number of industry figures including writers Steven Grant,{{cite web |first=Steven |last=Grant |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=pd&article=1899 |title=MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS #138 |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 5, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040531162925/http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=pd&article=1899 |archive-date=May 31, 2004 |url-status=dead }} Jeff Parker,{{cite web |first=Jeff |last=Parker |url=http://parkerspace.blogspot.com/2004/05/pants-on-fire.html |title=Pants On Fire |publisher=Mystifying Oracle |date=May 2, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218202213/http://parkerspace.blogspot.com/2004/05/pants-on-fire.html |archive-date=February 18, 2006 |url-status=live }} Kurt Busiek{{cite web |first=Graeme |last=McMillan |url=http://fanboyrampage.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_fanboyrampage_archive.html#108359722295590580 |title=Kurt Busiek stopped in at the forum, to talk sense |publisher=Fanboy Rampage |date=May 3, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818032947/http://fanboyrampage.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_fanboyrampage_archive.html#108359722295590580 |archive-date=August 18, 2004 |url-status=dead }} and Mark Millar,{{cite web |first=Graeme |last=McMillan |url=http://fanboyrampage.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_fanboyrampage_archive.html#108359878490743688 |title=Mark Millar posts on the Micah Wright story |publisher=Fanboy Rampage |date=May 3, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818032947/http://fanboyrampage.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_fanboyrampage_archive.html#108359878490743688 |archive-date=August 18, 2004 |url-status=dead }} as well as journalists Tom Spurgeon{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Spurgeon |url=http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/longbox/2104/ |title=Micah Wright to DC: Stop Lying |publisher=The Comics Reporter |date=May 18, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050716084155/http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/longbox/2104/ |archive-date=July 16, 2005 |url-status=live }} and Rich Johnston.{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1897 |title=LYING IN THE GUTTERS #97: LYING IN THE BROADSHEETS |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 3, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040531151544/http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1897 |archive-date=May 31, 2004 |url-status=dead }} According to Johnston, the mini-series Vigilante, which was supposed to be Wright's writing debut in the DC Universe,{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/vigilante.htm |title=Vigilante |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031015205120/http://www.micahwright.com/vigilante.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2003 |url-status=dead }} was already causing internal concern at the company due to the direction and tone of the title, as the titular character eschewed taking down street criminals or organized crime in favor of corporate criminals, and the controversy made it easier to take Wright off the book.{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1901 |title=LYING IN THE GUTTERS #98: SHITSTORM |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 10, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605063458/http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1901 |archive-date=June 5, 2004 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1910 |title=LYING IN THE GUTTERS #100: SHITSTORM II |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=May 24, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606234704/http://comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1910 |archive-date=June 6, 2004 |url-status=dead }} Wright responded by stating that the quality of his work was not an issue. Meanwhile, Seven Stories Press, the publisher of You Back the Attack, removed Wright's introduction from the subsequent printings of the book and cancelled its follow-up volume, If You're Not a Terrorist... Then Stop Asking Questions,{{cite web |first=Calvin |last=Reid |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA416006.html |title=Seven Stories Cancels Book |magazine=Publishers Weekly |date=May 10, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906104011/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA416006.html |archive-date=September 6, 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Hector |last=Reeder |url=http://ninthart.com/display.php?article=842 |title=Reeder's Digest: Micah Wright |publisher=Ninth Art |date=May 3, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604152708/http://ninthart.com/display.php?article=842 |archive-date=June 4, 2004 |url-status=dead }} but eventually published the third collection of his poster work in 2006.{{cite book|first=Micah|last=Wright|title=Surveillance Means Security|url={{Google books|6BkSa45RqoIC|page=127||plainurl=yes}}}} That same year, the Vigilante mini-series, which was never officially confirmed as cancelled,{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Brady |url=http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12579 |title=DC: NO COMMENT ON WRIGHT'S VIGILANTE |publisher=Newsarama |date=May 3, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040518152427/http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12579 |archive-date=May 18, 2004 |url-status=dead }} was published with a new creative team and plotline.{{cite web |first=Rik |last=Offenberger |url=http://www.newsarama.com/images/interviews/2005/jones/Jones_Vigilante.htm |title=Vigilante Justice With Bruce Jones |publisher=Newsarama |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028042704/http://www.newsarama.com/images/interviews/2005/jones/Jones_Vigilante.htm |archive-date=October 28, 2005 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Cronin |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/11/23/comic-book-legends-revealed-394/ |title=Comic Book Legends Revealed #394 |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=November 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129040029/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/11/23/comic-book-legends-revealed-394/ |archive-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In a 2012 interview, Wright stated that following the controversy, he was privately told by the representatives of Marvel and DC that he has been blacklisted at both companies.

=Video games and WGA=

Since 2004, Wright has worked primarily in the field of video game writing, often with his long-time writing partner Jay Lender. The pair's shared credits include Looney Tunes: Back in Action for Electronic Arts, The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee for Ubisoft, Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon and its sequel for THQ, as well as Robocalypse for Vogster.{{cite web |first=Daemon |last=Hatfield |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/846/846802p1.html |title=Robocalypse Now |publisher=IGN |date=January 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126124830/http://ds.ign.com/articles/846/846802p1.html |archive-date=January 26, 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Daemon |last=Hatfield |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/848/848916p1.html |title=Robocalypse Interview |publisher=IGN |date=January 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202161354/http://ds.ign.com/articles/848/848916p1.html |archive-date=February 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }} Wright is a member of the Writers Guild of America West, where he is the chair of the Video Game Writers Caucus. In 2007, Wright and Lender were cited as being "instrumental" in creating the WGA's first ever Video Game Writing Award as part of the traditional film and television Writers Guild Awards.{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2479 |title=wga's first videogame award |publisher=Writers Guild of America West |date=September 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011024506/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2479 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Hyman |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/award-best-video-game-writing-104135/ |title=And the award for best video game writing is... |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106003417/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/award-best-video-game-writing-104135/ |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |url-status=live }} In 2011, the Video Game Writing Award attracted criticism from various video game websites for being too exclusive,{{cite web |first=Owen |last=Good |url=http://kotaku.com/5752446/a-fistful-of-dollars-stopped-a-nomination-for-red-dead-redemption |title=A Fistful of Dollars Stopped a Nomination for Red Dead Redemption |publisher=Kotaku |date=February 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203174255/http://kotaku.com/5752446/a-fistful-of-dollars-stopped-a-nomination-for-red-dead-redemption |archive-date=December 3, 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Justin |last=McElroy |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/writers-guild-of-america-defends-gaming-awards |title=Writers Guild of America defends gaming awards |publisher=Joystiq |date=February 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209083709/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/06/writers-guild-of-america-defends-gaming-awards |archive-date=February 9, 2011 |url-status=dead }} prompting Wright to address the issue online.{{cite web |first=Alec |last=Meer |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-02-04-the-wga-defends-its-game-writing-award-blog-entry |title=The WGA's Micah Wright defends its game writing award |publisher=Gamesindustry.biz |date=February 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020052552/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-02-04-the-wga-defends-its-game-writing-award-blog-entry |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first= |last= |url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/wga-awards-videogame-writing-nominees-94493/#comments |title=WGA Awards Videogame Writing Nominees |publisher=Deadline |date=January 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901040327/http://deadline.com/2011/01/wga-awards-videogame-writing-nominees-94493/#comments |archive-date=September 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}

In addition to his work at WGA's Video Game Writers Caucus, Wright co-founded the Native American and World Indigenous Writers Committee and was elected to be a part of the Guild Negotiating Committee for 2014.{{cite web |first=Dominic |last=Patten |url=https://deadline.com/2007/04/caa-loses-high-profile-director-to-uta-2014/ |title=WGA Sets Negotiating Committee For AMPTP Contract Talks, Start Date Still TBA |publisher=Deadline |date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116041225/http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/wga-negotiating-committee-amptp-contract-2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=live }}

=2010s=

In 2012, Wright returned to comics with the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for Duster, a graphic novel he co-created with Jay Lender.{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Arrant |url=http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/controversial-comic-creator-micah-ian-wright-plots-his-return-to-comics |title=Controversial comic creator Micah Ian Wright plots his return to comics |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=April 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421192548/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/04/controversial-comic-creator-micah-ian-wright-plots-his-return-to-comics |archive-date=April 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Rich |last=Johnston |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/18/now-kickstarter-brings-us-the-return-of-micah-wright/ |title=Now Kickstarter Brings Us... The Return Of Micah Wright |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619202710/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/18/now-kickstarter-brings-us-the-return-of-micah-wright/ |archive-date=June 19, 2012 |url-status=live }} The story, initially developed as a film script,{{cite web |first= |last= |url=https://groups.google.com/g/hogans-alley-newsletter/c/8dzO3vW5uvo |title="Duster" Bluster! |publisher=Hogan's Alley |date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019225844/https://groups.google.com/g/hogans-alley-newsletter/c/8dzO3vW5uvo |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |url-status=live }} depicts the life of a recently widowed female cropduster pilot at the end of World War II and her battle against a group of Nazi soldiers who crash-landed near her farm in West Texas. The graphic novel was eventually published in 2015. That same year, Wright worked as a consultant on HTC Vive's virtual reality game TheBlu, which led to his interest in VR technology and eventually a position as a teacher of the virtual reality filmmaking course at the Los Angeles branch of Emerson College.{{cite web |first=Daryl |last=Paranada |url=http://www.emerson.edu/ela/news/ela-launches-groundbreaking-virtual-reality-filmmaking-course |title=ELA Launches Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Filmmaking Course |publisher=Emerson College |date=March 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325171023/http://www.emerson.edu/ela/news/ela-launches-groundbreaking-virtual-reality-filmmaking-course |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Isabel |last=Thottam |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/emerson-college-los-angeles-announces-vr-filmmakin.html |title=Emerson College's VR Filmmaking Class is Preparing Students to Lead the Industry |magazine=Paste |date=April 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417211434/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/emerson-college-los-angeles-announces-vr-filmmakin.html |archive-date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=live }} In 2016, Wright and Lender made their directorial debut with the feature film They're Watching, a found footage horror comedy distributed by Amplify.{{cite web |first=Pooya |last=Bina Mohit |url=http://www.filmfad.com/exclusive-theyre-watching-jay-lender-micah-wright-talk-bad-american-tourists/ |title=Exclusive: 'They're Watching' Jay Lender Micah Wright Talk Bad American Tourists |publisher=FilmFad |date=March 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403004957/http://www.filmfad.com/exclusive-theyre-watching-jay-lender-micah-wright-talk-bad-american-tourists/ |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Keaton |last=Slansky |url=http://borrowingtape.com/interviews/theyre-watching-qa-directors-micah-wright-jay-lender |title=They're Watching – Q&A with Directors Jay Lender and Micah Wright |publisher=Borrowing Tape |date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825052901/http://borrowingtape.com/interviews/theyre-watching-qa-directors-micah-wright-jay-lender |archive-date=August 25, 2016 |url-status=live }}

Between 2017 and 2019, Wright served as the Chief Content Manager of the Native American broadcast television network First Nations Experience, overseeing the creation of first original programming in the network's history.{{cite web |first=Jill |last=Goldsmith |url=https://current.org/2017/07/spectrum-auction-proceeds-will-back-reboot-of-native-tv-network/ |title=Spectrum auction proceeds will back reboot of Native TV network |newspaper=Current |date=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703144740/https://current.org/2017/07/spectrum-auction-proceeds-will-back-reboot-of-native-tv-network/ |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Debra Utacia |last=Krol |url=https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/archives/new-direction-name-first-nations-experience/ |title=A New Direction—and Name—for First Nations Experience |newspaper=Indian Country Today |date=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905164128/https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/business/new-direction-name-first-nations-experience/ |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Personal life

Wright is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.

Filmography

=Television=

The Angry Beavers (script supervisor, 1997–1999; writer, 1999–2001)
Constant Payne (writer/director/executive producer, unreleased pilot)
Ozzy and Drix (writer, 2002)
Aboriginal Unity Experience (executive producer, 2017–2018)
KVCarts (executive producer, 2017–2018)
Native Shorts (executive producer, 2017–2019)
Smoke Signals (writer/executive producer, 2017–2019)
First Nations Comedy Experience (executive producer, 2018)
Studio 49 (executive producer, 2018–2019)
Wassaja (executive producer, 2018)
Future Proof (executive producer, 2018)
California Pow-Wow (writer/executive producer, 2018–2019)
The Huunam of Paakuma (executive producer, 2018)
Native Vote 2018 (executive producer, 2018)
Live from 3rd and Grand (executive producer, 2019)
Sherlock & Daughter (writer, 2025)

=Film=

Wonderful Days (uncredited;{{cite web |first=Micah |last=Wright |url=http://www.micahwright.com/wonderful-days.htm |title=My Beautiful Korean Movie |publisher=micahwright.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030409213548/http://www.micahwright.com/wonderful-days.htm |archive-date=April 9, 2003 |url-status=dead }} co-writer with Jay Lender, 2003)
They're Watching (co-writer and co-director with Jay Lender, 2016)

Bibliography

=Comics=

DC Comics:
Stormwatch (Wildstorm):
Stormwatch: Team Achilles #1–23 (with Whilce Portacio, Mark Texeira (#7), Tomm Coker (#8), C. P. Smith, Clément Sauvé (#21–22) and Carlos D'Anda (#22–23), Eye of the Storm, 2002–2004)
The series was set for cancellation with issue #24 which was solicited for July 2004{{cite web |first=Rob |last=Allstetter |url=http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0404/12/dcindex.htm |title=DC COMICS FOR JULY |publisher=Comics Continuum |date=April 12, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040423020355/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0404/12/dcindex.htm |archive-date=April 23, 2004 |url-status=live }} but ended up being unpublished due to the controversy surrounding Wright's claims of military service.
Wright has posted the full scripts for the entire series, including the unpublished Stormwatch: Team Achilles #24, online.
The series, along with the related short stories originally released in various other publications, has been partially collected in two volumes:
Stormwatch: Team Achilles Volume 1 (collects #1–6 and the 8-page preview from Wizard #129, tpb, 160 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|1-4012-0103-2}})
Stormwatch: Team Achilles Volume 2 (collects #7–11, tpb, 128 pages, 2003, {{ISBN|1-4012-0123-7}})
Includes the "40 Winks" short story (art by Tomm Coker) from Eye of the Storm Annual (2003)
Another volume was solicited for a 2004 release but subsequently cancelled: Stormwatch: Team Achilles Volume 3 (tpb, 192 pages, {{ISBN|1-4012-0289-6}})
Coup d'Etat #2: "Of, by and for the People" (with Carlos D'Anda, Eye of the Storm, 2004) collected in Coup d'Etat (tpb, 112 pages, 2004, {{ISBN|1-4012-0570-4}})
Eye of the Storm Annual: "Delivery" (with Carlos D'Anda, co-feature, Wildstorm, 2003)
Vigilante vol. 2 (with Carlos D'Anda, unreleased 6-issue limited series{{cite web |first=Beau |last=Yarbrough |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3424 |title=MAJESTIC, VIGILANTE, QUESTION HIT METROPOLIS IN NEW MINISERIES: DC ANNOUNCES PROJECTS FOR JULY & BEYOND |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=March 20, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402132919/http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3424 |archive-date=April 2, 2004 |url-status=dead }} — initially announced for 2004){{cite web |first=Nick |last=Newman |url=http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news/2003-news/2003-comic-news.php?topic=2003-comic-news/0810 |title=Superman Panel at Wizard World Chicago |publisher=Superman Homepage |date=August 10, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040630055643/http://www.supermanhomepage.com/news/2003-news/2003-comic-news.php?topic=2003-comic-news/0810 |archive-date=June 30, 2004 |url-status=dead }}
Duster (co-written by Wright and Jay Lender, art by Diego Coglitore and Cristian Mallea, graphic novel self-published as Evil Scum, 264 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-9427-4982-1}})
In addition to the print release, the book was also published as a digital 6-issue limited series (via Comixology) and serialized in the form of a [http://evilscum.com/comic/duster-page-1-may9th webcomic].
[http://getlucky.evilscum.com/archives Get Lucky] (co-written by Wright and Jay Lender, art by Diego Coglitore, 29-page webcomic, 2015–2016)