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JMS RETIRES FROM COMICS Posted: 091816
At Comic-Con International in San Diego J. Michael Straczynski announced that he was going to leave comics and focus his talents in another medium. JMS had written comics for about 20 years. In a piece published on Newsarama, JMS explained his decision to change careers and revealed a health issue that he had been dealing with for about 10 years. Straczynski started out as a reporter before becoming a radio correspondent and then became a journalist before becoming a writer. He worked in animation before coming up with the idea for Babylon 5. His introduction to comics was Rising Stars before moving to Marvel to write Amazing Spider-Man. He has worked on books for Image but gained even more fame writing the best selling Superman: Year One graphic novels. As he was working in comics he started falling a lot and noticed that his eyes were getting tired faster than normal. A doctor told him that he had began to develop cataracts and Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy, a genetic disorder that kills the cornea cells that wick away moisture and leaves the eye cloudy. He decided against having a full corneal transplant and decided to live with horrible vision. At one point he was able to write three or four comics per month in addition to whatever else I was writing but could now barely write even one comic a month because he couldn’t see the computer screen. After dealing with the issue as long as he could he decided to have an experimental surgery that made his vision better than he has ever had. JMS did start planning more comics work but wanted to try and write novels and plays and completed all of his comic commitments for Image.
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