Writer. Creator. Large mammal.
This is the script Jim wrote in 2007 for a special feature in the Harbinger hardback. An interesting insight into the background of the big bad of the VALIANT universe. -JayJay COVER: Scene: Heroic, glamour shot of HARADA—stark, bold, dramatic and heroic! He’s our star. ALTERNATIVE: A “movie poster” shot with a dominant, noble, heroic image of Harada, [ ]
The origin of Toyo Harada, big bad of the VALIANT universe. As originally told in pull-out inserts in the comics. -JayJay
This VALIANT-era interview originally appeared in Advance Comics pre-Unity. JayJay
by Jim Shooter In 1970 the job market in Pittsburgh for eighteen-year-old comic book writers was pretty sad. I got some good interviews but nobody wanted to risk hiring me, a kid just out of high school. My background wasn t exactly something I could sell. I did various little jobs and some freelance assignments, but [ ]
By Jim Shooter When I started writing comics, it was to make money for my family. I never intended to become a comic book writer, or any kind of writer, for that matter. I was going to be a scientist. I was going to help beat those damn Commies to the moon, or cure cancer, or something. [ ]
JayJay here. I think a lot of people don t know about Jim s science background. He had a brilliant scientific mind and a boundless curiosity. This is a document that was created for a science-based project, but it includes some items that have not been generally known about his history. Education In 1969 I graduated with [ ]
2008 I never want to do anything typical or standard. For instance, I didn’t feel the need to go any particular direction for any VALIANT title. For each new title, I went with the best idea we had at the time. All I cared about was making each one good, gutsy and groundbreaking. I start by thinking [ ]
JayJay here. Over the years, many questions have been asked about VALIANT, DEFIANT, and various other points of Jim s history. He never got the chance to write a lot of those stories, but in 2021 he did this extensive interview with Jake Weaver and frankly answered many questions. He also names names, which he was [ ]
Note from JayJay: Here s a look into our creation process. We used to compile these lists to help us come up with characters and story ideas. We did a few of them over the years, but these are a couple of later ones that were commited to computer, unlike earlier ones which were hand-written and [ ]
Note from JayJay: The final part of a book proposal Jim wrote in 1998. Chapter Five: “The Perelman Cometh” During the Ronald O. Perelman era, Marvel became hugely inflated, much like the Hindenburg. The comics themselves were mysterious to Perelmanʼs management people—including Galton and the other holdovers. They were strange, gaudy hard-to-read things churned out [ ]