Editing Joe's Comics (section)

==History==

===Top Cow (1998–early 2000s)===
In 1998, Joe’s Comics was established as an imprint publishing Straczynski's comic work including the critically lauded ''[[Midnight Nation]]'' with artist [[Gary Frank (comics)|Gary Frank]], ''[[Rising Stars (comic)|Rising Stars]]'', and ''[[Delicate Creatures]]'', an illustrated fantasy parable.<ref name=ds/>

Straczynski had a falling-out with Top Cow over movie scripts for ''Rising Stars'' in the mid-2000s, and after communication broke down their relationship came to a stand-still. Straczynski held back the final (already written) issues of ''Rising Stars'' until Straczynski and Top Cow finally came to an agreement after a nearly two-year hiatus. Straczynski subsequently took ''[[Dream Police (comics)|Dream Police]]'' to [[Marvel Comics]]'s Icon imprint, which also published his ''[[The Book of Lost Souls]]''. Several ''Rising Stars'' spin-offs not written by Straczynski were published under Joe's Comics through 2005.<ref name=ds/>

===Image (2012–present)===
The imprint was dormant until Straczynski announced at the 2012 [[San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] that he was reviving it as part of his new media company, Studio JMS.<ref name=ds/><ref>[https://deadline.com/2012/07/comic-con-j-michael-straczynski-hatches-multi-platform-studio-jms-298984/ Comic-Con: J. Michael Straczynski Hatches Multi-Platform Studio JMS]. July 11, 2012. Deadline.com.  Access June 25, 2013.</ref> The first title, the [[Horror noir|horror-noir]] ''Ten Grand'', initially illustrated by [[Ben Templesmith]] came out in May 2013 and ''Sidekick'' came out in July. Further titles written by Straczynski and published by Joe's Comics in 2014 include ''Protectors Inc'', ''The Adventures of Apocalypse Al'' (originally produced for MTV Comics), ''Alone'', and the return of former Icon titles ''Dream Police'' and ''The Book of Lost Souls'' (both scheduled for 2014).