Nick Jones

Nick Jones is a writer and editor based in Lewes, East Sussex. His books as author or co-author include DC Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide, DC Comics Cover Art, Marvel Arms and Armour, Marvel Universe: Map by Map, DC Comics Encyclopaedia, and The Mysterious World of Doctor Strange, and he has contributed essays to a variety of other titles, including The Art of Classic Sci-Fi Movies, Their Safe Haven: Hungarian Artists in Britain from the 1930s, and Murder in the Closet. Starting out in the 1990s as a music journalist, Nick wrote for dance music magazine Mixmag and edited its weekly spin-off, Mixmag Update (later 7 Magazine). In 2000 he moved into sci-fi and genre publishing, editing TV and movie tie-in titles, including Star Trek Magazine and X-Men 2 and Hulk Magazines, and comics/toys collecting magazine Memorabilia, before taking charge of the graphic novels dept at Titan Books, where he edited Dan Dare, James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Wallace & Gromit, and DC Comics graphic novels. Since then Nick has edited numerous books, including Comic Book Design, Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History, 500 Essential Cult Movies/Books, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, Alan Moore: Storyteller, The Art of Neil Gaiman, The Art of Movie Storyboards, A Brief History of Manga, Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music, Long Shadows: The Life & Times of Matt Johnson & The The, I Am Damo Suzuki, and Listening to the Music the Machines Make. He has written for the Marvel Fact Files and Justice League, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Widow, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi Collector's Editions; is the editor of – and lead writer for – the DC Heroes & Villains Collection, and blogs at Existential Ennui.