Nick Jones

Nick Jones is a writer and editor based in Lewes, East Sussex. His books as author or co-author include The DC Encyclopedia, DC Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide, DC Comics Cover Art, Marvel Arms and Armour, Marvel Universe: Map by Map, and The Mysterious World of Doctor Strange, and he has contributed essays to numerous of other books and magazines, including The Art of Classic Sci-Fi Movies, Justice League Collectors Edition, Marvel Fact Files, 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, Tank Girl, Marshal Law, and DC Comics graphic novels, and plotted and edited Wallace & Gromit 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, Justice League: The Ultimate Guide, I Am Damo Suzuki, and Listening to the Music the Machines Make. From 2021–2025 he was the editor of, and lead writer for, the graphic novel series DC Heroes & Villains Collection. He blogs at Existential Ennui.