During the late 1970s, Straczynski also became the on-air entertainment reviewer for KSDO-FM and wrote several radio plays before being hired as a scriptwriter for the radio drama Alien Worlds.

Straczynski has also been an on-air personality.

Straczynski and DiTillio also worked to create an animated version of Elfquest but that project soon fell through when CBS attempted to retool the show to appeal to younger audiences.

Straczynski also wrote for CBS Storybreak, writing an adaptation of Evelyn Sibley Lampman's The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek ).

Straczynski also wrote and produced the pilot Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers, a pilot for the SciFi Network, and wrote, directed and produced Babylon 5: The Lost Tales as a two-hour direct-to-DVD movie.

Award-winning writer J. Michael Straczynski was also a noted fan of the show, and at one time Lynch and Crocco were planning a sock puppet character voiced by Straczynski until the show was cancelled.

She also wrote scripts for two other shows Straczynski worked on, She-Ra: Princess of Power and The Real Ghostbusters.

It is also noted for featuring early script-writing work from J. Michael Straczynski, later the creator of Babylon 5 ; Paul Dini and Brynne Stephens, both of whom who would go on to write acclaimed episodes of Batman: The Animated Series ; Beast Wars story editor Larry DiTillio ; and David Wise, later the head-writer of the TV version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

However, in the same discussion, Straczynski also mentions that, " I didn't show a kiss because, in my experience, it's easier on all around if one steps into the shallow end of the pool first, and walks into the deep end rather than diving in and splashing everybody in the process.

* This episode is the only one of the series which was directed by the creator of Babylon 5 ( J. Michael Straczynski ), in which he also made a cameo appearance ( as the maintenance tech who shuts down the lights on the station ).

Hints about her death had also been stated by Straczynski in posts to the Babylon 5 newsgroup, and in the final novel of the Psi Corps Trilogy by J. Gregory Keyes.

It is also noted for featuring early script-writing work from Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, and Paul Dini of Batman: The Animated Series fame One episode, " Battle Cat ," was written by Star Treks D. C. Fontana.

Created at the request of J. Michael Straczynski, it also replaced the Zero-G cargo lifters, which could be seen flying around the Babylon 5 space station during the first few seasons of the show.

Writers at DIC also included Larry DiTillio, Barbara Hambly and J. Michael Straczynski.

However, according to Straczynski, a movie had also been commissioned along with the series, following in the footsteps of other toy-based animated series such as Transformers and G. I.

In June 2005 the imprint's third title, J. Michael Straczynski's Dream Police was launched, followed in September by The Book of Lost Souls, also from Straczynski.

They also hired J. Michael Straczynski as story editor and, later, co-producer.

Straczynski also asked fans not to engage in fan-fiction while the show was in production, and most fans complied with this request.

In addition to using pastiches of Cthulhu, the Deep Ones, and R ' lyeh, writer J. Michael Straczynski also wrote the story in a distinctly Lovecraftian style.

Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 Babylon 5 episodes, notably including an unbroken 59-episode run through the third and fourth seasons, and all but one episode of the fifth season.

He quit journalism after working for People, and in 1983, he wrote a spec script for the show He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and the producers of He-Man bought it as well as other scripts and then hired Straczynski as a staff writer.

Straczynski constructed a season long arc with lasting character changes and wrote a third of the scripts himself.

Straczynski wrote many of the scripts himself.

Straczynski joined Murder for two seasons and wrote 7 produced episodes.

Straczynski wrote 92 of the 110 episodes, as well as the pilot and five television movies.

In 2008, Straczynski wrote a draft of Ninja Assassin for Joel Silver ( which he completed in just 53 hours ).

Straczynski wrote The Complete Book of Scriptwriting ( ISBN 1-85286-882-1 ), often used as a text in introductory screenwriting courses ,< ref name = CW3029_Writing_for_Radio >

She was married to J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, and wrote articles about Rod Serling's Night Gallery for Twilight Zone Magazine together with him.

However, Straczynski wrote a short story set far in the future of the series called " Space, Time & the Incurable Romantic " which was published in Amazing Stories # 602.

In the aforementioned script book, Straczynski wrote that both Lyta and Lennier were killed in the explosion of Psi Corps Headquarters in a major battle of the Telepath War.

Following the first issue, Straczynski wrote team-ups between: Barry Allen and Blackhawk ; the Joker and the Atom ; Hal Jordan and Doctor Fate ; Batman and Brother Power ; Aquaman and Etrigan ; and Barbara Gordon, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna, one that served as a companion piece to Alan Moore's Batman: The Killing Joke graphic novel.

Straczynski wrote about a quarter of the episodes attempting, in his words, to " hijack a dopey concept and make it into something more.

Straczynski wrote the script, but due to the failure of the toyline, preparation for the movie was shelved.

Straczynski, who wrote 90 % of the episodes in addition to producing the show, would receive a generous cut of profits if not for Hollywood accounting.

Straczynski then developed a show called Spiral Zone but left after only one script when his concept for the show was drastically altered and took his name off the series, substituting the pseudonym " Fettes Grey " ( derived from the names of the grave robbers in The Body Snatcher ).

After one season, the toy company Mattel demanded more input into the show, causing Straczynski to quit.

Straczynski ran the series for two seasons but was frustrated with the conflicting directions that MGM and Showtime wanted from the show, and even used the pseudonym " Fettes Grey " for the first time since Spiral Zone on one of the scripts.

In June 2008, Daily Variety named Straczynski one of the top Ten Screenwriters to Watch.

O ' Hare remained with the series for one full season ; both he and series producer J. Michael Straczynski said the decision for the character to depart was mutual and amicable.

Described as a stealth version of the Starfury by Straczynski, the Black Omega fighters, attached to Psi Corps, first appeared in the season one episode, " Mind War ", which originally aired in the United States in March 1994.

" Straczynski further explained that actor Michael O ' Hare's departure at the end of season one did not impair the resolution of the storyline: " The only difference in the resolution of that aspect is this: we had originally intended to resolve the missing 24 hours, and the Battle of the Line, by episode four, season two.

Straczynski claims to have always intended the Battle of the Line storyline to be resolved in early season two: " I said, from the very beginning, that once the series got rolling, no single primary question could be allowed to go more than about one season before answering it, otherwise you get into a frustrating Twin Peaks situation where * nothing * is resolved ".

Straczynski told him " If he hadn't done such a good job, this wouldn't have happened, because no one would've cared about the character.

After one full season, both O ' Hare and series executive producer / creator J. Michael Straczynski made the mutual and amicable decision for the character and actor to depart as a regular.

J. Michael Straczynski eventually clarified the point to fans by saying that the narn species will not transend flesh and become energy like the first ones or as seen in one episode humans.