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Jim Krueger () is an American comic book writer, novelist, and filmmaker.
Krueger attended Marquette University, where he majored in journalism, and minored in marketing. He graduated in 1989 with a degree in journalism.
At the same time, he studied filmmaking at New York University. One summer in the early 2000s he made a short film called They Might Be Dragons, which he wrote, directed, and produced, on a budget of approximately $1,000 and focused on the story's content rather than special effects, explaining, "As I tell young filmmakers now, it’s all about the script, Start with a great script and the rest will fall in line." The film won "Best In Class" at New York University (NYU), "Best Short Film" at the New York Independent Film Festival,"The Creators," Avengers/Invaders Sketchbook (Marvel Comics, 2008). and a SILVER from the Crested Butte Film Festival. He directed the Radio City Rockettes in the musical Eleven.
Krueger wrote the story script for Midway Games' Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks video game, which won the Satellite Award for Best Action/Adventure Video Game.
Krueger won two Addy Awards during his first year as a copywriter. A year later he became a creative director at Marvel Comics, and has since become a freelance comic book writer/property creator.
His original works include The Foot Soldiers, Alphabet Supes, The Clock Maker, The Runner, The High Cost of Happily Ever After and The Last Straw Man.
Krueger's other work for Marvel Comics includes the Earth X trilogy with Alex Ross, Avengers, X-Men and Avengers/Invaders. Krueger and Alex Ross re-teamed on Project Superpowers for Dynamite Entertainment.
Krueger's comics work for other publishers includes Star Wars, The Matrix Comics, Micronauts, Galactic, Batman, and Capone vs. Dracula. He was a contributing writer for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, writing "Safe", the story in issue #24 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, which received an Outstanding Comic Book award in the 2010 GLAAD Awards.
His book The Frankincense Monster and Other Haunted Christmas Stories was read for charity for the Los Angeles Children's Hospital.
Krueger created his own comic book brand 26 Soldiers, for which he serves as president and publisher.
Career
Advertising, publishing and filmmaking
After graduating college Krueger worked in marketing for a company that advertised products such as like Teat Dip, a substance rubbed on a cow's utters after milking. He eventually lost his job, and decided to focus on comic books. Using his advertising capabilities, he lobbied for a job with to Marvel Comics, which hired him as a copy writer. He eventually was promoted to senior copy writer, assistant creative director, and finally creative director.
Comics
Krueger wrote the twelve-issue miniseries Justice with Alex Ross for DC Comics. It was a New York Times Bestseller, and won the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel. Kruger was named one of the top ten writers in comics and an innovator in the field by Wizard magazine. Justice #1 also won the Diamond Comic Distributors award for Best Comic Book of the Year.
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