{"birth_date": "29 June 1950", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "personal_name": "Richardson, Mike.", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "100980898", "wikidata": "Q3305753", "isni": "0000000119534924", "gnd": "1100394613", "opac_sbn": "SBNV031860", "lc_naf": "n99019753", "imdb": "nm0724700", "musicbrainz": "c4be16b3-67ab-4da9-afed-edbf8e5a65e6", "goodreads": "101872", "librarything": "richardsonmike", "amazon": "B000APUTY2", "storygraph": "94a26791-5a56-49d7-9235-aa0d47be4a19", "isfdb": "257192", "bookbrainz": "3512d31a-2e34-4906-bc78-1e822ef18379"}, "alternate_names": ["MIKE RICHARDSON", "Richardson, Mike"], "key": "/authors/OL66014A", "name": "Mike Richardson", "source_records": ["amazon:8467959312"], "photos": [14323324], "bio": "Mike Richardson (born June 29, 1950) is an American publisher, writer, and Emmy-winning producer. In 1986, he founded Dark Horse Comics, an award-winning international publishing house located in Milwaukie, Oregon. Richardson is also the founder and President of the Things From Another World retail chain and president of Dark Horse Entertainment, which has developed and produced numerous projects for film and television based on Dark Horse properties or licensed properties.\r\n\r\nIn addition, he has written numerous graphic novels and comics series, including The Secret, Living with the Dead, and Cut as well as co-authoring two non-fiction books: Comics Between the Panels and Blast Off!. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Richardson_(publisher)", "latest_revision": 6, "revision": 6, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-04-09T15:10:18.122464"}}