James Tynion IV

James Tynion IV
Born (1987-12-14) December 14, 1987
New York, New York
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer
Notable works
Batman Eternal
Talon
The Woods

James Tynion IV (born December 14, 1987) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his work on the Batman franchise at DC Comics.

Early life

James Tynion IV was born December 14, 1987, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School. While studying Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Tynion met and began studying under Scott Snyder, in the nascent years of his comic book writing career. Following school, he became an intern for the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, working under Editor Shelly Bond, among others.[1]

Career

After a few years working in advertising, Scott Snyder would ask Tynion to co-write the back-up features for the New 52 relaunch of Batman, in the midst of the acclaimed Night of the Owls comic book storyline, starting with Batman #8. In this comic, he tied the Court of Owls mythology to Alfred Pennyworth's father, Jarvis Pennyworth, working with noted American Vampire artist, Rafael Albuquerque. Tynion would go on to co-write Batman Annual #1 with Snyder, for artist Jason Fabok, which would reintroduce classic Batman Villain, Mr. Freeze into the present day continuity. Continuing on the Back-up stories in the main Batman title, Tynion would also launch a spin-off of the Night of the Owls storyline with the ongoing comic series, Talon, which would run for 18 issues.[2] Tynion would follow up Talon with a brief stint on the title Red Hood and the Outlaws in which he would re-introduce a number of members of The League of Assassins back into Batman continuity.

In 2013, Tynion paired with artist Jeremy Rock to co-create his first original comic series, The Eighth Seal, for Mark Waid's digital comic publisher Thrillbent. The series, an apocalyptic blend of political intrigue and body horror, would go on to be nominated for the 2013 Ghastly Award for Best Web Comic.[3] Tynion would follow up the series with an additional horror comic for Thrillbent, The House In The Wall, co-written by Noah J. Yuenkel and drawn by Eryk Donovan.

In 2014, Tynion would launch his two biggest series to date. He was named as one of the head writers of Batman Eternal, a weekly Batman comic series designed to explore the full scope and cast of Gotham City.[4] The series would bring classic Batman characters like Carmine Falcone, Hush, Vicki Vale, and Stephanie Brown into the New 52 DC continuity. He would also launch the original series The Woods, for BOOM! Studios, with artist Michael Dialynas, which would prove to be the highest selling original series at that publisher since Mark Waid's Irredeemable, with the first issue selling out on a distributor level.[5] The series would be given an unprecedented full series order, guaranteeing that it will run to its planned conclusion at Issue #36.[6] He followed up The Woods with a three-issue apocalyptic horror miniseries for BOOM! Studios, titled Memetic, which paired him with artist Eryk Donovan once again[7]

In addition, Tynion has worked on a number of additional titles for DC Comics, BOOM! Studios, Marvel Comics, IDW Publishing, and Thrillbent.

Personal Life

James Tynion IV is openly bisexual.[8]

Bibliography

DC Comics

Boom Studios

Marvel Comics

IDW Publishing

Thrillbent

References

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