#Joey Wilson

[lesbian-space-fish]

New Teen Titans sweater!!! (with my charts and the pattern i used included!--feel free to use!)

#my art #knitting #knitting pattern #knit sweater #new teen titans #nightwing #starfire #raven teen titans #joey wilson #cyborg teen titans #wonder girl #donna troy #wally west #kid flash #beast boy #teen titans #dc comics

[oliver-queen-apologist]

#dick grayson #koriand'r #joey wilson #garfield logan #victor stone #raven #donna bby i’m so sorry i couldn’t fit you into this

[jokey05]

I genuinely think that by some paradox DC was WAY more inclusive and "woke" in the '90 than now. Like so many POC characters, the firsts queer relationship in comics, many more disabled characters and representation than today. Not all of them were written well, mind you, but at least they were doing something instead of just showing up during Pride moth and then disappearing in limbo forever after a couple of cheesy lines. And we are not talking enough of all the disabilities erasure in the last years.

#roy harper #joey wilson #cassandra cain #barbara gordon #The “dragon ladies” were more complex too #sandra woosan #lady shiva #talia al ghul #jade nguyen #shado #renee montoya #jefferson pierce #anissa pierce #grace choi #dc comics #I can't tag everyone you get the memo #Also I haven't forgotten about Risk dying in Nightwing

[heroesriseandfall]

“Slade Wilson tries to be a good dad” fellas, is it good dad material to cut your son’s throat to keep your reputation and also drug and manipulate your daughter and also send assassins after her so she can be heroically saved and also poison her and also try to kill your children’s only friends multiple times and also

#i would not call that trying and if it’s trying then he has been failing impressively #hmmm I suppose I am just musing about slade’s parenting today (thinking abt rose & Joey my beloveds) #heroesriseandfall #rose wilson #joey wilson #slade wilson

[domnorian]

I love that family so much. And I definitely don't make art of them as often as I should, especially since they'll have a kinda important role in Superboy: Hope Reborn (I'm adding way too many characters in that fancomic but I'm having fun so who cares!)

Grant would be 24 if he was still alive btw

Also, giving Respawn a name and making him a clone of Grant instead of Slade because, yeah, his name is Respawn, dammit!

#my art #dc comics #deathstroke #slade wilson #ravager #grant wilson #rose wilson #jericho #joey wilson #joseph wilson #respawn #character design

[ky-landfill]

#fic rec #silver bird by greeneyedfirework #dick grayson #slade wilson #joey wilson #grant wilson #arthur villan

[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

Dick Grayson the Guitarist

Titans 2023 #2, New Teen Titans 1980 #50

Batman 1940 #164, Detective Comics 1937 #386

The Flash 1987 #87, New Teen Titans 1980 #50

Batman 1940 #244

Batman 1940 #244, Death Metal

Featuring Donna Troy on vocals, Joey Wilson on lead guitar, Mal Duncan on the Trumpet (edit) and the Pied Piper on the flute.

#dick grayson #nightwing #robin #batman #batman and robin #batfam #bat family #guitar #electric guitar #music #dc comics #donna troy #joey wilson #pied piper #teen titans #dc titans #titans

[fantastic-nonsense]

one of my favorite comic fun facts is that Dick turned 20 on another planet during the Tamaran political marriage fiasco and he canonically spent most of the day telling Joey about his childhood and worrying about what his purpose in life was

"I'm twenty years old today, and I'm trying to figure out what my life's been about up till now...and where it's going!" -Secret Origins (1986) #13

#dick grayson #new teen titans #teen titans #dc comics #nightwing #joey wilson #he really was like 'my girlfriend's getting married to some other guy and idk if I'm a good leader. #let's sit down and unpack my childhood trauma on my birthday'

[saturnsickle]

Second half of 6 fanarts! Thank you again to everyone who sent a request!!

#grant emerson #grace choi #arisia rrab #courtney whitmore #joey wilson #anissa pierce #damage dc #green lantern #stargirl dc #jericho dc #thunder dc #outsiders dc #dc comics #justice society of america #my art #a lot of ppl i havent drawn before and my jsa blorbos #6 fanarts

[soranatus]

Jericho in Teen Titans (2003)

#teen titans #jericho #joseph wilson #joey wilson #teentitansedit #my edit #gif #dc comics #dcmultiverse #he’s been an underrated fave of mine for years

[celaenaeiln]

Ive been reading the older comics (1950s) of World’s Finest, and I just realised Batman is so smiley and full of expression while Superman kind of isn’t. Is there a reason for this change or is it just the authors and time changing haha

YES!! Yes to both but I have so much to say about this because it's not just about time changing, but the way real life changed is intertwined in the comics in their character growths.

Batman

Let's start with the grim avenger. Here's the thing - the grim avenger wasn't grim because he had Dick Grayson by his side and I'll explain how the medal ages and Bruce's happiness is connected to how close Dick was to Bruce and the relationship Dick had with Bruce influences his view later on of his father in comparison to how the rest of the batkids see Bruce.

As you said, Bruce was the happiest he's ever been in the 1950s. He and Dick had the time of their lives, sunshine, glory, joy, adventure - you name it and they had it all. This was the Golden Age.

Batman (1940) Issue #46

Detective Comics (1937) Issue #95

But as time passed, Dick eventually began to grow up. When the Teen Titans first formed, the Golden Age of comics transitioned into the Silver Age as Dick began to work more independently from Bruce but was still close. The Bronze Age was when Dick was on the cusp of leaving and then just left (1970s-1985s).

The reason I'm bringing this up as to why Bruce changed, it has to do with Dick. When Dick went off to college, Bruce actually shut the cave down and moved out of the manor with Alfred because he didn't know how to be Batman without Dick. He said he was going on a little soul-searching to find himself again.

Batman (1940) Issue #217

But real-life readers got really mad this and said, "Bruce was always a grim detective. When he was with Robin, he was too happy! We want to see him angry like he used to be!" So the writers realized that Bruce turning away from Batman was huge mistake so this set forth the grim avenger batman thing again.

Dick also feels the same way, that him moving to college was what changed the dynamics between them.

Secret Origins (1986) Issue #13

Granted Bruce is mad that Dick decided to drop out of college in favor of being Robin but it's also about the fact that Bruce wouldn't have responded like this before. Something's changed. And overall it can be summed up to Bruce being angry, frustrated, upset, and lonely with Dick gone, those emotions compounding into a new or renegaded form of Batman, Dick coming back and realizing - he doesn't want to be controlled and he doesn't want to be this new darker version of Bruce. The change in idealisms were Dick is more light-hearted and Bruce is slowly becoming Darker weighs on Bruce too.

Bruce's pov of the situation -

Batman (1940) Issue #138

Dick's pov -

Secret Origins (1986) Issue #13

Dick didn't want to be like Batman, Bruce was already upset but Dick's gradual distance from who he was turning into combined with his frustration of himself - it led Bruce to become the person he is now, someone he doesn't like and it's this circling self-hatred of what he become that keeps him perpetually angry and moody.

It's so important to talk about this because it's not just a time change, it's actively part of the comics. It's part of who Bruce is and why he is this way now. To explain more on what I said and elaborate further on what you said about Bruce becoming less smile-y :

Batman (1940) Issue #359

He lashes out at Dick, feels bad about it, and grumps over how he can't trust anyone in the world and this just keeps continuing over the years.

Tim and Dick actually talk about this too, the idea that Bruce was different with Dick then he was later on. Going on a slight tangent here but during one time in Gotham Knights Dick gets "dismayed" at Tim because Tim questions Bruce's morality and Dick's like "How dare you! He's a good person, he's amazing." And Tim's just like "No, he's not??"

Batman: Gotham Knights Issue #26

Dick grouches about this with Barbara and she tells him -

Batman: Gotham Knights Issue #26

slayy

Again what she says "First of all, the Bruce who raised you and the Bruce who works with Tim are not exactly the same man. Tim has had a very different experience, and is likely to have very different thoughts and beliefs."

Tim says it too in Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying when he's comparing Dick and Jason's Robin eras -

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying

And Dick talks about it again with Checkmate in the Checkmate (2006) comic about how he used to make Bruce laugh. He's quiet for a moment and then they talk somberly about how Bruce never laughs anymore.

So to sum it all up, the reason Bruce changed was because Dick drifted apart from him as he aged and he grew more independent, and Bruce as a result felt stifled and upset by this change and grew more independent too but in a darker way, and all these changes between Dick and him as well as within himself led to him being gloomier and grumpier. The authors also played a big part in acknowledging Bruce changing as a result of Dick leaving but also due to the readers' responses of having Batman return to his stern countenance of a time before Dick came along. Hence the decreasing medal ages that went from a happy Bruce Wayne to the sad and waspish one we know now. But maybe it also has to do with the fact that Bruce and Dick stopped getting to ride the backs of dinosaurs, fight pirates, and play prince and the pauper with real princes lol.

Superman

Clark is a very different story and I think it's because of how it's the reverse of Batman. In the beginning Clark was very - stern? He definitely wasn't smiling or laughing or fuzzy feelings but it wasn't the author's intention for him to be any of that. In the beginning, Superman was portrayed be a powerful and virtuous hero, fighting for truth, justice, and the American way. This portrayal was aimed at providing readers an uplifting and optimistic character during hard times because he was created in 1939 and it was the end of the Great Depression (1929 - 1939) and the beginning of WWII (1939 - 1945). The fact that it was the end of the great depression only made it worse because the depression only ended due to millions of men and women going off to fight war. So it was just VERY upsetting times and therefore Superman was a symbol of hope - for the war.

Superman (1939) Issue #12

Superman (1939) Issue #8

Superman (1939) Issue #34

But as soon as the war ended, you see a shift in the way Superman is written.

Superman (1939) Issue #36

Superman (1939) Issue #76

I guess it all comes down to this - Clark's writers were focused on his deeds. It was about solving problems and that's it. Whereas with Bruce, the focus was on solving problems but it was done through his relationships. He relied heavily on Dick as a partner and best friend and they were able to share their difficulties and have fun whereas Clark had no one, except Lois but in civilian identity. Because of this, it wasn't until later comics when writers started introducing new elements, exploring different aspects of his character, and adapting to the changing cultural and social contexts that these interpretations have included moments of joy, personal growth, and triumphs, as well as challenges, conflicts, and moments of introspection.

Superman: Heroes

It was both the ending of the war and gradually interacting with other characters that made his personality lighter and funner to read. You can even think about it this way - as Clark started to rely more on people, he started to open up and become more light hearted as the years passed but as Bruce began to distrust people and rely less on others, his personality grew darker and angrier. Bruce and Clark went through the same personality changes but Bruce started pretty early on with Dick and lost him leading to a downward turn in personality whereas Clark started with no one then gained Lois and Jimmy Olsen causing an upward trend. Two sides of a coin.

Moral of the story folks: learn to rely on others or end up like Batman.

#bruce wayne #batman #dick grayson #nightwing #robin dick grayson #tim drake #robin tim drake #barbara gordon #oracle #joey wilson #clark kent #superman #cl anon asks #cl asks #thanks for the ask!

[sassylittlecanary]

Starfire’s brother knows ASL because of Sesame Street! In 1986!!

This is so cute and also! Representation matters in so many ways!!!

#the new teen titans #jericho #joey wilson #joseph wilson #ryand’r #teen titans #george perez #american sign language #sesame street #dc #dcu #dc comics #canary reads vintage comics

[jxthics]

show me, show me, show me how you do that trick

[id: a drawing of dick grayson and joey wilson from new teen titans, done in shades of red. dick is laying on top of joey, smiling into a kiss. joey has a hand on the back of dick's neck with a thumb on his jaw. they're laying in grass, a tree behind them. /end id]

#dick grayson #joey wilson #joseph wilson #ntt #nightwing #jericho #dc titans #dc #dc comics #johnnydraws #flats #jeriwing

[querlq]

not my only valentines piece… but very near and dear to me…

#v. art #dc fanart #dc comics #artists on tumblr #digital art #joey wilson #joseph wilson #jericho #dc jericho #new teen titans

[starfiretruther]

hiiii !!!! i participated in the @dickgraysonbigbang and made a companion art piece for @thebestestbat absolutely amazing DickJoey fic Counting Out Stitches !!

#mine #dick and joey #dickjoey #dcbb 2023 #dick grayson big bang #dick grayson #joey wilson #i would like to apologise profusely for being so tardy mannnn i’m so ashamed… #ntt #titans #teen titans

[themyscirah]

Every time a George Pérez character is drawn without their curls an angel loses their wings btw

#WHO keeps bringing out the straightening iron w these guys honestly #starfire #koriand'r #george perez #dc comics #joey wilson #i wont tag more wed be here forever but those are the post popular ocs so i may drop this in the tag #ntt