#Sam Johns

[ufonaut]

Now, I still don’t know if you got your life together and that’s what gave you the confidence to come out, or if coming out meant it made all the other little things weighing you down just that much easier to handle. All I knew was I wanted that feeling. I needed something I hadn’t known was missing.

Alan Scott’s full story in DC Pride (2021) #1, the first official canon exploration of his life as a gay man in the 1940s.

(Sam Johns, Klaus Janson)

#PRIDE RECAP #alan scott #green lantern #todd rice #dc obsidian #damon matthews #jimmy henton #jsa #justice society of america #justice society #dc pride #lgbtincomics #sam johns #klaus janson #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #reading this made me sob and i still havent stopped. my god. my god. #'they claimed we had corrupt moral fiber and they made us criminals to prove it' every time makes me cry and cry and cry. jesus. #the literal most impactful most significant words ever published

[evilhorse]

“Getting political?” Do you mean existing?

#dc pride #green lantern #alan scott #obsidian #todd rice #father son relationship #gay bar #coming out #Sam johns #klaus janson #dc comics #comics #2020s comics

[ultrameganicolaokay]

House of Slaughter #10 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera and Letizia Cadonici. Cover (1) by Rafael Albuquerque. Variant covers by (2) Dell’Edera, (3) André Lima Araújo and (4) Max Fiumara. Out in October.

“After journeying through a watery hell, Edwin finally returns home to the House of Slaughter, but his problems might be just beginning… New horrors loom in the next chapter of the epic adventure from the world of Something is Killing the Children!”

#house of slaughter #edwin slaughter #boom studios #james tynion iv #sam johns #werther dell'edera #letizia cadonici #rafael albuquerque #andré lima araújo #max fiumara #variant cover #horror #comics

[batmanofthewestcoast]

Why I Should Write Post-Trial Punchline

I've been thinking lots the last couple days (hence me posting as much as I have lately), and I have thought about who could write a follow-up story to the Tynion/Johns Punchline backups. After consideration I've realize that I am that person, for the following reasons:

I have a plethora of knowledge about Gotham, the Row Siblings, and the Batfamily.

I have taken Creative Writing classes.

Harper Row is my favourite character.

I've got ideas for The Royal Flush Gang and how they fit into Gotham's crime situation.

I can nominate an artist and a variant artist for the series, they've done work for me before.

Gotham Knights is going to air on The CW sooner or later, better get that corporate synergy up and running now.

DC can have one (1) Punchline variant per issue.

I’ve got lots of time right now to write a script, and will have more in the Fall due to recovering from surgery.

#DC Comics #Punchline #The Trial of Punchline #Alexis Kaye #The Joker #The Royal Flush Gang #Batfamily #Bluebird #Harper Row #Cullen Row #Leslie Thompkins #Gotham Knights #James Tynion IV #Sam Johns

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Preview: House of Slaughter #10

House of Slaughter #10 preview. After journeying through a watery hell, Edwin finally returns home to the House of Slaughter, but his problems might be just beginning… #comics #comicbooks

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#boom studios #comic books #Comics #house of slaughter #james tynion iv #letizia cadonici #rafael albuquerque #sam johns #werther dell&039;edera

[readtilyoudie]

DC PRIDE 2021

#DC pride 2021 #andrew wheeler #sam johns #nicole maines #vita ayala #graphic novel #queer #dc comic #superheroes

[naomistares]

harrow soup comic! harrow soup comic!

took some creative liberties with the structure of it all otherwise it would've been 20 pages long... love u tazmuir and all your words but i removed some for my sake... enjoy...

#art #artists on tumblr #the locked tomb #digital art #tlt #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #htn #gtn #harrowhark nonagesimus #cw gore #john gaius #g1deon #ianthe tridentarius #augustine #I FORGOT TO SAY #dedicated to my good friend #my good friend sam humphries

[comicbookclub]

House Of Slaughter #20 Review: This Book Is Killing It (The Children)

House of Slaughter #20 from BOOM! Studios, written by Sam Johns with art by Letizia Cadonici, ends the best arc of the book so far.

House of Slaughter #20 from BOOM! Studios, written by Sam Johns with art by Letizia Cadonici, ends the best arc of the book so far. We reviewed the book on the Stack podcast. But in the interest of highlighting more about the title, here’s a summary of the conversation with our thoughts. And if you prefer the longer audio version, that’s below as well! Powered by RedCircle House Of Slaughter…

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#BOOM! Studios #Letizia Cadonici #Sam Johns

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House Of Slaughter #20 Review: This Book Is Killing It (The Children)

House of Slaughter #20 from BOOM! Studios, written by Sam Johns with art by Letizia Cadonici, ends the best arc of the book so far.

House of Slaughter #20 from BOOM! Studios, written by Sam Johns with art by Letizia Cadonici, ends the best arc of the book so far. We reviewed the book on the Stack podcast. But in the interest of highlighting more about the title, here’s a summary of the conversation with our thoughts. And if you prefer the longer audio version, that’s below as well! Powered by RedCircle House Of Slaughter…

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#BOOM! Studios #Letizia Cadonici #Sam Johns

[randommultifandomrants]

Being a girl is: wanting to go to bed early but deciding to just get on tumblr/wattpad/Ao3 for a little bit and then end up finding a fic series that you really like and read until well past your usual bedtime then keeping on because it’s already past your bedtime. Then being mad when you wake up in the morning because you overslept your timer.

#luke castellan x reader #finnick odair x reader #bucky barnes x reader #rafe cameron x reader #jj maybank x reader #john b x reader #mattheo riddle x reader #theodore nott x reader #enzo berkshire x reader #draco malfoy x reader #blaise zabini x reader #sirius black x reader #james potter x reader #remus lupin x reader #robb stark x reader #jon snow x reader #stiles stilinski x reader #isaac lahey x reader #derek hale x reader #jacob black x reader #neteyam x fem!reader #loak x reader #jake sully x fem!reader #sam winchester x reader #dean winchester x reader #dean forester x reader #jess mariano x reader #thomas shelby x reader #tmr!thomas x reader #newt x reader

[wombywoo]

just checking...

#call of duty #cod #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #ghostsoap #mw3 spoilers #my art #👉😌👈 lalala what new game you say?? #never heard of it 🤷‍♀️ #special shoutout to the anon who sent me a message about sam's smile #literally as I was drawing this so... #same wavelength~ #please enjoy your dose of Mister Simon Riley smiling #it's good for the immune system apparently~

[evilhorse]

Say, is there still a back door to this place?

#dc pride #green lantern #alan scott #obsidian #todd rice #father son relationship #gay bar #back door #Sam johns #klaus janson #dc comics #comics #2020s comics

[ultrameganicolaokay]

House of Slaughter #9 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera and Letizia Cadonici. Cover by Rafael Albuquerque. Out in August.

“Edwin finally comes face-to-jaws with the legendary monster he's been hunting – against all odds, will he be able to survive the encounter? Meanwhile, we return to the past, where a young child faces a very different kind of watery terror…”

#house of slaughter #edwin slaughter #boom studios #james tynion iv #werther dell'edera #sam johns #letizia cadonici #rafael albuquerque #horror #comics

[batmanofthewestcoast]

My Issues with the (Punchline) Issues

Hi.

So I don't typically do this, but because I've got an abundance of time right now with me off from work, I figured I would give my thoughts on Punchline now that it is complete.

Back in November 2020 I was super excited to have Harper Row return to comics after being absent from comics for three years. Sure, she was name dropped prior in Tynion's Batman run, but hey, I'm also the individual who kept a timer waiting for an appearance. She is unabashedly my favourite character in the Batfamily, and it probably has to do with how she was the new character introduced back when I started reading comics again in 2011 when The New 52 first came out.

Harper was used to great effect during the Punchline one-shot, providing the Gotham-perspective that Snyder and Tynion originally intended for her back when she debuted. The themes of misinformation and propaganda made the story chilling and uncomfortable, even more so when Cullen, Harper's brother, was indoctrinated by the media and personalities that proclaimed Punchline's innocence. Writers James Tynion and Sam Johns were in top form (in my opinion).

It raised the stakes and gave Harper the push she needed to come out of retirement.

A month after Punchline came out Tynion announced a Three-Year Plan for the likes of Batman, The Joker, and Punchline, with the intention of an inevitable convergence between the three titles. Tonally, five months later, the sequel Punchline backups in The Joker started strong, splitting page space between Alexis adjusting to life in prison and Bluebird investigating leads to discredit Punchline's message and put her in Arkham. Personally, I believe that the first four instalments were the strongest of the 15 parts.

Then, in August 2021, Tynion announced his departure from Batman, and in time, The Joker and Punchline in order to pursue a deal with Substack.

With nine chapters remaining to resolve the trial, the story was pinched for time.

I noticed a shift in the narrative after Chapter Four, with Punchline no longer having to do more than say something or wave her hand to move her plot along, and Harper continually struggling to investigate Punchline further and further.

We saw that in Punchline: Chapter Six with Harper using an alias to get into Blackgate and immediately be confronted by Punchline. Within that single chapter Harper's story shifted from investigation to survival, playing directly into Punchline's hand and allowing her to spin a narrative of her own that would be a crux of Punchline's defence case. I had hopes that Harper's obviously fake tattoos were a misdirect, that Harper had done something to that she could use to escape once she found Kelly Ness, the only person who could incriminate Alexis.

And indeed there was, in the form of magnetic implants in Harper's fingertips. The sequence of Harper working her way through Blackgate's HVAC (reminiscent of Die Hard) highlighted Harper's ingenuity and problem-solving abilities, which I really enjoyed. Orca being an ally to Harper, the first friendly face she's had since the start of the story was refreshing.

The immediate loss of Kelly Ness, the sole witness for the prosecution, chapters later hurt the narrative as it immediately resolved what little Punchline had at stake in the trial. The only thing that was unpredicted was Cullen denying the identification of Harper assaulting Punchline in Blackgate and the prosecution's attempt at claiming a conspiracy against their client.

The epilogue Punchline chapter in last week's The Joker 15 cemented the status quo for the two characters, with Punchline being hailed a victim of vigilante targeting and a growing target being put on Harper's back as a result of Punchline's propaganda and celebrity status.

It was a reversal of Harper's intentions at the beginning of the story.

Despite my grievances, I am hopeful that Punchline: The Gotham Game #1 will be better, solely because it's solicit implies a full-sized comic rather than several back-up pages.

The condensing of Tynion and John's story really made the Punchline back-ups harder to read because it never felt like it was enough; as soon as the story was getting good, it was over, and I (and the audience) was left waiting for another several weeks for the next instalment. The story fell into this cyclic rut in which whenever any plot development or momentum was made, the story ended and was put on hold for another month.

With a full 23 pages per issue (assuming it isn't a one-shot), the title will be able to show Harper's strengths and her development as she fights to discredit Punchline and topple the narrative Punchline has created for herself and her followers. I am under the impression that DC won't want to wait too long to properly solicit Punchline: The Gotham Game #1, it will probably show up later this month in the October 2022 solicits.

I want audiences to see the same potential Harper has every time I open a book with her in it. That like the rest of the Batfamily of characters, she is able to rise to the occasion and overcome whatever she faces. That she is capable of growth and development and improvement. That she has what it takes to stick around.

But that's just my opinion.

#DC Comics #Batfamily #Bluebird #Harper Row #Punchline #Punchline: The Gotham Game #Batman #Alexis Kaye #Kelly Ness #Orca #James Tynion IV #Sam Johns #The New 52 #The Gotham Game #Opinion #The Joker

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New Horrors at Home in House of Slaughter #10

New Horrors at Home in House of Slaughter #10 #comics #comicbooks

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#andrew lima araujo #andworld design #boom studios #comic books #Comics #francesco segala #house of slaughter #james harren #james tynion iv #letizia cadonici #max fiumara #miquel muerto #rafael albuquerque #sam johns #wether dell&039;edera

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House of Slaughter #7 (2022)

#house of slaughter #james tynion iv #sam johns #letizia cadonici #francesco segala #rafael albuquerque #werther dell'edera #boom! studios