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In comic book writer James Tynion IV's most recent Substack newsletter, he looks back over a year of quitting DC Comics for Substack, and what he learned and achieved along the way And in the process dropped a few factoids or data point that we like to collect and draw occasional graphs with when we[...]

But James Tynion IV just dropped some more news about how he is handling it as Year Two approaches For Year Two, he will no longer get a six-figure advance from Substack, instead will get 90% of Substack subscriptions.  Revealing that with almost a thousand premium subscribers, that's a quarter of a million a year[...]

As reported earlier on Bleeding Cool, the relaunch of James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas' Eisner Award-nominated series Wynd, The Throne In The Sky, is up on FOC today. As longtime readers may recall, Bleeding Cool first reported on the series, when Tynion, Dialynas, and publisher Boom Studios did a surprise release of Wynd #1 in[...]

But Grim wasn't the only Boom Studios title retailers went big on last week as Slaughter's flagship title, James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's Something Is Killing The Children, saw a massive spike in orders with issue #25. Final orders for the landmark Something Is Killing The Children #25 closed this past Monday and put the[...]

The Joker #15, the finale of the series, written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Cam Smith and has been delayed two weeks from the 14th of June to the 28th of June, nine weeks since the previous The Joker #14 issue, published on the 26th of April It will have now[...]

Boom Studios today announced the return of the blockbuster fantasy Wynd in August 2022 with the five-issue series The Throne In The Sky, kicking off a new chapter in the acclaimed original series by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas , available in August 2022. The land of Esseriel has grown darker and more dangerous, as[...]

Last month I got some Christmas cards from James Tynion IV, as a subscriber to his Tiny Onion substack International post can be a bugbear right now But it does demonstrate that Tynion has probably been the most effective in gaining subscribers for Substack and sending out benefits to his premium subscribers – or least[...]

4 topped the sales chart, to prove that the juggernaut series created by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera shows no signs of slowing down At the same time, Issue #1 landed in the final two of CBCS's March Madness Tournament beating The Walking Dead #1, Invincible #1, and The Boys #1 And that's before[...]

The ashcan, which contained the full issue by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera with black and white interiors and a unique cover, has been a hot commodity on eBay hitting a high of $150 numerous times after some copies initially sold for between $75 and $130 This may end up being a bargain for the[...]

The first storyline for House Of Slaughter, the Something Is Killing The Children spinoff comic, was by James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Werther Dell'Edera and Chris Shehan But the second arc will see a creator change, with writer Sam Johns and artist Letizia Cadonici joining series creators James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera Johns was[...]

Mentioned previously, James Tynion IV has introduced his Substack subscribers to his new comic book series that he will be showrunning, debuting through his six-figure-funded newsletter, The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos About a Teenage Mad Scientist And how it began in a creative workshop that was run by Scott Snyder. It was written in[...]

That includes James Tynion IV, the most successful of the comics Substackers, dropping the first issue in full of a previously unannounced horror comic, The Closet, described as "a horror novella in three acts" But also definitely comics It is available exclusively to subscribers of Tynion's Tiny Onion subscriber channel. James Tynion IV Surprise-Substack-Drops Closet #1,[...]

On his Substack, James Tynion IV has revealed that this was how editor Chris Conroy persuaded James Tynion IV to come back to work-for-hire after he had left Batman, on new Sandman books. The THR article only had James Tynion IV writing The Corinthian story Nightmare Country This posits him as more of a showrunner role,[...]

And saw DC media partner THR rushed to get their PR scoop out, that The Department Of Truth/Batman/Nice House On The Lake/Something Is Killing The Children writer James Tynion IV will be writing it The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country And Argentinian comic artist for Redneck, Diábolo, Mojito, Spook and The Last Contract, Lisandro Estherren drawing[...]

Writing on his Substack, James Tynion IV shared with his subscribers some of his initial notes to DC Comics, his editors and collaborators on the Batman line, which he has just finished writing And we have learned much, including his guide to all future Batman writers, which is probably essential reading., And that you'll have[...]

When I was reading The Joker War arc of Batman by James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez, there was one moment when I was convinced that this, right there, right then, was the equivalent for Batman as the Chris Claremont/Jim Lee run was for X-Men, a high point in dazzling action and adventure amongst everything[...]

Last month, James Tynion IV writes on his Substack newsletter talking about the latest Razorblades anthology self-published horror comics magazine of his, "I am also extremely excited to announce that the whole first volume of RAZORBLADES: THE HORROR MAGAZINE is going to be collected in a Deluxe Hardcover edition, that will be released by Image Comics in April of next[...]

And in today's Batman #117 and Nightwing #86, the Batfolk get on board. Batman #117 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez But as for the Seer? She had other plans – and it seems that even this was part of hers. Nightwing #86 by Tom Taylor and Robbi Rodriguez So what of The Seer now? And who was she? Nightwing[...]

Comic book creators James Tynion IV, Mike Perkins, and Ram V were on the Swamp Thing at Thought Bubble in Harrogate earlier today, talking about their history with the character, their approach to creating Swamp Thing stories and why the forests in eighties' Swamp Thing used to be purple Turns out it used to be[...]

Mure Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Hamish Steele Rachael Stott Jack Teagle Zoe Thorogood James Tynion IV Ram V Christian Ward War and Peas Ronald Wimberly John Allison Kristyna Baczynski David Barnett Ricardo Bessa Ted Brandt Nick Brokenshire Kit Buss Iban Coello Paul Cornell Fernando Dagnino Dani Paul Davidson Michael Dialynas Jonathan Edwards Tom Eglington Gary Erskine Al Ewing Ingrid Gala Joe Glass Paul Goodenough Abigail Harding Luke Healy Peter Hogan Marc Laming Roger Langridge Stephanie Lavaud John Lees Rachel Luckett Robert Luckett David Mack Guillem March Helena Masellis Leah Moore Tomeu Morey Helen Mullane Guillermo Ortego Zu Orzu Gerald Parel Sean Phillips Casey Parsons John Reppion Mike Perkins Jacob Phillips Jamie[...]

James Tynion IV may be leaving the Bat-books for his creator-owned Image, Boom, and Substack comics, but he is leaving his mark on Gotham's comic books Not just the bevy of new characters he added to the mix, from Punchline to Ghost-Maker to Clown Hunter, but in The Joker, which he is extending his run[...]

James Tynion IV writes on his Substack newsletter talking about the latest Razorblades anthology self-published horror comics magazine of his, "I am also extremely excited to announce that the whole first volume of RAZORBLADES: THE HORROR MAGAZINE is going to be collected in a Deluxe Hardcover edition, that will be released by Image Comics in April[...]

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and a group of friends and acquaintances certainly don’t feel fine. In The Nice House On The Lake #5, people

James Tynion IV has been talking on his Substack newsletter about when his run on Batman began, alongside the launch of Something Is Killing The Children Talking about what it takes to launch a comic book series, whether for an established character or for a creator-owned book, and the different markets you need to appeal[...]

In last Wednesday's Substack subscriber missive, James Tynion IV talked about the creation of the character Punchline for the Batman books, and how it began with the character of The Smiler that he had planned for his Joker 5G comic book that never happened But that her origin was far earlier, in Erica Slaughter. How –[...]

It's Miracle Molly time! James Tynion IV is quitting Batman in November, in order to focus on his creator-owned line, including his Substack Comics, The Blue Book, and The Department Of Truth: Wild Fictions He is also using his Substack subscription to talk about his many frustrations working for DC Comcis (and the good stuff[...]

Okay, Todd McFarlane, something for Gunslinger Spawn to beat? In a year of massive record-setting orders, we can add House Of Slaughter, the first spinoff from James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera's  Something Is Killing The Children, to that rarified list Which is, of course, an opportune moment to remind you that we predicted it[...]

James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds' The Department Of Truth has been a smash hit for Image Comics, in a world where conspiracies become true when enough people believe in them, with an investigative body headed up by Lee Harvey Oswald And now Tynion is taking it to Substack With The Department Of Truth: Wild[...]

James Tynion IV has continued to talk on his Substack newsletter about his work on the Batman comic book and the editorial and creative challenges it faced, working on a run that was basically a fill-in, something to lead up to 5G, which is all anyone was interested in and, in November 2019, there was[...]