Dan Curtis Johnson (also DC Johnson, D. Curtis Johnson) is an American
programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code someone with skill in computer programming.
The professional titles Software development, ''software developer'' and Software engineering, ''software engineer' ...
and
comic book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
writer, known primarily for his creation (with
J. H. Williams III) of the
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...
series ''
Chase'', numerous ''Secret Files'' stories, and for having converted the character of
Mister Bones from a former low-level
supervillain
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to a high-level
bureaucrat of the
Department of Extranormal Operations (also created by Johnson).
Gail Simone has described him as "belong(ing) in (her) personal hall of fame".
Also a participant in the
DHMO hoax, in which he created a foil website for DHMO.org.
References
External links
D. Curtis Johnson's personal websiteD. Curtis Johnson's Livejournal
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American comics writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Usenet people
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