Tom Joyner is a writer and academic. Joyner received his B.A. in English from

Rollins College Rollins College is a Liberal arts college, private liberal arts college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several master's programs. Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institut ...

and his M.A. and Ph.D. (both in Theater) from the

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University o ...

. His research foci included 20th Century Irish drama, post-colonial theaters, and theaters of social justice. He has worked as a performer,

dramaturg A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...

, educational outreach writer, and director with university, community, and professional theaters in Florida and Colorado and was part of the inaugural class for

Naropa University Naropa University is a private university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, it is named after the 11th-century Indian Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. The university ...

's Actor-created Physical Theater program. Prior to graduate school, while working as a freelance writer, Joyner co-created and wrote several titles for

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 ...

including ''

Hammerlocke ''Hammerlocke'' is a 1992–1993 nine issue DC Comics science fiction limited series written by Tom Joyner and Kez Wilson, with artwork by Chris Sprouse and Wilson. Premise In the near future, a space elevator called the Olympus Starbridge beco ...

'', ''Scarlett'', and ''

Damage Damage is any change in a thing, often a physical object, that degrades it away from its initial state. It can broadly be defined as "changes introduced into a system that adversely affect its current or future performance".Farrar, C.R., Sohn, H., ...

.'' His first published comics work was an

Amazons The Amazons (Ancient Greek: ', singular '; in Latin ', ') were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Hercules, Labours of Heracles, the ''Argonautica'' and the ''Iliad''. ...

feature which appeared as a

DC Comics Bonus Book DC Comics Bonus Books were 16-page comic book stories inserted into issues of existing DC Comics series to showcase new writers and artists. Running from April 1988 to February 1989, they consisted of a front cover, 14 pages of story, and a back c ...

in ''

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

'' vol. 2 #26 (January 1989). Joyner also wrote individual issues of several other titles including ''

Doctor Fate Doctor Fate (also known as Fate) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version was originally created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, debuting in ''More Fun Comics' ...

'', '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight,'' ''

Deathstroke Deathstroke is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the character first appeared in ''The New Teen Titans'' #2 (December 1980) as Deathstroke the Terminator. In his co ...

,'' and ''

Secret Origins ''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and c ...

.''

Bibliography

DC Comics

* '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #41 (1993) * ''

'' #1–20, #0 (1994–1996) * ''

'' #53–54 (1995) * ''

'' #38 (1992) * ''

'' #1–9 (1992–1993) * '' Scarlett'' #1–14 (1993–1994) * ''

'' #40 (1989) (

Congorilla Congorilla (originally in human: William "Congo Bill" Glenmorgan) is a superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and Vertigo Comics. Originally co-created by writer Whitney Ellsworth and artist George Papp, he was later transform ...

) * '' Titans Secret Files and Origins'' #1 (1999) * ''

Who's Who in the DC Universe ''Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' (1985–87), usually referred to simply as ''Who's Who'', is the umbrella title for a number of comic book series which DC Comics published to catalogue the wide variety of fictional ch ...

'' #6 (1991) * ''

'' vol. 2 #26 (

)

Image Comics

* '' Deathblow'' #21–29 (1995–1996)

References

External links

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