The Department of Truth, Vol 1 by James Tynion IV

Or that the current pandemic is also God's punishment for something or other. I won't mention all the conspiracy theories on the internet today, but belief in them might be akin to beliefs such as that being gay brought on God's punishment, AIDS. Some are lies developed for political gain: Was the 2016 election stolen? If you say it often enough and enough people say it with you, do beliefs actually form? Then, and this is key, does that belief actually shape reality? Most of these theories are relatively benign, yet almost all of them are fear-based: Yeti, The Loch Ness Monster, immigrants. Though probably conspiracy theories have been with us forever-maybe most religions can be seen by non-believers as conspiracy theories (masturbation is sinful and will send you to Hell maybe the threat of Hell itself is a conspiracy theory). Not just shapes it for them, but for us as well, of course. 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast,' she declares.Īn intense comics series I guess I have to call horror about a key dimension of modern life, the way belief in conspiracy theories actually shapes the world in so many damaging ways. James has also recently stepped into the shoes of one of the most iconic anti-heroes in the comics medium with the critically acclaimed relaunch of CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER with Ming Doyle and Riley Rossmo.Īn alumni of Sarah Lawrence College, Tynion now lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.In Lewis Carroll's 'Through the Looking-Glass,' the sequel to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' The Queen tries to persuade Alice that you can believe impossible things - and suggests that it helps if you practice.

He has also penned the critical successes MEMETIC, COGNETIC and UFOLOGY for the publisher. The Young Adult Science Fiction epic THE WOODS broke all records for original series at the company when it was released in 2014, and has recently been optioned for television by Universal Cable Productions. The first issue was one of the best selling comic issues of 2015. Recently, he has become the writer of the massive cross-over project, BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, bringing two of the most successful franchises together for the first time. This work would culminate in James serving as the showrunner of two consecutive weekly comic series, BATMAN ETERNAL and BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL. James' comics career began with co-writing the back-up stories on Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's character defining run on BATMAN, which would lead to his making his own name on a number of Bat-Centric series.

James Tynion IV is a comic book writer, best known for his work on the Batman franchise for DC Comics.

The Department of Truth, Vol 1 by James Tynion IV