John Ridley is an American screenwriter, film director, novelist, and showrunner, known for 12 Years a Slave, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. After both writing and directing his film debut, the 1997 crime thriller Cold Around the Heart, Ridley went on to write the novels Love Is a Racket and Everybody Smokes in Hell. His novel Spoils of War was adapted into the film Three Kings. In comics, he’s written The Other History of the DC Universe, GCPD: The Blue Wall, I Am Batman , and The American Way for DC. His latest film, Shirley, which he wrote and directed, was released in 2024.
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The Man of Steel Stars in DC’s New Superman: Red & Blue anthology mini-series! In the spirit of DC’s iconic Eisner Award-winning Batman: Black & White anthology series, DC proudly announces Superman: Red & Blue, a new anthology mini-series presenting fresh new takes on the Man of Steel. Around the world, everyone knows that when…
Expanding the world of DC’s hit Justice League Unlimited, these three heroes have one mission: control the chaos before it controls the world! In the wake of DC’s blockbuster storyline Absolute Power, the superpowers of planet Earth are in chaos…and it’s up to the newly re-formed Justice League to restore order to that chaos. Enter…
“Superstars” continues with an unforgettable tale about Superman’s greatest gift to the world…hope in two great arcs. Arc One by writer, John Ridley and artist, Inaki Miranda: A mystery is unfolding as Clark Kent is on the verge of discovering who is luring reformed villains back to a lives of crime, especially after Major Disaster…
The definitive history of one of the DCU’s deadliest villains is at last revealed! Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley tells the tragic backstory of Amanda Waller, in a vital part of DC’s Absolute Power blockbuster! Since the earliest days of the Suicide Squad, Amanda Waller has operated behind the scenes of the DC Universe, manipulating…
The age of a new Dark Knight starts now! Spinning out of the events of The Next Batman: Second Son, Jace Fox thrusts himself into action when the Magistrate’s crackdown on Alleytown begins! With his own Bat-Suit, Jace hits the streets to inspire and protect… The new Dark Knight will have to counterbalance the misinformation…
The Devolution’s invasion of Earth will be thwarted by coups and conspiracy unless Avigail can unite her extraterrestrial brethren. Comics’ next sci-fi epic begins in this oversized series from John Ridley. Thirty-seven years ago, Earth was secretly invaded by an alien force known as the Devolution, and they’ve been shaping the direction of humanity ever…
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