Sam Humphries

Humphries was born in Annapolis, Maryland and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[1]

Humphries began his career in the early 2000s as a Consulting Editor for Gutsoon! Entertainment^[2][3] and, as part of his duties to "monitor the chatter" around the American comic book industry, joined the Warren Ellis Forum where he got acquainted with several professional and aspiring comic book creators.^[4][5] After the dissolution of Gutsoon!, Humphries went on to work at MySpace,^[6][7][2] where he developed several projects including the network's comics section and its most popular feature, MySpace Dark Horse Presents, the digital revival of Dark Horse's signature anthology series that had been canceled several years prior. Between 2010 and 2011, Humpries was a co-host on Meltcast, the official podcast of the comic book store Meltdown Comics.^[8]

Humphries made his debut as a writer in 2010, contributing short stories to Fraggle Rock and a CBGB-themed anthology published by Boom! Studios. In 2011, he self-published Our Love is Real,^[2][9] a sci-fi animal sex comic that brought him to the attention of comic book publishers.^[10] The following year, he was hired by Marvel to write an adaptation of John Carter: The Gods of Mars and take over the scripting duties of Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates after the departure of Jonathan Hickman.^[11][12] During his run on The Ultimates, Humphires wrote the storyline involving Captain America becoming the President of the United States, which received nation-wide coverage in the news.^[13][14][15] In 2013, he launched the second volume of Uncanny X-Force^[16][17] and wrote an Age of Ultron spin-off series, Avengers A.I..^[18] After signing an exclusive contract with Marvel,^[19] Humphries worked on Legendary Star-Lord, one of the Guardians of the Galaxy spin-off series launched in anticipation of the 2014 film,^[20] and developed the multi-title crossover storyline "The Black Vortex".^[21][22] In 2016, Humphries joined DC Comics, launching Green Lanterns as part of the company's DC Rebirth initiative. In 2018, he took over Harley Quinn, staying on the title for the next two years.^[23][24] That same year, it was announced Humphries would resurrect the Silver Age title Dial H for Hero for Wonder Comics, DC's "pop-up" imprint curated by Brian Michael Bendis.^[25]

Humphries' creator-owned comics include his second self-published series Sacrifice with Dalton Rose,^[26][27] Jonesy with Caitlin Rose Boyle, published by Boom! Studios,^[28][29] and Blackbird with Jen Bartel, published by Image.^[30]

In addition to his work in comics, Humphries was a contributing writer for several comics-oriented websites such as Artbomb,^[31] Comic Book Resources^[32] and ComicsAlliance.^[33] In 2014, he co-wrote the mobile fighting game Marvel Contest of Champions, developed by Kabam.^[34]

Humphries has epilepsy.^[35][27]