Who is TDJ?
THEIR HISTORY. THEIR PURPOSE. THEIR LEGACY.
Who We Are
We are TDJ Comics Studio, a Virginia-based multimedia entertainment company based on Comic Books, Animation, and Video Production. We specialize in creating comic books in various genres and mediums such as action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and traditional superheroes.
Our Mission
Our mission is to devote ourselves to staying creative and setting our pencil-point focus on building a base of diverse stories that appeal to an audience of all ages through various mediums including comic books and animation. Chiefly, we strive to add a TDJ Signature on breaking stereotypes and boundaries in the comic book and entertainment industries that lack black representation with our own BIPOC stories!
Meet the Team
Tarik DJ Holmes
CEO/Creative Director
Tarik DJ Holmes is a self-taught Comic Book Artist, Graphic Designer, and Illustrator with a passion for Animation. He’s currently the illustrator and co-creator of The Adventures of Waffle Boy© and Atlas©. The oldest of 3 children, Tarik is a self-taught artist. From the time Tarik could hold a pencil, he began drawing his favorite comic book characters. In 2013, Tarik launched TDJ Comics, LLC and began selling commissioned artwork. Tarik is also employed by several companies as a Graphic Artist. Tarik’s artwork is currently featured on one of the largest LED billboards in the world, which is on top of the Harmon Retail Corner in Las Vegas, Nevada.
After working as a Comic Artist and Colorist on other independent comics, Tarik decided to team up with his younger brother and publish their own stories and comics inside the TDJ Comics Brand.
Javon D Holmes
Author/Co-Creator
Javon Holmes is the creator and author of The Adventures of Waffle Boy©. The youngest of 3 children, Javon has always been creative and looking for various ways to express his creativity. He is one of those kids that you will spot in the store pretending that he is fighting a villain.
At the age of 4, Javon created the persona of Waffle Boy. Early one morning, he burst into his mother’s bedroom and startled her awake by jumping on her bed. While wearing a red blanket tied around his neck like a cape, he announced to his mother, “I am Waffle Boy! Defender of Syrup!” Eight years later at the age of 12, Javon decided to team up with his brother and turn Waffle Boy into a webcomic for everyone to enjoy.
Javon is currently an honor student in middle school. Upon graduation from high school, he plans to attend college and major in Video Game Programming.
