Dylan Johnson

## Graffiti

* Graffiti
* Dreams & Knightmares
* Foxworth Enterprises
* Heroes and Villains

**Dylan Johnson** is a fictional character in the *Graffiti* series, created by David Ragin.

Serving as the eponymous protagonist of the series, Dylan is a superhuman with the ability to teleport. After discovering his abilities and facing off against a superhuman killer named Switchblade, Dylan took on the moniker of **Graffiti** to protect other superhumans, and the world, from any and all threats that he could.

In film, Dylan Johnson / Graffiti is portrayed by the series creator David Ragin, and has appeared in all three *Graffiti* films to date, *Graffiti: Dreams & Knightmares* (2013), *Graffiti: Welcome to Foxworth Enterprises* (2015), and *Graffiti: Heroes and Villains* (2017).

## **Background**

Dylan Johnson was the only son of a young couple, raised in the metropolitan Detroit area. Soon after turning five, they adopted his younger sister Melrose. Unfortunately, only months later, his parents would leave them with a babysitter and never come back. The babysitter placed them in an orphanage, and for the next two years, he would protect his sister from local bullies.

When his sister was 5, she was adopted again, and Dylan was alone. He had very little friends, and his friendships were short because all of his friends would soon be adopted. He would remain at the orphanage for the next 7 years, and when he was 14, his sister would return to the orphanage, only this time, with her biological grandmother, whom she had recently become reunited with, to take in her brother. Her grandmother took care of both of them, and when Dylan was 17, she would put them in their own home that she would finance. After graduating high school, Dylan would not go onto to college due to lack of financial payment.

One day, while waiting for a bus to go to a job interview, he met Natasha Jones, a student on her way to school. The two both arrived early before their respective bus, so they began to bond as they waited for it to come. Dylan never got the job, but the two eventually began dating. He would continue to live with his sister for the next few years.

## **Powers and Abilities**

* **Teleportation:** Dylan's main superhuman ability is that he can teleport himself and anybody he touches instantaneously from one location to another without physically occupying the space in between. Dylan has shown to be very advanced with his power, and has utilized his teleportation to various techniques. This includes remote teleportation (*teleporting matter/energy without physical contact*), location swapping (*teleporting himself to a person and sending them to his original spot*), teleport dash (*combining high speed with teleportation ignoring normal rules, giving Dylan a better speed advantage, can be used both offensively and defensively*) and various combat techniques that he invented, such as tele-force punching (*teleporting small bursts of gravity with physical punches for strong attacks*).

* **Enhanced Durability:** As a superhuman, Dylan's body has the natural ability to sustain numerous blows of external assault, though his inner body can take damage if struck hard enough.

## **Weaknesses**

* **Vulnerability to Piercing Weapons:** Despite Dylan being resistant to blunt force attacks and having a somewhat high tolerance for pain, however, he is more vulnerable to piercing weapons, such as arrows, swords, knives, spears, daggers, bullets, etc. This is shown when Eclipse accidentally stabs him with his sword in *Graffiti: Heroes and Villains.*
* **Electricity:** Dylan's teleportation abilities can be interrupted and otherwise stopped by electrocution.

## **Gallery**

### **Outside the *Graffiti* series**

*Graffiti appearance on AMC Movie Talk**Graffiti appearance in 'Prosaic (Ragin's Canon)'**Graffiti reference in Cyberstars Detroit -  #StormArea51: The Anthem**Graffiti drawing by Dom Lyons**Graffiti Figure designed by Yi Yao of OnlyPortrait*
## **Trivia**

* Dylan Johnson was originally named "Jason Ray" and "Dylan Reynolds".
* Dylan Johnson was originally written with supernatural leaping ability and later the ability to control various forms of energy.
	+ Whenever he used the energy power, the plan was for his eyes and veins to glow a light blue color; the difficulties of making this effect heavily influenced the decision to make his powers teleportation instead.
* Dylan Johnson originally was set to be a member of (and eventually lead) a superhero team called *The Castaways*, which would have included Melrose, Evangeline Carter, John Armstrong, and later John Duncan. However, this entire idea was scrapped.
* A young Dylan Johnson was set to appear in *Graffiti: Dreams & Knightmares* portrayed by Lorenzo Oliver, Jr., who would go on to portray Danny Jones in *Graffiti: Heroes and Villains*.