Popverse reports DC Comics has canceled orders for all upcoming issues of the new Red Hood series, written by Gretchen Felker-Martin, with art by Jeff Spokes. In a statement, the publisher said:
“At DC Comics, we place the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of personal viewpoints. Posts or public comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC’s standards of conduct.”
DC’s statement is vague, but comes just hours after Felker-Martin was banned from Bluesky, apparently over these comments about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk (who died after being shot at an event in Utah yesterday, aged 31):
The new Red Hood series, which was planned to run indefinitely, had launched with its first issue only yesterday. A 17+ series, the book followed Jason Todd as he relocated from Gotham to New Angelique, and teamed up with Helena Bertinelli/Huntress to pursue a serial killer. You can check out the covers and synopses for the canceled second and third issues respectively in DC’s October and November solicits.
Writer John Lees was among those who expressed support for Felker-Martin, saying, “Shameful to see a creator fired off a book and the whole series immediately cancelled on the same day, because she was glib about the murder of someone who famously said that people like her [Felker-Martin is trans] should be stoned to death.”
The book’s cancellation coincided with the firing of MSNBC correspondent Matthew Dowd over his comments about Kirk. Via Variety, Dowd said, “[Kirk]’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place.”
Dowd subsequently apologized. Similarly, Jezebel added a disclaimer to a piece about literally cursing Kirk that had just been published on Monday, stating “Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms. We do not endorse, encourage, or excuse political violence of any kind.”
Tried to post this preemptively but it wouldn’t allow it: before anyone even wastes their time, I will unapprove any comment justifying murder, or trying to paint the Left (spooky ghost noises) as historically more violent than the American right. Kirk was a terrible person, and that’s another reason why his death was bad: he will never have the chance to repent of his sins, and will forever remain a terrible person.
The right is always going on about left-wing media, but it’s the conservative control that cans left-leaning people from even their personal views. Dowd’s firing is especially egregious as he made a very relevant point and wasn’t promoting violence or hate in any way…
I could not find anything about Kirk saying trans people should be stoned to death. Anyone has any background or reference to it?
It’s linked in the article.
She has said a LOT of hateful things, which was why I was surprised DC even let her write a book for them. She spouts a lot of hate, as did, Kirk. It’s all very unfortunate.
I think you need a better source on that one – there does not seem to be anything anyone else repeating the “stoning” comment.
DC has asked all stores to pull the comic off the shelves and not sell them to anyone. I already paid for my copies from DCBS last month and they were pulled out of of my next shipment and refunded for them.
I’m finding this fixation on disputing what a virulent homophobe said while being a virulent homophobe suspicious: I do not care what exactly he said while dogwhistling to his audience with references to Leviticus, and neither does Lees I suspect, because conservatives are not clever or subtle. The link is there to provide context for the reference, and that is the end of that.
The guy’s dead and you state the fixation on whether you made up an extreme lie about him that appears to at best provide justification for comments celebrating his death “suspicious”. What, exactly are you suspicious of? Fact checking? I literally only heard of him a few weeks ago on South Park. Like, what is wrong with you?
Y’know, you’re going to have an easier time convincing paleontologists the world is 6000 years old than make me believe this Nazi didn’t say Leviticus was “God’s perfect law” while attacking Ms. Rachel for being LGBT-inclusive.
Tell you what, pay me $100 to donate to an LGBT charity, and I’ll doublecheck what the Neo-Nazi said.
Oh and speaking of Ms. Rachel: free Palestine.
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