DC comic book writer says 'no regrets' after her Charlie Kirk posts led to cancellation of Batman spin-off
DC Comics has canceled its Batman spin-off Red Hood after the series writer mocked the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk sparking outrage online Despite the fallout the writer has since doubled down on her remarks The series was canceled by DC Comics after screenshots circulated online of inflammatory social media posts from transgender author Gretchen Felker-Martin making a joke out of the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk saying she hoped the bullet was okay after hitting Kirk and calling him a Nazi b---h A spokesperson for DC Comics established that the entire Red Hood series had been canceled including both existing and future orders Sellers were reportedly invited to return any issues they already received as the first book in the series had already been shipped by the time the series was canceled Two days ago I made a glib joke about Kirk s death It was irresistible to me Felker-Martin wrote on her Patreon blog in response to the fallout I stand by the sentiment of what I revealed Kirk was evil He can no longer hurt us even if his cruelty will linger like a bad smell for decades to come CHARLIE KIRK'S ALLEGED ASSASSIN TAKEN OVER BY LEFTIST IDEOLOGY WHILE FBI PROBES WIDER PLOT BONGINOFelker-Martin added in an interview with The Comics Journal that she had no regrets for what she noted about Kirk I've listened to Charlie Kirk being an overt Nazi for years of my life and I had no regrets for what I announced about him CHARLIE KIRK'S SUSPECTED ASSASSIN CONFESSED IN DISCORD CHAT ACCOUNT SAYSFelker-Martin who has been known for making a stir with her posts on social media advised The Comics Journal that her superiors at DC Comics had also expressed concern about her outspokenness online prior to the Kirk happening The concern followed media reports exposing Felker-Martin's alleged celebration of the Oct Hamas massacre of over one-thousand innocent Israelis At DC Comics we place the highest value on our creators and neighborhood and affirm the right to peaceful individual expression of personal viewpoints a spokesperson for DC Comics informed Fox News Digital Posts or citizens comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC s standards of conduct Felker-Martin did concede in her interview with The Comics Journal that she exhibited a moment of poor impulse control when posting the comments about Kirk I can only put it down to really just a moment of poor impulse control she announced Had I thought for another second of module I would've known that it would be a obstacle for DC and naturally as soon as I had declared it I did know However in first-hand remarks on her Patreon Felker-Martin exhibited virtually no regret for her comments To say that Kirk was hoisted by his own petard in the most of literal sense of the idiom a petard is an early form of bomb or mine typically stone or fired clay filled with black powder a medieval predecessor to the bullet is to reduce the scope of his evil for the sake of a glib summary the author wrote in her response on Patreon The violent hypocrisy of men like Kirk make that glibness almost irresistible but behind it is a much larger and more pressing truth a vital illustration of how violence is brought into the world what we expect that violence to do and who is permitted to create and wield it In addition to Felker-Martin's work on Red Hood she has also written for Time Magazine and published multiple science-fiction and horror genre books that have garnered best-seller accolades In one of her books titled Manhunt Felker-Martin writes about the fictionalized murder of anti-transgender activist and Harry Potter author J K Rowling who is killed when her castle catches fire and collapses on her Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Felker-Martin to request comment for this story but did not receive a response
