‘Red Hood’ Writer Speaks Out on Book’s Surprise Cancellation

At the beginning of this week, DC suddenly comics Rejected It’s new Red hood Transwriter Gregn Felker-Martin and artist Jeff Spokes are comic. This decision has come up after posting comments and jokes on social media about killing a fader-martin right-wing worker CharlieWhich happened on the same day – September 10 – as the comic’s introduction. DC Comics said in a statement that social media posts “can be considered inconsistent with that can be seen as a promotion of hostility or violence [our] The quality of behavior. “

Now, with a new interview with Comics journalFelker-Martin opened about his post and DC decision. He argued that when he reached him about a comic in 2024, DC had no problem with the presence of his outspoken and sometimes stimulus social media.

He reminded how he told the publisher at the time that “it would go into more than one hundred crazists you’ve seen in your life, my head and shouting for you.” He also said that DC initially gave him “any conditions or limitations” on his social media; The DC spokesperson revisited in IO 9 that the company’s previous position on complying with “preaching or violence”.

Ahead in the weeks Red Hood’s The past social media posts made by the Israel-Gaza war on charged political issues have been resurrected. Felker-Martin told the comics journal that at the moment he received a pushback in his social media activities; A DC spokesman confirmed in the comics journal that the company had requested Felker-Martin to be more aware of its online statement. Felker-Martin claimed that he usually obeyed the request till the day of the murder of Carc.

The author said that he stood in his comments about Kirk when he expressed sympathy for him Red hood Co-creators include spokens, cover artist Taurin Clark and editor Ariana Tarturo and Rob Levin. “I can only put it down at a moment of controlling weak persuasion,” he told the Comics Journal. “If I thought for one more second, I would definitely know [that it would be a problem for DC]And naturally, I knew as soon as I said it. “

Felker-Martin further emphasized that he did not want to work with DC comics in the future: “People like Charlie Kork deserve respect for the decent people, I have no desire to be part of an organization.”

IO9 also reached Felker-Martin and when we listen back and update this post.

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