[comics] DC immediately canceling GFM's Red Hood due to Kirk ... Very cool place we live in.
fuck DC so sincerely
the irony of them firing her over something Jason would 100% agree with
Anyway, if you're a horror fan and want to support a trans writer who had the audacity to make a snarky remark about a man who wanted her entire demographic dead, consider:
Black Flame, which I haven't read yet but is about a haunted movie?? and/or obsession and stuff.
laetificat it's such bullshit.
Liking to check out these comics
These are novels! But she does have a few other comics credits, mostly also with DC.
Novels are great too!
She also has a Patreon, that focuses mostly on film commentary/reviews but also provides access to some of her novella/comics work.
DC'll keep sex pests on staff for yeeeeeeears, but won't finish out a series with a freelancer who called a spade and spade.
Par for the course. Disgusting.
how dare a gotham writer mock a gun nut
Already very tired of everyone in media twisting themselves into knots to pretend this dude wasn't a piece of shit.
"'human sacrifice is good and necessary to maintain 2nd amendment freedoms actually,' change my mind!!"
Well...........
sex pests and war criminals!
That too, yes! Incredible.
not surprised they did this
in general, anyone caught saying anything even slightly controversial about kirk's death are getting ax'd
like msnbc fired a political analyst because he correctly pointed out how divisive kirk's rhetoric has been
I’m so torn about this because on one hand: fuck dc, this is crap and they knew who they hired
On the other hand:....she very proudly acknowledged that she had never read a Red Hood title or any comic Jason was in
Like for me this is “everyone sucks here”
yeah, but that's not why she was fired
the latter played absolutely no role in what's happening here.
and it's disingenuous at best to even act like it should factor in.
I’m very aware of that
I’m not saying that it is
But as someone who is very invested in this character I was really pissed about that, so as I said, I’m torn because what DC did was wrong
yeah, trans people are being pushed from public life in service of monsters who want them dead but i think we need to be focusing on the real issue here: what if someone released a comic about jason todd that wasn't good????
chelicerae: what the fuck are you talking about
that would be totally unprecedented if you exclude the last 20 years of comics about jason todd
chelicerae: who gives a shit
yes, a trans woman lost her livelihood for daring to snark about a man who was campaigning to kill her and everyone like her but someone please think of the real victim here: jason todd, the fictional cis man who isn't real.
anyway as someone also very invested in jason todd's character i was quite excited about the fact that she does not feel tied to the unreadable slop they've been putting out about him since uth. but also, who fucking gives a shit
JESUS DC.... I'd say I expected better of them but I'd be wrong
anyway someone with actual counterculture views writing jason sounds perfect to me but i guess we all have to bow to the right wing hype machine at all times
Ugh, what the hell.
what sucks is that this is gonna fuel the sales for this singular issue too (because nothing gets the comic speculators going like controversy) and while that may trickle to the author, DC is gonna pocket the rest
so they're gonna cancel the book AND reap the benefits in the process too
She said "thoughts and prayers" idk what DC is upset about. 
I went to eat a sandwich. 🙃 But yeah sure, I think the chosen technique of comic-craft would be worth the discussion...if the book got more than one issue. And I admittedly am not a huge DC reader or particular fan of the character. I view the speculative quality of the run as irrelevant. But that point has been made, so. Support trans authors wherever.
Okay sorry, you’re all right and I was an idiot, please carry on sans me
DC still employs CIA goon Tom King but this is a bridge too far for them? Ok
Gawd this sucks so bad. I as a Jason Todd fan was was genuinely hype for this book! The preview slapped! but that’s so not the point
Trans women are being pushed out of public life deliberately and maliciously!!
And pretending that this has anything to do with her actual writing and not who she is as a person is just willing walking up the gallows because the Nazis are saying that some degenerate wrote “gullible” on it.
Big Actually It’s About Ethics In Journalism hours.
wefeelgroove: I can excuse war criminals and sex pests but I draw the line at a mean trans fatty who didn’t read Red Hood And The Outlaws (2011)
yep
This is such bullshit. Like, I understand companies have an image and shit to uphold. But nah man, when someone actively wants you dead, you're allowed to celebrate their death. Especially when they actively want you dead for being born.
he was nothing close to a politician to be getting all this posthumous respect and accolades
DC you POS
she previously had to deal with a bunch of bullshit backlash over one of her novels including a passing mention of someone who was clearly meant to be analogous to JKR dying horribly, which adds another layer of ??? to this bc if DC had a problem then why even hire her in the first place
she is gloriously and unapologetically outspoken about these pieces of shit, did your hiring process just not look past the sales figures on her novels???
They wanted the cachet of hiring an up-and-coming, provocative marginalized writer, not to have to actually back her up when she said something provocative based on her perspective as a trans woman
if you wanna be edgy, then... be edgy.
but that is only a thing white straight cis men are allowed to be, I guess.
As an fyi the EIC of DC is Marie Javins and her email is marie @ mariejavins . com
Contact Us | DCDC’s contact page is here
if you're feeling punchy about it, consider including this official, canonical, still-in-print page of one of jason todd's most memorable moments from the last two decades as an attachment, as well
..... I like that Jason so much.
stay tuned for the next Batman retcon, where he's reimagined as a six-gun wielding cowboy from Texas that never misses a shot! /s (note that I had this typed up before seeing the linked page. I'm greatly saddened - but not surprised - that I need to include that /s at this point, because it's something DC will probably consider at some point...)
I'm right there with everyone else sickened by the bullshit they (and most other publishers, let's be real) have been pulling.
Yeah, it just folds into the mass of media companies in general offering zero pushback against and sanewashing the administration. Disappointing but not surprising. Still, you always wanna hope!
Let's see if any of DC's writers stand up for her and call on DC to bring her back loudly enough for them to reverse course. Like the writers and fans did when Gail Simone got bumped from Batgirl.
The AIPT article about this notes that her Bluesky account has also been suspended
Also true since at least this morning, yes. Might've happened yesterday via people reporting the skeets.
she's a huge TERF target for obvious reasons so she gets mass-reported pretty regularly
Yeap. And her works review bombed, etc. It's the reason I'd take "she said x about writing comics" crit with a scoop of salt. I get it if she's not the author/personality for you, for sure, but a lot of the negativity surrounding her is disproportionate/bad faith.
also like. name me a cis man who got fired for writing jason todd in a way fans hated, i'll wait
the "Free Speech Absolutists" sure are whiny about people using free speech to talk about a dead fascist.
This.
i give no fucks about jason todd but i do care a lot about a trans woman being hounded out of her job
Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker Martin on DC pullin...
Story from TCJ that features some words from Gretchen.
She makes a good point about the remainder of the creative team also having this project jerked out from under them. If you regularly buy comics, please consider continuing to support their work as well. When I have a little time, I'll dig through and find some relevant links.