DC Ends ‘Purple Hood’ Comedian After Author’s Charlie Kirk Feedback

DC Comics canceled its new, mature-rated Red Hood comedian simply hours after it launched on September 10 as a result of its author made feedback concerning the assassination of right-wing activist and Turning Level USA creator Charlie Kirk at Utah College.

Purple Hood author Gretchen Felker-Martin made comments and joked on social media about Kirk’s loss of life—which occurred on the identical day because the comedian’s launch.

Purple Hood, which Felker-Martin was creating together with artist Jeff Spokes, will discontinue after its first run. Current orders for the following two points have been cancelled, and retailers will probably be credited for any first challenge copies, no matter whether or not they’ve been offered.

In a statement to Popverse, DC stated it locations “the very best worth on our creators and group and affirm the precise to peaceable, particular person expression of non-public viewpoints. Posts or public feedback that may be considered as selling hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC’s requirements of conduct.”

Felker-Martin is a trans lady, and through his lifetime, Kirk made quite a few anti-trans feedback, together with in the moments earlier than the capturing. Felker-Martin is just not the one media determine to have confronted penalties because of feedback made after Kirk’s loss of life: MSNBC fired its anchor Matt Dowd for remarking that “hateful ideas result in hateful phrases, which then result in hateful actions. […] You’ll be able to’t cease with these type of terrible ideas you might have after which saying these terrible phrases and never anticipate terrible actions to happen. And that’s the unlucky setting we’re in.”

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