RED HOOD Writer Gretchen Felker-Martin Stands By Shocking Charlie Kirk Comments After Being Fired By DC Comics

RED HOOD Writer Gretchen Felker-Martin Stands By Shocking Charlie Kirk Comments After Being Fired By DC Comics

Earlier this week, DC Comics cancelled Red Hood after one issue due to comments from writer Gretchen Felker-Martin about the murder of controversial conservative Charlie Kirk. However, she has no regrets.

By JoshWilding - Sep 13, 2025 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: DC Comics

Earlier this week, Charlie Kirk, an influential, often highly controversial conservative activist, was shot dead while speaking at an event at a university in Utah.

While responding to a question about gun violence in the U.S., a single bullet struck Kirk in the neck, seemingly killing him instantly. The shooter, Tyler Robinson, 22, has since turned himself in and is likely facing the death penalty.

The news of Kirk’s death has seen many notable figures chime in, but it was those from author Gretchen Felker-Martin that sparked outrage in the world of comic books. After taking to social media to mock, and some might even say celebrate, Kirk’s shooting, the transgender writer was fired by DC Comics. Her high-profile new series, Red Hood, was subsequently cancelled after one issue (which went on sale the same day that Kirk was killed).

Talking to The Comics Journal, Felker-Martin made it clear that she stands by her comments, but did express sympathy for the Red Hood creatives no longer working on the series. "I had no regrets for what I said about [Kirk]. [Kirk’s murder] just didn’t strike me as an especially hot flashpoint. This is such a loathsome person. Everyone on the entire internet is talking about how pleasant it is that he got his."

"I saw that he had died in the middle of spreading more of the bigotry that he spent his every waking moment promulgating, and in a way that he had advocated for others to die, and felt nothing but contempt for his life," the writer continued. "I mean, this is a man who I’ve watched for years go on television and on enormous stages and convention halls and say that me and everyone like me should be stoned to death."

Claims that Kirk advocated for gay people to be stoned to death have been widely disputed, with author Stephen King recently apologising for suggesting the activist said what Felker-Martin describes above.

The author has often courted controversy online, sharing divisive remarks about the September 11 terrorist attacks and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Still, she says that she warned DC something like this could happen, despite being asked to be mindful of her social media posts.

"I can only put it down to really just a moment of poor impulse control. Had I thought for another second, of course I would've known [that it would be a problem for DC], and naturally, as soon as I had said it, I did know," Felker Martin said, confirming she received a call from DC Editor in Chief Marie Javins, who told her, "'The story of the issue's release had gone from being celebratory to something that DC and Warner Brothers couldn't stand behind or defend,'" and that "any kind of promotion of violence or harm is unacceptable to them."

"I said that I've listened to Charlie Kirk being an overt Nazi for years of my life, and I had no regrets for what I said about him," Felker-Martin added.

"At DC Comics, we place the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of personal viewpoints," the publisher said in a statement on Thursday. "Posts or public comments that can be viewed as promoting hostility or violence are inconsistent with DC’s standards of conduct."

This week has seen those on both sides of the political spectrum come together to condemn this type of violence, and no matter whether you supported or reviled Kirk's outlook, it does rather feel like the former Red Hood writer crossed a line. 

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rebellion
rebellion - 9/13/2025, 12:13 PM
good luck paying bills, 'gretchen'.
Puckaluck
Puckaluck - 9/13/2025, 12:25 PM
@rebellion - I wonder if they chose that name as a reference to mean girls…
Supercat6376
Supercat6376 - 9/13/2025, 12:17 PM
There are a lot of crazy people out there. We don’t have to agree on anything but you shouldn’t catch a bullet in the neck for having an opinion.
ClungeOfSteel
ClungeOfSteel - 9/13/2025, 12:18 PM
Just when I thought this site was over this.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/13/2025, 12:31 PM
@ClungeOfSteel - you don't understand, josh needs to cover his rent.
WaffeX
WaffeX - 9/14/2025, 12:56 PM
@ClungeOfSteel - from which anime is that gif?
kazuma
kazuma - 9/13/2025, 12:19 PM
You can not care about his dying without celebrating it. He was a pos but now his kids will grow up without a father and they'll look online and see people mocking him and his death.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 9/13/2025, 12:29 PM
@kazuma - That is the fair point, totaly understandable if anyone finds it impossible to care that he was shot due to their opinions of him but always questionable the need to state such let alone celebrate a murder. Plenty of folk I wish would shut up and go away and wouldn't shed a tear if they died but I'd never wish anyone dead or hold their killer up as some sort of hero...

...outside of armed forces killing a terrorist leader type scenarios anyway and even then I tend to prefer capture and face the courts and life in jail over being turned into a martyr for some.
DannyBrandy20
DannyBrandy20 - 9/13/2025, 12:41 PM
@kazuma - This is what some idiots on X don't understand

TruePunishment
TruePunishment - 9/13/2025, 12:46 PM
@kazuma - here's a thought, maybe don't live a life where people celebrate your death?
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