Horror ‘It Girl’ Gretchen Felker Martin on DC pulling Red Hood after Charlie Kirk comments: ‘I had no regrets’

It’s been a memorable few weeks for comics, and not always in a good way, I’m sorry to say. Here are a few of the top newsmakers.

News From DC and Marvel

DC Comics abruptly cancelled Gretchen Felker-Martin’s Red Hood series after she failed to show due deference to a dead Nazi. In an interview with The Comics Journal, Felker-Martin said she regrets nothing. Film icon Robert Redford passed away on September 16. He played many incredible characters over the years, but superhero fans may remember him most fondly as Alexander Pierce in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Disney and WEBTOON are collaborating on a new digital comics platform. More details forthcoming, but yes, some of Disney’s biggest IPs will be available there. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is now available digitally and will soon be available on physical media. Daredevil: Born Again is getting a third season. In a podcast interview, writer Greg Rucka discussed how certain individuals at DC made his life miserable when he was working there in the late 2000s, and how the company has changed since. (TW: Mention of suicidal ideation) While at Fan Expo Chicago, the stars of The CW’s The Flash (that’s a lot of “the”) discussed how they came to find their characters during the early days of the show’s run.

New From the Wider Comics World

Time for award winners! In terms of nerdy Emmy wins, The Penguin and Andor each scored a statue. Also, the Ignatz Award winners were announced. CBS Mornings celebrated the 75th anniversary of Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey by sitting down with three of Walker’s sons, who now carry on the strip in their father’s memory. After the One Piece flag showed up as a protest symbol in Indonesia, other young protestors started using it as well, including during the recent unrest in Nepal that resulted in the appointment of the nation’s first female prime minister. For Star Trek Day, Comics Beat shared the interview they did with the creators behind some of IDW’s Star Trek comics. The Golden Hat, a Belgian competition open to cartoonists worldwide, is accepting submissions now. Dick Tracy fans still have some time to get in on the Backerkit campaign for Clover Press’s reprinting of the original strips!