Writer: OUTSIDERS, THUNDERBOLTS, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, STAR TREK, BATMAN BEYOND, THOR QUEST, WIFWVLF. Hivemind w
@cpkelly
. Eisner nom. Spina bifida. he/him.
✅Minimum room size.
✅Pay increases.
✅AI can't write.
✅Disclosure of streaming numbers w/ residuals to match.
✅Guaranteed 2nd step for screenwriters.
✅Script fees for staff writers.
✅Writing teams get full payment into pension (this is huge for me specifically)
Hell. Yes.
The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. Today, our Negotiating Committee, WGAW Board, and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement. The strike ends at 12:01 am. Check out our deal at .
#WGAStrong
Just blocks from my house, Proud Boys siege a local spa over manufactured trans panic.
Counter protestors gather to stand for trans lives across the street.
LAPD opens fire on the unarmed counter-protestors/journalists - and fires on them as they try to flee.
Indefensible.
Well, now. Looks like the word's out.
We're writing GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
A hard-edged cosmic western that burns down the heroes you know to reveal the raw survivors beneath.
It's Unforgiven meets Nextwave - drawn by the incomparable Kev Walker.
Make. Mine.
@Marvel
.
It can finally be told.
⚡️The Hivemind is writing NYX⚡️
This isn't a book about X-Men. This is a book about MUTANTS. How they live past the end of their world and into a new beginning. Not only how they SURVIVE in a world that hates and fears them...
...but how they THRIVE.
Tomorrow, an all new arc of CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY begins.
Bucky Barnes may have taken a new side…
…. but Steve Rogers never fights alone.
“Why don’t they make a DEEP SPACE NINE sequel?!?”
Good news, folks. We’re doing it.
𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗞 #𝟭
Benjamin Sisko is back - with a new crew, a new ship, and a new mission from the Prophets.
Pre-orders close Monday. Call your local comics shop and get yours NOW.
*deep breath*
WE’RE WRITING BUCKY BARNES!!
@cpkelly
,
@NicoLeon_
and I are so excited to be contributing to
@zdarsky
’s epic
@Marvel
event with DEVIL’S REIGN: WINTER SOLDIER - a 30 page nightmare of haunting shadows and dark secrets.
More at the link:
New Kang just dropped.
Deeply honored that
@peachmomoko60
has graced us with a variant for KANG THE CONQUEROR
#1
.
Still cannot believe this project is real.
JUST ANNOUNCED
The Hivemind’s digging into the darkest forgotten corners of the DC Universe for twelve issues of truly weird pop-culture adventure archeology.
This book is an impossible dream.
OUTSIDERS
Hivemind x Robert Carey
Winter 2023
From
@DCOfficial
/
@thedcnation
𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗
𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗡
BATMAN BEYOND returns in "WAKE" - a 30-page cyberpunk mystery by
@Max_Dunbar
,
@adityab
,
@SebastianArtist
, & the Lanzing//Kelly Hivemind.
We're storming Neo-Gotham - and it'll never be the same.
🦇 9/14/21 🦇
Today’s a big one!
CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY - VOL 1: REVOLUTION is in stores everywhere from
@Marvel
!
Seven issues of the best damn comics we’ve ever written, drawn to complete perfection by modern master
@carmencarnero
.
What are you waiting for? Shields up!
Enormous respect and love to the many Marvel friends standing up for what's right with today's
#DisneyWalkout
.
Our modern mythologies should - and can - respect LGBTQ+ rights. And the companies that produce them must support those values with their actions.
ANNOUNCEMENT I CANNOT STILL BELIEVE:
My brother
@cpkelly
and I are wielding the shield.
The Hivemind is writing Captain America @ Marvel with incredible art by
@CarmenCarnero
.
And so is
@TochiTrueStory
- with gorgeous art by
@RB_Silva
.
Two ongoing books. Two Caps. One dream.
Writers Tochi Onyebuchi, Collin Kelly, and Jackson Lanzing tell us about their plans for 'Captain America: Symbol of Truth' and 'Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty.'
It is very important that Marvel never lets me write Doctor Doom because my immediate first priority would be giving him a lil robot who cleans his castle called Doomba.
After fourteen years of balancing day jobs w/ our workload - writing nights and weekends to keep the dream alive…
… Collin and I have started our company, built a schedule, and started writing full time as of January 1.
In this case, teamwork really *did* make the dream work.
Thinking back to that time in middle school where I read a
@neilhimself
book and then wrote in literally every available yearbook in my grade
“There are wolves in the walls and when the wolves come out of the walls it’s all over.”
I was a fun kid. Great at parties.
Eleven years ago, I went to the worst bar in Los Angeles wearing a shirt that said “I speak comics.”
She walked up and said “so, what comics?”
And my whole life changed.
Happy Anniversary,
@lifeinanutshel
. I love you like I was made for it.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH is coming at you - an iconic new age of Sam Wilson, shepherded by our Brother-In-The-Shield
@TochiTrueStory
.
We're all working to make the Cap line a vital and unmissable part of the Marvel Universe - and the story Tochi's laying down is 🔥🔥🔥.
Back in 2005, I met
@cpkelly
in a carpool to buy Captain America comics. Afterward, we'd go back to his dorm, where we'd watch Batman Beyond.
Those stories help bring us together. Helped make us friends - and I think, better men.
Seventeen years later, we're paying it forward.
THE BATMAN IS DEAD. LONG LIVE BATMAN BEYOND.
Your first look at NEO-YEAR is live on
@Newsarama
- w/ covers by
@Max_Dunbar
,
@cjwardart
,
@SimoneDiMeo_
, & Jim Freakin' Cheung!
It's a new day for Terry McGinnis - and if the Living Gotham has its way, it'll be his last.
@thedcnation
This kind of militarism - this fear of public protest by law enforcement - should concern every American.
It is one of the great shames of our history, that we so often silence inconvenient and marginalized voices at the barrel of a gun.
We need not keep repeating it.
THE BIG NEWS:
The Hivemind is coming to
@Marvel
!
KANG THE CONQUEROR is a five-issue series diving deep for the first time into the psyche, drive, trauma and power of Marvel's time-hopping despot - written by
@cpkelly
& me, w/ art by
@CarlosMagno1312
and covers by
@DeadlyMike
!
Travel across the Marvel timestream to discover the origin of Kang in "Kang the Conqueror"
#1
! ⌛️ Find out more about the new series launching this August:
It can finally be told.
Bucky Barnes is done playing games.
This December, he directs the full weight of Marvel's espionage heroes towards a single goal:
The complete and total annihilation of the Red Skull.
THUNDERBOLTS
Hivemind x
@geraldohsborges
In stores December 2023
The Winter Soldier (allied with Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) leads a new strike force in
#MarvelComics
' 'Thunderbolts' series this December! Read more:
💥 Black Widow
💥 Sharon Carter
💥 White Widow
💥 Red Guardian
💥 U.S. Agent
💥 Shang-Chi
Thrilled as hell for you to see what this whole team has been cooking up with TWILIGHT OF THE GODS.
@cpkelly
and I are honored to have helped out on this truly wild, poetic, sexy, mythic adventure.
The Hivemind’s time on CAPTAIN AMERICA is coming to an end.
It’s been the greatest honor of our comics career to tell this story. Thank you to everyone who took a chance on this crazy saga, most of all to
@Marvel
for letting us end it right.
It’s not our symbol.
It’s yours.
This is the story of Terry McGinnis' first year as The Batman without Bruce Wayne in his ear.
No cave, no plane, dwindling resources, and an entire city that wants him dead.
And the first chapter is in stores **today**, in BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS
#7
.
“Everything in its right place.”
SENTINEL OF LIBERTY
#4
Art by
@CarmenCarnero
Colors by
@nwoodard
Story by the Hivemind
One of my favorite issues we’ve ever written. Out today.
She didn’t just play a pioneer.
She was one.
A risk taker, an icon, an activist, a mother, an inspiration, and a comfort to all those who ever felt lost in translation.
Rest in light, Nichelle Nichols.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY
#5
"The Shadow Capitol"
Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes take the fight to the Outer Circle, the mad gods of the 20th Century...
... and neither man leaves without lasting scars.
This is the big one.
On sale Wednesday.
Just read the lettering proof for KANG THE CONQUEROR
#1
. Stunned that
@cpkelly
and I get to make our
@Marvel
debut with a story this wild, beautiful, and personal.
Fans of THE VISION, THANOS WINS, and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY...
... prepare to be conquered.
So, a weird thing that happens when you write superhero comics is that sometimes you write a character you've known for decades for the first time and within one line, they reveal their voice to you and become your favorite character to write, period.
Anyway, I have a new fave.
Want another look at Terry’s new batsuit? Check out these amazing takes by
@cjwardart
and the new suit’s designer
@Max_Dunbar
.
Maybe next week, we’ll show you what it looks like in action…
The shield holds a secret that will change everything for Steve Rogers. ⭐ Nothing is what it appears to be in 'Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty'
#1
, on sale this June!
This winter, the Hivemind teams w/
@RobCareyArtist
,
@Valentinataddi
, &
@DCOfficial
to bring you a 12-issue maxi-series of adventure meta-archeology. We call it...
𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒
And this week, we'll be revealing a cover every day!
First: our team showcase by
@rogercruzbr
!
The new STAR TREK comics line is a labor of love by everyone involved - the fulfillment of years of wild imaginings.
Being nominated for the Eisner for Best New Series is more than a dream come true.
So having come down from the shock, I'd love to share a little about the crew.
To those in the LAPD w/ good hearts who believe you are the thin blue line between order and chaos, I ask in all good faith:
Does this video represent the order you work so hard to achieve? Are you content drawing down on civilians?
Is reform your enemy? Or just inconvenient?
Today was my first day in a proper tv writer's room and, even over zoom, it was honestly more delightful, insightful, and fulfilling than I could've hoped. I'm in awe of the way different writers bring sharpened skillsets to the table. Feels like I have a lot to learn.
Out now.
The book we bled onto the goddamn page.
ONE BAD DAY: CLAYFACE
64 pages of Hollywood terror brought to harrowing life by
@Xermanico
and
@rfajardojr
- with story and words by
@cpkelly
and me.
From
@DCComics
.
Enjoy.
@MCU_Direct
Hey, first, thanks for covering SENTINEL OF LIBERTY! That’s dope.
On the other hand, the headline’s just wrong. I didn’t confirm that. Steve sheds a tear upon being reunited with the love of his life after months apart.
Later, they have sex.
Zero correlation. Just sayin.
This is MS. MARVEL embracing her mutantdom on the Lower East Side.
ANOLE looking fabulous in green behind the city's hottest bar.
WOLVERINE in every Bushwick shadow, protecting her own.
PRODIGY writing history as it happens...
... and SOPHIE CUCKOO living in every moment.
For Terry McGinnis, Batman isn't a calling. It's not a drive, a study, or a catharsis.
It's a vow.
BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS
#7
. You have *ten days left* to pre-order at your comics shop.
Then, join the darkest night of Batman's life on 9.14.21.
@DCComics
@thedcnation
@DCBatman
JUST ANNOUNCED!
STAR TREK ANNUAL
#1
: "The Photonic Man"
The mother of all holodeck adventures - featuring characters from across the canon in one gigantic madcap mystery!
And what's more, the great
@RachaelAtWork
is joining the Theseus! Rejoice!!
In stores MAY 2023 from IDW!
Wait.
WAIT.
We got an Alex Ross cover?
For real!?!?!?
I literally did not know this until just now. Gonna go sit down. This is too much for the kid who spent all his allowance on MARVELS and KINGDOM COME, dude.
35 years old and full of super-scientific antibodies. Enormously grateful to say that my yearlong quarantine ends today.
Sorry, Star Wars, but May 4th belongs to me this year.
#Birthday
RIP Carlos Pacheco.
An icon, an artist, a trailblazer through space and time.
His work on Avengers Forever
#9
quite literally changed the course of my life - and though we never met, I'll forever be in his debt.
When we both make it to Chronopolis, dinner's on me.
Today rocked.
Just wanna thank every person who boosted SENTINEL OF LIBERTY today as we launched our new arc.
This comic remains a dream come true - but discovering the Captain American fanbase has a heart as big as Steve’s has been truly lovely.
For real. RAISED BY WOLVES is bizarre, engaging, wildly imaginative sci-fi of a caliber rarely seen on TV.
If it ends at Season Two, on one of the wildest images HBO has ever produced, it would be a deep and abiding shame.
Watch. Love. Spread the word.
#RenewRaisedByWolves
Call to action
#RenewRaisedByWolves
It’s not surprising, especially after the news of the mergers and what is happening at Warner, that a lot of shows are not having their stories finished.
Look, I gotta be cagey here but
TWILIGHT OF THE GODS is a breath of incredibly fresh air by a remarkable team of writers - and this cast couldn’t be more perfectly tuned to execute some truly beautiful scripts.
Can’t wait.
𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒
𝙲𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝚁𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙰𝙻 // 𝟶𝟸
Behold this absolute gem by
@Danmora_c
.
Batwoman and Batwing team for twelve issues of globe-trotting meta-archeology featuring the strangest corners of DC Universe.
Winter 2023.
This winter, the Hivemind teams w/
@RobCareyArtist
,
@Valentinataddi
, &
@DCOfficial
to bring you a 12-issue maxi-series of adventure meta-archeology. We call it...
𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒
And this week, we'll be revealing a cover every day!
First: our team showcase by
@rogercruzbr
!
One of the greatest comics artists to ever do it.
From Static to Earth X to Batman to Mother Panic, every line carried weight. Every moment sang.
RIP John Paul Leon. Gone far too soon.
W I F W V L F
Our first creator-owned comic since ZOJAQAN is coming soon to
@Kickstarter
.
Follow is at the link below… and join the pack. We’ll need you all very soon.
Collin and I are honored to be following the Krakoa Era - easily one of our favorite things Marvel has ever done - with a story that embraces mutant community activism and pop-punk young adult messiness.
This is the kind of book we came to Marvel to write.
Now it can be told.
We're handing the reigns of Steve Rogers and the CAPTAIN AMERICA saga to
@straczynski
. Considering how much my writer's brain owes to BABYLON 5, RISING STARS, and THOR, it feels only right.
That said, for fans of SENTINEL OF LIBERTY...
... stay tuned.
J. Michael
@Straczynski
returns to Marvel Comics to tell the next chapter of Steve Rogers' story. 'Captain America'
#1
will be on shelves this September. ⭐
Find out what the superstar writer has in store for the man out of time here:
oh FUCK Biden's stimulus plan would make it illegal to pay disabled people less than minimum wage, something that is somehow still legal and very common in many states.
this is huge.
I'm sad to announce that SUPERMAN & LOIS: IGNITION won't be moving on in the
#DCRoundRobin
.
It was a genuine pleasure to play alongside
@vascogeorgiev
- and huge congratulations to SUICIDE SQUAD SEVEN.
We may never see the book, but I hope the full pitch fuels your imagination.
Time means nothing to Kang. Except for today.
Because today is the final day to order KANG THE CONQUEROR
#1
from
@Marvel
Comics.
Here are the first two pages of our five-issue saga. For the rest, we'll see you on August 18th.
It was an honor.
Thank you to every reader who picked up the series, every fan who engaged with us, and to every collaborator on SENTINEL OF LIBERTY - most especially the genius
@CarmenCarnero
.
Remember all: when Steve Rogers lives in your heart, you never fight alone.
Just finished the final meeting of the STAR TREK YEAR FIVE writer's room. Deeply thankful for
@cpkelly
,
@Jody_Houser
,
@BrandonEaston
,
@JimMcCann
, and
@Paul_Cornell
- spectacular writers all.
To write Star Trek is an honor.
To write it with this crew is a genuine privilege.
Curious about how Bucky Barnes fits into CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY?
Your first glimpse of the next era of Captain America arrives in six days. Don't miss DEVIL'S REIGN: WINTER SOLDIER
#1
- out next Wednesday!
This week, something happens that has *never happened in the history of
@DCOfficial
.*
In a moment 7 years in the making, a present-day BATMAN book sets up a plot thread that pays off - on the same day, decades later - in BATMAN BEYOND.
This is the story of how it happened.
🧵
On my first day of work for a new editing client, the LAPD lowered a helicopter into my field of view (T2-style), swarmed my new office with SWAT, then wrongfully arrested me in front of the news media w/o telling me the charges.
I was on TMZ all day as a celebrity kidnapper.
What's something that happened to you but sounds made it up?
For me, I had a beef with some other theatre kids in high school over if Webber or Sondheim was the better composer. Some kids *slashed my tires* and wrote "WEBBER SUCKS" in marker all over my car windows.
Holy Kang!!
Our very first Marvel comic is a sell-out and is going to a second printing.
Thank you to every reader and retailer who supported this story. We're hard at work to give Kang the book he deserves - and your support means everything.
Kang the Conquerer
#1
has sold out at the distribution level, with a second printing announced for a September 29 debut. Want to know what all the fuss is about? Read our rundown off the issue below.
@Marvel
@cpkelly
@JacksonLanzing
@carlosmagno1312
Just did our very last lettering pass for STAR TREK: YEAR FIVE. The whole journey is, at least for
@cpkelly
and me, finally complete.
I'll have more to say when the issue drops, but for now... I'll leave you with this page from issue
#1
.
Kirk gets it.
When I was six, Joe Ferrara took pity on this poor boy who could barely afford Star Trek action figures and comics. For a decade, he sold me every story that made me, well, me.
Today, he’s sponsoring the show as I attend my first Eisners, nominated for Star Trek.
Full circle.
February 21, far from the Gotham rain and under the Hollywood sun…
… a star is formed.
ONE BAD DAY: CLAYFACE
64 pages of wildly personal horror noir.
Art by
@Xermanico
Colors by
@rfajardojr
Words by
@cpkelly
& me
FOC this weekend from
@DCComics
. Order today.
@thedcnation
.
Today, this kid is 37 years old and he writes STAR TREK for a living.
For some reason, he has to share his birthday with a bunch of laser swords and cantina weirdos but honestly, he’s used to it.
Someday, they too will be assimilated.