Peaceful Protests erupted across the United States on Saturday, June 14, 2025, and Attracted Millions of America, According to Axios. Among Those Protestors Were Many Fan-Favorite Cartoonists, Writers, and More From Across The Comics Industry.
On Saturday, Millions of Demonstraors Made Their Voices Heard Across The US, Standing in Opposition to the Trump Administration. Their Protests Served As a Powerful Response to the Military Parade Taking Place That Evening In Washington, DC
According to X (Formerly Twitter) User Aidan McLaughlinIt was The Largest Political Protest in Us History.
Online, The Comics Community Turned Up and Showed Out, Posting images of its attendance at the ‘no kings’ protest across the country and/or supportive artwork.
Brad Gullickson and Lisa GullicksonThe Duo Behind the Comic Book Couple Counseling Podcast, posted on bluesky The Viral Image, “No Kings But Kirby” Online, as Well As Images of Them attending the Protest. To which sumone replied with Jack Kirby‘s infamous quote from a 2011 The Comics Journal interview“The Only Real Politics I KNew Was That If a Guy Liked Hitler, I’d Beat The Stuffing out of Him and That Would Be It.”
The Duo posted Number of images from the Protest in Reston, Virginia. However, My Favorite was, of Course, The Nerdiest, WHICH READ: “For The Republic.”
Also On Bluesky, Eisner-Winner Nick sousanis Shared Sub Comics-Related Resources For Anyone Planning on Attending the ‘No Kings’ Protest, But I have the unfortunate Feeling that also images will continue to be useful.
Another Creator Who Useed The Power of Art To Fight The Good Figh Was Alex Graudins (Improve, Science Comics: The Brain), WHHO SHARED A ZINE ON BLUESKY ABOUT PROTEST SAFETY.
Star Trek Actor and Comic Book Author George Takei Also Shared Safety Tips OnlineSaying: “Know Your Rights Before you hit
Tom Taylor Shared Sub images of superman On BlueskyWho Recently Stood with Protests Trying to Stop Illegal Deportations.
To Haunted Girl Co-Creator Ethan Sacks Even Voluntered at Philadelphia’s ‘No Kings’ Protest, Writing online“Rocky was right: It’s a Helluva View. A Lot of People in Philly Don’t Want To Give Up A Democracy for a King.”
Greg Pak Shared Numberus images Of The Newark, New Jersey Rally.
And Raina Telgemeier Shared images From Napa, California, Noting That the Protests Made Her Feel “3.5% Better.”
ON REDDITFurry Creator LUCKFOXO33 POSted, “WHO RADICALIZED THE FOP?” Alongsis An image that read, “No Kings. Only Queens Slay.”
On Instagram, Carmilla Writer Amy Chu posted an image of Doctored Street Sign, Reading, “No Kings Any Time.”
Also on Instagram, Cryptic Comic Creator Monica Gallagher Wrote: “No Kings Protest in Austin! Always found to see that Humans out Protesting for All of Our Rights! Stay Strong, Stay Together.”
Marvel Comics Creator and Outspaken Critic of Authoritarian Regimes (and Bad Cop Behavior), Creator Gerry Dugan Shared images of the ‘no kings’ protest in his hometown via His substack.
On x (formerly twitter), Sam Malone posted to video of sumone at the protest in an inflatable Donald Drumpf Suit, Who Was Carrying Around to “Dictorship for Dummies” Book. In my book, that’s tangentially related to comics as cartoonist Judd Winick Did Artwork for Many of the “Dummies” Books.
Other creators who were confimed to be at the ‘no kings’ protest include Janice Chiang and Walter and Louise SimonsonWho Were seen attenting the protest on a local news station.
