Image Comics writer Michelle Perez took things to another level this week when she wished an absolutely horrific death on Afghanistan war veteran and comics critic Diversity & Comics also known as Richard C. Meyer. Perez wrote the upcoming graphic novel, The Pervert, with artist Remy Boydell. The book is being published through Image Comics.

As you can see below Perez quotes herself, “it sucks that an IED didn’t blow him up.”

thats my official position on that guy, by the way. "it sucks that an IED didnt blow him up" you can quote me, its cool — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 20, 2018

This tweet is in reference to a previous one where she specifically calls out Richard C. Meyer and says, “Unfortunately, an IED didn’t blow him up.”

Perez then made a number of tweets about Meyer.

imagine being as dumb as meyer and actually advertising me for free. lmfao — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

Diversity & Comics responded to the Michelle Perez wishing he had died via YouTube video:

But Richard Meyer wasn’t her only target. She also went after a number of conservative icons including Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Antonin Scalia, and Billy Graham.

people i am glad are dead -ronald reagan

-nancy reagan

-antonin scalia

-especially billy graham if youre defending richard c meyer, go off. go to bat for dirtbag who only whips up hate mobs against LGBT and any non-white in comic books, you pasty white gerbil. https://t.co/XBlORZWmCs — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

She would then add Margaret Thatch to that list.

im glad margaret thatcher is dead https://t.co/gypL0V4JBq — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

Her threats provoked a response from Kurt Eichenwald, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair.

The most horrible person on twitter today is @rubblewoman, a comic book writer with @ImageComics who wished an Afghan vet was killed by an IED and celebrated the deaths of a number of GOP and religious figures. I don’t CARE if you don’t like people’s politics. This is obscene. — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) February 23, 2018

The two would then engage in a heated debate where Perez defended why she attacked the conservative icons and why “it’s great” they are dead.

oh. we're doing this? alright buddy, since youre here its great that ronald reagan is dead. he ravaged black communities. he supported apartheid, and he sure loved escalating the war on drugs into the depraved garbage of today billy graham said AIDS was "the judgement of god" https://t.co/XBlORZWmCs — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

antonin scalia? ANTONIN SCALIA? its fantastic he is dead. i wish he came back to life, just so he could fidget around and die again https://t.co/XBlORZWmCs — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

the only way tonight could be better? is if antonin scalia came back to life and then died in front of me — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

So, I condemned a comic writer @ImageComics for wishing an afghan vet had died and celebrating conservatives' deaths. Then I got bombarded with outrage from comic book industry insiders. When did comics become evil political? And when did lunatics take over? I missed this event. — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) February 23, 2018

when did comics become evil political. some vanity fair level quality right here https://t.co/LD7mOSmt5w — Michelle Perez (@rubblewoman) February 23, 2018

Seriously, I have never seen a crazier group emerge than when i called out a comic writer blue-check for wishing a veteran had died in Afghanistan. They say criticizing death wishers is harassment. The vet is called @DiversityAndCmx. Can someone explain what this lunacy is about? — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) February 23, 2018

Michelle Perez is using the publicity from Eichenwald to sell her book. It’s more than likely her attack against Richard C. Meyer was meant to provoke this intense reaction from both sides in the culture war especially with heightened tensions between both the left and the right over the Second Amendment and gun control in the wake of the Parkland school shooting. The divisiveness allows her to claim being the victim for her side and promote herself as such. This victim status lets her more easily manipulate her side’s emotions and get them to support her by purchasing her novel.

It’s a shameful tactic, but appears to be working. The book is currently the #9 book from Image Comics and the #13 book in Educational & Nonfiction. It is also the #1 book in Amazon’s Gay & Lesbian category. Overall the book sits at 5,924.

Despite the successful marketing tactic, her actions are quite disgusting. The calling for the death of someone because you disagree with his politics is just nasty.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight to ideological war raging for the heart of America. I expect there to be more and more instances like this. We’ve already seen people on the Left get Will Caligan fired for his conservative beliefs. They’ve also targeted Mike Rowe and Kevin Sorbo. Michelle Perez appears to be going after Eichenwald and his job at Variety because he called her out for her disgusting attack against an Afghanistan war veteran. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it escalate into physical violence in the near future.

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