Chris A Hurst
@chrisahurst.bsky.social
Former U.S. intel community analyst with 20 years exp in strat intel, counterterrorism, and financial crime.
Writing @ chrisahurst.substack.com
Writing @ chrisahurst.substack.com
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Chris A Hurst
@chrisahurst.bsky.social
· Jun 21
After 20 years in the U.S. Intelligence Community, I’ve launched a Substack: In the Scope.
It’s where I’ll break down global events with the trained eye of a senior intel analyst.
Find me at: chrisahurst.substack.com
It’s where I’ll break down global events with the trained eye of a senior intel analyst.
Find me at: chrisahurst.substack.com
Hey comics writer friends, I am now out of the US intelligence community and no longer have conflicts of interest. If you’re writing intel related stories and need an expert opinion …hit me up.
August 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hey comics writer friends, I am now out of the US intelligence community and no longer have conflicts of interest. If you’re writing intel related stories and need an expert opinion …hit me up.
After 20 years in the U.S. Intelligence Community, I’ve launched a Substack: In the Scope.
It’s where I’ll break down global events with the trained eye of a senior intel analyst.
Find me at: chrisahurst.substack.com
It’s where I’ll break down global events with the trained eye of a senior intel analyst.
Find me at: chrisahurst.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
After 20 years in the U.S. Intelligence Community, I’ve launched a Substack: In the Scope.
It’s where I’ll break down global events with the trained eye of a senior intel analyst.
Find me at: chrisahurst.substack.com
It’s where I’ll break down global events with the trained eye of a senior intel analyst.
Find me at: chrisahurst.substack.com
Friends giving with the great @the-snob-86.bsky.social
First Old Fashioned ready to go.
Hail gluttony!
First Old Fashioned ready to go.
Hail gluttony!
November 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Friends giving with the great @the-snob-86.bsky.social
First Old Fashioned ready to go.
Hail gluttony!
First Old Fashioned ready to go.
Hail gluttony!
I’m three books away from completing my 2024 reading goal. Might raise the goal next year and make a point to include more comics.
November 30, 2024 at 9:27 AM
I’m three books away from completing my 2024 reading goal. Might raise the goal next year and make a point to include more comics.
Man, DC Comics is firing on all cylinders right now.
November 29, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Man, DC Comics is firing on all cylinders right now.
Reposted by Chris A Hurst
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
Had an idea for a new comic story that basically boils down to:
What if Nightwing and Doctor Strange teamed up for Call of Cthulhu campaign?
What if Nightwing and Doctor Strange teamed up for Call of Cthulhu campaign?
November 29, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Had an idea for a new comic story that basically boils down to:
What if Nightwing and Doctor Strange teamed up for Call of Cthulhu campaign?
What if Nightwing and Doctor Strange teamed up for Call of Cthulhu campaign?
Picked up some new followers the past couple days, so short intro:
1. Born/raised in Oklahoma, have lived in the UK for 15 years
2. Comic writer - with published work (tentatively) in 2025
3. Talk mainly about comics, occult, horror, hot sauce, and Oklahoma Sooners football
Enjoy your stay.
1. Born/raised in Oklahoma, have lived in the UK for 15 years
2. Comic writer - with published work (tentatively) in 2025
3. Talk mainly about comics, occult, horror, hot sauce, and Oklahoma Sooners football
Enjoy your stay.
November 29, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Picked up some new followers the past couple days, so short intro:
1. Born/raised in Oklahoma, have lived in the UK for 15 years
2. Comic writer - with published work (tentatively) in 2025
3. Talk mainly about comics, occult, horror, hot sauce, and Oklahoma Sooners football
Enjoy your stay.
1. Born/raised in Oklahoma, have lived in the UK for 15 years
2. Comic writer - with published work (tentatively) in 2025
3. Talk mainly about comics, occult, horror, hot sauce, and Oklahoma Sooners football
Enjoy your stay.
Today is my 15th Thanksgiving living in the U.K. Kids are in school all day while I smoke a turkey for dinner tonight. It’s still strange watching Thanksgiving football in the evening though.
November 28, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Today is my 15th Thanksgiving living in the U.K. Kids are in school all day while I smoke a turkey for dinner tonight. It’s still strange watching Thanksgiving football in the evening though.
Looking to read up on Green Lantern. Is Geoff John’s’ ‘Rebirth’ the best place to start?
November 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Looking to read up on Green Lantern. Is Geoff John’s’ ‘Rebirth’ the best place to start?
Good weekend, despite the storm causing Biblical winds. Got some great creative news and both my (American) football teams won (college and NFL). I'll be working through roughly 4 comics writing projects at various levels of development this week. Let's freaking go!
November 25, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Good weekend, despite the storm causing Biblical winds. Got some great creative news and both my (American) football teams won (college and NFL). I'll be working through roughly 4 comics writing projects at various levels of development this week. Let's freaking go!
With Storm Bert blowing through, it’s a good day to catch up on Conan the Barbarian comics.
November 24, 2024 at 10:10 AM
With Storm Bert blowing through, it’s a good day to catch up on Conan the Barbarian comics.
Rereading Super Gods by Morrison. Great book, but it leaves me wishing he’d wrote a book on Chaos Magic.
November 24, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Rereading Super Gods by Morrison. Great book, but it leaves me wishing he’d wrote a book on Chaos Magic.
Reposted by Chris A Hurst
Repeating my helpful little mnemonic song from Twitter:
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
after another long day of browsing old court documents, i just want to remind everyone that if a stranger agrees to do something illegal with you and they keep asking you to say out loud what the illegal plan is, that’s because the officer is recording you.
November 23, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Repeating my helpful little mnemonic song from Twitter:
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
Saw Gladiator II last night. Wow. That is the Madame Web of historical epics. Not good. Denzel was amazing, but everything else was a contrivance on top of an overburdened plot. Sad too, because there’s a good story there. It was just told much better in the original.
November 23, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Saw Gladiator II last night. Wow. That is the Madame Web of historical epics. Not good. Denzel was amazing, but everything else was a contrivance on top of an overburdened plot. Sad too, because there’s a good story there. It was just told much better in the original.
Con crud came on yesterday. Slept terrible, couldn’t breathe. Feel like death. Still worth it.
November 23, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Con crud came on yesterday. Slept terrible, couldn’t breathe. Feel like death. Still worth it.
One great thing about writing comics is that I can spend too much money buying comics and just tell my wife it’s for ‘work.’ Best part is…she believes it.
November 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
One great thing about writing comics is that I can spend too much money buying comics and just tell my wife it’s for ‘work.’ Best part is…she believes it.
Perhaps I should post more. I've never really seen social media as an outlet for writing, but it is a great place to polish your voice in short bites.
I did it! I wrote up my Posting Middle Classes Theory, and tried to explain why I think Threads failed where Bluesky succeeded: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/down-in-th... (free to read)
November 22, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Perhaps I should post more. I've never really seen social media as an outlet for writing, but it is a great place to polish your voice in short bites.
Today is ‘open house’ at my day job, where family gets to come in for a lunch and tour. My daughter is most excited that she gets to see my coworker/friend.
November 22, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Today is ‘open house’ at my day job, where family gets to come in for a lunch and tour. My daughter is most excited that she gets to see my coworker/friend.
Picked this up at Thought Bubble. Love short, horror anthology comics and this book nails it. Great flip book design too.
This comic is Haunted issue 4 is now available at the77comic.net
A 72 page horror comic anthology containing the best and brightest of the indie comic scene.
A 72 page horror comic anthology containing the best and brightest of the indie comic scene.
November 22, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Picked this up at Thought Bubble. Love short, horror anthology comics and this book nails it. Great flip book design too.
So happy to see my favourite guitarist in the world found his way here. Welcome, @tytabor.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM
So happy to see my favourite guitarist in the world found his way here. Welcome, @tytabor.bsky.social
Always good to run into @adlaim.bsky.social at Thought Bubble.
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Always good to run into @adlaim.bsky.social at Thought Bubble.