Ben Kahn (also Bee)
@benkahncomics.bsky.social
Comics & Novel Writer. Out now: Mr. Muffins, Renegade Royale & Monster High! Work @ Dark Horse, Scholastic, Tokyopop, IDW, Oni Press, Simon & Schuster. Repped by Moe Ferrara. Benkahncomics.com. (They/Them)
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New Pinned Post! Here are all the comics I worked on that are releasing in 2025. There's MR. MUFFINS (Oni Press), a sci-fi boy & his dog OGN; RENEGADE ROYALE (Dark Horse), a queer YA gamer girl OGN; and a new MONSTER HIGH (IDW) mini-series bringing the Halloween scares. Yay for comics!!!
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The more familiar with Monster High I get, the more of a fan I become and @benkahncomics.bsky.social and Sonia Liao have really hit it out of the park with @idwpublishing.com's MONSTER HIGH: HOUSE HAUNTERS. For more on their miniseries, check out this interview: comicon.com/2025/11/10/t...
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The more familiar with Monster High I get, the more of a fan I become and @benkahncomics.bsky.social and Sonia Liao have really hit it out of the park with @idwpublishing.com's MONSTER HIGH: HOUSE HAUNTERS. For more on their miniseries, check out this interview: comicon.com/2025/11/10/t...
some days silly jokes and self-promo just aren't the right vibe, so that's one more thing Schumer's screwed up today.
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
some days silly jokes and self-promo just aren't the right vibe, so that's one more thing Schumer's screwed up today.
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Writer Ben Kahn discusses Renegade Royale, the sequel to the hit graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics that's in stores now.
Ben Kahn Is Taking The Game To The Next Level With ‘Renegade Royale’
Back in 2021, Dark Horse released Renegade Rule, by Ben Kahn and Rachel Silverstein, with art by Sam Beck. The book went on to be a hit, GLAAD-nominated, and a unique -- and fun! -- look at VR esports that ended with a surprise twist that you don't usually see in sports fiction. Cut to 2025, and the team is at it again with another round in…
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September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Writer Ben Kahn discusses Renegade Royale, the sequel to the hit graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics that's in stores now.
gonna finish this outline then reward myself with too much ice cream
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
gonna finish this outline then reward myself with too much ice cream
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reminder that I wrote a super fun comic that came out this year about a super cute doggie saving the universe called MR. MUFFINS: DEFENDER OF THE STARS!
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
reminder that I wrote a super fun comic that came out this year about a super cute doggie saving the universe called MR. MUFFINS: DEFENDER OF THE STARS!
Predator: Badlands really hammers home how irrevocably interwove Alien & Predator are now. Trying to think of other franchises that merged like that. The whole DC Universe stands out, definitely King Kong and Godzilla in the modern day, and now they're trying it with Transformers and GI Joe.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Predator: Badlands really hammers home how irrevocably interwove Alien & Predator are now. Trying to think of other franchises that merged like that. The whole DC Universe stands out, definitely King Kong and Godzilla in the modern day, and now they're trying it with Transformers and GI Joe.
Goddamn does Predator: Badlands absolutely fucking rule
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Goddamn does Predator: Badlands absolutely fucking rule
The year is 2018, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2025, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2026, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2025, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2026, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
I think this is very generous of him and I admire him for it. I think every aspiring Democratic politician in New York State should be given the chance to beat Andrew Cuomo in a primary at least once.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The year is 2018, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2025, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2026, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2025, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
The year is 2026, and I am voting against Andrew Cuomo
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my 3-year-old niece thinks there's only one copy of Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars made specifically for her, and I'm not sure how she's going to react when she finds out the truth.
October 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
my 3-year-old niece thinks there's only one copy of Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars made specifically for her, and I'm not sure how she's going to react when she finds out the truth.
Please tell me I'm the first one to make this joke
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Please tell me I'm the first one to make this joke
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If you missed it yesterday, the "behind the scenes" video I put together for LibraryCon Live 2025 is up on @maverickogn.bsky.social's YouTube page. Features a look at SoNo Comic Book Factory, a lot of me yapping about comics, and a cameo from my studio mate, @plasticfarm.bsky.social!
OCTOBER GIRL Matthew Dow Smith Studio Spotlight @ Librarycon Live 2025
YouTube video by Maverick
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November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you missed it yesterday, the "behind the scenes" video I put together for LibraryCon Live 2025 is up on @maverickogn.bsky.social's YouTube page. Features a look at SoNo Comic Book Factory, a lot of me yapping about comics, and a cameo from my studio mate, @plasticfarm.bsky.social!
reminder that I wrote a super fun comic that came out this year about a super cute doggie saving the universe called MR. MUFFINS: DEFENDER OF THE STARS!
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
reminder that I wrote a super fun comic that came out this year about a super cute doggie saving the universe called MR. MUFFINS: DEFENDER OF THE STARS!
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Today is my birthday. If you'd like to do something nice for me, you can:
Donate to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks give.feedingamerica.org
Or just tell a friend about one of my books that you've enjoyed. (Here's a big ol' list of them www.goodreads.com/author/list/...)
Donate to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks give.feedingamerica.org
Or just tell a friend about one of my books that you've enjoyed. (Here's a big ol' list of them www.goodreads.com/author/list/...)
U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America
Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today is my birthday. If you'd like to do something nice for me, you can:
Donate to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks give.feedingamerica.org
Or just tell a friend about one of my books that you've enjoyed. (Here's a big ol' list of them www.goodreads.com/author/list/...)
Donate to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks give.feedingamerica.org
Or just tell a friend about one of my books that you've enjoyed. (Here's a big ol' list of them www.goodreads.com/author/list/...)
Dubai Chocolate is some kind of They Live psy-op, right?
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Dubai Chocolate is some kind of They Live psy-op, right?
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yeah i was gonna say PLEASE tell me someone has done a write up on the use of color in GdT’s Frankenstein!
but not me, because i just started and eight week project doing exactly that for ANOTHER Frankenstein adaptation and i have so so much to show you
but not me, because i just started and eight week project doing exactly that for ANOTHER Frankenstein adaptation and i have so so much to show you
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
yeah i was gonna say PLEASE tell me someone has done a write up on the use of color in GdT’s Frankenstein!
but not me, because i just started and eight week project doing exactly that for ANOTHER Frankenstein adaptation and i have so so much to show you
but not me, because i just started and eight week project doing exactly that for ANOTHER Frankenstein adaptation and i have so so much to show you
the way that Interview With the Vampire season 3 is gonna own my entire soul
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
the way that Interview With the Vampire season 3 is gonna own my entire soul
I think something really important in Dragon Ball is that for as big a deal as it is that Goku and Vegeta are the last of the Saiyans, at any point they could bring their whole species back to life via Dragon Balls, and every day they actively decide not to.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I think something really important in Dragon Ball is that for as big a deal as it is that Goku and Vegeta are the last of the Saiyans, at any point they could bring their whole species back to life via Dragon Balls, and every day they actively decide not to.
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Hey, NYC! I'm doing a fun zine/poster event on 11/15 for @handsoffnyc.bsky.social with @bkindivisible.bsky.social and @anyonecomics.bsky.social and a bunch of awesome local comics creators!
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Hands Off NYC Zine and Poster Fun in Brooklyn with local comics creators! · Indivisible Brooklyn
Join New York comic creators to fold zines and make posters to push back against ICE in our city! Stay to fold and color a while or just swing by to pick up zines and posters to distribute in your nei...
www.mobilize.us
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hey, NYC! I'm doing a fun zine/poster event on 11/15 for @handsoffnyc.bsky.social with @bkindivisible.bsky.social and @anyonecomics.bsky.social and a bunch of awesome local comics creators!
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Come fold zines and make posters and push back against ICE!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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Hang out with incredible comix folks @attackerman.bsky.social @julioanta.bsky.social @benkahncomics.bsky.social @fredvanlente.bsky.social @wendyxu.bsky.social and me on 11/15 in Brooklyn! Fold zines! Have fun! NO ICE IN NYC!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hang out with incredible comix folks @attackerman.bsky.social @julioanta.bsky.social @benkahncomics.bsky.social @fredvanlente.bsky.social @wendyxu.bsky.social and me on 11/15 in Brooklyn! Fold zines! Have fun! NO ICE IN NYC!
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
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For eons, tyrants have tried to turn people into weapons. But the Pastor Politicians of a theocratic America have a new idea - turn a gun into a man. Find out in more in THE GUN MADE FLESH, my story in the upcoming HORROR NOT HATE anthology! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmb...
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
For eons, tyrants have tried to turn people into weapons. But the Pastor Politicians of a theocratic America have a new idea - turn a gun into a man. Find out in more in THE GUN MADE FLESH, my story in the upcoming HORROR NOT HATE anthology! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmb...
Welcome to Sicko Hour where it's all Nic Cage all the time!!
Today, @jeremywhitley.bsky.social was off so @megamoth.bsky.social declared it an Oops, all perverts episode with @benkahncomics.bsky.social and Jordin Roberts!
Which can only mean it's time to talk about Mandy!
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Which can only mean it's time to talk about Mandy!
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Mandy (aka World Record Crash Out) with Jorri Roberts | Progressively Horrified
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November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Welcome to Sicko Hour where it's all Nic Cage all the time!!
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Today, @jeremywhitley.bsky.social was off so @megamoth.bsky.social declared it an Oops, all perverts episode with @benkahncomics.bsky.social and Jordin Roberts!
Which can only mean it's time to talk about Mandy!
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Which can only mean it's time to talk about Mandy!
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Mandy (aka World Record Crash Out) with Jorri Roberts | Progressively Horrified
shows.acast.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today, @jeremywhitley.bsky.social was off so @megamoth.bsky.social declared it an Oops, all perverts episode with @benkahncomics.bsky.social and Jordin Roberts!
Which can only mean it's time to talk about Mandy!
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Which can only mean it's time to talk about Mandy!
shows.acast.com/progressivel...
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making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
One of my favorite things online is seeing people discover the Ghost Stories dub and try to process it being the real, official English version
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
One of my favorite things online is seeing people discover the Ghost Stories dub and try to process it being the real, official English version