Matt

@mikalatos.com

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Award-winning author and screenwriter living in Portland, OR. My first graphic novel comes out from Random House/Waterbrook in April 2025! TV shows in development with my writing partner Hugh Howey at AMC and Sony.

Headline: antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
A tweet from Phil Hester that says, "If you answer the question 'Is Godzilla in Heaven?" with anything less than an unqualified yes, you are not fit to teach the Sunday School classes of any creed.
A screenshot from ChatGPT that says: “ghghgh akf a sum boya soya” = “AI is the devil’s handiwork” So based on that, here's a breakdown guess (if there's a pattern): ghghgh → “AI” akf → “is” a → (possibly just “the”) sum → “devil’s” boya → “handi-” soya → “work”
A young woman with shoulder-length hair wearing a purple hoodie and glasses smiles from behind her bearded husband, who is wearing sunglasses and a shirt that says "never rat on your friends."
deport /dĭ-pôrt′/ transitive verb To expel from a country. "deported the foreigner who had entered the country illegally." To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport. To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment; to expel (from a region or country). Similar: deported The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
Pages from the graphic novel GOD WITH US and a pic of the cover: two kids walking with a laughing Jesus. And a speech bubble that says "Learn more at godwithusbook.com"
Panel #1: A woman says "I can't find Jim. I'm worried." A man replies: "Oh, I killed him." Panel #2: The man says, "He was a terrorist." Panel #3: A group of observers say "Good job, man" "cool" and "I always suspected." The man says, "Just keeping us safe." The woman says, "But Jim was my new kitten."
A map of the US showing Japanese-American internment camps between 1942-46, as well as the "exclusion area."
Concentration camp definition from the American Heritage Dictionary: A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group the government has identified as suspect.
A young Iranian woman with dark hair and small braids with pink hair bands. Her earrings and her necklace all have crosses on them.
A gymnast doing the "iron cross" on the rings. The caption reads "SO SICK OF THE OLYMPICS MOCKING OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH"
The cover to the graphic novel GOD WITH US. Two children are walking down the road with a joyful, laughing Jesus. Behind them, two older followers follow along. There are also panels of stories from the Bible that are being told as they walk: Jonah and the whale, the crucifixion, Moses, Jesus being baptized, the feeding of the five thousand, the rainbow over Noah's ark.
A large grey rabbit eating leaves which are overhanging a basket on the ground. You can't see this in the picture but his name is Bruce and he is a great bunny.