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Anyone concerned that the comic book adaptations of Netflix’s Black Mirror will diverse too far from their source material can rest easy, because it turns out that publisher Twisted Comics is actually contractually obligated to remain entirely faithful to what made it to the screen — despite what might have even made it into the shooting script.

“I’m not allowed to make them different,” Twisted Comics’ Neil Gibson explained at Emerald City Comic Con 2025 when asked if the comics would expand upon the TV episodes. “Charlie Brooker is extraordinarily protective and pessimistic about anyone taking one of his titles.”

To illustrate this point, Gibson shared an anecdote about his relationship with Black Mirror from years before he got the comic book license for the property. “Based on my work, eight years ago, I was approached by the producers of Black Mirror to be a writer for the show,” he told the Seattle crowd. “I was so excited, I sent in my pitch, and heard nothing. I asked, and then she said, ‘Oh, yeah, we liked it. We took it to Charlie, and he wants to write all the episodes himself,’ so it didn't go anywhere.”

When it comes to the upcoming San Junipero and USS Callister adaptations, Gibson said that Brooker has reported that “he's very, very happy with the artwork he's seen so far, but there was a mistake in the shooting script where Yorkie says, ‘You should go to the Quagmire.’ And in the script, it says, ‘What's a Quagmire?’ It was supposed to be, ‘What's the Quagmire?’ And he read it and went, ‘That's a mistake. It's not the line she said. Change it.’ He wants it exactly like the show, so I can't change anything.”

The crowdfunding campaign for Twisted Comics’ Black Mirror will launch later this year, as per Gibson. Then we’ll get to see just how close the comics can be to what’s on screen for ourselves.

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