Neil Gairan fell through Dark Horse Comics after claims for sexual abuse
Neil Gairan fell by Dark Horse Comics after a bomb New York Magazine Cover Story In which several women accused the “Sandman” and “Coraline” author of sexual attack.
In one Post on X On Friday evening the publisher wrote: “Dark Horse takes the allegations against Neil Gairan seriously and we no longer publish his works. Confirming that the comic series of the Anansi Boys and the collected volume have been canceled. “
GAIMAN denied the allegations that were brought forward in the story of January 13 and wrote the next day on his blog: “I never took any non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever. ”Representatives of Gaiman did not respond immediately VarietyThe request for comments about Dark Horse Comics’ statement.
Amazon’s TV adaptation of ‘Anansi Boys’, which is expected to appear this year, was not influenced by the allegations at the time of the NY Mag -story. Variety has contacted Amazon for further comments.
Back in July, Turtle media broke the news That GAIMAN was accused by two women of sexual violence and a six -part podcast, ‘Master’, who treated the allegations of five women. The NY may, however, strengthen the story as the first major news organization that confirms the full extent of the allegations against GAIMAN.
In the NY Mag -piece, entitled “There is no safe word,” said reporter Lila Shapiro with eight women who had similar experiences with GAIMAN, four of which also participated in the tortoise podcast. They accusers who are allowed to talk to NY include a babysitter for GAIMAN and his ex-wife Amanda Palmer’s child, a caretaker for the property of GAIMAN in Woodstock, NY, a fan who first met the author when she was 18 and a woman He claimed that he tried that tried her sexually in his tour bus. Many of the women claimed that Gairan had a preference for rough sex and BDSM activities that were not agreed in advance.
In his statement Gairan regrets how he tackled a number of relationships and wrote that “I was not emotionally available while I was sexually available, self -oriented and not as attentive as I should have been or should have been.” However, he denied some allegations of sexual violence and said: “I am not willing to turn the truth back, and I cannot accept that I will be described as someone I am not and cannot and will not admit that I have things Did I don’t do it. ”
Since the Bombshell report from Tortoise in July, various film and TV projects by GAIMAN have been affected. Season 3 of Prime Videos “Good Omens” now ends with an episode of 90 minutes, with Gaiman being not part of the production. Disney paused the production on his film adjustment of “The Graveyard Book” and Netflix has canceled “Dead Boy Detectives”, although it is unclear whether it was related to the allegations. “The Sandman” season 2 is expected to release this year on Netflix.
