Neil Gayman's graphic novel and comics published comics have announced that they will discontinue the partnership with the author in response to a series of allegations of sexual misunderstandings last weekend, and will cancel the publishing of the “Anani Boys” series scheduled to be released in the future. 。
The company's Dark Horse Comics posted on Saturday X newspaper, saying, “Dark Horse seriously accepts Neil Gayman and will not publish his work in the future.”
The announcement took place following the New York Magazine article, alleged that Gayman had sexual abuse and assault on several women for several years. Gayman denied allegations and stated in a statement on January 14: Until now. “”
The announcement of Dark Horse Comics, headed by Milwarkee, Oregon, will be the latest work for Gayman. His work has been paused, the production has been discontinued, and some publishers have been working on a new project with him. Dark Horse launched the first volume of the Anansus Boys comic series based on Gayman's 2005 novel. It was scheduled to be a series of eight parts, but 7 were released.
The article of New York Magazine, published on January 13, is based on allegations that began to spread last summer, and several women appeared in a podcast titled “Master: Suspicion of Neil Gayman”. did. After the author accused the author that the author was sexually assaulting and abusing, some Gayman's films and Hollywood projects were canceled or canceled.
In the literary and publishing industry, the reaction was slow, the first response to allegations, and the subsequent reactions to New York Magazine's article were cool. Still, the publisher is starting to keep a distance from the author. Some famous writers have blamed him and demanded the deprivation of the Literary Award.
Earlier this month, in the internal memo addressed to the WW Norton staff, the company's president stated that the publisher will not cooperate with Gayman in the future and will not undertake any projects in the future.
Harper Collins, which publishes many of Gayman's most popular works, said that there was no plan for Gayman's new book.
Gayman's lawyer nor the writer of Writer House did not respond to the comments.
