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In the latest concrete sign from a publisher or platform since allegations surrounding abuse emerged, Dark Horse Comics has announced that it has cut ties with Neil Gaiman. The brief announcement was made late evening January 24 in a statement posted on social media that simply read, “Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works. Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.”

That statement was, itself, belated confirmation of an earlier statement made on social media by writer Marc Bernadin, who had been adapting the Gaiman-written novel into comic books with artist Shawn Martinbrough.

“Last week, Anansi Boys 7 hit stands. It will be the last issue. Dark Horse will not release a trade,” he wrote on January 19, adding, “Anansi Boys is about two brothers, twins. One is meek, timid, like a flopsy, set-upon puppy. The other brother is narcissistic, hedonistic, governed by nothing other than his own pursuit of sensation and pleasure. They seem so different, but they are very much flip sides of the same coin. Literally. I never gave too much thought about that. Until now. My heart breaks for the survivors and any pain seeing these books on the shelves might have caused.”

Anansi Boys, which launched June 2024, was the latest comic book project from Dark Horse Comics to be based on a Neil Gaiman-written property; the Oregon-based publisher had been working on Gaiman projects since 1992's Signal to Noise collection, with multiple projects — including adaptations of short stories How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Murder Mysteries, and a Study in Emerald, as well as novels American Gods, Norse Mythology, and of course Anansi Boys.

Dark Horse becomes the second publisher to cut ties with Gaiman over the multiple abuse allegations facing the writer, dating back decades, which have recently come to light. According to the New York Times, W.W. Norton, which has been publishing Gaiman’s prose work for decades, has similarly cut ties with him. Additionally, Prime Video cancelled the third season of Good Omens, replacing it with one feature-length finale that will not involve Gaiman in any creative capacity.

Gaiman has issued a blanket denial of the allegations, despite previously entering into NDA agreements with multiple victims in an attempt to prevent such allegations coming to light.

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