Neil Gaiman’s ‘Anansi Boys’ Adaptation Canceled by means of Darkish Horse Comics

Darkish Horse Comics has canceled plans to post the overall factor of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys comedian collection following the newest allegations of sexual attack in opposition to the writer.

“Darkish Horse takes significantly the allegations in opposition to Neil Gaiman and we’re not publishing his works,” the comedian guide publishers wrote on social media Friday. “Confirming that the Anansi Boys comedian collection and picked up quantity were cancelled.” 

An adaptation of Gaiman’s 2005 novel, Darkish Horse introduced plans to post Anansi Boys as a multi-volume comedian guide assortment in February 2024, with the primary quantity spanning 8 per thirty days problems. The primary factor arrived in June 2024; the next month, the primary accusations surfaced in opposition to Gaiman within the investigative podcast Grasp, with 3 ladies accusing the writer of sexual misconduct.

Gaiman has denied the allegations in opposition to him, however whilst the streaming services and products operating on Gaiman’s tv initiatives severed ties with him, Darkish Horse endured to post problems with Anansi Boys. Alternatively, after seven problems, New York mag printed its personal quilt tale on Gaiman that introduced ahead much more sufferers of Gaiman’s alleged sexual abuse, resulting in the comedian guide writer’s determination to in the end cancel the collection earlier than the volume-ending 8th factor, in addition to a deliberate liberate of the amount in its entirety.

Marc Bernardin, the creator at the Anansi Boys comedian guide collection, wrote on Instagram closing week, “Closing Wednesday, factor 7 of Anansi Boys hit the stands. It’ll be the closing factor. Darkish Horse won’t gather it right into a business.”

“Anansi Boys is set two brothers, twins. One is meek, timid, like a flopsy, set-upon pet. The opposite brother is narcissistic, hedonistic, ruled by means of not anything instead of his personal pursuit of sensation and enjoyment. They appear so other, however they’re very a lot turn aspects of the similar coin. Actually. I by no means gave an excessive amount of thought of that. Till now,” Bernardin endured. “My middle breaks for the survivors and any ache seeing those books at the cabinets would possibly have led to.”

It’s unclear if Darkish Horse may also discontinue publishing its previous collaborations with Gaiman, together with comedian guide variations of his American Gods, The way to Communicate to Women at Events, and a sequence of Norse mythology.

Following the preliminary allegations in opposition to Gaiman, Disney+ paused plans to evolve Gaiman’s The Graveyard E book right into a function movie, and High Video pivoted clear of a 3rd season of Gaiman’s Excellent Omens, as a substitute choosing a feature-length ultimate episode with out Gaiman’s participation.

In a observation posted to his website online following the New York article — which options the accounts of 8 accusers — Gaiman wrote, “I’ve by no means engaged in non-consensual sexual process with someone. Ever.”