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

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By Calvin S. Nelson


Darkish Horse Comics has canceled plans to publish the ultimate difficulty of Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys comedian collection following the newest allegations of sexual assault towards the creator.

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

An adaptation of Gaiman’s 2005 novel, Darkish Horse introduced plans to publish Anansi Boys as a multi-volume comedian guide assortment in February 2024, with the primary quantity spanning eight month-to-month points. The primary difficulty arrived in June 2024; the next month, the primary accusations surfaced towards Gaiman within the investigative podcast Grasp, with three ladies accusing the creator of sexual misconduct.

Gaiman has denied the allegations towards him, however whereas the streaming companies engaged on Gaiman’s tv tasks severed ties with him, Darkish Horse continued to publish problems with Anansi Boys. Nevertheless, after seven points, New York journal revealed its personal cowl story on Gaiman that introduced ahead much more victims 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 eighth difficulty, in addition to a deliberate launch of the amount in its entirety.

Marc Bernardin, the author on the Anansi Boys comedian guide collection, wrote on Instagram final week, “Final Wednesday, difficulty 7 of Anansi Boys hit the stands. It is going to be the final difficulty. Darkish Horse is not going to accumulate it right into a commerce.”

“Anansi Boys is about two brothers, twins. One is meek, timid, like a flopsy, set-upon pet. The opposite brother is narcissistic, hedonistic, ruled by nothing aside from his personal pursuit of sensation and pleasure. They appear so completely different, however they’re very a lot flip sides of the identical coin. Actually. I by no means gave an excessive amount of considered that. Till now,” Bernardin continued. “My coronary heart breaks for the survivors and any ache seeing these books on the cabinets may need triggered.”

It’s unclear if Darkish Horse may also discontinue publishing its previous collaborations with Gaiman, together with comedian guide variations of his American Gods, How you can Speak to Women at Events, and a collection of Norse mythology.

Following the preliminary allegations towards Gaiman, Disney+ paused plans to adapt Gaiman’s The Graveyard Guide right into a function movie, and Prime Video pivoted away from a 3rd season of Gaiman’s Good Omens, as a substitute choosing a feature-length closing episode with out Gaiman’s participation.

In a press release posted to his web site following the New York article — which options the accounts of eight accusers — Gaiman wrote, “I’ve by no means engaged in non-consensual sexual exercise with anybody. Ever.”

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