Gaiman is a best-selling British fantasy graphic novel and science fiction writer, whose books include Good Omens, American Gods and ground-breaking comic book series The Sandman.
Dark Horse Comics, which has published many of Gaiman’s graphic novels and comic books, says it will no longer publish Gaiman’s work and is cancelling current projects.
“Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works,” the company wrote.
An adaptation of Gaiman’s Anansi Boys book and collection of it has now been cancelled, it said.
Gaiman and his now ex-wife, musician Amanda Palmer, were staying in New Zealand during Covid-19 lockdowns beginning in 2020.
One of the women who has accused Gaiman of sexual assault is New Zealander Scarlett Pavlovich, Vulture reported. She was hired as a nanny for Gaiman and Palmer when they were living on Waiheke Island.
Gaiman has denied the claims through a representative and on his personal blog, saying he had only engaged in “consensual encounters”.
The allegations made against Gaiman have already halted film and TV adaptations of his work that were in production. Disney has stopped work on The Graveyard Book, while the third season finale of Good Omens will now close off the series with a 90-minute episode, without the author’s involvement.
A second season of The Sandman, largely completed before the claims surfaced, is so far still scheduled for release this year, as is Amazon’s series adaptation of Anansi Boys.
