There had been some scattered reports about Neil Gaiman that painted him in a questionable light, but nothing seemed to, "Stick," or get a ton of attention. Now, "New York Magazine," has a cover story titled, "There is no Safe Word," that paints a horrific and terrifying picture of Gaiman. It's behind a paywall on their Vulture site, NY Mag's online entity. However, other sites summarize a lot of awful, abusive, and horrendously inappropriate behavior. The magazine interviewed eight women (four had talked about Gaimain before and four had new revelations), and the specifics are disturbing and detailed to a degree I'd rather not go in-depth about on my own site. It's saddening and become a bit of a trend at this point where a famous creator of comics (Gaiman has made a lot of stuff including comics) has allegations surface.
Some comic-makers who faced allegations later recovered their career to a degree while also pointing out their behavior wasn't as bad as initially claimed (Brandon Graham). Some admitted a bit of fault and then wanted to move on as if nothing happened (Warren Ellis). One creator sadly took their own life when questionable actions were made public (Ed Piskor). I'm not going to rank everyone's actions as we all would consider the choices people made differently as minor missteps versus a pattern of bad behavior. That said, the things being claimed about Gaiman sound monstrous if true. I've learned from past events to not jump to any conclusions either way, but regardless of what's true or false, it is all just incredibly saddening to think someone with such great abilities could also even be accused of numerous awful actions. I don't like to think those with immense talent could also possibly be monumental monsters, but here we are, mentally drained at the idea of yet another literary hero engaging in villainous behavior. It's all quite upsetting.
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