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In this brief article on Diaria Ara (if there's any more to it, I can't reach it, assuming it's behind a paywall), the writer tells why he thinks the disgraced Gaiman's story from the USA editions of Miracleman from the years of Eclipse Comics are now hard to read following the sexual assault accusations against the author:

There are comic series with bad luck, others that seem cursed and then we have Miracleman The publishing trajectory of this character is a fascinating nightmare that, in some ways, serves as a mirror to the structural problems and dysfunctions of the American and British comic book industries. Suffice it to say that the book documenting the character's tortuous publishing adventure is titled Chalice poison. The extremely long and incredibly complex story of Marvelman (and Miracleman) [Poison Cacio. The extremely long and incredibly complex history of Marvelman (and Miracleman)]. It was published in 2018, when the legal battles and authorship disputes that paralyzed the publication of the series for more than three decades seemed finally resolved; however, what the author of the book, the Irishman Pádraig Ó Méalóid, didn't know was that the most sordid and unexpected chapter in the story would end up being written in 2025, and would star Neil Gaiman.

The Miracleman wrangling is something I haven't paid much attention to before, and now, after the Gaiman scandal, I really can't care what'll become of the material he wrote, which began around the 17th issue in 1990. But, the reason his work on Miracleman will be exceedingly difficult to read now is because it was a title that dealt with sexual abuse, and now, however Gaiman's work was viewed years before in the comic, it's bound to be viewed very differently today if he focused on such topics there. The Miracleman comic, which had its origins in the 1950s to 1960s, became a very controversial comic when it was revamped in the late 80s, and went through some copyright issues, but now, for a long time to come, far less people are going to care about it, based on Gaiman's associations with the writing chores. And, it could quite possibly lose value on the market.

Now, since we're again on the subject, according to this recent report from the Leader-Telegram in Wisconsin, Scarlett Pavlovich has dismissed Amanda Palmer from her lawsuit against Gaiman:

Amanda Palmer, the estranged wife of author Neil Gaiman, was dismissed from the suit filed by the former caretaker of the couple’s son.

The filing, made at the behest of Scarlett Pavlovich, asks the case be dismissed without prejudice, which means it could be refiled later. But the judge in the case said it’s not as simple as the filing made by Pavlovich’s attorneys. An order responding to the motion says that when “a party wishes to dismiss less than the entire action, the proper course is to file an amended pleading … rather than a notice of dismissal.”

Given that, the court interpreted the filing as a motion to amend the complaint, which it granted and dismissed Palmer.

Presumably, an out-of-court settlement was reached between plaintiff and Palmer, so the focus is now upon the foremost defendant himself. Palmer should consider herself lucky for now, and we can only hope she'll keep her son away from Gaiman for the rest of their lives. The poor little guy will need a lot of counseling after what he was forced to witness.

And then, from Winter is Coming, some are wondering if the finale to Good Omens, adapted from the novel Gaiman co-wrote with Terry Pratchett, will ever air, as it appears so far, it still has yet to be broadcast:

Following the allegations against Good Omens co-creator Neil Gaiman, the show's 90-minute finale is in a precarious position right now. [...]

In a recent interview at the Edinburgh TV Festival (as per Deadline), star Michael Sheen, who plays the angel Aziraphale, weighed in on the status of the feature-length finale.

His answer makes for some pretty grim reading in the sense that absolutely nothing is set in place. “It’s not up to me,” he said when asked about whether the finale will actually air. “I’m not in control but the episode is made and hopefully the people will enjoy it as and when.”

Time will tell if it ever airs. I'm amazed the last episodes of the Sandman TV show actually did. But if and when Good Omens' finale does air, chances are many will lose interest, and it won't be surprising if some reviewers conclude it wasn't worth the wait anyway. There's a lot of tarnished and damaged properties in focus now, and no matter the outcome, many will likely lose value on the market as time goes by, no matter what anybody thinks of them in the decades to come.

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