The Good Omens Kickstarter was set up to fund the creation of a graphic novel adaptation by Colleen Doran of the Good Omens novel by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. A remarkably successful crowdfunding scheme, it raised £2,419,973 from 36,867 backers. The Terry Pratchett Estate, which runs the Good Omens Kickstarter, had offered refunds to donors after the original Tortoise Media allegations until last November. However, the estate now says that it “will no longer maintain this freeze in light of new articles and allegations. While we cannot speak further on the subject at present, we have chosen to reopen a short refund window for those who would no longer like to support the graphic novel until Friday, 7th February 2025.”

They also state that “It has also been agreed that Neil Gaiman will not receive any proceeds from the graphic novel Kickstarter. Given the project management, production and all communication has always been under the jurisdiction of the Estate on behalf of Good Omens at large, this will not fundamentally change the project itself, however we can confirm the Kickstarter and PledgeManager will now fully be an entity run by, and financially connected to, the Terry Pratchett Estate only.”

And for those who still want the book but might want to change the donor rewards, they say, “a number of tiers also come with author merchandise and books; we have been working on a system in the back end to remove or swap out particular rewards from tiers, should you wish to continue with the project, but not receive these specific items” and donors are encouraged to contact the Estate with their wishes. However, they state that those who received cameo appearances in the project cannot have them removed at this stage of the production process.

  • obbeel@lemmy.eco.br
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    26 minutes ago

    Ok, there is a short window for refunding. But will the book be published? This PR is a bit confusing. If I had participated in the kickstart, I would be confused now if I should ask for a refund or not.

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    2 hours ago

    Has there been any conclusive evidence on the allegations against Gaiman? I’ve not really followed the case since it first came up, but a quick google search didn’t really yield any updates.

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      38 minutes ago

      Even the stuff he has admitted to is pretty damning. At the very least he has forced himself on at least one defenseless woman much younger than him and financially dependent on him that couldn’t really say “no” to his aggressive advances. And his ex-wife also knew about this sort of behaviour since it was nothing new and left the woman alone with Gaiman anyway.

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        27 minutes ago

        So he admitted to anything? That’s the kind of update I was looking for, what I saw were just the allegations without any follow-up.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMA
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      1 hour ago

      I’m not sure what evidence you are looking for - a number of women have given similar accounts of non-consensual encounters with Gaiman (the most recent report). As it stands, the New Zealand police aren’t pressing charges (although with new victims they should probably take another look at this) so those are accounts are likely to be the only proof for the time being.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMA
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    2 hours ago

    They had to do something and this is something. I might have preferred to see his cut go to charity but this should some who backed the project stay onboard.