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.

  • Skabby73@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    I feel your skepticism ma dude, and I really wish it was all untrue because it feels like we have fewer and fewer roles models left. If it was one woman making these claims, then yeah without evidence it’s a he said/she said standoff for the lawyers. But 15… Damn that not just smoke, it’s a fuckin forest fire.

    You are entitled to keep your thoughts on his innocence until a court case - unless it’s settled privately, in which case, who knows- but I guess you have to ask yourself what is more plausible at this point. That there’s has been a dark side to him that the public never knew about or that all these women are out to get this guy, to go through the spectacle and media circus.

    If you are still thinking, ah their just playing victims and are in it to get something. Money? Attention? Okay… but ALL of them?!

    Personally, what I find just as horrible is finding out that the comic biz has the same sort of enablers and public image cleaners that Hollywood does. God damnit… Things are never going to change.

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      I want to make it clear before anyone reads further that that I am not passing judgement in this case. However, I did read that in all cases, the women involved presented themselves as willing to him, messaged him they couldn’t wait to see him and they loved him, and voluntarily met up with him explicitly for sex (or whatever he calls it). IF that’s true, I genuinely don’t understand how he was supposed to know they didn’t want to participate. If anyone resisted or declined at any point, of course, that’s very different and would dramatically change my understanding of events, but that wasn’t in the reports I read. I may be out of the loop, I haven’t been reading updates in real time or anything.