While Netflix recently released the fourth and final season of Castlevania and DC completed publication of Ellis and Bryan Hitch's The Batman's Grave, Fell would have been the first new work from the writer since these allegations came to light. I did not take that into account in a number of my personal interactions and this was a mistake and I own it.” It had never really occurred to me that other people didn’t see it the same way - that I was not engaging as an equal when gifted with attention, but acting from a position of power and privilege. In a now-deleted statement, Ellis wrote, 'I have never considered myself famous or powerful, to the point where I’ve made a lot of bad jokes about it for twenty-odd years. The website contains several dozen testimonials, with many detailing incidents of Ellis sending sexually explicit messages or using his position to pressure them into sexual relationships.Įllis has largely disappeared from the public eye since these allegations surfaced, deleting his Twitter account and ending his long-running email newsletter Orbital Operations. 'Įllis, the creator/writer of Netflix's Castlevania series and comics like Planetary, Transmetropolitan, and Red, was accused by multiple women of predatory behavior and sexual misconduct in June 2020. It is our sincere hope that the conversations that are beginning now will result in positive changes for everyone. While finishing Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith’s FELL is something we’ve been looking forward to for years, Image Comics will not be working with Warren on anything further until he has made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.

'This week’s FELL announcement was neither planned, nor vetted, and was in fact, premature. Image issued the following statement to IGN:

Injection, Vol. 2 by Warren Ellis