Image Backtracks on Publishing Warren Ellis Comic After Outcry

The project, a continuation of his mid-2000s series Fell with artist Ben Templesmith, was revealed earlier this week to be returning.

On Monday, artist Templesmith announced on his Patreon blog that he would be reteaming with Ellis for new issues of Fell.

“Not for me to speak for Warren, but I agreed to do the book and I’m glad he’s going to be doing some comics again.

Although Ellis has been publicly silent since a June 19, 2020, public statement, two high-profile projects he’d written have been released since then: the conclusion of his 12-issue DC series The Batman’s Grave, which ended in December, and the fourth and final season of Netflix’s animated series Castlevania, which was released in May of this year.

“As a woman who works in the comics industry, I am suddenly feeling very unsafe.

A day later, Ellis reached out to the group, and also updated his Orbital Operations mailing list for the first time in almost a year, writing, “In the past, I have been careless and unthinking in my personal relationships, and I again apologize without reservation.

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