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Why Dark Horse Cancelled Its Aliens Colonial Marines Series

It was previously reported that Dark Horse had a falling out with writer Brian Wood and as a consequence Aliens Colonial Marines was cancelled. Here’s why.

Earlier yesterday, ComicsAlliance founder Laura Hudson had issued new accusations of predatory behavior against comic writer Brian Wood. This was not the first Wood had been accused of such behavior.

Hudson went on Twitter and reported an incident wherein Wood forced a kiss on her. Wood was married at the time when this happened, but it did not stop him, according to Hudson, to continue messaging her, insisting his wife didn’t understand him like Hudson did, and made inappropriate requests through text messages.

Hudson expressed a power imbalance given as a young woman growing up in comics, “she had looked up to Wood as a person known for creating strong female characters”. Even worse, she felt she “had no power” in this instance.

As stated above, this is not the first incident for Wood. Back in late 2013, artist Tess Fowler accused Wood by name as having pretended to show interest in her projects so that he could get closer to her and initiate a sexual encounter. Fowler’s Twitter posts stated he had “preyed on women for too long.” Wood replied back by stating that he “did make a pass at her at SDCC Hyatt bar roughly 8 years ago… But when she declined, that was the conclusion of the matter for me. There was never a promise of quid pro quo, no exertion of power, no threats, and no revenge.”

Hudson had stated that Wood communicated with her when Tess Fowler tossed accusations. He sent emails to her “about innocuous subjects like rock climbing”, apparently to keep the waters calm. Hudson shared a screenshot of that email, with the timestamp to show it happened the same day Fowler came forward.

Hudson concluded that she went to Twitter in order to warn other women who might be in similar vulnerable situations. She held no punches back as clearly called out Wood, daring him to make himself out to be the victim in this situation. Hudson also went forward to apologize to Fowler for not addressing the situation sooner. Hudson also compared Brian Wood to Alexis Kennedy co-founder of Weather Factory and Failbetter Games. The latter has also been accused of predatory & abusive behavior in relation to the gaming industry.

Given that Wood still has ongoing projects with Dark Horse, it seems the story may still have more chapters left.

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