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A Comic Creator Resigns After Sexual Harassment Allegations Made

Published Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:51:31 -0500

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:09:58 -0500

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Devin Faraci is best known as a film journalist, and the man behind the Birth.Movies.Death. website. And, cards on the table, we have had the tiniest of contretemps in the past.

https://twitter.com/devincf/status/578604993244106752

Recently however he has been moving from writing about film into writing comics, writing the IDW comic book series Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me. Two issues are out, the third issue is out next Wednesday, with this variant cover by Robert Hack.

So, yes, after he joined many people online condemning Donald Trump's public outing of his misogynist boasts that have been made public, he was accused of doing the very things that Trump has only been recorded talking about. He wrote,

https://twitter.com/devincf/status/784553150925664256

To which he got this, now deleted, response.

https://twitter.com/spacecrone/status/785179196171649024

https://twitter.com/devincf/status/785187367980118016

Today, utter immense pressure and criticism, Devin Faraci quit Birth. Movies.Death, saying,

This weekend allegations were made about my past behavior. Because I take these types of claims seriously I feel my only honorable course of action is to step down from my position as Editor-in-Chief of Birth.Movies.Death. I will use the coming weeks and months to work on becoming a better person who is, I hope, worthy of the trust and loyalty of my friends and readers.

And Invisigoth has followed up on the matter.

Some of you may already have seen that Devin has stepped down from his job.

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

After talking with @timalamo, who was extremely supportive, it sounds like he is genuinely interested in getting help.

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

That would be Tim League, owner of Alamo Drafthouse and publisher of Birth.Movies.Death.

I've let them know that I am available to be a part of whatever accountability process is part of Devin's recovery.

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

So this is part of a reconciliation and recompense process already in progress.

Am I happy all of this had to happen? No. But I am really relieved that something constructive seems to have come of this.

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

I think we could all use this time to reflect on the myriad ways we give people free passes for harmful actions.

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

And I hope anyone who has gone through something similar might look at this and see that you're not frozen in that moment.

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

I'm taking down "the tweet," not because i'm embarrassed or want to pretend it didn't happen,

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

but because it's become a focal point for some really vile stuff that i don't feel is in any way in touch with what actually happened

— Caroline Contillo (@spacecrone) October 11, 2016

It has however been pointed out that these accusations are not made in isolation.

Devin Faraci sexually assaults women, tries to goad people into suicide & cyber-stalks basically everyone but sure, fandom is the problem.

— Kayleigh Donaldson (@Ceilidhann) October 9, 2016

I am shocked by the news about Devin Faraci. Shocked. I mean…what's the opposite of shocked? Not shocked? There we go.

— Ryan Higgins (@RyanHigginsRyan) October 11, 2016

IDW did not respond to questions asked about this situation, but the proximity to NYCC may be an issue here. Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me #3 is published next week.

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