Scott Allie
Allie in 2012
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Editor
Notable works
Hellboy
Conan
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Serenity

Scott Allie is an American comics writer and editor, best known as an editor and executive at Dark Horse Comics from 1994 to 2017. During this time he edited works including Hellboy and related series (which he sometimes co-wrote with series creator Mike Mignola), and The Umbrella Academy. He continued editing for Dark Horse as a freelancer, until the company severed ties with him in 2020 amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Early life

Allie grew up in Massachusetts.[1]

Career

Allie joined Dark Horse Comics as an editor in September 1994.[1][2][3] He began editing Mike Mignola's Hellboy a month after joining the publisher's Editorial department. He was promoted to editor-in-chief in October 2012, and named executive senior editor in September 2015.[2]

As a writer, Allie wrote the four-issue miniseries The Devil's Footprints in 2003. In 2008, he started writing the miniseries Solomon Kane,[4] the first two-story arcs of which were expansions of the Robert E. Howard stories "The Castle of the Devil" and "Death's Black Riders."[5] In 2012, he wrote stories for BPRD, on which he collaborated with Mike Mignola, and began writing stories for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9.[6]

In 2013, Allie became the lead writer of the ongoing series Abe Sapien with Mike Mignola.[7]

In September 2017, he left the company work as a freelance editor and writer.[8] He wrote BPRD: The Devil You Know with Mike Mignola.[9]

Accusations of sexual assault

In October 2015, Allie was accused of groping and biting one individual and engaging in other questionable behavior at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International convention in San Diego.[10] Allie subsequently issued a statement apologizing for unspecified behavior there and saying he was "completely embarrassed by my actions and how my behavior reflects on Dark Horse Comics."[11] Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson issued a statement saying he and Dark Horse took the reported incidents "very seriously" and that, "In this particular case, action was taken immediately".[12] Allie continued as an editor for Dark Horse, becoming executive senior editor in 2015 and working as a freelancer for the company beginning in 2017.[13]

On June 24, 2020, former Dark Horse publicist and editor Shawna Gore accused Allie of several incidents of sexual assault and harassment dating back to 1999.[14][15] A few hours later, Dark Horse announced it was severing ties with Allie.[13][16]

Accolades

In 2012, Allie was named Editor Guest of Honor at the 2012 World Horror Convention.[17]

Personal life

As of at least mid-2020, Allie lives with his wife and children in Portland, Oregon.[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c "About". Scott Allie official website. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Scott Allie Promoted to Editor in Chief" (Press release). Dark Horse Comics. October 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "Dark Horse Announces New Editor in Chief" (Press release). Dark Horse Comics. September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Brady, Matt (July 21, 2008). "Scott Allie - Bringing Solomon Kane to Comic Book Life". Newsarama.
  5. ^ Weiland, Jonah (August 18, 2007). "Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane Returns at Dark Horse". Comic Book Resources
  6. ^ "New Info and Images from Dark Horse Comics Senior Managing Editor Scott Allie". Dread Central. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  7. ^ Salvatore, Brian; Harper, David (March 1, 2013). "Talkin' Abe Sapien with Scott Allie". Multiversity Comics.
  8. ^ "'Hellboy' Editor Scott Allie Leaves Dark Horse Comics After More Than 20 Years". The Hollywood Reporter. September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  9. ^ "Mike Mignola Shares 'B.P.R.D: The Devil You Know' Details and Pages (Exclusive)". Nerdist. July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  10. ^ Asselin, Janelle (October 2015). "Enough is Enough: Dark Horse's Scott Allie's Assaulting Behavior". GraphicPolicy,com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  11. ^ Melrose, Kevin (October 1, 2015). "Dark Horse Editor Scott Allie Apologizes Amid Accusations of Misconduct". CBR.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  12. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (October 1, 2015). "Dark Horse president Mike Richardson releases statement on harassment". The Beat. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  13. ^ a b Whitbrook, James (June 26, 2020). "Dark Horse Finally Cuts Ties With Editor Scott Allie After New Sexual Abuse Claims". io9. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  14. ^ Gore, Shawna [@ShawnaGore] (June 24, 2020). "I have made the decision to come forward" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Elbein, Asher (July 12, 2020). "Inside the Comic Book Industry's Sexual Misconduct Crisis—and the Ugly, Exploitative History That Got It Here". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "Dark Horse Comics Cuts Ties With Editor Scott Allie After Sexual Abuse Accusations". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  17. ^ Barton, Steve (March 27, 2012). "New Info and Images from Dark Horse Comics Senior Managing Editor Scott Allie". Dread Central. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

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