Scott Allie


Scott Allie is an American comics writer and editor, best known as an editor and executive at Dark Horse Comics from 1994 to 2017.

Early life

Allie grew up in Massachusetts.

Career

Allie joined Dark Horse Comics as an editor in 1994. He was promoted to editor-in-chief in October 2012, and named executive senior editor in September 2015.
As a writer, Allie wrote the four-issue miniseries The Devil's Footprints in 2003. In 2008, he started writing the miniseries Solomon Kane, 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." 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.
In 2013, Allie became the lead writer of the ongoing series Abe Sapien with Mike Mignola.
In September 2017, he announced that we would leave the company to continue his career in comics as a freelance editor and writer. He wrote BPRD: The Devil You Know with Mike Mignola.

Accolades

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

Personal life

As of at least mid-2020, Allie lives with his wife and children in Portland, Oregon.
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. 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." 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". 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.
In June 2020, former Dark Horse publicist and editor Shawna Gore accused Allie of several incidents of sexual assault and harassment dating to 1999. On June 25, 2020, Dark Horse announced it was severing ties with Allie.