Adam Ellis

Adam Ellis (born October 1, 1986) is an American artist, and writer best known for his Twitter multimedia series titled "Dear David" from 2017 to 2018; in which he would post drawings, photos, and recordings of a supposed child ghost haunting his home. His Twitter stories would lead to the 2023 film with the same title.

Career Adam worked at Buzzfeed from September 2013 until 2018, where he created or co-wrote 290 articles. His viral ghost story, "My Apartment Is Being Haunted By The Ghost Of A Dead Child And I'm Not Sure What To Do", was turned into a full-length film by Lionsgate in 2023. The film, Dear David, was released to poor reviews. On a Twitter post in October 2024, Adam revealed that he received no compensation from the film release since he had been a Buzzfeed employee when he wrote the story, which was technically legal due to BuzzFeed's contracts.

In January 2018 Adam became a self-employed comic artist and illustrator, using Instagram and Twitter (now X) for most of his works. Since becoming a self-employed artist he has published five books.

Published works Adam mostly creates comics, publishing multiple books that he created and illustrated. Co-authored with Daniel D. Fox, Anna Goldberg, Gabriel Hicks, Kate Bullock, and ARTeapotBad Dreams in the Night (Horror Stories by Adam Ellis)April 15, 2024Let Me in Your Window (Horror Stories by Adam Ellis)September 9, 2025

Lawsuits Since January 2023, Ellis has been involved in an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against Stability AI, over its text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion, being allegedly trained on his comics.