3 May 2007
Iron Man: Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov First off, let us talk about the art. I waited for the trade because I knew there would be one, but it was also nice to read this in one sitting without having to wait for the delays seemingly caused by Granov in creating the work. The style is a little…
4 April 2007
Orbiterby Warren Ellis & Colleen Doran According to Ellis himself, he didn’t like science at school. Reading Orbiter suggests different; it makes you think he was the prize physics pupil, president of the after-school science club, what with all the amazing detail and understanding he brings to the workings and possibilities of the space shuttle. And Doran herself is no…
23 June 2006
JLA Classified: New Maps of Hellby Warren Ellis and Jackson Guice You know what I don’t like? Fucking ugly covers that are not at all indicative of the interior art. That is an ugly picture; the garishness of the other five covers would be enough to put me off buying the singles, if I wasn’t a man who waits for…
5 April 2006
(Apologies for the two images – the letter was printed over two pages, and my limited Photoshop skills couldn’t seamlessly blend them together again, even with help from all the King’s horses AND all the King’s men, useless bastards.) Having a letter printed in a comic book is great, in my opinion. So, all my letters printed are special to…
31 March 2006
Here is a scan of my letter about the end of Stormwatch series 1: If you have read some of this blog, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Warren Ellis, so I was quite chuffed to get a letter printed in a comic written by him. I don’t have much of a life. This feeling was taken down…
23 February 2006
I admire the comics of Warren Ellis. His story sense and work ethic is finely tuned, and he writes stories that, for the most part, I actively want to read. I’ve mentioned my appreciation for his work in previous posts, even though I don’t enjoy everything he writes (Tokyo Storm Rising springs to mind). He isn’t blinded by a love…
31 January 2006
Nextwave #1by Warren Ellis, Stuart Immonen and Wade von Grawbadger I thought I should stem the potential tide of negativity that my Trimming the Collection reviews might create by waxing rhapsodic about a comic that will definitely stay in the collection. Nextwave is funny. That is all you need to know. But it’s not much of a review. Not that…
4 October 2005
Desolation Jones #3 Warren Ellis & J.H. Williams III (Wildstorm Signature) As you can probably tell, I enjoy the work of Warren Ellis. There is something about his style, his inventiveness, his dialogue, his attitude and his sensibilities that speak to me. I don’t automatically believe that everything he touches will be genius – Mek and Tokyo Storm Rising didn’t…
1 October 2005
Fell #1 Warren Ellis & Ben Templesmith (Image) After the term ‘widescreen action’ was coined for The Authority issues illustrated by Bryan Hitch and made obvious the connection between comics and cinema, Warren Ellis is now making the connection between comics and television in Fell. In this first issue, he tells a complete story, introducing a new setting, character and…
The Apparat line of comics was Warren Ellis writing a set of one-off issues of comics based on the idea that superheroes didn’t exist in the publishing world. See here for the official site, which includes some information from Ellis and the covers. There’s also a preview here. Frank IronwireEllis likes his emotional detectives; the debauched individual who gets deep…