Written by Warren Ellis Art by Mike McKone Tblunka, capital city of Sorenia, nestled between Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. A mercenary, part of a force formed by the unseated regime trying to retake the country from the democratically elected government, shoots down something strange with ‘US Air Force’ on it.…
I have been very fortunate to see several of my favourite comic book creators giving talks or in conversation – Alan Moore and Alan Davis in the same day, and Grant Morrison at a similar event at Foyles – and this was another enjoyable personal appearance from a favourite creator.…
I can't believe the cast list for this adaptation of a Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner comic book: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Morgan Freeman, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Ernest Borgnine. And room for Julian McMahon. How on earth did this film attract such a…
Thunderbolts #116–121 by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato Jr Although I was initially hesitant about trying Ellis' run on Thunderbolts, borrowing the first trade from the library, I was won over by the story and Ellis' approach and handle on the characters. I know I'm predisposed to like Ellis comic…
Astonishing X-Men #25–30 and Ghost Boxes #1 & 2 by Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi For someone who is supposed to dislike 'pervert suit' comic books, Ellis can write an excellent superhero story. Ghost Box is no exception: starting with a murder mystery, it leads to pre-stages of invasions from…
[Full title: Ultimate Hulk Vs. Ultimate Iron Man: Ultimate Human] issues #1–4 by Warren Ellis and Cary Nord Ellis seems to have a free remit to write more or less what he wants for Marvel, especially the Ultimate universe (his run on Ultimate Fantastic Four, the Gah-lak-tus trilogy) – all…
By Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani This might be a week late, but I wanted to talk about Ellis' graphic novella from Avatar (under his Apparat label), Aetheric Mechanics. The basic premise is Ellis' version of Sherlock Holmes – this is a good thing: I remember an Ellis-written draft of…
Thunderbolts #110–115 by Warren Ellis and Mike Deodata Jr Warren Ellis' work-for-hire books for Marvel falls into the category 'wait for the trade'; when he is brought onto an ailing title for the purposes of boosting sales in the wake of a crossover, this is a confirmed decision. Thunderbolts was…
Being a fan of Warren Ellis (see this rather extensive selection of previous posts about Ellis' work), it was obvious that I was going to buy his first novella; the only question was how much I would enjoy the book. The story of Crooked Little Vein is pure Ellis, a…
Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s free webcomic, FreakAngels, is six pages of full-colour sequential art on a weekly basis that has been going on for the last few months. Completely free. That’s impressive. It will be collected into hard-copy form eventually, but it will still remain free online. God bless…