Comic vet warren ellis and walking dead producer gale anne. Planetary is an american comic book series created by writer warren ellis and artist john cassaday, and published by the wildstorm imprint of dc comics. Published january 16, 2012 by warren ellis this may seem obvious, but give me a minute. Each issue was drawn by a different artist, with uniform. He is best known as the cocreator of several original comics series, including transmetropolitan 19972002, global frequency 20022004, red 20032004adapted into the feature films red 2010 and red 2 20 trees 2014. Did you ever stand in the street and think to yourself, i could make that nun go blind just by giving her a kiss. The exploits of spider are hilarious and the world warren ellis creates is so staggeringly large in scope one cant help but wonder just wtf goes on in ellis head. He has a partner whos convinced hes mentally ill, a commanding. Red is a threeissue comic book miniseries published by wildstorm imprint homage comics, both owned by dc comics.
Click below fearless reader and face the man responsible for countless graphic novels. With hamners work you feel the bullet snap back the head as it hits, his work is tremendous. It was created by writer warren ellis and artist cully hamner. Warren ellis s most popular book is transmetropolitan, vol. Elliss recent work with image comics injection is a striking example of his ability to meld themes of human advancement and the surrounding. Endless wartime 20 black widow 2010 2011 blink 2001 carnage. I agree with all of the recommendations on here but im gonna throw in fell as a personal top 3 ellis book for me. Warren ellis moon knight is one of the best comics ever made. He earned the money being a professional comic book author.
The following is a list of the owners of some of the properties that dc has licensed. Warren ellis person warren ellis is credited in 1178 issues. Warren ellis was going to be launching a new comic bookj imprint, until everything changed and diamond stopped paying their publishers. Because of the success of iron man 3 and my happiness that ellis is finally getting his day in the sun i have made this video counting down my favorite books of his. Nov 04, 2014 warren ellis writes in his newsletter. Warren ellis planned a new comic book imprint until.
Warren is a master of making words flow and his conversations between characters seem very natural. Oct 27, 2014 warren ellis is a visiting professor to york st john university and an honorary doctor of the university of essex. Jun 16, 2009 the book does a far more compelling job of telling the revenge story and does it in style with cully hamners excellent art. It is a great comic book, amazing writing and drawing, and something that should be read by everyone whos interested in comics. If youre a comic book fan, you might have heard of writer warren ellis. He attended south east essex sixth form college where he contributed comic strips to the campus magazine spike. Xenogenesis 2010 avengers assemble 2012 2014 avengers.
Stormwatch is a fictional superhero team appearing in american comic books published by wildstorm, which later became an imprint of dc comics. This page contains titles of comics published by dc that were licensed properties. Warren ellis is the awardwinning writer of transmetropolitan, planetary, the authority and the writer and cocreator of the graphic novel red, which was the basis of two major motion pictures. Did you ever want to set someones head on fire, just to see what it looked like. Warren ellis digital comics shop by titlemonthcategory all recent additions collected volumes apparel prints, posters, lithos other merchandise warren ellis garth ennis christos gage kieron gillen jonathan hickman david lapham george r. I love books that focus on the villians go read mark millars wanted and mark waids empire immediately and with norman pulling the strings you know its gonna be a fun time. And pick up orbiter, a 100page sf graphic novel, came out in hardback. Warren ellis blackgas comic read warren ellis blackgas. Current work includes the wild storm serial at dc comics and the trees and injection graphic novel sequences published by image comics. The movie red is based on his graphic novel of the same. A perfect collection that brings together the entire presecret invasion run of thunderbolts by warren ellis. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Warren ellis born 15 february 1968, uk is a comics writer who has also written novels and television scripts. Books by warren ellis author of transmetropolitan, vol.
Warren ellis warren ellis is a graphic novelist, writer, public. In other media, he has written the pc games hostile waters and cold winter, the screenplay mindbridge on commission from animators blur studio, an episode of the justice league unlimited cartoon, created the book of short stories and. The chosen 1 1995 amazing xmen 1995 astonishing xmen 1995 astonishing xmen 2004 20 astonishing xmen. I was hooked on this series from the moment i discovered it and much like my quick reading of preacher, i read the entire series in about a month or two. Includes another series, druid that was a spiritual sequel and unpublished pages from a satana book too. Dcs longdormant wildstorm line is being relaunched in 2017 with one of the lines most recognizable writers, warren ellis, at the helm, according to comic book.
A new novella, normal was released november 29 2016. He is also the author of the nytbestselling novels gun machine and crooked little vein his newest publication is the digital shortstory single dead pig collector, from fsg originals. The only downside is that its not finished but the trade is a self contained collection of one shot stories, plus amazing ben templesmith art. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Hes worked with franchises like xmen, batman, and gravel. In this book, we see the medium through the hazy android eyes of jack kirby actually the stolen and repurposed head of. Thunderbolts tpb 2008 marvel by warren ellis comic books.
Last week, bleeding cool ran the story that the planned wildcats comic book by warren ellis and ramon villalobos, based on dc comics publisher jim lees original series and a followup to warren. W, 72 pages, square boundwarren ellis critically acclaimed dark blue is available as a deluxe graphic novel illustrated by jacen burrows with full grey tones. Warren ellis planned a new comic book imprint until things changed. It depicts a world that should have become a superhero setting with many marvel and dc archetypes, but where the emerging wonders were ruthlessly suppressed by a mysterious party. In these issues, ellis showed that a black op avengers team was not just a good idea. The thunderbolts wild ride continues as thunderbolts mountain is being used as temporary incarceration for captured superhuman combatants. Wildcats isnt coming out for right now, its cancelled. Warren girard ellis born 16 february 1968 is a british comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. Warren ellis has 1045 books on goodreads with 621910 ratings. He is best known as the cocreator of several original comics series, including transmetropolitan 19972002, global frequency 20022004, red 20032004adapted into the feature films red 2010 and red 2 20trees 2014present, and injection 2015present. Planetary also refers to the group portrayed in the series. What are some comic books or novels similar to planetary by. Jul 07, 2015 warren ellis is promising to deliver the original, brutal, damaged james bond of ian flemings novels in a new comic book series out later this year, the first in more than two decades.
While most writers embrace the theme of futurist technology, ellis seems to take it, add many elements of transhumanism essentially, using technology to. Comics experience is pleased to present tims archive as an educational resource for those interested in comic book scripting. One of the all time best marvel runs in my opinion, this collection sees the clist thunderbolts replaced with a darker, edgier lineup directed by the former green goblin norman osborn. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Violent, disturbed cop frank christchurch has too many problems. A great comic book from ellis and hamner and a great read. Warren ellis has written a great post, detailing the art of comic book scripting. Warren ellis quotes author of transmetropolitan, vol. The following seven issues detail the aftermath of the assassination. The comic book script archive was founded by tim simmons because he couldnt find an online resource for comic book scripts. Warren ellis is currently writing a tv pilot for universal cable productions and working on a nonfiction book about the future of the city for farrar giroux straus. Warren ellis s gravel posted on march 17, 2020 by comicbookscalping leave a comment hollywood inside scoper daniel richtman is reporting that the warren ellis mike wolfer series gravel is being turned into a feature length film with ellis attached to write the screenplay.
Warren ellis planned a new comic book imprint until things. The series of 12 issues was published between october 2002 and june 2004. Sep 21, 2015 warren ellis hits all the right notes during his thunderbolts run, capturing the classic essence of the team while also adding his own wrinkles in with his amazing cast of characters. Better than the film and one of ellis best, highly recommended. The scifi epic returns in the form of a murder mystery famed comics writer warren ellis shares his heartwarming kevin smith story. Amazing storytelling with minimal dialogue and fantastic art, and in only six issues, youre guaranteed to fall in love with the character and practically be begging for a movie or tv adaption. The story, concerning a recovery agent and a thing lost that should probably never have been made, is set in. In one meeting i also described the book as franz kafkas bourne identity, which seems to have stuck. Warren ellis was bornon february 16, 1968 in essex, england. Ruins is a twoissue comic book miniseries, written by warren ellis with painted artwork by terese nielsen, her husband cliff nielsen, and chris moeller, who took over for the last 17 pages of the second issue the series, conceived by ellis as a parody of the marvels series by kurt busiek and alex ross, is set in a dystopian version of the marvel universe. Warren ellis is the awardwinning writer of graphic novels like transmetropolitan, fell, ministry of space and planetary, and the author of the nytbestselling gun machine and the underground classic novel crooked little vein, as well as the digital shortstory single dead pig collector. The best thing about this book might also be the worst thing. Planetary is an american comic book series created by writer warren ellis and artist john cassaday, published by wildstorm productions, an imprint of dc comics.
A company other than dc, its owners, or its owners subsidiaries retained the rights to the characters in these comic books. The warren ellis forum wasnt just an online tool for comic creators to banter and barb. Warren girard ellis born 16 february 1968 is a british comicbook writer, novelist, and screenwriter. For decades, ellis has brought his unique, mind blowing, snarky and sublimely brilliant sensibilities to comics. Here are the other graphic novels that ive adored which have that same reallygooduseofthemedium thoughtfulbutactionoriented feel. Warren ellis is the awardwinning writer of transmetropolitan, planetary, the authority and the writer and cocreator of the graphic novel red. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. In this oral history from joshua rivera, a host of the forums most activist participants discuss how one man and his website catalyzed a new era of sequential art. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use my. Black summer is a comic book limited series written by warren ellis, illustrated by juan jose ryp, and published by avatar press starting in june 2007. Eagle awardwinning comic book writer known for his work with dc, marvel, and image comics.
Warren ellis, creator of transmet and countless other excellent comics has answered your questions. Originally founded as an independent company established by jim lee under the name aegis entertainment and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, wildstorm became a publishing imprint of dc comics in 1999. The wild storm warren ellis modern age comic books cgc. Jan 04, 2016 at popmythology, we get incredible opportunities to chat with amazing writers and celebrities, and now we get to include acclaimed comic writer and novelist warren ellis to our list of notables. Global frequency is an american comic book limited series created and written by warren ellis and published by wildstorm productions, an imprint of dc comics it is a sciencefiction series set in the present day, consisting of singleissue, standalone stories. I love planetary while often disliking graphic novels. Simply put, ellis thunderbolts run is an unexpected instant classic, providing a much stronger story than youd ever expect from this ragtag group of rogues. Jul 23, 2014 comic veteran mastermind warren ellis is teaming up with the walking dead producer gale anne hurd for an untitled series thats the super groovy one and ucp is also developing series. Warren ellis adi shankar fred seibert ted biaselli kevin kolde larry tanz studio. He is best known as the cocreator of several original.
The popular writer worked on such properties as marvels moon knight and. Dc isbn 140122346x, titan books, isbn 1848562934 the series was previously collected into a trade paperback with another ellis written miniseries, tokyo storm warning. Svk is about well, svk stands for a few things, including surveillance, very kafka. Warren ellis net worth, biography, age, height, dating, wiki. The plot revolves around the consequences of a superhero, john horus, who kills the president of the united states and several of his advisers. James bond due back as brutal, damaged spy in comic by. Warren ellis is an english author of comics, novels, and television, well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and his writing, which covers transhumanist themes most notably nanotechnology, cryonics, uploading, and human enhancement. For the young mouse karic, the mice templar are merely an exciting legend. Warren ellis hugely popular web comic, freakangels, is here, collected in print for the first time in this gorgeous, fullcolor trade paperback. Until it was shut down, the wildstorm imprint remained editorially. Planetary is a fascinating comic book series by warren ellis and john cassaday, which started in 1999. The writer of castlevania, warren ellis, has made a name for himself writing comic books, novels, and television series with witty characters and amazing environments, and now, the prolific author.
Warren ellis blackgas is a two volume comic book miniseries written by warren ellis, illustrated by max fiumara, and published by avatar press from 2006 to 2007. Warren ellis is the awardwinning writer of graphic novels like transmetropolitan, fell, ministry of space and planetary, and the author of the new york timesbestselling gun machine and the underground classic novel crooked little vein. Warren ellis is the awardwinning writer of graphic novels like. This week marked the end of another legendary comic book opus, planetary, so it really seems like now would be the time to spotlight one of my all time favorite comic writers, warren ellis. Warren ellis always delivers something slightly different then what youre used to making him a perfect writer for this series, the art is also really great. As soon as ive gotten project stepney out of the way and im fifteen pages off the end of the first draft, i am. Wildstorm productions, or simply wildstorm often rendered wildstorm, is an american comic book imprint. This is our collection of works written by warren ellis. If you werent already familiar with this universe and its characters, the story may not be nearly as exciting as it will be to those familiar with the wildcats and the authority. Read warren ellis blackgas comic online free and high quality.
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