I can’t say I’ve been paying that much attention to the graphic novellas that Warren Ellis has been putting out through Avatar. Aetheric Mechanics and Crecy have long since been buried under piles of newer books and have gone into the “out of sight, out of mind” closet of my mind. His latest novella Frankenstein’s [...]
Tags: Felipe Massafera, Frankenstein's Womb, Marek Oleksicki, Warren Ellis
On Diamond’s latest list of cancellations, Fell #10 was listed and I guess it’s only fitting since the book was solicited in mid-2007. Over on the Millarworld boards (which I do still check out weekly particularly for the Product/Shipping Update thread,) there was some discussion about the cancellation of the issue, comparing what’s going on [...]
Tags: Ben Templesmith, Fell, New Universal, Warren Ellis
In three issues now, Ellis has expanded the scope of the X-Men’s world. Last issue featured a graveyard for spaceships in Africa. This issue he introduces a five mile swatch of China that’s practically invisible to anyone trying to figure out what’s there. All in all, it’s almost typical Ellis tech speak but it’s invigorating [...]
Tags: Astonishing X-Men, Simone Bianchi, Warren Ellis, X-Men
If she doesn’t get you with the forward smash, there’s always the backhand swing to defeat the baddies. From some issue or another of Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen’s excellent Nextwave. It’s still ladies night for the Friday Night Fights.
Tags: Friday Night Fights, Nextwave, Stuart Immonen, Warren Ellis
So a retailer this week telling his customers not to buy Astonishing X-Men #26 in his shop’s email was one of the major controversies in a week full of controversies. The question was if that was really a good idea– telling customers not to buy product he himself has already bought and paid for. Remember, [...]
Tags: Astonishing X-Men, Simone Bianchi, Warren Ellis, X-Men
I’m trying to put together a con report but my head right now is having trouble stringing two consecutive thoughts together. I’ll probably have something out tomorrow for Pop Syndicate and a more personal piece out on Tuesday either on the blog or out as a podcast but I wanted to quickly describe one scene [...]
Tags: Warren Ellis, Wizard World Chicago