I just read his LJ. Comic books confuse me and make me feel violent.
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Allyson - Mar 02, 2006 9:22:36 am PST #8510 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Strega - Mar 02, 2006 9:24:15 am PST #8511 of 10001
Even the ones with zombies?
Allyson - Mar 02, 2006 9:25:52 am PST #8512 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I haven't read my zombie one yet.
lisah - Mar 02, 2006 9:34:09 am PST #8513 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I haven't read any of Warren Ellis' comic books but my friends pictures have been in his flickr mosaics a few times. That's how I know him.
Strega - Mar 02, 2006 9:34:23 am PST #8514 of 10001
Maybe it's just as well I didn't give you the one about the superspy gorilla. Although it does feature a zombified Stephen Hawking.
tommyrot - Mar 02, 2006 9:36:37 am PST #8515 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Although it does feature a zombified Stephen Hawking.
Heh. What does he do? Ram people with his wheelchair, hoping a brain falls into his mouth?
Atropa - Mar 02, 2006 9:39:30 am PST #8516 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Dude. Transmet. Worthy legacy all by itself.
Love love LOVE Transmet. Even if I do think that Spider sometimes looks like Pete's evil twin.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 9:42:49 am PST #8517 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe it's just as well I didn't give you the one about the superspy gorilla.
That sounds like fun.
Strega - Mar 02, 2006 9:48:17 am PST #8518 of 10001
As I recall, Hawking just says "Braiiiiins" in a computer-synthesized voice. Then the gorilla kills him. As one does.
That's by Matt Fraction, not by Ellis, just to be clear. And it is genius. Ellis did write an afterword thing for it (I think it's actually an intro in the TPB):
If you want something clever, find an Alan Moore afterword. They hire me because I'm always drunk when I write these, and that's what the kids like, fuckface.[link]
Zenkitty - Mar 02, 2006 10:16:38 am PST #8519 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I was aware of Global Frequency as a TV pilot that didn't make it, and I knew it was based on a comic book, but that sort of thing never makes me want to check out the book.
The superspy gorilla and the Not!Flame-war with Joss, however, makes me interested.
I haven't read comic books regularly iin ages. Just too many to keep up with, too expensive, and too much utter shite.