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?
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
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.
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.
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.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 10:17:23 am PST #8520 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
too much utter shite.
That's why you listen to us...
Zenkitty - Mar 02, 2006 11:37:52 am PST #8521 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yes. Buffistas always steer me right.
Invisible Green - Mar 02, 2006 12:43:49 pm PST #8522 of 10001
I think the only Warren Ellis work I've read is his three-issue mini-series Mek. The first two issues of that were really great. Then came the final issue, which felt like the Matrix sequels, celebrating a violent and exciting Carrie-esque climax and avoiding the thematic material built up in the first two issues.
Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2006 1:36:24 pm PST #8523 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Or, if your doctor says your blood pressure is dangerously low, read a Dave Sim afterword.
P.M. Marc - Mar 02, 2006 1:57:18 pm PST #8524 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Even if I do think that Spider sometimes looks like Pete's evil twin.
I was thinking the good twin, personally.