Once re-established in The City, Spider finds his first story opportunity in Fred Christ, a former record producer who’s found a new purpose in life by leading a cult of people turning themselves into aliens. There probably isn’t another single issue that sums up the hit or miss nature of Transmetropolitan’s political allegory, which has…
First Look: THE WILD STORM #1
DC Comics has shared its first look at The Wild Storm #1. Scroll down for full size preview images. THE WILD STORM #1 Written by Warren Ellis Art by Jon Davis Hunt Published by DC Comics Release Date: February 15, 2017 A troubled woman, barred by her employer from continuing her research, walks miserably through…
TRANSMET: Human Reaction and Criminal Enterprise #1
The sand is always shifting under my feet. The tides are broadly predictable on an ordinary day, but there aren’t many ordinary days.” – Warren Ellis, The Littoral Space What first struck me upon re-opening Transmetropolitan with an eye towards doing an examination like this is its density. I first thought about running this on…
TRANSMET: Human Reaction and Criminal Enterprise #0
Welcome to TransMet — the weekly column from Emma Houxbois that deigns to read and analyze Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson’s Vertigo Comics series Transmetropolitan, one issue a week for a year. A year that just happens to begin with Donald Trump’s US presidency and ends with… well, I guess we’ll see. Power does what…
Warren Ellis to Revive WILDSTORM Imprint At DC
BURBANK, CA (October 4, 2016) – DC announced today that New York Times best-selling writer Warren Ellis (TRANSMETROPOLITAN, RED, THE AUTHORITY) will be the curator of a new pop-up imprint, known simply as “WildStorm.” Following the success of DC’s Young Animal, this new imprint will debut mid-February 2017 with a regular monthly comic titled THE…
Aftershock Announces SHIPWRECK by Ellis & Hester
SHIPWRECK #1 / $3.99 / 32 pages / Color / On-Sale October 5th writer: Warren Ellis artist: Phil Hester color: Mike Spicer cover: Phil Hester 1:10 incentive cover: John McCrea Dr Jonathan Shipwright, sole survivor of a very unusual and very secret shipwreck, doesn’t know where he is. Seemingly trapped on an endless road, in…
Preview: KARNAK #4
KARNAK #4 Written by Warren Ellis Art by Roland Boschi and Dan Brown Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: May 18, 2016 A death cult has abducted an Inhuman child and installed him as their messiah. Magister Karnak of the Tower of Wisdom, hired by the family to retrieve the boy…might be finding that the…
Preview: JAMES BOND #6
James Bond #6 writer: Warren Ellis artist: Jason Masters cover: Dom Reardon FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ The secret of VARGR is revealed, and it means that Bond has to descend into a nightmare scenario – alone. Just his gun and his skills versus a murderous conspiracy to turn Britain into a…
Preview: KARNAK #3
KARNAK #3 Written by Warren Ellis Art by Roland Boschi and Dan Brown Published by Marvel Comics Release Date: April 20, 2016 Just when you thought Karnak couldn’t get more intense and insane, it does. The trail left by the kidnapped Inhuman gets nuclear and Karnak is caught in the mushroom cloud.
Review: JAMES BOND #1
JAMES BOND #1 Written by Warren Ellis Art by Jason Masters Published by Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: November 4, 2015 The most famous spy in history has made it to the world of comics as Dynamite Entertainment presents James Bond #1 by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters. Bond fans have been waiting for a very…