Warren Ellis is probably my favorite comic writer.
Without question, he’s a genius. His subject matter can be disturbing, thought provoking or just down right silly. His bibliography would take page after page to list, and regular readers of mine have already seen me pushing his work, including his first novel, which just came out this week.
I first remember Warren from Marvel’s Hellstorm comic. At a time when the vast amount of books coming from Marvel were worse than they had ever been, Hellstorm gleamed with creativity.
So they cancelled it.
They gave him a book called Druid. After four issues of utter brilliance, they canned that, too.
A three issue run on Doc Strange.
A four issue shot at Thor.
Apparently the entire editorial staff at Marvel was smoking Fruit Loops.
Off for greener pastures, Warren spent the next few years creating stories of his own, some at DC’s Vertigo / Helix division, some through various independent companies. The one common amongst them all was his sheer genius.
Transmetropolitan, The Authority, Planetary, Orbiter, Ministry of Space, Ocean, Strange Kisses, Desolation Jones, Fell, The Apparat Line.
Pick a card, any card.
Warren’s hobbling around the San Diego Con right now, probably miserable.
He made an announcement earlier today that he would be taking over Astonishing X-men, following Joss Whedon.
Do I have to tell you, I can’t wait?
