[stone monkey]

I have all except one issue of Planetary in floppies (if anyone has a copy of the Hong Kong Ghost Cop issue, issue #3 iirc, going spare I can give it a good home with all of its brethren) btw The Planetary/Batman crossover is utterly, utterly gorgeous; Ellis and Cassaday were both on their finest form.

For me btw issue #6, the origin of The Four, is among the finest single issues of a comic book I have ever read. I've read it many, many times over the years and it still doesn't pale.

This post has been edited by stone monkey: 19 January 2011 - 10:03 PM

[polishgenius]

Abyss, on 19 January 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

Spoiler

In the same vein, did you notice in the 80s retro funeral issue the implication that the John Constantine was leaving the comic to become Spider Jerusalem? i had a good laugh at that.

I surely did.

Spoiler

I also noted Dream and Death of the Endless feeding the pidgeons and a whole host of shoutouts to other British comic creations (although Swamp Thing wasn't actually created by a Brit.

[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 19 January 2011 - 10:25 PM, said:

Abyss, on 19 January 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

Spoiler

In the same vein, did you notice in the 80s retro funeral issue the implication that the John Constantine was leaving the comic to become Spider Jerusalem? i had a good laugh at that.

I surely did.

Spoiler

I also noted Dream and Death of the Endless feeding the pidgeons and a whole host of shoutouts to other British comic creations (although Swamp Thing wasn't actually created by a Brit.

Spoiler

Oh yes. Also spotted Animal Man, Black Orchid or Nightshade, the Metal Men, Doom Patrol, Kid Eternity, 'the writer' and Etrigan among the attendees, most of which along with Swamp Thing were further shout outs to Grant Morrison actually. 'the writer' is an especially obscure one. Nice touch that.

Now that i think about it, the Superman analog as a Hitler sex midget clone thing may have been poking fun at All Star Superman, also a Morrison work. And Morrison wrote a stretch of Hellblazer (Constantine), so there we go. Warren Ellis loves Grant Morrison and/or wants to eat his hypothalamus.

[stone monkey]

Spoiler

Shade, The Changing Man is in there too

[QuickTidal]

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=11981

Ellis comments on CASINO ROYALE and blows my mind.

[QuickTidal]

stone monkey, on 19 January 2011 - 09:57 PM, said:

I have all except one issue of Planetary in floppies (if anyone has a copy of the Hong Kong Ghost Cop issue, issue #3 iirc, going spare I can give it a good home with all of its brethren) btw The Planetary/Batman crossover is utterly, utterly gorgeous; Ellis and Cassaday were both on their finest form.

For me btw issue #6, the origin of The Four, is among the finest single issues of a comic book I have ever read. I've read it many, many times over the years and it still doesn't pale.

I agree with all of this. PLANETARY to me is the FINEST comic series I own, bar none, hands down, close the polls. It rules.

Also, I'm afraid I can't let my Issue #3 go sir...but if I come across another, I'll let you know.

[Abyss]

Just read the CROSSING WORLDS gn and you're entirely right about the Batman story. The JLA one was a bit trite and skittered around the edges of being actually interesting, ditto the Authority one.

[QuickTidal]

I keep dithering on whether to pony up the dough for both ABSOLUTE PLANETARY volumes....but that will run me like $200 bones. It Is Ellis though....

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 08 February 2011 - 09:05 PM, said:

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=11981

Ellis comments on CASINO ROYALE and blows my mind.

Almost agree, but Vesper spends too much time cowering in the corner during the stairwell fight. If Ellis were correct she would have taken those guys out with her stilletto heel converted into nunchucks by the ankle lace.

[Abyss]

Ellis to write SECRET AVENGERS, follows GLOBAL FREQUENCY formula, accuses Bendis of writing pr0n, Brubaker of mafia connections...

http://www.newsarama...ers-110402.html



- Abyss, strictly a 'wait for the trade' guy, but may just pick up the floppies for this.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 04 April 2011 - 03:33 PM, said:

Ellis to write SECRET AVENGERS, follows GLOBAL FREQUENCY formula, accuses Bendis of writing pr0n, Brubaker of mafia connections...

http://www.newsarama...ers-110402.html



- Abyss, strictly a 'wait for the trade' guy, but may just pick up the floppies for this.

Dude. I am so there. Floppies all the way. I have signed copies of floppies for Planetary #1 and Ministry of Space #1,2, and 3. The only way to fly baby!

[Abyss]

Slow Ben, on 04 April 2011 - 03:42 PM, said:

The ole lady got into Tulane's school of public health masters program. Which is apparently one of the best in the country.

Which means i get to move to New Orleans, at least for a few years. I'm excited, but i like my small town darnit.

There really should be a whats making you queasy/nervous/anxious thread.

I appreciate your implicit reference to Godzilla Bukkake in that post, thus keeping it on-topic with this thread.

[Darkwatch]

I had a non lucid moment 5 minutes ago.
I was looking through my favourites and saw the FreakAngels link.
The abbreviated link icon is FA. And in my lack of lucidity all I thought was "Forkrul Assail".

I was lurking around Whitechapel as well, and frankly they're crazier than we are.

[Abyss]

Darkwatch, on 04 April 2011 - 04:05 PM, said:

I had a non lucid moment 5 minutes ago.
I was looking through my favourites and saw the FreakAngels link.
The abbreviated link icon is FA. And in my lack of lucidity all I thought was "Forkrul Assail".

It's for that reason that i don't use FA to refer to the F'Angels. Too much confusion here.

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I was lurking around Whitechapel as well, and frankly they're crazier than we are.

While i'm not nearly as active there, i like. Ellis draws a certain flavour of fan...

[Abyss]

Ellis lands new book deal, shoots people...

http://www.reuters.c...E73A5HJ20110411

[polishgenius]

I hope he's learned to back up novels on more than one computer... Listener.

[Abyss]

polishgenius, on 12 April 2011 - 10:15 PM, said:

I hope he's learned to back up novels on more than one computer... Listener.

too right.

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 12 April 2011 - 05:26 PM, said:

Ellis lands new book deal, shoots people...

http://www.reuters.c...E73A5HJ20110411

Publisher fluff piece re GUN MACHINE, wherein Ellis shoots you in the brainz with his thinks.

http://www.mulhollan...2011/04/11/965/

[Darkwatch]

Not strictly Warren Ellis, but on his blog he mentioned a book/text about leaving Earth he'd heard of. I don't remember the title though it was something along the lines of "Let's get the hell/fuck off Earth" or something similar.

I'm trying to find it on his blog but my search-fu as failed me and I cannot find it. Can I get some help?

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 14 September 2011 - 09:47 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 April 2011 - 05:26 PM, said:

Ellis lands new book deal, shoots people...

http://www.reuters.c...E73A5HJ20110411

Publisher fluff piece re GUN MACHINE, wherein Ellis shoots you in the brainz with his thinks.

http://www.mulhollan...2011/04/11/965/

On his site Ellis states that he has delivered the complete draft of GUN MACHINE to his editors.

Then he sideswipes us by noting that this is mostly because he's fucking sick of it and wants someone else to suffer for a while.

Love that man.