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MELANIE MCBRIDE: So much of what's going on in the world today is right out of Transmetropolitan. Like the speculative fiction of novelist JG Ballard, your writing is as much about the future as it is about the present. How would you characterize your approach to storytelling in terms of the ultimate goals of your work?
WARREN ELLIS: My ultimate goal is to find a new, interesting and hopefully revelatory perspective on the contemporary world. I strongly believe in science fiction in its Wellsean frame as a social fiction, using the future as a tool with which to examine the present.
MELANIE MCBRIDE: So why aren't you reading comics these days?
WARREN ELLIS: Really, it doesn't seem to me that there are many comics being written for me. I want something with a little more muscle and bite than standard-issue power fantasies, whimsical romance, the autobiographies of people who never do anything and things with elves. The Western medium has cycles, and it's currently in a creative downturn. That doesn't mean there isn't excellent work being done. That simply means there's not much of it. And, on a personal level, little of it is talking to me. Not many comics reflect the fact that I live in a multicultural society fitted with a global communications net, nor do they reflect the fact that I don't own a pair of Superman underpants.
Source: http://www.mindjack.com/interviews/ellis.html
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Alert: DR. MCNINJA NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Mar. 18th, 2013 03:33 pmcaptainbellmanOK gang, here's the skinny: one of my favourite webcomics (and, arguably, one of the greatest in existence) is in trouble. Chris Hastings of The Adventures of Dr McNinja has found that he owes his webhost $1400 due to an unfortunate computing error, and he's relying on his beloved readers to help him out. If he can't make that payment by Friday, the website is shut down.
As I said: Dr. McNinja is one of my favourite webcomics, it's in the middle of a really interesting storyline and it doesn't deserve to end this way. Go directly to the site and you'll find a PayPal button in his blog-post on the subject. Every little bit helps.
Plus, because Chris is such a great guy, he's offered this great cast wallpaper as an incentive - FREE.
( Behold The Awesome )
As I said: Dr. McNinja is one of my favourite webcomics, it's in the middle of a really interesting storyline and it doesn't deserve to end this way. Go directly to the site and you'll find a PayPal button in his blog-post on the subject. Every little bit helps.
Plus, because Chris is such a great guy, he's offered this great cast wallpaper as an incentive - FREE.
( Behold The Awesome )
You just don't say it, Spider.
Feb. 15th, 2012 12:02 ampallas_athenaI am feeling neither cute nor romantic this week. Hence this offering of 2.3 pages from Transmetropolitan #6: text by Warren Ellis, art by Darick Robertson. Some NSFW language.
This is the "religion" issue, which explains why Spider is wearing his idea of prophetic garb. He and his filthy assistant Channon are on their way to do the journalism thing at a religious gathering. Channon mentions her boyfriend, and Spider comes back with "Ziang doesn't love you even a bit, and will vanish out of your life the very second he gets bored."
( Channon's response: )
This is the "religion" issue, which explains why Spider is wearing his idea of prophetic garb. He and his filthy assistant Channon are on their way to do the journalism thing at a religious gathering. Channon mentions her boyfriend, and Spider comes back with "Ziang doesn't love you even a bit, and will vanish out of your life the very second he gets bored."
( Channon's response: )
