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Blackgas
by
Warren Ellis (Goodreads Author),
Max Fiumara, Ryan Waterhouse
Warren Ellis, the creator of TRANSMETROPOLITAN and PLANETARY, unleashes a new kind of zombie horror. A tiny little island off the east coast of America sit on a fault in the underlying tectonic plate. On a night beset by a fierce storm and an earthquake simultaneously, the fault line cracks, releasing something foul from the Earth's guts, blown across the little coastal to...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
December 4th 2003
by Avatar Press
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Jul 06, 2011
William Parham
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Warren Ellis, Lovers of Zombies, Survival Horror Fans, Me when I was 14
Warren Ellis has never written a bad book. The man seems to be incapable of doing so. Blackgas keeps his record of not writing bad books intact. Unfortunately, this is not a great book. It is barely a good book. But it is most definitely not a bad book.
Blackgas is at its core a classic late 70's early 80's horror story. It starts out with two young college kids heading into the woods to do a bit of fooling around. And like in all classic tales of horror, that act of carnality costs them dearly....more
Blackgas is at its core a classic late 70's early 80's horror story. It starts out with two young college kids heading into the woods to do a bit of fooling around. And like in all classic tales of horror, that act of carnality costs them dearly....more
It had always been my experience that you can't go wrong with Warren Ellis, so it's a shame to have been proven wrong. While some of this book's basic ideas are interesting, the treatment is sadly lacking. The characters are simplistic and grating, the dialogue awkward, and the plotting unfocused. You can see Ellis trying to express some interesting characters, but his treatment lacks subtlety, leaving us with uncharicteristically ham-fisted interpersonal conflicts interposed with transparent ex...more
Blackgas is Warren Ellis' take at zombie horror. It's only three issues long but there's everything you need. Ok characters, good backstory, lots of gore and of course an unhappy ending. I'm somehow bound to compare this to Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead, which is pretty much alone when it comes to good zombie comics right now, and Blackgas has an edge in that comparison in colored artwork. Gore works much better when you can see the abundance of red in the picture. The gore is so well drawn...more
One of the most unique zombie tales ever written. you have no idea where it's going next, you think it's going to end 3 or 4 different times until it finally does. the scope just keeps zooming out, getting larger. such a great book.
1.5 stars. It tried to be Crossed without the same development and menace. Warren must have had an off day when he wrote this, he is usually so good.
It's a zombie book written by Warren Ellis...like you're not going to read it. Decent but not great.
Good but not great. A unique take on the zombie genre, but it was lacking the usual zing of Ellis' writing.
Warren Ellis never let's me down, he is truly a master of his field!
Maybe it's because I've read Garth Ennis' "Crossed" and Robert Kirkman's "Walking Dead" books, but this seems to be a really dull book about yet more zombie-like people.
"Blackgas" is about a scientist who, yes, experiments with something, it goes wrong, and a virus is unleashed which causes people to behave in horrible ways, eg. Eating/killing each other etc etc. That's the whole story as the carnage piles up and at the end of the book, simply ends. Dull dull dull. And that's coming from a fan...more
"Blackgas" is about a scientist who, yes, experiments with something, it goes wrong, and a virus is unleashed which causes people to behave in horrible ways, eg. Eating/killing each other etc etc. That's the whole story as the carnage piles up and at the end of the book, simply ends. Dull dull dull. And that's coming from a fan...more
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A six-issue zombie short from Ellis, by his own very high standards its a little bit average, though his usual cynicism comes through nicely. An earthquake on a small island just off the US coast triggers the release of the 'Black Gas' of the title, which proceeds to turn everyone who comes in contact with it into crazed flesh eaters. Entertaining enough, but no classic.
Aug 16, 2011
Carles Granados
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
SOS
Shelves:
terror
Una excelente y trepidante historia de zombies, muy bien dibujada y coloreada.
A surprisingly original zombie comic from kick-ass expert Warren Ellis. The catalyst for the plague here is a geothermic gas which escapes from the crust of the earth. Also, there are some unexpected character twists and turns. Highly recommended for those looking for a zombie story that's not the same old, same old.
Warren Ellis pulls NO punches in this somewhat unusual zombie graphic novel. The graphics are very intense and the story line is solid, if not a little tragic. Definitely recommended for fans of zombie graphic novels.
This one is really disturbing, but in a great zombie kind of way. Nice to see more zombie comics.
Mar 18, 2008
jack
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fucking bleak. probably a fairly realistic take on the zombie outbreak scenario.
Zombies...zombies and more zombies...
May 18, 2013
Sam
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Second novel, GUN MACHINE, due from Mulholland Books in autumn of 2012.
First non-fiction book due from FSG in 2014.
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Second novel, GUN MACHINE, due from Mulholland Books in autumn of 2012.
First non-fiction book due from FSG in 2014.
Currently a weekly columnist for VICE UK.
Hello. WHERE AM I
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