Warren Ellis's Blog, page 231

Who I Am And Where I Am (July 2010)

My name's Warren Ellis. I write comics, graphic novels, journalism and anything else that people pay money for. I live in Britain.

I'm the writer of the graphic novel RED, the film version of which (starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman & Helen Mirren) is out in October. I'm the writer of the GRAVEL graphic novels, under development for film by Legendary Pictures. I also wrote the novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN. I extrude a monthly column for WIRED UK magazine.

I write here almost...

WU LYF

i got dem wu wu busted teef spitting it concrete like the golden sun god- WU LYF from LYF on Vimeo.

Mechanical Dolphin Tails

Who wants to be a merperson? With detachable dolphin-tail prosthetics that can make you travel twice as fast as an Olympic swimmer?

Ten students from the University of Cincinnati's nationally number-one ranked interior design program recently returned from the Florida Keys where they tested – and provided feedback to the inventor and manufacturer of – unusual foot appendages that aid human sea divers to swim like dolphins.

Then, about 24 UC design students further tested these mechanical...

Station Ident: Oh God I Have To Work Now

(Linda Huegel)

Night Music: Born Again

You're somewhere in America. On a beach. There's a broken-down carnival there. You're attracted by the sound of plucked guitars and raised voices. Night falls. The creak of a rotted boardwalk. Faded posters for acts you've never heard of. A freakshow choir huddles behind the cracked slats of a holding pen. You're lost. A clown appears to one side of you, stinking of gasoline and dried semen. A needle sinks into your arm. There is a shriek of joy.

"Born Again," from HOLIDAY...

The Batman Dreams Of Hieronymus Machines

Matt Fraction's brilliant piece at w00tstock:

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I am terrified to note that the documentary film about me...

I am terrified to note that the documentary film about me has a Facebook page.

WASTELANDERS

Joss Whedon mentioned, at his San Diego panel last week, a project called WASTELANDERS that I was co-writing with him and which got postponed. I've gotten a lot of messages about that, since. So this is my WASTELANDERS FAQ, such as it is, and all I'm really prepared to say about it for now.

So Joss and I had just finished the second or third day of sitting in a hotel bar and beating out the rough shape of WASTELANDERS, a story idea he'd had that he invited me to co-write with him because it ...

Station Ident: Back On The Stick

(Tanner Beck)