The Science Fiction of Warren Ellis
As Winter once again brings snowy doom of the East Coast, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson huddle within a makeshift shelter made of long boxes to discuss the Science Fiction works of comic book writer Warren Ellis.
Since the 90s Ellis has been producing singularly recognizable work, including superhero titles for DC, Marvel, and Image. He has dabbled in horror, crime fiction, and dark comedy. But he has also written many standalone Science Fiction tales encompassing pulp, cyberpunk, space opera, and alternate history. Some are speculative ruminations on the future or technology, some are absurdist eye-candy, others are adventurous romps. His significant body of SF work delivers modern genre sensibilities to the sometimes myopic landscape of comics.
The Hoarsemen also discuss reading comics digitally, their opinions on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as what they have read recently.
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 34 minutes)
Show Notes
Anna Mercury Volume 1: The Cutter, by Warren Ellis
Ignition City, Volume 1, by Warren Ellis
Ministry of Space, by Warren Ellis
Red: Tokyo Storm Warning, by Warren Ellis
Global Frequency, by Warren Ellis
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. Ultimate Collection, by Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan: Volume 1: Back on the Street, by Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis’ Apparat Volume 1, by Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis’ Frankenstein’s Womb, by Warren Ellis
Additional Show Notes:
Everything You Need to Know About Digital comics
The Top Ways to Read Digital Comic Books
Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem (the 2011 translation)
The Complete Father Brown Stories, by G.K. Chesterton
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Total Party Kill (The Incomparable)
Skirmishes, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Carrion Anthem, by David Annandale