Wildstorm created a new modern superhero universe when it debuted in the ’90s, embracing the storytelling conventions of the time to give readers high-energy superheroics with an x-treme edge. The genre has changed considerably in two decades, so when writer Warren Ellis and artist Jon Davis-Hunt reimagined the…
There’s a war on the horizon, but it doesn’t involve the usual suspects currently dominating the headlines. It’s a war between the secret agencies that hold real power in the world, and their uneasy armistice is about to come to an end in The Wild Storm. Written by Warren Ellis with art by Jon Davis-Hunt and colorist…
The Wildstorm has been an intriguing reimagining of the Wildstorm universe, with writer Warren Ellis and artist Jon Davis-Hunt slowly rebuilding characters and concepts so that they come across as plausible in a world that is much more similar to reality than the main DC Comics universe. As the main series steadily…
According to Pitchfork, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, members of the Bad Seeds and composers behind the music of films like Hell Or High Water and The Road, have already written their next score. The duo’s music will appear in War Machine, Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Michael Hasting’s book The Operators: The Wild &…
Writer Warren Ellis returning to DC Comics to relaunch the Wildstorm universe is one of the most exciting superhero projects of this year, and it’s especially compelling because DC is giving Ellis the freedom to approach The Wild Storm exactly how he wants. Working with artist Jon Davis-Hunt and colorists Ivan…
Tucked into its massive slate of premiere dates and news was the announcement that Netflix has picked up an animated series based on the Castlevania series of video games. The show’s first four 30-minute episodes, dubbed “Season 1, Part 1” by Netflix, is scheduled to be available sometime this year. According to the…
Partway through its second hour, Mars finally lands on the intersection of compelling character and compelling narrative. Among a crowd of usual-suspect interview subjects and an anonymous cast acting out a forecasted manned mission to the red planet, teenager Charlotte Kelly stands out. She has an unaffected air as…
Warren Ellis is one of the many high-profile creators that has made Image Comics the home for his recent creator-owned projects, so it was a surprise to hear that he would be launching a new miniseries from young publisher AfterShock Comics. AfterShock has built up quite the stable of talent over the last year, and…
The arrival of Monstress #1 (Image) from Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda emphasizes just how much Image Comics has been betting on more traditional fantasy and science fiction work in the past few years. Comics like 8House and the related From Under Mountains, many of the shorter works in Island, Southern Cross, and ODY-C
Since his phenomenal run on Marvel’s Moon Knight, Warren Ellis has been largely absent from the world of superhero comics, instead concentrating on creator-owned projects at Image. That changes next week with the release of Karnak #1, a new series spotlighting the Inhumans’ martial artist/philosopher who recently…
This week’s question is from The A.V. Club’s own Becca James:
Back in October, we reported that comic book publisher Dynamite Entertainment had made a deal with Ian Fleming’s estate for the rights to produce a new series of James Bond prequel comics, along with the rights to all 14 of Fleming’s original Bond books. Now that plan has been expanded: As revealed by Comic Book…
DC Comics has been having a lot of luck getting its superheroic properties onto TV screens of late. At present, the comics giant—working with its owners at Warner Bros.—has four live-action shows on the air: Arrow, Gotham, The Flash, and Constantine, along with an animated Teen Titans series on Cartoon Network. It’s…
Over the last five months, the creative team of writer Warren Ellis, artist Declan Shalvey, and colorist Jordie Bellaire turned Moon Knight into one of Marvel’s best comics, a smart, strange, tense, action-packed title telling standalone stories about a mentally fractured defender of the night. If you can find any…
Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s Moon Knight #4. Written by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Trees), with art by Declan Shalvey (Thunderbolts, Deadpool), and Jordie Bellaire (Flash Gordon, Zero), this hallucinogenic issue spotlights the imaginative…
