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Warren Ellis is a British comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter, best known as the co-creator of several original comic book series such as Transmetropolitan, Global Frequency, and Red, the latter of which was adapted into the 2010 feature film Red and its 2013 sequel Red 2. A prolific comic book writer, he has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men, Thunderbolts, Moon Knight, and the "Extremis" story arc of Iron Man, which was the basis for the 2013 film Iron Man 3. Ellis' other credits include The Authority and Planetary, both of which he co-created for Wildstorm, as well as runs on Hellblazer for Vertigo and James Bond for Dynamite. In addition to his comics work, Ellis wrote two prose novels, Crooked Little Vein and Gun Machine, as well as numerous short stories and novellas.

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Active period1984–present
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Marvel Comics1995–present
Image Comics1996–present
Wildstorm1996–2009
DC Comics1996–present
Avatar Press1999–2010
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Comics

Early work

Titles published by various British publishers include:

  • Doctor Death: The Life Man (with Martin Chaplin):
    • Doctor Death: The Life Man (series of self-published minicomics, 1984)[1]
    • Food for Thought (untitled one-page strip in the anthology one-shot co-edited by Ellis with Gary Millidge, Matt Ginn and Dave Whitwell, Flying Pig, 1985)
  • Electric Angel (with Ben Dilworth, ashcan comic self-published in anticipation of the eponymous series intended for publication by Trident, 1989)[2]
  • Deadline #24: "United We Fall" (with Nigel Dobbyn, anthology, Deadline Publications, 1990)
  • John Brown Publishing:
    • Speakeasy #117: "My Friendly Blurred Days" (with Edmund Perryman, anthology, 1991)
    • Blast! #1–7: "Lazarus Churchyard" (with D'Israeli, anthology, 1991)
      • In 1992, Tundra UK reprinted these seven installments as the first issue of the Lazarus Churchyard series.
      • The series continued for two more issues and was collected by Atomeka as Lazarus Churchyard (tpb, 120 pages, 1993, ISBN 1-85809-005-9)
      • In 2001, Image collected Lazarus Churchyard #1–3 with a new epilogue as Lazarus Churchyard: The Final Cut (tpb, 128 pages, ISBN 1-5824-0180-2)
      • Two short installments of Harlequin Bones, a spin-off series written by Ellis and drawn by Phil Winslade, have appeared in titles published by Atomeka:
        • A1 #6: "Dada 331" (anthology, 1992)
        • Ammo Armageddon: "Kil 4/11/44" (anthology one-shot, 1993)
  • Judge Dredd Megazine #7: "Judge Edwina's Strange Cases: Feed Me" (with Sean Phillips, anthology, Fleetway, 1991)
  • Doctor Who Magazine #174: "Under Reykjavik" (one-page prose story with an illustration by Paul Vyse, Marvel UK, 1991)
  • Damage (with David Gordon, series of self-published minicomics, 1993–1994)
  • Sugarvirus (with Martin Chaplin, one-shot, Atomeka, 1993)

Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:

Ultimate Comics

Titles published under the Ultimate Marvel label include:

Image Comics

Titles published by Image include:

DC Comics

Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:

Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:

  • Transmetropolitan (with Darick Robertson, 1998–2001) collected as:
    • Absolute Edition Volume 1 (collects #1–18, hc, 544 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5430-6)
      • Includes the "Edgy Winter" short story (art by Darick Robertson) from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 (anthology, 1999)
      • Includes the Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here one-shot (written by Ellis, illustrated by various artists, 2000)
    • Absolute Edition Volume 2 (collects #19–39, hc, 544 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6115-9)
      • Includes the "Next Winters" short story (art by Darick Robertson) from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3 (anthology, 2000)
      • Includes the Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City one-shot (written by Ellis, illustrated by various artists, 2001)
    • Absolute Edition Volume 3 (collects #40–60, hc, 544 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-4012-8545-7)
    • Book One (collects #1–12, tpb, 320 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-8795-6)
    • Book Two (collects #13–24 and the Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here one-shot, tpb, 336 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9430-8)
    • Book Three (collects #25–36 and the short stories from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2–3, tpb, 288 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0010-6)
    • Book Four (collects #37–48 and the Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City one-shot, tpb, 336 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0469-1)
    • Book Five (collects #49–60, tpb, 296 pages, 2021, ISBN 1-7795-0816-6)
  • Hellblazer #134–143 (with John Higgins, Frank Teran (#140), Tim Bradstreet (#141), Javier Pulido (#142) and Marcelo Frusin (#143), 1999)
    • Despite planning a longer run on the series, Ellis left the title soon after the cancellation of "Shoot" (the story originally intended for publication as issue #141).[38]
    • The story, fully drawn (by Phil Jimenez) and lettered at the time of cancellation,[39] was eventually printed in Vertigo Resurrected: Shoot (one-shot, 2010).[40]
    • The entire 10-issue run, along with "Shoot", is collected in John Constantine, Hellblazer Volume 13 (tpb, 327 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6141-8)
  • Orbiter (with Colleen Doran, graphic novel, hc, 104 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0056-7; sc, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0268-3)
  • Stealth Tribes (with Colleen Doran, unproduced graphic novel — initially announced for 2005)[41]

Wildstorm

Titles published by Wildstorm as a DC Comics imprint include:

Avatar Press

Titles published by Avatar include:

Apparat

Titles published under Ellis' own label for standalone works include:

Other publishers

Titles published by various publishers around the world include:

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Prose novels and short fiction

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Nonfiction and newsletters

Newsletters:

  • From the Desk of (1995–2001)
    • In 2000, Avatar collected some of the essays that appeared in the newsletter from 1995 to 1999.
    • The essays were published in the form of two 80-page volumes with spot illustrations by Jacen Burrows.
  • Bad Signal (2001–2010)
    • In 2003, Avatar collected all of the essays that appeared in the newsletter between 15 Jan 2001 and 8 Jan 2003.
    • The essays were published in the form of two 64-page volumes again with spot illustrations by Jacen Burrows.
  • Machine Vision (sponsored by Mulholland Books, 2012–2013)
  • Orbital Operations (2013–present)

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Works about Ellis

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References

External links

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