I like Ellis when he's taking things seriously, but I think his random string of obscenities referencing various unspeakable sex acts schtick has gotten tired. It's Ellis at his laziest, and now that the novelty's long since worn off there's no value to it at all.
It was a random blog post, I think you're being a bit nit-picky.
uh I guess some of his UFF run was ok? Although I don't really remember much of it.
And before you ask no I havent read Planetary and yes I still plan to. It's pretty much his work for hire stuff I can't stand. (Although I did read a miniseries by him called Ocean that was also not very good)
I like Ellis when he's taking things seriously, but I think his random string of obscenities referencing various unspeakable sex acts schtick has gotten tired. It's Ellis at his laziest, and now that the novelty's long since worn off there's no value to it at all.
It was a random blog post, I think you're being a bit nit-picky.
If you read his Twitter, this is all it reads like. "Hello internet I demand your worship" and "I'm going to shoot black thought-semen into your soft brains". Out of any five given Twitter-posts, you can expect one to mention how early/late it is and how he's still/already awake and how he needs caffeine/whiskey/caffeinated whiskey, and one to mention that he's going to the pub to do some writing now (and you are invited). One out of fifteen to twenty posts will mention how the weather in his part of England is grey and rainy, and how he loves it. I mean, yeah, it was a random blog post, but since all of his posts are basically the same in content, it wouldn't matter which random blog post you picked.
This is especially tragic because when he's not trying to be offensive, he actually writes some thoughtful and interesting things. I absolutely love Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer, but it wasn't until I read his blog and Twitter that I realized I rather don't like Warren Ellis the Person.
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I like Ellis when he's taking things seriously, but I think his random string of obscenities referencing various unspeakable sex acts schtick has gotten tired. It's Ellis at his laziest, and now that the novelty's long since worn off there's no value to it at all.
It was a random blog post, I think you're being a bit nit-picky.
If you read his Twitter, this is all it reads like. "Hello internet I demand your worship" and "I'm going to shoot black thought-semen into your soft brains". Out of any five given Twitter-posts, you can expect one to mention how early/late it is and how he's still/already awake and how he needs caffeine/whiskey/caffeinated whiskey, and one to mention that he's going to the pub to do some writing now (and you are invited). One out of fifteen to twenty posts will mention how the weather in his part of England is grey and rainy, and how he loves it. I mean, yeah, it was a random blog post, but since all of his posts are basically the same in content, it wouldn't matter which random blog post you picked.
This is especially tragic because when he's not trying to be offensive, he actually writes some thoughtful and interesting things. I absolutely love Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer, but it wasn't until I read his blog and Twitter that I realized I rather don't like Warren Ellis the Person.
It sounds like you don't like Warren Ellis the Person because you're still holding him up as Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer when you make that analysis. But I don't know you, so it could just be that you really don't like the guy. Your description sounds entertaining enough to me. I'd hang out at the pub with Warren Ellis.
Besides, who the fuck has a twitter that actually has thought-provoking or useful in any way information on it? It might be addictive, but it is one of the dumber internet ideas ever.
uh I guess some of his UFF run was ok? Although I don't really remember much of it.
And before you ask no I havent read Planetary and yes I still plan to. It's pretty much his work for hire stuff I can't stand. (Although I did read a miniseries by him called Ocean that was also not very good)
While I still like most of his work-for-hire stuff, most of his own works are waaay better.
Ocean (That's the one about one of Jupiter's moons, right?) was kinda weird; a bit schizophrenic. I don't think he was really sure what he was trying to do there.
It sounds like you don't like Warren Ellis the Person because you're still holding him up as Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer when you make that analysis. But I don't know you, so it could just be that you really don't like the guy. Your description sounds entertaining enough to me. I'd hang out at the pub with Warren Ellis.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with someone screaming "COCKS!" every once in a while (and I won't deny doing so myself); it's just that when the only thing I hear a person say is "cocks semen worship me caffeine semen semen", it eventually becomes a little...like, I got it, you know? Let's talk about potato chips now, or something. I don't know if this is how Ellis really is, or if it's just an Internet persona he puts on. He might be fun to hang out with once in a while, but it's irritating to read his blog on a regular basis (which is why I don't do it).
Besides, who the fuck has a twitter that actually has thought-provoking or useful in any way information on it? It might be addictive, but it is one of the dumber internet ideas ever.
Certainly a legitimate point, but I'm not saying that I expect a treatise on the energy crisis, I would just like a little bit of variety in what he throws up there.
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It sounds like you don't like Warren Ellis the Person because you're still holding him up as Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer when you make that analysis. But I don't know you, so it could just be that you really don't like the guy. Your description sounds entertaining enough to me. I'd hang out at the pub with Warren Ellis.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with someone screaming "COCKS!" every once in a while (and I won't deny doing so myself); it's just that when the only thing I hear a person say is "cocks semen worship me caffeine semen semen", it eventually becomes a little...like, I got it, you know? Let's talk about potato chips now, or something. I don't know if this is how Ellis really is, or if it's just an Internet persona he puts on. He might be fun to hang out with once in a while, but it's irritating to read his blog on a regular basis (which is why I don't do it).
Besides, who the fuck has a twitter that actually has thought-provoking or useful in any way information on it? It might be addictive, but it is one of the dumber internet ideas ever.
Certainly a legitimate point, but I'm not saying that I expect a treatise on the energy crisis, I would just like a little bit of variety in what he throws up there.
Yeah, I just did a quick skim of his twitter account and I find it just about as uselessly entertaining as I imagined. Looks just to be a question of taste in humor.
It sounds like you don't like Warren Ellis the Person because you're still holding him up as Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer when you make that analysis. But I don't know you, so it could just be that you really don't like the guy. Your description sounds entertaining enough to me. I'd hang out at the pub with Warren Ellis.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with someone screaming "COCKS!" every once in a while (and I won't deny doing so myself); it's just that when the only thing I hear a person say is "cocks semen worship me caffeine semen semen", it eventually becomes a little...like, I got it, you know? Let's talk about potato chips now, or something. I don't know if this is how Ellis really is, or if it's just an Internet persona he puts on. He might be fun to hang out with once in a while, but it's irritating to read his blog on a regular basis (which is why I don't do it).
Besides, who the fuck has a twitter that actually has thought-provoking or useful in any way information on it? It might be addictive, but it is one of the dumber internet ideas ever.
Certainly a legitimate point, but I'm not saying that I expect a treatise on the energy crisis, I would just like a little bit of variety in what he throws up there.
You should probably read Planetary. It's quite different from most of his stuff. The dialogue's still kind of trying-too-hard-to-be-edgy but as a series it's more about the big ideas and unravelling the mystery.
I think he's become of a victim of his own success to some degree. Transmet was amazing and everyone raved about it when it first came out because it was different but if you read it now knowing that that's what all his stuff reads like it seems kind of played out.
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What I'm getting from all this is that lots(perhaps) of you didn't like Warren Ellis, you just liked the novelty of Warren Ellis in the beginning.
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I didn't mind the first trade of The Authority that I read, but it didn't really make me want to read more of it. Everything else I've read has been awful to mediocre at best. Like Bale, though, I do want to read Planetary.
You should probably read Planetary. It's quite different from most of his stuff. The dialogue's still kind of trying-too-hard-to-be-edgy but as a series it's more about the big ideas and unravelling the mystery.
I did read it. Everyone should read it. It's awesome. Like I said, I like him as a writer, and one of the reasons, in fact, is that although he sticks to roughly the same themes in many of his works, they are still pretty different.
I think he's become of a victim of his own success to some degree. Transmet was amazing and everyone raved about it when it first came out because it was different but if you read it now knowing that that's what all his stuff reads like it seems kind of played out.
Not ALL of it. That's what I was saying: what he says in his blog sounds a lot like Spider Jerusalem, but Elijah Snow, Tony Stark, and The Captain don't.
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Not ALL of it. That's what I was saying: what he says in his blog sounds a lot like Spider Jerusalem, but Elijah Snow, Tony Stark, and The Captain don't.
That's because, as much as Spider was Hunter S. Thompson, he was also sort of a self-insert.
Invincible stops Titan as he tries to enter the prison to free Multi-Paul, but their "fight" is interrupted.
Wow, so now Invincible has Angstorm Levy(?) going through Atom Eve, a supervillian syndicate war (not pictured), and Cecil going after him through Oliver. Things is gonna get ugly and soon.
Ok so who is the huge fucking dragon
I must've missed that, since I just started reading 7 or 8 issues (or a year and a half) ago.
He's the soul projection of Mister Liu, leader of the Supervillian crime syndicate "The Order." Titan, after taking over Machine-Head's operation, attempted to secure his place in The Order by rescuing Liu's agent Multi-Paul, who was apprehended by Invincible a while back when he freaked out over his sister Dupli-Kate's marriage to Immortal.
Here's a brief excerpt from #53 with him, I don't have any of my old scans available or I'd show where he was introduced.
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Ok so who is the huge fucking dragon
I must've missed that, since I just started reading 7 or 8 issues (or a year and a half) ago.
You didn't read the older stuff first?
Couldn't find it, didn't have money, and I had read most of the spoilers
It's not like it was hard to jump into, I think Oliver was the only thing I hadn't read about yet
Ok so who is the huge fucking dragon
I must've missed that, since I just started reading 7 or 8 issues (or a year and a half) ago.
You didn't read the older stuff first?
Couldn't find it, didn't have money, and I had read most of the spoilers
It's not like it was hard to jump into, I think Oliver was the only thing I hadn't read about yet
I'm not saying it's hard to jump into, I just usually like to read all of something instead of jumping in 40 issues or so in (unless it's a long ongoing series). But to each his own, I guess.
Wow, so now Invincible has Angstorm Levy(?) going through Atom Eve,.
What? I don't remember this being set-up/referenced. When did this happen?
It was issue #51
It seems unlikely Oliver would be involved with Levy, but I guess that's the only explanation. To clarify, Eve is probably going to be used as an unwilling tool against Invincible, whereas Oliver seems to be actively seeking his downfall.
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I don't think Eve has anything to do with Levy, he was just watching them
Can I just make the fact this is like 4 issues in a row that Invincible has been on schedule my MOTW? It's such a pleasant surprise to see Kirkman finally buckling down on his Image stuff now that his Marvel stuff is out of the way.
I only buy the trades, so it's possible this will play out better for me in trade, but I have one pretty serious concern:
One of the rather interesting things about Mark's pathos was his having killed Angstrom Levy out of a combination of anger regarding the threats against his family, and his latent rage and strength. By removing that death - freeing Mark from from that concern - I feel like we diminish Mark's character a bit. It's not major, but it's there.
More seriously, I just don't like "back from the dead" moves, so seeing Levy back is unpleasant.
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It was a random blog post, I think you're being a bit nit-picky.
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uh I guess some of his UFF run was ok? Although I don't really remember much of it.
And before you ask no I havent read Planetary and yes I still plan to. It's pretty much his work for hire stuff I can't stand. (Although I did read a miniseries by him called Ocean that was also not very good)
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
All His Engines was a helluva one-shot. Even better than his work on the ongoing.
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If you read his Twitter, this is all it reads like. "Hello internet I demand your worship" and "I'm going to shoot black thought-semen into your soft brains". Out of any five given Twitter-posts, you can expect one to mention how early/late it is and how he's still/already awake and how he needs caffeine/whiskey/caffeinated whiskey, and one to mention that he's going to the pub to do some writing now (and you are invited). One out of fifteen to twenty posts will mention how the weather in his part of England is grey and rainy, and how he loves it. I mean, yeah, it was a random blog post, but since all of his posts are basically the same in content, it wouldn't matter which random blog post you picked.
This is especially tragic because when he's not trying to be offensive, he actually writes some thoughtful and interesting things. I absolutely love Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer, but it wasn't until I read his blog and Twitter that I realized I rather don't like Warren Ellis the Person.
It sounds like you don't like Warren Ellis the Person because you're still holding him up as Warren Ellis the Comic Book Writer when you make that analysis. But I don't know you, so it could just be that you really don't like the guy. Your description sounds entertaining enough to me. I'd hang out at the pub with Warren Ellis.
Besides, who the fuck has a twitter that actually has thought-provoking or useful in any way information on it? It might be addictive, but it is one of the dumber internet ideas ever.
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While I still like most of his work-for-hire stuff, most of his own works are waaay better.
Ocean (That's the one about one of Jupiter's moons, right?) was kinda weird; a bit schizophrenic. I don't think he was really sure what he was trying to do there.
Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with someone screaming "COCKS!" every once in a while (and I won't deny doing so myself); it's just that when the only thing I hear a person say is "cocks semen worship me caffeine semen semen", it eventually becomes a little...like, I got it, you know? Let's talk about potato chips now, or something. I don't know if this is how Ellis really is, or if it's just an Internet persona he puts on. He might be fun to hang out with once in a while, but it's irritating to read his blog on a regular basis (which is why I don't do it).
Certainly a legitimate point, but I'm not saying that I expect a treatise on the energy crisis, I would just like a little bit of variety in what he throws up there.
Yeah, I just did a quick skim of his twitter account and I find it just about as uselessly entertaining as I imagined. Looks just to be a question of taste in humor.
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You should probably read Planetary. It's quite different from most of his stuff. The dialogue's still kind of trying-too-hard-to-be-edgy but as a series it's more about the big ideas and unravelling the mystery.
I think he's become of a victim of his own success to some degree. Transmet was amazing and everyone raved about it when it first came out because it was different but if you read it now knowing that that's what all his stuff reads like it seems kind of played out.
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Yeah, I caught that earlier. You're the OWEH. Meh, that's really not as catchy as OG.
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I did read it. Everyone should read it. It's awesome. Like I said, I like him as a writer, and one of the reasons, in fact, is that although he sticks to roughly the same themes in many of his works, they are still pretty different.
Not ALL of it. That's what I was saying: what he says in his blog sounds a lot like Spider Jerusalem, but Elijah Snow, Tony Stark, and The Captain don't.
That's because, as much as Spider was Hunter S. Thompson, he was also sort of a self-insert.
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Got a ride to the mall today and picked up Invincible
MAJOR HUGE INSANE-O-CRAZY SPOILERS REGARDING ISSUE #52 OF INVINCIBLE
FUCK
ME
Just that first panel made me shit myself
Mild spoilers ahead.
Wow, so now Invincible has Angstorm Levy(?) going through Atom Eve, a supervillian syndicate war (not pictured), and Cecil going after him through Oliver. Things is gonna get ugly and soon.
We just don't like to brag about it.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
Then I guess the reason he's a supervillian is because that's actually his soul projection.
I must've missed that, since I just started reading 7 or 8 issues (or a year and a half) ago.
He's the soul projection of Mister Liu, leader of the Supervillian crime syndicate "The Order." Titan, after taking over Machine-Head's operation, attempted to secure his place in The Order by rescuing Liu's agent Multi-Paul, who was apprehended by Invincible a while back when he freaked out over his sister Dupli-Kate's marriage to Immortal.
Here's a brief excerpt from #53 with him, I don't have any of my old scans available or I'd show where he was introduced.
You didn't read the older stuff first?
What? I don't remember this being set-up/referenced. When did this happen?
Couldn't find it, didn't have money, and I had read most of the spoilers
It's not like it was hard to jump into, I think Oliver was the only thing I hadn't read about yet
hurglhburgh, it's in #51 or #52, I'll look it up for you. I might have worded it poorly.
I'm not saying it's hard to jump into, I just usually like to read all of something instead of jumping in 40 issues or so in (unless it's a long ongoing series). But to each his own, I guess.
It was issue #51
It seems unlikely Oliver would be involved with Levy, but I guess that's the only explanation. To clarify, Eve is probably going to be used as an unwilling tool against Invincible, whereas Oliver seems to be actively seeking his downfall.
Yeah, that's what I was failing horribly at trying to say.
More seriously, I just don't like "back from the dead" moves, so seeing Levy back is unpleasant.
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