Some thoughts on Warren Ellis

Recent reading:

Planetary: Leaving the 20th Century by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday. I read an issue of Planetary before - a crossover with Batman that featured different Batmans of different eras and styles. So I had an idea of what to expect: a dimension-hopping white-haired hero named Elijah Snow, written in Ellis’s sharp, original style that busts cliches and keeps finding new ways of looking at material.

Now I’ve read this actual TPB of Planetary and I’m still not sure what the theme of the comic is. It hardly matters: the stories are fun. Basically they are (as so many Warren Ellis stories are) a platform for Ellis to say what he wants to say and do what he wants to do. I have no problem with that.

And how could I not like a story that begins with the words: “1995. The truth is in here.” ( Protagonist Elijah Snow was... )