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    Seriously though, something I've wondered about. With series that you started/made worth reading (I'm thinking Stormwatch/Authority here) (Thats, you made Stormwatch worth reading, and started the Autority), are you happy with the way other writers have handeled it/continuted it and what-not? Does it bother you at all, with what are essentially your (freaky, slimey, chestbursty) babies, what happens to them now? Do you still follow them, and think that you would/wouldn't have done something that others have/haven't done? What is your favourite out of the lot after you left?

    They're not mine. So who cares?
  2.  (1587.2)
    It came to mind again today from CBR thread. Someone was pushing you should write Ultimate X-Men (unaware, I guess, of your actual x-book run coming up shortly), and a poster asked "was that the guy who wrote Ultimate Extinction?" I always find in interesting when internet fandom is unaware of information posted on the same message boards they attend to. Thanks for the reply.

    When I did ULTIMATE FF, I was drowned in messages from people who wanted to know if I'd done any other comics before.
  3.  (1587.3)
    Ok - a very personal question so if you ignore it I completely understand.

    Given your health, and your family health history - coupled with your intelligence, why do you smoke?

    If you tell me to fuck off I guess I'll deserve it.

    More work related, do you ever feel that the tropes that you chose to use have limited your audience? (smoking, foul-mouthed Brit, and I know that doesn't fit everything you have written by a long shot but I suspect that this is a big perception of your work).

    *Again, apologies if I'm coming across as a tit, but I have an empty bottle of wine next to me where a full one was standing a while ago*
  4.  (1587.4)
    When I did ULTIMATE FF, I was drowned in messages from people who wanted to know if I'd done any other comics before.


    I think I recall you saying that back when.

    I don't expect every random reader to know who each writer is, I have at least one friend who still clings to the idea writers are interchangeable in service of character he has read for thirty years. He walks into a comic store with a genuine air of ignorance. And by that extension he has no idea that any comic news or column site be it Newsarama or Sequential Tart exists. As much as I disagree with him, he comes by that ignorance in what seems a logical way - he does not know or care.

    What interests me is these are, well, internet nerds (not unlike myself in some respect obviously), they read the news sites and frequent the related gossip, yet at the same time seem unaware of whats being written or said outside a narrow scope of interest. Its not only blinders but the seeming intentional choice to only notice the headlines they wish to consume directly despite living on these boards. I can't even see the mindset.

    Ok, I am going on again. Sorry bout that.
  5.  (1587.5)
    When I did ULTIMATE FF, I was drowned in messages from people who wanted to know if I'd done any other comics before.

    I'm always amazed when people seem to forget the existence of the internet.
  6.  (1587.6)
    yet at the same time seem unaware of whats being written or said outside a narrow scope of interest

    I think this applies to any genre.
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    Given your health, and your family health history - coupled with your intelligence, why do you smoke?

    I smoke ten cigarettes a day, more or less. Helps with allergies, and with the IBS I developed when I quit smoking at thirty (which, healthwise, was probably the biggest mistake I ever made). Frankly, my family history is such that something's going to get me.

    More work related, do you ever feel that the tropes that you chose to use have limited your audience? (smoking, foul-mouthed Brit, and I know that doesn't fit everything you have written by a long shot but I suspect that this is a big perception of your work).

    Well, I hate to argue with the internets, but numbers suggest that it hasn't limited my audience. In any case, that's not really the greatest concern to me. I'm a Brit. These are our British heroes, really -- even the ones who aren't foul-mouthed and smoking are cranky and difficult in other ways. Even Dan Dare was a stubborn pain in the arse, and he was deliberately created to be sweetness and light itself.

    Some of us have a kind of character we enjoy exploring. Look at Howard Chaykin and his pretty much single-handed and career-long effort to subvert the role of the Jewish man in adventure fiction.
  8.  (1587.8)
    Speaking of interrogations, I know that you like to write interrogation scenes(correct me if I'm wrong), what are your favorite interrogation scenes in books/movies/fiction in general?
  9.  (1587.9)
    Mr.Ellis
    1) I have heard there are kitties in your household. If this is true, what are their names? (I have one kitty, and I like hearing about other people's pets.)
    2) What is the strangest food you've ever eaten?
    3 What is the strangest typo you recollect recently making?
  10.  (1587.10)
    1) I have heard there are kitties in your household. If this is true, what are their names? (I have one kitty, and I like hearing about other people's pets.)

    We have three: Oscar, Lucretia (Lucy) and Anton.

    2) What is the strangest food you've ever eaten?

    Hmm. Puffin was pretty odd. As was sheep's head.

    3 What is the strangest typo you recollect recently making?

    I don't make typos.
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      CommentAuthorMegaGoosey
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     (1587.11)
    1) You mentioned re-reading Hunter S. Thompson every so often. Do you have a favorite of his?

    2) Favorite classical piece of literature?

    3) If you had to pick an animal to fight to the death with (knowing that no matter what animal you picked, you would lose and die), what animal would it be?
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      CommentAuthormuse hick
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     (1587.12)
    1. will you be writing anymore columns for suicide girls?
    2. what do you like most about where you live?
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      CommentAuthorRudi
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008 edited
     (1587.13)
    When writing Dracula (for Castlevania), how do you take a character that has such a rich history that's been done so many times before and put your voice to it? I imagine I could ask the same about Robin Hood as well.
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      CommentAuthorAlan Tyson
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     (1587.14)
    Oh, why not. Looks like fun.

    Orbiter is what made me consider you one of my favorite writers, before I'd even heard of Transmetropolitan. I know you did Ministry of Space as well, and unfortunately I haven't been able to find that yet, but anyway: my question is, do you plan on doing anything more with the topic of space exploration? I don't feel like anyone else has done much worthy reading on that subject.

    Also, thanks for taking the time to answer these.
    • CommentAuthorpi8you
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     (1587.15)
    Nothing serious to ask comes to mind, so I'll go for a geeky tidbit: What was your first Internet-enabled machine?
    • CommentAuthorHawksmoor
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     (1587.16)
    Mr. Ellis.

    Two questions, actually, if you don't mind.

    If you do mind, well, it's too late now, aint it?

    Heh.

    First, you've obviously got a huge interest in applying real-world science to your stories. Is there a favorite Science Fiction writer, past or present, that you owe your literary scientific interests (explainations) to?

    Second-wise, heh, is there a specific character that you wish to write but haven't had a chance or the time to?

    Hawksmoor...From The Bleed.
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      CommentAuthorEli Green
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     (1587.17)
    Who would win in a fight, you or Orson Welles?
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      CommentAuthorRantz
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     (1587.18)
    Hey Warren I've got one for you since I'm getting hit with this myself and immediately thought of you...

    With the number of projects that you have rolling in a variety of media at any given moment, how frequently do you find yourself thinking 'I really should have said 'no' or 'maybe later' to project __(fill in the blank)___?
    • CommentAuthordaz
    • CommentTimeMar 29th 2008
     (1587.19)
    You did in your knee playing rugby, I believe. League or Union? And what position?

    d
  20.  (1587.20)
    Honestly, where do you find the time go through a million feeds, write a billion books, and post at a dozen forums, Mr. Ellis?

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