Whitechapel - The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194664#Comment_194664 2009-10-14T09:19:10-07:00 2009-10-14T10:17:04-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 It seems to be that time again. I'll field questions for a while, provided they're not answered in the following FAQs or at the FREAKANGELS FAQ. FAQ: If details seem hazy, then that's often ... FREAKANGELS FAQ.

FAQ:

If details seem hazy, then that's often because they are and requests for clarity will get you nowhere:

IGNITION CITY #5: delayed by the switch in printers, I believe. Shipping next week.

ANNA MERCURY: same problem, I believe. Shipping today.

DESOLATION JONES: on hiatus, returning eventually, at least to conclude the second story in some (possibly truncated) fashion -- all original notes and scripts lost, as with FELL and NEWUNIVERSAL.

DOKTOR SLEEPLESS: Minor schedule bumpage continues.

FELL 10: on pause -- still trying to reconstruct scripts from lost computer. Gave up trying to reconstitute lost work, have commenced a new story for #10.

NEWUNIVERSAL -- same. There are pages in hand, but I want to have rebuilt a couple more scripts before we restart.

STEALTH TRIBES -- no news right now.

DOKTOR SLEEPLESS: the book is roughly planned as three or four "acts." I choose not to nail it down to a specific number of episodes right now, at least in public. Extenuating circumstances mean the next issue will be a little delayed.

ASTONISHING X-MEN: on a slightly extended schedule, I think, probably not QUITE monthly, maybe six-weekly.

PLANETARY: no idea about collections.

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PROSE WORK:

LISTENER: getting there. Again, this is a reconstitution issue, I lost almost 30,000 words in the computer/backup death. It's not looking good.

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OTHER MEDIA

RED: I'm told there's a script, I haven't seen it. Otherwise, what you read in the film press is usually news to me too!

CASTLEVANIA: No idea. I wrote it, they get to do what they want, whenever they want, my part is over.

OCEAN: No idea.

DEAD CHANNNEL: Dead at this time. Plans are afoot.

GRAVEL: there's no timeframe on this. I commence work on the script within the next couple of months, but this isn't like a comic or even a novel, so don't look for a release date or anything....

GI JOE: RESOLUTE - I've heard there's a DVD on the way, but I know nothing about it and have no involvement in it.

(Oct 2009)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194665#Comment_194665 2009-10-14T09:27:27-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 William Christensen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5 Avatar update - Ignition City #5 in stores next week. Anna 2 #2 out today. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194668#Comment_194668 2009-10-14T09:35:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 I know that you do a lot of reading about various subjects. Is there a particular subject (individual, time period, group of people, weird event) that you've always wanted to write on and why? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194672#Comment_194672 2009-10-14T09:46:07-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 When you have had the initial idea for a story, the first flash of inspiration, how do you develop it? This question might sound a bit vague, so as an example: my current, very inexperienced method ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194674#Comment_194674 2009-10-14T09:58:37-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Kelcey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=277 any news on Stealth Tribes? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194675#Comment_194675 2009-10-14T10:01:28-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 LordFluffy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2414 1) What you do you watch/listen to/read when you need something to cheer you up? 2) Anything you look at and go, "Man, I wish I'd written that" 3) Any projects you wish you could go ...
2) Anything you look at and go, "Man, I wish I'd written that"

3) Any projects you wish you could go back and redo?

4) Are there days where you scare yourself?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194676#Comment_194676 2009-10-14T10:16:13-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Kelcey: "any news on Stealth Tribes?" Not right now. Will add to FAQ, thanks.
"any news on Stealth Tribes?"

Not right now. Will add to FAQ, thanks.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194677#Comment_194677 2009-10-14T10:17:24-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 1. Have you ever not had a beard? 2. What do you think about writing a children's book?
2. What do you think about writing a children's book?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194678#Comment_194678 2009-10-14T10:20:35-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 1. Have you ever not had a beard? I didn't grow this until the age of 25 or so. 2. What do you think about writing a children's book? Not really a children's writer, me. 1. Have you ever not had a beard?

I didn't grow this until the age of 25 or so.


2. What do you think about writing a children's book?


Not really a children's writer, me.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194679#Comment_194679 2009-10-14T10:21:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Chadbourn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4970 When you started to re-write 'Listener', did the new version come out better? Different? Was it a difficult experience to try to re-do stuff you'd already imagined? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194680#Comment_194680 2009-10-14T10:21:41-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 When you have had the initial idea for a story, the first flash of inspiration, how do you develop it? Does it have a middle and an end? Is it something that actually develops into a story with a ... When you have had the initial idea for a story, the first flash of inspiration, how do you develop it?

Does it have a middle and an end? Is it something that actually develops into a story with a shape to it, or is it just a nice idea? Not every idea has a middle and an end to it.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194681#Comment_194681 2009-10-14T10:22:02-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Any projects you wish you could go back and redo? ALL OF THEM Any projects you wish you could go back and redo?


ALL OF THEM]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194682#Comment_194682 2009-10-14T10:23:00-07:00 2009-10-14T10:27:09-07:00 Jess http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1922 @twentythoughts -- There's a picture of Warren without a beard out there somewhere. It was published in some magazine, but none of us who have seen it apparently thought to save it for blackmail ...
EDIT: We all prefer to think that Warren was born with the beard.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194683#Comment_194683 2009-10-14T10:24:32-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 When you started to re-write 'Listener', did the new version come out better? Well, there's a few stages to this. 1> the version I was pissing around with on LJ years ago. 2> so I was ...
Well, there's a few stages to this.

1> the version I was pissing around with on LJ years ago.

2> so I was rewriting that. And it started slow, but as I re-envisioned the whole thing, it started to get good to me.

3> and then I lost the lot. And, frankly, trying to rebuild it has been impossible. The energy's gone from it, I can't find the tone it had before, it's like having to chew a bit of gum you found under your bed that had probably been stuck to the leg for three years. Hopeless.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194684#Comment_194684 2009-10-14T10:30:36-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Chadbourn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4970 it's like having to chew a bit of gum you found under your bed that had probably been stuck to the leg for three years. Hopeless. I can understand that. Which begs the supplementary question(s): ... it's like having to chew a bit of gum you found under your bed that had probably been stuck to the leg for three years. Hopeless.

I can understand that. Which begs the supplementary question(s): are you working on a new novel?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194686#Comment_194686 2009-10-14T10:39:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 JRadley http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6508 Have you ever had an idea for a story (or a scene in a story) that was so extreme, or likely to be controversial, that you have decided against continuing? Either because it would be liable to ...
(short version: do you self-censor?)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194687#Comment_194687 2009-10-14T10:42:53-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 hi warren in the past i've read your reasons for not having done so but do ever regret not going the 2000AD route like so many of your UK contemporaries? Is there a 2000AD character that you'd ...
in the past i've read your reasons for not having done so but do ever regret not going the 2000AD route like so many of your UK contemporaries? Is there a 2000AD character that you'd have particularly liked to have a go at?

Also - is the post apocalypse novel that you mentioned doing after CLV in the pipeline?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194688#Comment_194688 2009-10-14T10:43:57-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Cantleee http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4139 Does all this fancy hollywood stuff mean that there will be significantly less comics from you in 2010 compared to previous years? also, Have you considered the possibility that 'Listener' was ...
also,

Have you considered the possibility that 'Listener' was so abhorrent to nature that it traveled back in time to prevent its creation?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194689#Comment_194689 2009-10-14T10:52:51-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Ariana http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1 Have you considered the possibility that 'Listener' was so abhorrent to nature that it traveled back in time to prevent its creation? WIN. Have you considered the possibility that 'Listener' was so abhorrent to nature that it traveled back in time to prevent its creation? WIN.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194691#Comment_194691 2009-10-14T11:01:07-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Cantleee http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4139 yaaay, what do i win? eels?
eels?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194692#Comment_194692 2009-10-14T11:03:21-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Quacky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7539 I keep thinking there is a type of small cigar prominently smoked by one of the characters in Crooked Little Vein. I have never been benn able to successfully search out if this is true, or a ... Crooked Little Vein. I have never been benn able to successfully search out if this is true, or a hallucination. If a small cigar does figure in Crooked Little Vein, what is it, what is it called, can I have one?

I will gladly reread the book, if that's what it takes to get such a small cigar.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194699#Comment_194699 2009-10-14T11:29:10-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BOODOFFSTAGE http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=914 As a man going through the first stage of male pattern baldness, Can you provide me with any secret remedies that might help slow down the process? If not, can you provide me with any advice that ...
If not, can you provide me with any advice that might help me deal with such a tragic condition?

Also, Is growing a beard an attempt at re directing a persons gaze away from the baldness? Does this work?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194701#Comment_194701 2009-10-14T11:33:37-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911 Do your neighbors know what you write for a living? If so, does this lead them to try and discuss it with you / run away from you / lead neighborhood watch patrols past your house at night? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194703#Comment_194703 2009-10-14T11:35:31-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 What do you think is the future of comic book publishing? Do you think that, like the book market, it will continue but stop blowing money on genres deemed unnecessary or too experimental? Or do ...
Do you think that, like the book market, it will continue but stop blowing money on genres deemed unnecessary or too experimental? Or do you think it will go the other way and begin taking advantage of new media but making their collected works [read: trades/'absolute editions'/standalone experiments] bespoke objects? Or do you think it will plod along as is?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194704#Comment_194704 2009-10-14T11:38:00-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I keep thinking there is a type of small cigar prominently smoked by one of the characters in Crooked Little Vein. I have never been benn able to successfully search out if this is true, or a ... I keep thinking there is a type of small cigar prominently smoked by one of the characters in Crooked Little Vein. I have never been benn able to successfully search out if this is true, or a hallucination.

Hallucination.

As a man going through the first stage of male pattern baldness, Can you provide me with any secret remedies that might help slow down the process?

Nope. As soon as you're terminally uncomfortable with it, shave it the fuck off.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194705#Comment_194705 2009-10-14T11:39:01-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Does all this fancy hollywood stuff mean that there will be significantly less comics from you in 2010 compared to previous years? With that and having to finish the (or write a new) novel, ... Does all this fancy hollywood stuff mean that there will be significantly less comics from you in 2010 compared to previous years?


With that and having to finish the (or write a new) novel, yeah, it's likely.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194706#Comment_194706 2009-10-14T11:42:53-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 in the past i've read your reasons for not having done so but do ever regret not going the 2000AD route like so many of your UK contemporaries? No. God, no. You should have heard the way they ... in the past i've read your reasons for not having done so but do ever regret not going the 2000AD route like so many of your UK contemporaries?

No. God, no. You should have heard the way they moaned and bitched about 2000, back in the day. I feel like I jumped past a lot of shit by avoiding 2000.

I do regret not being able to be on British newsstands in a weekly manner. That would have been nice. Doing that back in the 90s would have been, in a lot of ways, the last time there was a common culture in print, and that's always been mediated on a daily or weekly basis.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194709#Comment_194709 2009-10-14T11:58:18-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 dossa1uk http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6889 - How do you prepare for something like Astonishing X-Men? Lots of ploughing through old trades and seeing if the story can exist without upsetting the continuity police too much, or just a nod to ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194711#Comment_194711 2009-10-14T12:01:20-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BOODOFFSTAGE http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=914 "Nope. As soon as you're terminally uncomfortable with it, shave it the fuck off" SIgh. I was hoping someone would find a cure for baldness. But, as far as i know, this cure isn't ...
SIgh.

I was hoping someone would find a cure for baldness. But, as far as i know, this cure isn't even referenced in science fiction.

Well, at least i'll look forward to adding an elaborate tattoo after I shave.

Oh, almost forgot. I asked this question on the Gravel made into a movie thread. I figure it fits better here. Unless, you cant answer it, which is fine.

As excecutive producer of the Gravel movie, will you have a say in the decisions of production, casting, re writes, etc?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194713#Comment_194713 2009-10-14T12:02:20-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 As excecutive producer of the Gravel movie, will you have a say in the decisions of production, casting, re writes, etc? I'll have a say in what goes on the page. Honestly, not sure about the ... As excecutive producer of the Gravel movie, will you have a say in the decisions of production, casting, re writes, etc?

I'll have a say in what goes on the page. Honestly, not sure about the other stuff yet. Early days.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194714#Comment_194714 2009-10-14T12:07:13-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Leandro Damasceno http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=274 To keep family and business responsibilities at ease with each other has always been a strugle to me and I was wondering what you do to conciliate the two. Do your family keep up with what you do or ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194715#Comment_194715 2009-10-14T12:11:18-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Doctor_Six http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5028 What are your top five albums (not including Pixies)? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194716#Comment_194716 2009-10-14T12:20:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Matt Ampersand http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7540 I know Stuart Immonen is probably very busy right now, but how are the odds looking for some new Nextwave? With all these dead superheros coming back to life, it sounds like the perfect moment to ...
Also, has any porn company made a "Gozilla Bukkake" feature length film yet?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194718#Comment_194718 2009-10-14T12:26:35-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 virtuasamurai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4904 Hey Warren, On a post a while back, you mentioned that you were working on an unannounced Marvel project with a notoriously slow artist. Does the secret artist happen to be Travis Charest?
On a post a while back, you mentioned that you were working on an unannounced Marvel project with a notoriously slow artist. Does the secret artist happen to be Travis Charest?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194721#Comment_194721 2009-10-14T12:50:20-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I know Stuart Immonen is probably very busy right now, but how are the odds looking for some new Nextwave? Zero. On a post a while back, you mentioned that you were working on an unannounced ... I know Stuart Immonen is probably very busy right now, but how are the odds looking for some new Nextwave?

Zero.

On a post a while back, you mentioned that you were working on an unannounced Marvel project with a notoriously slow artist. Does the secret artist happen to be Travis Charest?

No. Can you remind me of the post?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194722#Comment_194722 2009-10-14T12:51:03-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BOODOFFSTAGE http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=914 "I'll have a say in what goes on the page" That's a relief actually. Is this your first attempt at a professional(translation: being paid for it) movie script? Or have you written ...
That's a relief actually.

Is this your first attempt at a professional(translation: being paid for it) movie script? Or have you written others?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194725#Comment_194725 2009-10-14T13:07:05-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 First time for live action. Have written two film-length animation scripts professionally (neither of them produced). The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194726#Comment_194726 2009-10-14T13:07:19-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 chris g http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1829 With Planetary #27 out does this mean you are done with DC/Wildstorm for good? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194728#Comment_194728 2009-10-14T13:25:07-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955 Oh shit it's that time again... As you grow older are you becoming more health conscious? Folks your age dropping from heart attacks isn't that uncommon. All the drinking and boozing will catch up ...
As you grow older are you becoming more health conscious? Folks your age dropping from heart attacks isn't that uncommon. All the drinking and boozing will catch up eventually, do you combat the bad stuff with a healthy diet?

Are you surprised you ended up where you are? Twenty years ago working strings of shit jobs probably didn't offer much insight into the future.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194730#Comment_194730 2009-10-14T13:44:17-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Everyone dies of something, mate. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194731#Comment_194731 2009-10-14T13:44:38-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 filthy ring http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4608 Are you working on any new creator-owned projects for Icon, Image, or another publisher besides Avatar? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194734#Comment_194734 2009-10-14T13:46:54-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 With Planetary #27 out does this mean you are done with DC/Wildstorm for good? I'm sure it'll never be a closed door. As far as I know, I remain on good terms with everyone there. With Planetary #27 out does this mean you are done with DC/Wildstorm for good?

I'm sure it'll never be a closed door. As far as I know, I remain on good terms with everyone there.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194735#Comment_194735 2009-10-14T13:47:22-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Are you working on any new creator-owned projects for Icon, Image, or another publisher besides Avatar? Yes, but nothing I can talk about right now. Are you working on any new creator-owned projects for Icon, Image, or another publisher besides Avatar?

Yes, but nothing I can talk about right now.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194737#Comment_194737 2009-10-14T13:49:31-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 mybrainhurts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1584 If you could recommend one novel which no-one seems to know about or acknowledge, what would it be? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194741#Comment_194741 2009-10-14T13:59:34-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Platypus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6880 As an artist I struggle with finishing things, and not being able to resist gnashing my teeth at the prospect of picking up old projects and sketches that to me have lost their flow and context. How ...
Also, reporting for duty as a human chair for you in hopes I'll absorb some of the awesome. And possibly some whiskey.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194744#Comment_194744 2009-10-14T14:04:10-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Neil Ofsteel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3948 Who is publishing Shivering Sands? or is it a POD experiment? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194746#Comment_194746 2009-10-14T14:16:58-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 0neiromancer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5802 Do you have pictures of baby Jesus on crack I can have? Would you ever be interested in working in a vein similar to the upcoming Image United project, with many artist all assigned to a certain ...
Would you ever be interested in working in a vein similar to the upcoming Image United project, with many artist all assigned to a certain character.

A handful of writers have managed to do books for the mainstream while keeping control of the characters (you with Transmet, Neil with Sandman.) Is this forever, does it go to your estate, or could DC put out "the further adventures" down the line?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194747#Comment_194747 2009-10-14T14:17:15-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BOODOFFSTAGE http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=914 First time for live action. So this will be a completely new experience for you. Considering the horror stories i've heard about hollywood, particularly the way they treat writers, do you have ... So this will be a completely new experience for you.

Considering the horror stories i've heard about hollywood, particularly the way they treat writers, do you have any concerns or fears regarding them taking "liberties" with your property? Have you planned on how you are going to handle such a possibility? (Not trying to freak you out or anything, I am just curious.)

Have you asked any fellow comic writers that have dabled in hollywood for advise?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194757#Comment_194757 2009-10-14T14:36:47-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 The Brad http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4752 Who had the better use of Warren Oates, Sam Peckinpah or Monte Hellman? Why do you like such sissy 80's music? On a serious note, did having a knee injury shape your decision to be a writer? ...
Why do you like such sissy 80's music?

On a serious note, did having a knee injury shape your decision to be a writer? I vaguely remember hearing it was a sports related injury. If so, was sports something you took seriously at all?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194759#Comment_194759 2009-10-14T14:41:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 "I know that you do a lot of reading about various subjects. Is there a particular subject (individual, time period, group of people, weird event) that you've always wanted to write on and why? ...
Jesus, start with the easy one, eh?

CRECY was a big load off my back, in that I'd been wanting to write about that for years. Many many years ago, I really wanted to write something about the Warhol Factory years, but the urge has faded. I think there's probably an interesting book in the pre-Apollo NASA/NCA days, but I don't fancy the research just yet...]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194763#Comment_194763 2009-10-14T14:47:03-07:00 2009-10-14T15:18:22-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 @Warren Jesus, start with the easy one, eh? Well, I figured it had a good chance of getting a varied response. Thanks. Second question I guess I'd ask is, how do you handle rejection letters ...
Jesus, start with the easy one, eh?

Well, I figured it had a good chance of getting a varied response. Thanks.

Second question I guess I'd ask is, how do you handle rejection letters (or do you even get those anymore)?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194768#Comment_194768 2009-10-14T15:04:04-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 scribeoflight http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=87 Which writers\directors\musicians, living or deceased, do you most admire? Is there an author currently writing whose new works you anticipate eagerly? And if yes, who? Is there a film director ...
Is there an author currently writing whose new works you anticipate eagerly? And if yes, who?

Is there a film director you dream of collaborating with (I'm thinking ahead a few steps, but hey...) sometime in the future?

If you could go back in time and talk, for a while, with any one writer, which writer would you choose?

What are the chances that Shivering Sands will be available, somehow, as a downloadable pdf? (And will you accept hard Chinese currency?)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194769#Comment_194769 2009-10-14T15:12:32-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 virtuasamurai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4904 Mr. Ellis, Here's a follow-up to my Marvel question. If this came out recently, then I just missed it and I apologize. http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=6061 ...the Marvel library has largely ...
Here's a follow-up to my Marvel question. If this came out recently, then I just missed it and I apologize.

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=6061

...the Marvel library has largely been mined out of the useful stuff. I think I snagged one of the last ones (it hasn’t been announced yet because it’s been in production for the last year by a very slow, meticulous and wonderful artist — we’ll call it out when all five issues are in)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194772#Comment_194772 2009-10-14T15:35:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Ah, that. Yes, not done yet. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194773#Comment_194773 2009-10-14T15:36:48-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 KenO http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4661 With your writing now branching out beyond comics and into other media, at what point in the development of an idea do you know This is a monthly comic, or This is a prose novel, or This is a ... This is a monthly comic, or This is a prose novel, or This is a screenplay?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194781#Comment_194781 2009-10-14T16:02:16-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 thinwhiteduke http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4585 Did you ever attempt to draw your own comics? Also, what is your favorite David Bowie Album? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194782#Comment_194782 2009-10-14T16:02:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 mister hex http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4411 How far ahead have you plotted Freakangels? How long do you intend it to continue? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194786#Comment_194786 2009-10-14T16:14:29-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Also, what is your favorite David Bowie Album? That's actually a tough one for me. So I'm going to be perverse and say HUNKY DORY. Also, what is your favorite David Bowie Album?

That's actually a tough one for me.

So I'm going to be perverse and say HUNKY DORY.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194788#Comment_194788 2009-10-14T16:15:14-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 How far ahead have you plotted Freakangels? How long do you intend it to continue? I know veeeeery roughly where I'm going until the end of Volume 6. It may end there. It may not. How far ahead have you plotted Freakangels? How long do you intend it to continue?

I know veeeeery roughly where I'm going until the end of Volume 6. It may end there. It may not.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194789#Comment_194789 2009-10-14T16:20:55-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Will Ellwood http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2556 What drinks do you currently recommend? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194794#Comment_194794 2009-10-14T16:32:35-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Dirk http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7541 Do you enjoy maintaining a fairly large internet presence or do you just keep it up because it increases sales of your many projects? Do you have any thoughts on how much of an impact your online ...
Do you have any thoughts on how much of an impact your online activities have on sales of stuff you work on? That's probably not the sort of thing that can really be measured though.

Also, what stage do you think you'd be at on Kohlberg's stages of moral development?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194795#Comment_194795 2009-10-14T16:33:23-07:00 2009-10-14T16:49:16-07:00 thinwhiteduke http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4585 What character you have written has the most Warren Ellis in him or her? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194800#Comment_194800 2009-10-14T16:46:20-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 radian http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1965 You know a lot about music but - if you could have learned an instrument which one would it be ? ... or can you play one? ( yes i know you're not that other Warren Ellis... ) ... or can you play one?
( yes i know you're not that other Warren Ellis... )
]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194805#Comment_194805 2009-10-14T16:54:08-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Jess http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1922 Since you've clearly lost your mind, #whitechapel wants to know if you'll take a break from accepting friend requests on FB and make an appearance in the IRC channel. http://www.mibbit.com/chat ...
http://www.mibbit.com/chat

Nick: [handle] Channel: #whitechapel

Seriously, you might as well break IRC while you're at it.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194806#Comment_194806 2009-10-14T16:55:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Do you have any plans / desire to see the Hollywood sausage factory in operation while Gravel & etcetera are made? (For values of Hollywood which include Toronto or Vancouver or whereever it ... Gravel & etcetera are made?

(For values of Hollywood which include Toronto or Vancouver or whereever it is cheap to film these days.)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194809#Comment_194809 2009-10-14T17:03:21-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 celan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337 Given unlimited funds, time and space what would you do differently, if anything? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194811#Comment_194811 2009-10-14T17:17:54-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Do you have any plans / desire to see the Hollywood sausage factory in operation while Gravel & etcetera are made? I've seen it before, when GLOBAL FREQUENCY was shot. Do you have any plans / desire to see the Hollywood sausage factory in operation while Gravel & etcetera are made?


I've seen it before, when GLOBAL FREQUENCY was shot.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194812#Comment_194812 2009-10-14T17:18:22-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 tedcroland http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2106 So I'm going to be perverse and say HUNKY DORY. You, me and Wil Wheaton are in agreement, then. So I'm going to be perverse and say HUNKY DORY.

You, me and Wil Wheaton are in agreement, then.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194825#Comment_194825 2009-10-14T18:17:08-07:00 2009-10-14T18:20:12-07:00 Owen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5044 A little clueless about the subject of ownership so apologies if this has been beaten to death. Could Global Frequency/Planetary/Jack Cross/Desolation Jones etc be revived by the publisher without ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194849#Comment_194849 2009-10-14T21:18:03-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Budjette Tan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2097 1 If Wildstorm wanted to do a new GLOBAL FREQUENCY series with new writers & new artists working on each issue, would that be okay with you? 2 Why haven't you gone back to doing more GLOBAL ... If Wildstorm wanted to do a new GLOBAL FREQUENCY series with new writers & new artists working on each issue, would that be okay with you?

2
Why haven't you gone back to doing more GLOBAL FREQUENCY stories?

3
What do we have to do / sacrifice in order to convince you to do a signing here in the Philippines?

mwahahahaha]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194850#Comment_194850 2009-10-14T21:29:55-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 frakkingoff http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7544 During SDCC, in 2007, you said there'd be a Planetary one-shot and that it would be expensive. Has this project been dropped or will it ever see the light of day? Any details on what it was (or ...
Any details on what it was (or what it would have been)?

Thanks.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194856#Comment_194856 2009-10-14T21:47:24-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 filthy ring http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4608 I figured you wouldn't be able to give details, but thanks for answering my question Warren! The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194863#Comment_194863 2009-10-14T22:45:57-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Mathias B http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2162 Do you have a favourite Sherlock Holmes story? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194867#Comment_194867 2009-10-15T00:31:13-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Neil Ofsteel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3948 FYI: G.I. Joe: Resolute is out Nov. 3rd in the US. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194884#Comment_194884 2009-10-15T03:25:38-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 razrangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2075 How do you keep everything you do organized enough to meet deadlines? You don't just write you also scour the web, research, sicken yourself with the joyously perverse and then self-medicate with ...
And

Whiskey or whisky? Why?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194887#Comment_194887 2009-10-15T03:47:18-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 pleasedelete http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=419 I remember reading an editorial in Metal Hurlant (the sadly short lived 2002 edition) where JP Dionnet praises your work for Avatar (Dark Blue, Atmospherics etc). He also mentions a project that you ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194888#Comment_194888 2009-10-15T03:52:58-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 elricj http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4583 Warren, since you seem to have fairly wide ranging listening habits, has music ever been the initial inspiration for one of your works? Have you seen the Spider-Woman, Agent of S.W.O.R.D motion ...
Have you seen the Spider-Woman, Agent of S.W.O.R.D motion comic? And if you have, what did you think of this kind of mixed media presentation?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194894#Comment_194894 2009-10-15T05:02:04-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 Actually, elricj's question makes me think of a more general one: What do you think of motion comics in general? Is it at all possible to do one well? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194912#Comment_194912 2009-10-15T07:22:02-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 elliotmears http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7545 Any more rhetorical comics in the offing? I thought CRECY and FRANKENSTEIN'S WOMB were among the best things you've ever done. If it were up to me, comics-format lectures would be the new mainstream. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194913#Comment_194913 2009-10-15T07:27:57-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Edie Howe http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5742 No question. Just that about a year ago you posted one of my pictures at my request to your blog. It came at a time when I was pretty low, and really needed the boost to my self-esteem. Thank you ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194914#Comment_194914 2009-10-15T07:30:48-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 jarod http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4164 Would John Reinhardt support my decision to drop Doktor Sleepless and use the money to buy new tools? Doktor Sleepless and use the money to buy new tools?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194917#Comment_194917 2009-10-15T07:58:23-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Edie: You're welcome. Someone else: Any more rhetorical comics in the offing? I thought CRECY and FRANKENSTEIN'S WOMB were among the best things you've ever done. If it were up to me, ...
Someone else:

Any more rhetorical comics in the offing? I thought CRECY and FRANKENSTEIN'S WOMB were among the best things you've ever done. If it were up to me, comics-format lectures would be the new mainstream.

I have three in mind. BLACK HAND, PERCUSSION and GREEN MONKEY. Whether I'll get the time to do them anytime soon is something else entirely.

Turb:

Would John Reinhardt support my decision to drop Doktor Sleepless and use the money to buy new tools?

No. Because he wants your money. And your love. And your unquestioning obedience.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194918#Comment_194918 2009-10-15T07:59:22-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I haven't seen any of these motion comics. I suspect I would not like them, because my suspicion is that they're not comics, but limited-animation pieces, but I should check one out soon. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194919#Comment_194919 2009-10-15T08:16:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 IsaacSher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1930 Are there any particular genres you'd like to explore that you haven't yet? Perhaps short works, like TOKYO STORM WARNING as an exploration of Japanese Giant Robots? Since we're on the ...
Since we're on the subject of Japan, do Japanese interpretations of superhero concepts (Super Sentai, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and so on) interest you at all, even if only as a contrast/compare to western superheroes?

And on a completely seperate subject: Are there any actors (stage, film, tv, voice, whatever) whose work you particularly enjoy?

Thanks!]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194924#Comment_194924 2009-10-15T08:40:56-07:00 2009-10-15T08:44:11-07:00 GunslayerMonk http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5087 Silly question. I've always been interested in artists who are able to cross genres/mediums/etc. I think a decent example is Nick Cave, except he admitedly can't act very well. With you having work ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194925#Comment_194925 2009-10-15T08:41:00-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 Motion comics are indeed not actual comics... They're done by taking comics and, well, narrating them, adding in bits of animation and suchlike here and there. They're sort of a midpoint between the ...
Invincible is being turned into a motion comic, and Watchmen was made into one, too. The Watchmen motion comic did make one horrendous decision by making ONE guy voice the entire cast. Including the women. The Watchmen one kinda turned me off to the whole motion comic idea, but I'm interested in hearing if a comic creator sees any use in them :)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194928#Comment_194928 2009-10-15T08:51:10-07:00 2009-10-15T08:55:31-07:00 Illogic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3930 Here's a Spider Woman motion comic for future reference. I found it to be surprisingly good, at least compared to the bits I've seen from the Watchmen one. I like the look of it a lot even. Not that ... Spider Woman motion comic for future reference. I found it to be surprisingly good, at least compared to the bits I've seen from the Watchmen one. I like the look of it a lot even. Not that I'd start watching them or anything, but they'd probably be a good way of getting people interested in new titles if used as marketing.

I'd also like to ask you what your motivations for doing these threads are? And say: Thank you, Warren.

Edit: Seems a linked YouTube vid turns into an embedded one...]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194939#Comment_194939 2009-10-15T09:16:17-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 MDickey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=51 Given how much you love music: how much of an audiophile are you? Do you have certain requirements of your players/systems, quality-wise? Or is simply being able to listen to what you want, when you ...
And thanks for the Apparat format. It's brilliant in content and format.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194944#Comment_194944 2009-10-15T09:32:52-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 ales kot http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4375 What track do you like the most on Hyperdub's ''5''? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194962#Comment_194962 2009-10-15T10:33:17-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 What track do you like the most on Hyperdub's ''5''? I thought the Darkstar track was an absolute revelation at the time, because I hadn't heard anything by Darkstar that particularly stuck with ... What track do you like the most on Hyperdub's ''5''?

I thought the Darkstar track was an absolute revelation at the time, because I hadn't heard anything by Darkstar that particularly stuck with me before.... but I love Kode9's work the best, I think.

Got the King Midas Sound CD in the post yesterday...]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194968#Comment_194968 2009-10-15T10:54:02-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 oscillateur http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2424 I haven't bought the new Fuck Buttons LP yet. How does it compare to the previous one ? And have you heard the new A Place To Bury Strangers ? I'll have to spend some money on these two and make ... And have you heard the new A Place To Bury Strangers ?

I'll have to spend some money on these two and make the music industry happy tomorrow... :)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194975#Comment_194975 2009-10-15T12:05:30-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 curb http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334 I get the impression that living where you do is important and, for want of a better term, resonant to you. Could you ever envisage living somewhere other than Britain for a significant period of ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=194979#Comment_194979 2009-10-15T12:12:36-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 JJVV http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7549 Thanks for taking the time to do this Warren. Will we see another Wolfskin series (sort of announced last year i think) by you? Will Ignition City get another mini? Even though you will be ...
Will we see another Wolfskin series (sort of announced last year i think) by you?

Will Ignition City get another mini?

Even though you will be busy with the novel and the movie scripts - do you have a large backlog of work that has been written and will see print anyways (supergod, Captain Swing, Dok Sleepless, etc?) next year??]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195009#Comment_195009 2009-10-15T14:09:11-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 Did you ever track down an mp3 of "Veronica" by the Manhattan Love Suicides? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195013#Comment_195013 2009-10-15T14:35:54-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 A member of the band sent it to me, very kindly. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195015#Comment_195015 2009-10-15T14:37:53-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 Thought she might. Jolly good. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195016#Comment_195016 2009-10-15T14:39:06-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I haven't bought the new Fuck Buttons LP yet. How does it compare to the previous one ? I personally enjoy it, but I don't think it compares well. You have to come at it from the perspective ... I haven't bought the new Fuck Buttons LP yet. How does it compare to the previous one ?

I personally enjoy it, but I don't think it compares well. You have to come at it from the perspective that Fuck Buttons are, and always were, a pop band, and that second album is always difficult for a pop band -- not least because they want to be seen as more than a pop band and so strive to do more complex or challenging material. Which means, usually, longer tracks.

Imagine, if you like, a synthpop band who wanted to be "serious" and so took their cues from Vangelis. Or mid-period Kraftwerk. Now filter that through Fuck Buttons. That's what TAROT SPORT is, to me.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195018#Comment_195018 2009-10-15T14:40:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551 Warren- How are the kitties doing? How are the kitties doing?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195019#Comment_195019 2009-10-15T14:42:17-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I get the impression that living where you do is important and, for want of a better term, resonant to you. Could you ever envisage living somewhere other than Britain for a significant period of ... I get the impression that living where you do is important and, for want of a better term, resonant to you. Could you ever envisage living somewhere other than Britain for a significant period of time?

A few years ago, I would have said no. These days, with a bit more perspective: yeah, I could.

I've always loved the Bay Area. There are remote parts of Oregon that look really interesting. Vancouver. Parts of Oslo.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195020#Comment_195020 2009-10-15T14:42:45-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 How are the kitties doing? All still alive, thanks. How are the kitties doing?

All still alive, thanks.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195021#Comment_195021 2009-10-15T14:44:51-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Will we see another Wolfskin series (sort of announced last year i think) by you? I did outlines for a new Wolfskin mini, which I guess will see print mid-to-late 2010. Will Ignition City get ... Will we see another Wolfskin series (sort of announced last year i think) by you?

I did outlines for a new Wolfskin mini, which I guess will see print mid-to-late 2010.

Will Ignition City get another mini?

Probably not. At best, not for a couple of years. But I don't think there's a burning commercial desire for more Ignition City out there...!

Even though you will be busy with the novel and the movie scripts - do you have a large backlog of work that has been written and will see print anyways (supergod, Captain Swing, Dok Sleepless, etc?) next year??

Not a large one, no. So beyond those three titles, you won't be seeing a lot more from me, I think. Unless I work out a way to do otherwise, of course.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195025#Comment_195025 2009-10-15T15:11:58-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 celan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337 I've always loved the Bay Area. There are remote parts of Oregon that look really interesting. Vancouver. Parts of Oslo. We'd love to have you here in the Bay Area...or indeed anywhere in the ... I've always loved the Bay Area. There are remote parts of Oregon that look really interesting. Vancouver. Parts of Oslo.
We'd love to have you here in the Bay Area...or indeed anywhere in the Pacific Northwest.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195065#Comment_195065 2009-10-15T19:59:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BOODOFFSTAGE http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=914 Okay, I just read Planetary 27 and my mind was blown away. Have you had an IQ test? If so, what is it? and if not, take it now, cause Jesus!
Have you had an IQ test? If so, what is it? and if not, take it now, cause Jesus!]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195067#Comment_195067 2009-10-15T20:05:53-07:00 2009-10-15T20:07:26-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 ok the alcohol is blending my brain and i want to know the little things about your life. Have you ever attended a parent/teachers evening only for the science teacher to make eye contact with you ...
Have you ever attended a parent/teachers evening only for the science teacher to make eye contact with you and go "oh shit!" in case you ask them difficult questions about quantum foam?

Do you ever get the chance to support/check up on Southend RUFC (i always found them good oppositon to play against when playing for Millwall)

When are we likely to see your next Apparat "real History" title (i.e Crecy). i remember you asking for suggestions, but my impressionable nephews need their next history fix....

Oh and are you a Jeremy Kyle or Trisha sort of person when you wake up in the morning?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195068#Comment_195068 2009-10-15T20:09:08-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 Parts of Oslo. Yessss. Add to the five million. Embrace your Viking heritage (because all UK residents have a chance of Viking rape somewhere in their family's distant past). Give us the minor ... Parts of Oslo.

Yessss. Add to the five million. Embrace your Viking heritage (because all UK residents have a chance of Viking rape somewhere in their family's distant past). Give us the minor celebrities. Every last one of them shall eventually come.

Besides, we have fancy money with holes in it. How can you resist? Really?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195070#Comment_195070 2009-10-15T20:38:04-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 kerouacshado http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1078 What is your favorite album from the past and from the present? Would you ever bring law to temporary autonomous zones? Will Gravel find a magical amulet that transfers his consciousness into a ... Would you ever bring law to temporary autonomous zones?
Will Gravel find a magical amulet that transfers his consciousness into a Robot?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195077#Comment_195077 2009-10-15T23:33:18-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 GunslayerMonk http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5087 Have you ever had the awkward situation where you had to explain your infamy to your daughter? I.e. have you ever come across one of those "Warren Ellis made sweet, passionate love to my ...
Did you have ever resort to "Yeah, that's the other Warren"?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195104#Comment_195104 2009-10-16T04:25:48-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Have you had an IQ test? I'm not smart. 128 or so. Have you had an IQ test?

I'm not smart. 128 or so.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195106#Comment_195106 2009-10-16T04:47:13-07:00 2009-10-16T04:47:54-07:00 Will Ellwood http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2556 Will Ignition City get another mini? Probably not. At best, not for a couple of years. But I don't think there's a burning commercial desire for more Ignition City out there...! This makes me ...
Will Ignition City get another mini?

Probably not. At best, not for a couple of years. But I don't think there's a burning commercial desire for more Ignition City out there...!


This makes me incredibly sad.

I suspect that you've answered this before, either in whole or in part, but what is your general work process for a comic?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195112#Comment_195112 2009-10-16T05:09:49-07:00 2009-10-16T05:10:37-07:00 kperkins http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=456 @warrenellisI'm not smart. 128 or so. Actually on the IQ scale that's Very Superior intelligence, slightly below genius level. Sorry, you are smart. I'm not smart. 128 or so.
Actually on the IQ scale that's Very Superior intelligence, slightly below genius level. Sorry, you are smart.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195117#Comment_195117 2009-10-16T05:38:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 LBA http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=615 are you going to base the Gravel Movie script on one of the existing stories or are you going to put together an entirely new story? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195118#Comment_195118 2009-10-16T05:40:41-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 hmobius http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=785 A guy at work used to be a forensic IT officer for the police, piecing together files from badly-destroyed hard drives. If you still have your nixxed drives and he's got the time, would you be ... If you still have your nixxed drives and he's got the time, would you be willing to have him see if he can pull any more off them than you already have?

Also I wondered if anything came out of the open discussion you and Ariana had about hidden networks, channels, feeds and the like. I still go back to that once in a while because it made a lot sense.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195126#Comment_195126 2009-10-16T06:34:24-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 hmobius http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=785 Oh yeah, I was wondering if there were sketches done for Laura Torch in Black Summer in full garb or she was ever actually in the script. For some reason, I've always thought it was a shame there ... For some reason, I've always thought it was a shame there wasn't a minutemen-like drawing of the seven of them in their prime.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195139#Comment_195139 2009-10-16T08:02:50-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BOODOFFSTAGE http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=914 "I'm not smart. 128 or so." Sorry, for embarassing you. It was just my gut reaction from the first reading. I've always had a strange fascination with time travel stories, especially ... Sorry, for embarassing you. It was just my gut reaction from the first reading.
I've always had a strange fascination with time travel stories, especially dealing with time paradoxes, and you provided a new twist in the concept that I've never heard of till now.
It's a challenge to write such a story, to try to juggle, a complex, and easily confusing concept, provide an original take on it, and still entertain and provide an emotional connection between the reader and the characters. Not easy. In fact, I'm having trouble thinking of other examples at the moment.

Anyway, back to the interrogation.
Have you read any excellent time travel stories that you can recommend?
Have you ever considered writing a story specifically dealing with time paradoxes? If you already had, what is it, so I can go buy it.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195144#Comment_195144 2009-10-16T08:20:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 MarshallQuicksand http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5306 Despite your stellar work under a democratic government, is there any particular system you feel you'd write better under - one more stimulating to your socio-cultural commentary gland? While we're ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195165#Comment_195165 2009-10-16T09:19:48-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 lampcommander http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4529 When not mandated by the publisher (and I don't know when it's not) is there a roundabout number of pages you aim for in an issue? Do you just write until a good end or do you have to sometimes ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195184#Comment_195184 2009-10-16T10:48:51-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254 >>Do you have any plans / desire to see the Hollywood sausage factory in operation while Gravel & etcetera are made? >I've seen it before, when GLOBAL FREQUENCY was shot. Do you ... >>Do you have any plans / desire to see the Hollywood sausage factory in operation while Gravel & etcetera are made?

>I've seen it before, when GLOBAL FREQUENCY was shot.

Do you find things much changed from the experiences Harlan Ellison described in his various Hollywood writings (e.g., "Don't fuck with the mouse)?
If so, for the better or worse?
Of course, I realize you're actively working with these folks right now, so can't necessarily say as much as you'd like, but.
The little details are interesting, such as when you have to come out for meetings, is all provided for you?
Do you get a bowl of M&M's with all the brown ones removed in your dressing room?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195186#Comment_195186 2009-10-16T10:56:30-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Val A Lindsay II http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1680 Most of the music you've posted on your blog and on the Jukebox thread seems to be rather ambient, thought/spirit-provoking music, so I could hazard a guess that music bounces off the walls of your ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195192#Comment_195192 2009-10-16T11:22:58-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 mybrainhurts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1584 On average, how many red bulls do you go through a week? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195196#Comment_195196 2009-10-16T11:33:36-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 stevencudahy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=158 How much of an ongoing piece like Transmetropolitan or Doktor Sleepless do you have planned out when you start, and how much of it do you construct as you go? I'm just curious about your process for ... Transmetropolitan or Doktor Sleepless do you have planned out when you start, and how much of it do you construct as you go? I'm just curious about your process for long works with regular deadlines.

Apologies if you've answered this elsewhere and I've missed it.

Cheers,

S.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195199#Comment_195199 2009-10-16T11:51:23-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 NoCleverUserName http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6082 Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammet? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195207#Comment_195207 2009-10-16T12:18:52-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 epalicki http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=170 An odd question, and one I'd take to someone else, if not for the fact that most of my friends understand how invested I am in the answer at the moment: What's your opinion of romantic love? Is ...
What's your opinion of romantic love? Is it a legitimate phenomenon or an invention to sell chocolate and roses?

Thanks.

--EAP]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195219#Comment_195219 2009-10-16T12:42:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammet? Chandler. Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammet?

Chandler.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195242#Comment_195242 2009-10-16T14:51:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 cjstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1610 Thanks for this thread Warren. I wasn't sure if you were gonna open it up again. Sorry if already asked, I did check: Any upcoming events, lectures, talks, general public appearances ...
Sorry if already asked, I did check:

Any upcoming events, lectures, talks, general public appearances -hopefully in UK? I really hope to attend one if poss. (If not please do some. I will pay good money to sit and watch you talk bollox).
My dad told me that Warren Ellis guy you like was on Radio 4 the other day, but I think he probably meant the Nick Cave musician right?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195277#Comment_195277 2009-10-16T17:22:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Mandrake http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6891 Which project was the most fun to do,for you? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195280#Comment_195280 2009-10-16T17:57:25-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Any upcoming events, lectures, talks, general public appearances -hopefully in UK? None at all, anywhere. Any upcoming events, lectures, talks, general public appearances -hopefully in UK?

None at all, anywhere.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195282#Comment_195282 2009-10-16T18:00:01-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Iceland Bob: When are we likely to see your next Apparat "real History" title (i.e Crecy). i remember you asking for suggestions, but my impressionable nephews need their next history ...
When are we likely to see your next Apparat "real History" title (i.e Crecy). i remember you asking for suggestions, but my impressionable nephews need their next history fix....

Next spring, with a bit of luck. I've got one forming in my head now that I guess could be out by April or May.


Oh and are you a Jeremy Kyle or Trisha sort of person when you wake up in the morning?

Die, Bob.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195290#Comment_195290 2009-10-16T18:32:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Duncan P http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7560 Now Warren, Just because you have the mental ability and skill to refine your thoughts into art which is bought and appreciated world wide, doesn't mean the like of Jezzer and Trish shouldn't give ... Also, don't hate me, but I'm glad to hear the are plans for Desolution Jones.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195305#Comment_195305 2009-10-16T19:50:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Akiramich http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3613 In the new book you are putting together will there be any cooking stories? I really liked the recepies in the back of CROOKED LITTLE VEIN. I use the scrambled eggs recepie all the time. Also if ...
Also if you were invited to go on THE F WORD to take on Gordon Ramsey in the dessert challenge, would you accept the offer? Any ideas on out cooking Chef Ramsey? And would you throttle the obnoxious matire de from Brussels?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195323#Comment_195323 2009-10-16T23:18:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 BP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3173 When are we going to get more cooking and gardening advice? You should put a book out of it. I'd buy it.
You should put a book out of it. I'd buy it.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195333#Comment_195333 2009-10-17T01:17:02-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 sneak046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574 I'm wondering what the most crazy/whacked-out thing a fan has ever done at one of your signings/events? Also I was in a conversation with the owner of a comic book shop about your work, and he ... Also I was in a conversation with the owner of a comic book shop about your work, and he referrred to a book as being your take on Star Trek. He couldn't remember the title and for the life of me, I can't think of anything you've done that could fit that description.I'm not sure if he just made it up, what do you think?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195341#Comment_195341 2009-10-17T03:33:03-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 helloMuller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=560 Do you find it easy to work outside of your office. You know, your daily pub crawl kind of suggests you can (so I might be answering myself here), or is the pub more of a place to relax, think and ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195358#Comment_195358 2009-10-17T07:52:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 JJVV http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7549 Will you writing another 12 issues of Xmen after the Jimenez run? I remember you mentioning that you usually only stay on one year on company owned comics...that still hold true? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195365#Comment_195365 2009-10-17T08:17:13-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I'll be doing at least another six after Phil's five issues (I've written two of them already). After that, we'll see. I'd like to do 24 (well, 23), to match Joss' run, but that's not up to me. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195369#Comment_195369 2009-10-17T08:39:26-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Verissimus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3379 Where does the best coffee come from? The Americas, Africa or Indonesia? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195378#Comment_195378 2009-10-17T09:39:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 You can find excellent coffee in any of these places, so long as you're buying single estate beans. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195380#Comment_195380 2009-10-17T09:40:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Do you find it easy to work outside of your office. Yeah. If nothing else, it's good process to get the hell away from everything for an hour or two every day while remaining work-geared. It's ... Do you find it easy to work outside of your office.

Yeah. If nothing else, it's good process to get the hell away from everything for an hour or two every day while remaining work-geared. It's where new ideas get developed, and where columns get written.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195382#Comment_195382 2009-10-17T10:05:28-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 SoarerSC400 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6052 I''m at about my wits end looking for SK: Necromancer #3 to finsh my Gravel collection and it's not looking good. Have you created a black hole that eats these up so people will buy the trades ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195388#Comment_195388 2009-10-17T11:20:41-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 VertigoJones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4512 Do you find that you are moving along as planned, or being carried along by the ebb and flow? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195389#Comment_195389 2009-10-17T11:32:21-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 rian_miller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=239 Glancing through my old Wizard magazines as I threw them away I came across an interview from 2001 wherein you mention some books you were working on. Can you tell us what happened to "Black ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195392#Comment_195392 2009-10-17T11:46:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 what is the one comic (or series) that you think everyone should read (that wasn't written by your good self)? - for me it's the Lone Wolf & Cub saga. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195395#Comment_195395 2009-10-17T12:17:09-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 JJVV http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7549 FYI - for everyone interested the GI JOE RESOLUTE DVD is out November 3rd 2009. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195399#Comment_195399 2009-10-17T12:26:49-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 JJVV http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7549 Speaking of old interviews/projects - I would love to find out more about MAGIC BULLETS (proposed web serial with Brian Wood?) and STATION? Morphed into something else? or just never came together ...
And thanks for taking the time Warren.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195402#Comment_195402 2009-10-17T12:44:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Glancing through my old Wizard magazines as I threw them away I came across an interview from 2001 wherein you mention some books you were working on. Can you tell us what happened to "Black ... Glancing through my old Wizard magazines as I threw them away I came across an interview from 2001 wherein you mention some books you were working on. Can you tell us what happened to "Black Horses" with John Paul Leon and/or "Morning Dragons" with Steve Lieber? Those are both artists I'd really like to see you collaborate with.

Speaking of old interviews/projects - I would love to find out more about MAGIC BULLETS (proposed web serial with Brian Wood?) and STATION? Morphed into something else? or just never came together

Time and circumstances killed pretty much all these -- these projects all coincide with the beginning of the health problems that plagued me over much of the decade. I did start to move on MORNING DRAGONS in 2008 -- and then my backups and computer were fried, so I don't even have the original synopsis any more...]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195403#Comment_195403 2009-10-17T12:44:40-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 what is the one comic (or series) that you think everyone should read (that wasn't written by your good self)? FROM HELL, probably. what is the one comic (or series) that you think everyone should read (that wasn't written by your good self)?

FROM HELL, probably.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195405#Comment_195405 2009-10-17T12:48:16-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Finagle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254 When approaching a movie treatment of a comic book or novel, do you feel it's best to: a) Take the approach of David Lynch's /Dune/ or /Wanted/, and bash the material around to better fit the ...
a) Take the approach of David Lynch's /Dune/ or /Wanted/, and bash the material around to better fit the cinematic media, or
b) Take the approach of /Watchmen/ and stick extremely close to the material, or
c) Take the approach of most of the Marvel movies, or the Chrisopher Reeves /Superman/ and just sort of riff on the established characters, or
d) Have no general approach, depends on the material in question.

(There is a difference between A and C, but I'll be damned if I can phrase it better).]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195407#Comment_195407 2009-10-17T13:05:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 oscillateur http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2424 You've written stuff that's been included in Dead Space, and before that you worked on Hostile Waters and Cold Winter. How did your work take place for these games : did you write things and give ...
Would you be interested in writing other things for videogames in the future ?

As a game developer, I know that people working on the scenarios are not always the best available (hell, sometimes they're not even really writers but just some designers/directors who think they can do anything :) ), but there are more and more studios hiring people who can actually write things, like you. And it can be a very good thing, especially when the writers and the team really do work with each other. I'd definitely like to see more of that (some teams don't need this kind of input of course, but it could be an improvement for many games).]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195409#Comment_195409 2009-10-17T13:09:09-07:00 2009-10-17T13:10:08-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 From Hell is a beautiful choice (anything by eddie campbell is pure gold to my mind and that moore fella shows promise) - Campbell's Fate of the Artist book is perfect comics. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195411#Comment_195411 2009-10-17T13:17:57-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 fatesaccomplice http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5955 That old Lazarus Churchyard story where he's talking to the dead girl on the roof. What's that all about? Is it just just a dark little story that emphasizes how alone he is, or is there something I ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195428#Comment_195428 2009-10-17T14:30:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911 Are you doing anything to preserve evidence of your working process—drafts, manuscripts, letters, etc. for future generations to study? When I read about how much you lost when one hard disk died I ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195435#Comment_195435 2009-10-17T15:16:00-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I have no assistant, and have about as much interest in posterity as posterity's going to have in me. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195570#Comment_195570 2009-10-18T08:38:52-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 Do you believe that there is life on other planets, or do you feel that the Rare Earth hypothesis holds more weight? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195588#Comment_195588 2009-10-18T11:36:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Do you believe that there is life on other planets, or do you feel that the Rare Earth hypothesis holds more weight? Life on other planets? Certainly. Lots of it? I suspect not. Within that ... Do you believe that there is life on other planets, or do you feel that the Rare Earth hypothesis holds more weight?

Life on other planets? Certainly. Lots of it? I suspect not. Within that set: lots of sentient life? I suspect not, as per Fermi and Rare Earth. The Rare Earth Hypothesis is way too restrictive and falls victim to weak thinking at too many points -- but I personally think that people are much too dismissive of radiation as a limiter on the expansion of life.

Not that we'll ever find out, because no-one gives a shit about human spaceflight or exotic propulsion.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195589#Comment_195589 2009-10-18T11:38:44-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 That old Lazarus Churchyard story where he's talking to the dead girl on the roof. What's that all about? Is it just just a dark little story that emphasizes how alone he is, or is there something I ... That old Lazarus Churchyard story where he's talking to the dead girl on the roof. What's that all about? Is it just just a dark little story that emphasizes how alone he is, or is there something I missed. Why, if I remember correctly, was she sitting in a pool of blood?

Well, perhaps it helps to point out that she wasn't sitting in a pool of blood at the start of the story, and can be presumed to be alive at that point.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195590#Comment_195590 2009-10-18T11:42:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 You've written stuff that's been included in Dead Space, and before that you worked on Hostile Waters and Cold Winter. How did your work take place for these games : did you write things and give ... You've written stuff that's been included in Dead Space, and before that you worked on Hostile Waters and Cold Winter. How did your work take place for these games : did you write things and give them to the studio in the prototyping/preproduction phase and then let them do their stuff or was it a more involved process, with discussions with the team, etc. ?

In all instances, they came to me with the idea of the story, with the game itself already built to some degree, and it was up to me to write the story of the game, break down its acts and mission goals, create characters, write dialogue, etc. In the case of DEAD SPACE, after I was allowed to mention in public that I'd worked on the game, a producer arranged a special media interview to explain that everything I did was pretty much thrown out.

Not that I had a huge problem with them throwing my stuff out -- I even introduced them to Antony Johnston, who I believe did the final pass on all the game writing.

But it does illustrate the contempt the games world has for the writer -- that they actually took time to make sure everyone knew a writer had his work thrown out.

Would you be interested in writing other things for videogames in the future ?

My agent is under the following instruction: I'll now only work on videogames if I'm signed on as a producer.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195741#Comment_195741 2009-10-19T09:38:23-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Flabyo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306 But it does illustrate the contempt the games world has for the writer -- that they actually took time to make sure everyone knew a writer had his work thrown out. This makes me incredibly sad. We ... But it does illustrate the contempt the games world has for the writer -- that they actually took time to make sure everyone knew a writer had his work thrown out.

This makes me incredibly sad. We (as in western games developers) really need to sort out our approach to the whole writing side of the craft if we're ever going to improve beyond what we're seeing. At least the Japanese games developers seem to treat their writers a little better.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195772#Comment_195772 2009-10-19T11:20:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 MDickey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=51 Did the writing process come naturally or did you have to discipline yourself to sit down and pound out the material required until it became rote? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195774#Comment_195774 2009-10-19T11:24:00-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 chenryhen http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3517 Here's something I've always meant to ask (actually for all I know, I have. My memory is horrible these days), but I'm pretty sure I haven't yet. You've always come across as one of the most ...
You've always come across as one of the most professional people in…well, just about any industry. Not just in your interviews, but also in off-the-cuff comments here, for example. You take accountability; if you have personal grudges, they don't really surface; etc. Is that kind of behavior something you are consciously aware of and deliberate? Or is it just part of your general upbringing?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195802#Comment_195802 2009-10-19T13:31:43-07:00 2009-10-19T13:36:12-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 We (as in western games developers) really need to sort out our approach to the whole writing side of the craft if we're ever going to improve beyond what we're seeing. the new charlie Brooker ... We (as in western games developers) really need to sort out our approach to the whole writing side of the craft if we're ever going to improve beyond what we're seeing.

the new charlie Brooker series Gameswipe apart from being an hour well spent has an excellent commentary on game scripting by Father Ted's Graham Linehan.

he starts talking at about 2:10

]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195808#Comment_195808 2009-10-19T14:07:04-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Boga_ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6871 I love that guy. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195867#Comment_195867 2009-10-19T20:20:02-07:00 2009-10-19T20:22:34-07:00 TheGreatMrS http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4814 Would you ever consider writing for the Thor series? Follow up, whats your pref ale or hard spirit, trying to decided what to go with this season. Cheers
Follow up, whats your pref ale or hard spirit, trying to decided what to go with this season.

Cheers]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195876#Comment_195876 2009-10-19T20:47:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 sdinma http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1988 Warren did write Thor in the 90's, from issue 491 of the original series onward. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195880#Comment_195880 2009-10-19T21:31:15-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 TheGreatMrS http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4814 Really? well that's one question answered I suppose the latter still stands (kicks google furiously) The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195889#Comment_195889 2009-10-19T23:43:00-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 ramenpreacher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2060 Why did you leave higher education and what were you studying in college? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195909#Comment_195909 2009-10-20T03:13:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 helloMuller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=560 Got another one: Mark Millar has on more than one occasion talked about how he feels there is an 'expiry date' on writing for comics. He (and I am working from memory here) said that he thinks a ...
Mark Millar has on more than one occasion talked about how he feels there is an 'expiry date' on writing for comics. He (and I am working from memory here) said that he thinks a writer past the age of 45 loses its relevance/connection with the kids.

Of course that doesn't mean one has to stop working in comics. There's plenty of examples of over 45-ers who still create successful work in and out of the mainstream.

My question: Do you agree with the idea that you can only stay relevant for so long in a populist medium before you lose your touch and start to become too self-referential/start repeating yourself?

I've been wondering about Millar's statement, partly because I think its a bit far fetched — look at any other creative industry, film for example, and there's loads of over people over 45 creating entertainment that gets eaten up by the 14-25 demographic — but at the same time I can see what he means that there comes a point where you have to let go and do your own thing before you get swallowed up by the machine.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195916#Comment_195916 2009-10-20T04:40:18-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 He (and I am working from memory here) said that he thinks a writer past the age of 45 loses its relevance/connection with the kids. I think he probably has a point. But Mark writes things ... He (and I am working from memory here) said that he thinks a writer past the age of 45 loses its relevance/connection with the kids.



I think he probably has a point. But Mark writes things like ULTIMATE AVENGERS while I'm writing sweary textbooks about fairly obscure European battles of the 14th Century. It's something Mark has to be concerned about. I'm currently poring over maps of central Sarajevo circa 1914. If you see what I mean.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195918#Comment_195918 2009-10-20T05:07:28-07:00 2009-10-20T05:18:37-07:00 helloMuller http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=560 I think he probably has a point. But Mark writes things like ULTIMATE AVENGERS while I'm writing sweary textbooks about fairly obscure European battles of the 14th Century. It's something Mark has to ... I think he probably has a point. But Mark writes things like ULTIMATE AVENGERS while I'm writing sweary textbooks about fairly obscure European battles of the 14th Century. It's something Mark has to be concerned about. I'm currently poring over maps of central Sarajevo circa 1914. If you see what I mean.

Oh yeah of course its very dependent on your audience and what you're writing. So do you see yourself pouring over old maps in 10-15 years time or will you have moved on/phased out of comics slightly?

EDITED TO ADD: I know thats one of those horribly vague questions, but the thing I'm getting at is, personally, I see myself design the things I do now and expand on that in the next 10-15 years (of course I'm younger as well), but in my field of creative industry its not unheard of designers in their 70s still cranking out work that gets appreciated by the masses. I might be digging a hole here.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195973#Comment_195973 2009-10-20T13:46:12-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 dnwilliams http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2900 i fail to understand how any human being can write the amount that you do whilst also eating, sleeping and communicating with other humans (online or otherwise). what kind of timetable are you ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=195996#Comment_195996 2009-10-20T15:38:24-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 Something tells me a number of people here could potentially answer this, but it's been bugging me - what exactly is the story behind this big data loss? I've only seen secondhand references to it. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196002#Comment_196002 2009-10-20T16:00:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 My backups all got corrupted, and my backup device died. I'll fix that on Sunday, I thought, as I was under deadline pressure. Saturday evening, my main machine died in flames. Sent it off for ...
(and no-one could do anything with the fucked backup discs, either.)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196020#Comment_196020 2009-10-20T18:02:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 Holy shit. That is some terrible luck right there. I hope everything turns out alright! The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196026#Comment_196026 2009-10-20T19:24:01-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 ...fuck me. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196031#Comment_196031 2009-10-20T20:08:45-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 SoarerSC400 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6052 Just finished reading Mek and Reload and enjoyed them. I couldn't help but notice that Doktor Sleepless and Anna Mercury seem to be extensions of those two series at least in my eyes. Mek = ...
Mek = Grinders and Kiva = Anna

Did you do that on purpose or is it just how it turned out?

Thanks for your time Warren]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196037#Comment_196037 2009-10-20T20:43:43-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 chris g http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1829 Any desire/plans to work with more female artists in the future? ^_^ ^_^]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196040#Comment_196040 2009-10-20T20:54:07-07:00 2009-10-20T20:55:21-07:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 What's Pia Guerra doing these days? (response to Chris' suggestion, obviously; not a direct question to Warren)
(response to Chris' suggestion, obviously; not a direct question to Warren)]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196045#Comment_196045 2009-10-20T21:48:54-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 DatDude http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7190 Dear warren Do you ever see yourself leaving comics behind for good, and moving onto other kinds of writing?
Do you ever see yourself leaving comics behind for good, and moving onto other kinds of writing?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196055#Comment_196055 2009-10-20T23:47:58-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 James Cunningham http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2925 I keep thinking I ought to ask something but can't come up with a single question, so I'll just say that, if it's got the name Warren Ellis on the writing credit, I'll at the bare minimum take a look ...
I didn't realize the Dead Space situation sucked that badly. You'd think, when they hired a writer, they'd be smart enough to listen. There's a reason I don't consider story in video games important is that it generally isn't. There are exceptions, of course. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus spring to mind instantly, but in general a game's personality being good (Katamari Damacy, for example) is the best you can hope for. It's be nice if they had at least a little respect for the craft, though.

"I knew an actress so stupid, when she tried to get in a movie she fucked the writer!" *laugh track*]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196058#Comment_196058 2009-10-20T23:52:09-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955 Did you know the Penny Arcade guys and Seth Rogen enjoy your work? Any other B-list celebrities ever contact you to express wonder/appreciation? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196077#Comment_196077 2009-10-21T04:44:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 David Bedard http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1888 I really, really enjoy Do Anything, both for the little tidbits of history that it brings to light and for the fun of trying to make it make sense. I've also recently started rereading Planetary, and ... Do Anything, both for the little tidbits of history that it brings to light and for the fun of trying to make it make sense. I've also recently started rereading Planetary, and it seems there's an awful lot of Do Anything in there, both thematically and in the dialogue. Is that intentional, or am I just hallucinating connections where there really aren't any?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196079#Comment_196079 2009-10-21T05:57:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Alastair http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=287 Have you ever had a fanboy moment? do you have heroes you are yet to meet? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196081#Comment_196081 2009-10-21T06:12:13-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Did you know the Penny Arcade guys and Seth Rogen enjoy your work? I knew Seth Rogen did. I think you're wrong about the Penny Arcade guys. Did you know the Penny Arcade guys and Seth Rogen enjoy your work?

I knew Seth Rogen did. I think you're wrong about the Penny Arcade guys.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196082#Comment_196082 2009-10-21T06:17:54-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Any desire/plans to work with more female artists in the future? Hell, I did VAMPIRELLA just so I could work with Amanda Conner. Just to be clear, in the past I've worked with Amanda, Colleen ... Any desire/plans to work with more female artists in the future?

Hell, I did VAMPIRELLA just so I could work with Amanda Conner.

Just to be clear, in the past I've worked with Amanda, Colleen Doran, Carla Speed McNeil, Laurenn McCubbin, Lea Hernandez aaaaand I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting someone, as well as working extensively with colourist Laura Martin and a great number of female editors.

That said, I have no new plans with female artists. But then, I don't have that many new plans in general.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196083#Comment_196083 2009-10-21T06:19:05-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I really, really enjoy Do Anything, both for the little tidbits of history that it brings to light and for the fun of trying to make it make sense. I've also recently started rereading Planetary, and ... I really, really enjoy Do Anything, both for the little tidbits of history that it brings to light and for the fun of trying to make it make sense. I've also recently started rereading Planetary, and it seems there's an awful lot of Do Anything in there, both thematically and in the dialogue. Is that intentional, or am I just hallucinating connections where there really aren't any?

Totally hallucinating.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196086#Comment_196086 2009-10-21T06:45:09-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Platypus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6880 How do you feel about print media dying out? Do you think scans are a harness-able source of income in some way? And lastly the video game industry could use you, some of the stories and dialog in ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196093#Comment_196093 2009-10-21T07:28:35-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 MarshallQuicksand http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5306 At what point does professional writing stop being this thing where people slip you money for doing something you enjoy doing and start being a purely income related affair? Do you think this affects ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196106#Comment_196106 2009-10-21T08:51:36-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 IsaacSher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1930 "I think you're wrong about the Penny Arcade guys. " http://www.penny-arcade.com/2009/4/22/ "Warren Ellis cooked up a really slick reboot of the G. I. Joe cartoon, which you ...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/2009/4/22/

"Warren Ellis cooked up a really slick reboot of the G. I. Joe cartoon, which you can watch online. New episodes tomorrow, I believe. Episode 8 is really something else." -- Tycho Brahe

Not sure about other stuff, but they definitely like some of your work. I wouldn't be surprised if they like other stuff you've done as well, based on the sort of things they like to talk about and write about, but that's pure conjecture on my part.

- Isaac]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196113#Comment_196113 2009-10-21T09:27:25-07:00 2009-10-21T09:57:53-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955 Thanks Isaac. Warren, this means you can probably get invited to PAX and give a speech get the swine flu.
Warren, this means you can probably get invited to PAX and give a speech get the swine flu.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196147#Comment_196147 2009-10-21T12:28:13-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 Wow, Warren, what a completely fucked chain of events re: your back-ups; I'm sorry. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196150#Comment_196150 2009-10-21T12:49:48-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 St.Wanger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2792 I just asked myself - what happened to the announced relaunch of the beer thread ;) But, seriosly, one thing I would like to know is: What would you consider as your favourite own work (in ...
But, seriosly, one thing I would like to know is: What would you consider as your favourite own work (in comics)? Is there something, you definately think of as as your most beloved baby so far, or is this dificult to answer?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196195#Comment_196195 2009-10-21T17:02:07-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 redex http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4641 My first thought for a question was whether or not you've ever thought about writing an autobiography (and I do mean mostly non-fictional) but then I started wondering if you would find that too ...
Do you find that keeping a distance between home life and public [online] life necessary for sanity? Personally I've found myself moving in the opposite direction towards a merging of all my little "lives" so your opinion as someone who has more experience than I interests me. Is it a necessary evil given your popularity, or a genuine choice? Though I don't mind if you consider this whole question too personal and philosophical for Whitechapel and take a pass... Maybe we need an Ask Uncle Warren Life Advice / Existential Philosophy thread.

More straightforwardly, thanks for introducing me to Fuck Buttons, I don't know if they're entirely something I would fall in love with but there is certainly a niche waiting for them in my playlists. I know this might be heresy, but they sound like a toned down Linkin Park with the ambient synth and background screaming.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196200#Comment_196200 2009-10-21T17:33:17-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 lampcommander http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4529 My question earlier wasn't answered... did you just not see it, or is it just really annoying to get questions like that and I now know to never ask that kind of question again? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196204#Comment_196204 2009-10-21T18:29:05-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 My question earlier wasn't answered... did you just not see it, or is it just really annoying to get questions like that and I now know to never ask that kind of question again? What was the ... My question earlier wasn't answered... did you just not see it, or is it just really annoying to get questions like that and I now know to never ask that kind of question again?

What was the question?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196211#Comment_196211 2009-10-21T19:22:20-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Dapper Dan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2514 Two really nerdy questions about page layouts: I've noticed that you rarely use 2 page spread layouts in your scripts, whereas a guy like Bendis uses them constantly. What value or effect do you ...
I've noticed that you rarely use 2 page spread layouts in your scripts, whereas a guy like Bendis uses them constantly. What value or effect do you feel they lend to a story, and when and how do think they should be used?

And as a follow up: What's your favorite panel grid?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196219#Comment_196219 2009-10-21T20:23:11-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 cornelius.urquhart http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4554 Have you ever been tempted to write something just to make it into a franchise? Just get drunk, pick up "The hero with a thousand faces" and write something embarrassing that will become ... Just get drunk, pick up "The hero with a thousand faces" and write something embarrassing that will become beloved by the commonwealth of morons?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196274#Comment_196274 2009-10-22T07:21:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 LBA http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=615 Do you play a musical instrument? If so which one, if not is there one you have always wanted to learn? and feel free to tell me to fuck off if you'd like but what happened to cause you to use the ...
and feel free to tell me to fuck off if you'd like but what happened to cause you to use the cane? I'm just curious because I've had more than a couple of severe knee injuries myself.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196275#Comment_196275 2009-10-22T07:27:35-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 lampcommander http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4529 What was the question? When not mandated by the publisher (and I don't know when it's not) is there a roundabout number of pages you aim for in an issue? Do you just write until a good end or do ... What was the question?

When not mandated by the publisher (and I don't know when it's not) is there a roundabout number of pages you aim for in an issue? Do you just write until a good end or do you have to sometimes stretch it a bit to give it more weight/length?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196281#Comment_196281 2009-10-22T07:42:19-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 It's pretty much always mandated by a publisher. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196300#Comment_196300 2009-10-22T10:46:51-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5302 I'm finally starting to catch up on FreakAngels after losing sight of it around Episode 7, and I already want one of their jackets. Any new merchandise coming in the near future? Hoodies, at least? ... finally starting to catch up on FreakAngels after losing sight of it around Episode 7, and I already want one of their jackets. Any new merchandise coming in the near future? Hoodies, at least? I've got enough fucking t-shirts already.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196316#Comment_196316 2009-10-22T11:58:42-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 filthy ring http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4608 Is Ignition City not continuing because of sales? When it was first announced I thought it was said it would be a series of 5 issue miniseries, with "season 2" coming out late 2010... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196324#Comment_196324 2009-10-22T12:55:03-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I'm not going to have time for one in 2010, and I don't believe the world is exactly knocking down my door in search of one, no... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196337#Comment_196337 2009-10-22T14:04:25-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Scott Kullberg http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2164 Sneak046: Also I was in a conversation with the owner of a comic book shop about your work, and he referrred to a book as being your take on Star Trek. He couldn't remember the title and for the ...
Also I was in a conversation with the owner of a comic book shop about your work, and he referrred to a book as being your take on Star Trek. He couldn't remember the title and for the life of me, I can't think of anything you've done that could fit that description.I'm not sure if he just made it up, what do you think?

You're thinking of Switchblade Honey, I bet.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196347#Comment_196347 2009-10-22T15:05:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 razrangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2075 Have you ever had a "day" job - a gig requiring you to show up at the same place at roughly the same hours at least five days/week? What was the last one, if so? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196351#Comment_196351 2009-10-22T15:21:41-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2930 That there's almost begging for a Twitter meme: "jobswarrenellisusedtodo" I'd start it, were I not fearing the eels.
I'd start it, were I not fearing the eels.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196361#Comment_196361 2009-10-22T15:45:50-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 sneak046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574 You're thinking of Switchblade Honey, I bet. Yep, that'd be the one...not sure how that slipped past me! cheers.. You're thinking of Switchblade Honey, I bet.

Yep, that'd be the one...not sure how that slipped past me!

cheers..]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196363#Comment_196363 2009-10-22T15:55:40-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Will Ellwood http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2556 Did you manage to watch Question Time tonight? What did you think? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196371#Comment_196371 2009-10-22T16:11:22-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Have you ever had a "day" job - a gig requiring you to show up at the same place at roughly the same hours at least five days/week? What was the last one, if so? Day jobs have included ... Have you ever had a "day" job - a gig requiring you to show up at the same place at roughly the same hours at least five days/week? What was the last one, if so?

Day jobs have included working at a garden centre, briefly running a pub, working behind a bar, working in a records department of a store, working in bankruptcy, working in a bookshop, running a bookshop. Packed in day jobs around 23/24, I think?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196528#Comment_196528 2009-10-23T10:47:53-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 mbakunin http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1315 Probably been asked before, but what does a typical Warren Ellis work day consist of these days, exactly? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196540#Comment_196540 2009-10-23T11:38:18-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 Just wondering. Have you ever been asked to be a talking head on TV culture programmes a lá Alan Moore on Comics Britannia or the late review at all? And if you were to be asked, what would your ... Comics Britannia or the late review at all?

And if you were to be asked, what would your answer be?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196541#Comment_196541 2009-10-23T11:45:26-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Alastair http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=287 do you ever just sit down and read? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196544#Comment_196544 2009-10-23T12:12:19-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 malcheck http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7592 Are you a football fan ( soccer for our american friends ) ? If so who do you support? i would guess..... Tottenham
If so who do you support?

i would guess..... Tottenham]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196556#Comment_196556 2009-10-23T13:25:14-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Just wondering. Have you ever been asked to be a talking head on TV culture programmes a lá Alan Moore on Comics Britannia or the late review at all? And if you were to be asked, what would your ... Just wondering. Have you ever been asked to be a talking head on TV culture programmes a lá Alan Moore on Comics Britannia or the late review at all?

And if you were to be asked, what would your answer be?

I did a spot for Channel 4 news once, talking about some tv show, I forget which... in general, I avoid that kind of thing. There's an awful lot of talking-monkey-syndrome, that affects even Alan's appearances -- "look, he writes comics AND he's intelligent. We better find some other way to make him look fucking stupid." And usually, they do. No-one's giving Jeanette Winterson a copy of KICK-ASS to flick through out of altruism. And the level of intellectual rigour in relation to comics on The Late Review is usually worse than that -- Tom Paulin's considered opinion on the work of Chris Ware were "oh, aren't the colours dreary?"]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196557#Comment_196557 2009-10-23T13:26:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Are you a football fan ( soccer for our american friends ) ? Nah. Occasionally I'll look at an international match if one happens to be on when I sit down on a Sunday afternoon. Are you a football fan ( soccer for our american friends ) ?

Nah. Occasionally I'll look at an international match if one happens to be on when I sit down on a Sunday afternoon.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196558#Comment_196558 2009-10-23T13:29:03-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Did you manage to watch Question Time tonight? And what would the point of that have been? I know Nick Griffin's history, I've read BNP literature, I'm fairly up to date on current affairs, and ... Did you manage to watch Question Time tonight?

And what would the point of that have been? I know Nick Griffin's history, I've read BNP literature, I'm fairly up to date on current affairs, and I know he and the BNP are all poisonous cunts who don't deserve to breathe.

Why, were you one of the people who let Nick Griffin claim that he alone won Question Time its best ratings in years and that it bespeaks a passionate British interest in his policies?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196618#Comment_196618 2009-10-23T18:16:07-07:00 2009-10-23T18:18:05-07:00 Phranky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4286 Packed in day jobs around 23/24, I think? I mentally packed in work when I realised I would have to get up in the mornings, nowadays I approach every day as if I'm about to be fired which I find ... Packed in day jobs around 23/24, I think?

I mentally packed in work when I realised I would have to get up in the mornings, nowadays I approach every day as if I'm about to be fired which I find gives me the appearance of being incredibly confident. I'm still working on a way to get paid just to exist.

Why, were you one of the people who let Nick Griffin claim that he alone won Question Time its best ratings in years and that it bespeaks a passionate British interest in his policies?

Ginja is most definitely not one of those people.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196814#Comment_196814 2009-10-25T03:18:38-07:00 2009-10-25T03:19:13-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 What are your favourite albums of all time? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196857#Comment_196857 2009-10-25T10:11:28-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 What are your favourite albums of all time? Oh my god, that's a tough one. I'll come back to that, I think. What are your favourite albums of all time?

Oh my god, that's a tough one.

I'll come back to that, I think.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196859#Comment_196859 2009-10-25T10:15:30-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 How do you feel about print media dying out? Honestly, I don't think it is. It's just changing. How do you feel about print media dying out?

Honestly, I don't think it is. It's just changing.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196949#Comment_196949 2009-10-25T17:15:50-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 sciencedan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4193 Any plans to play around in the western, crime noir, or kung fu/chop socky genres? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196954#Comment_196954 2009-10-25T17:27:17-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Westerns don't hold a great deal of appeal to me -- too American a tradition, maybe? Similarly, something like FELL is probably as noir as I get. I've often fancied having a go at the traditional ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196965#Comment_196965 2009-10-25T18:02:44-07:00 2009-10-25T18:03:55-07:00 filthy ring http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4608 You've worked with a lot of talented artists... are there any artists you haven't done anything with yet, that you'd like to pencil/paint a book of yours in the future? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=196982#Comment_196982 2009-10-25T19:04:29-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Oh, loads. LOADS. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197013#Comment_197013 2009-10-25T23:01:08-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 dot_xom http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2160 I know you recorded some spoken word stuff with DeathBoy a while back, but have you ever considered doing more work with musicians? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197022#Comment_197022 2009-10-26T00:20:39-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 James O'Dwyer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3591 Seconded. 'Revolution' by Deathboy featuring Warren Ellis still cheers me up when I catch the train to work each day. "If someone turns up tonight, wearing the right suit, and tells us to ... 'Revolution' by Deathboy featuring Warren Ellis still cheers me up when I catch the train to work each day.

"If someone turns up tonight, wearing the right suit, and tells us to fuck each other to death, tomorrow morning the streets will be piled so high with bodies that they will block out the sun."

I am quite certain that any decent mixes of a choice rant will always go down well with the fanbase. Or myself, at least.

That moment of fannish whimsy over, though, what kind of projects would you consider engaging in with musicians, if at all?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197028#Comment_197028 2009-10-26T01:08:52-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 jeff http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2734 At what age did you realize that you wanted to be a writer for a living? What happened in that moment of realization? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197037#Comment_197037 2009-10-26T02:16:33-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 ales kot http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4375 Have you ever used Brian Eno's and Peter Schmidt's ''Oblique Strategies'' cards, and if so, what do you think of them? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197053#Comment_197053 2009-10-26T06:08:01-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 I know you recorded some spoken word stuff with DeathBoy a while back, but have you ever considered doing more work with musicians? Um... I'm not about to walk up to musicians saying "I Am ... I know you recorded some spoken word stuff with DeathBoy a while back, but have you ever considered doing more work with musicians?

Um... I'm not about to walk up to musicians saying "I Am Warren Ellis, put music to me just muttering some shit"....]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197054#Comment_197054 2009-10-26T06:12:25-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Have you ever used Brian Eno's and Peter Schmidt's ''Oblique Strategies'' cards, and if so, what do you think of them? I don't use them at all. This is going to sound weird, but I actually kind ... Have you ever used Brian Eno's and Peter Schmidt's ''Oblique Strategies'' cards, and if so, what do you think of them?

I don't use them at all. This is going to sound weird, but I actually kind of go out of my way to avoid systems other creators use, beyond Just Sitting There And Hitting A Keyboard, because I don't want to end up writing like them...]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197063#Comment_197063 2009-10-26T07:12:46-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 you are more than welcome to mutter some shit over my tunes. and a question... what made you drop the real names only criteria of the previous board?
and a question...
what made you drop the real names only criteria of the previous board?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197067#Comment_197067 2009-10-26T07:33:05-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 The Engine was conceived as a place for serious discussion, and I wanted everyone to be aware of owning their own words and, particularly, engaging with comics creators on a personal basis and a ...
Whitechapel, on the other hand, was conceived as a wider and yet more "fun," less tightly focussed and more playful environment. So I loosened things up. Ariana and I simply crush people if they get out of line.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197071#Comment_197071 2009-10-26T07:49:00-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 agentarsenic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2955 Did you take that New Humanist "What kind of Humanist are you quiz?"? If so, did you enjoy the question about gardens and what'd you score (I'm guessing Hedonist)? The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197121#Comment_197121 2009-10-26T11:10:16-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 elliotmears http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7545 Did you once mention that you were thinking of doing something about William Adams, or did I make that up? My wife comes from around the area where he had his manor (I think - I forget how it was ... The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197127#Comment_197127 2009-10-26T11:35:56-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 Yeah, still intending to do that at some point. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197132#Comment_197132 2009-10-26T12:10:49-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 dispophoto http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4498 I don't use them at all. This is going to sound weird, but I actually kind of go out of my way to avoid systems other creators use, beyond Just Sitting There And Hitting A Keyboard, because I don't ... I don't use them at all. This is going to sound weird, but I actually kind of go out of my way to avoid systems other creators use, beyond Just Sitting There And Hitting A Keyboard, because I don't want to end up writing like them...

someone just mentioned that the Oblique cards are set up to avoid systems, in general?]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197135#Comment_197135 2009-10-26T12:16:48-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 And yet using them is clearly a system. The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197193#Comment_197193 2009-10-26T16:00:56-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 Boga_ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6871 It's a system to avoid systems. mind=blown
mind=blown]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197194#Comment_197194 2009-10-26T16:01:22-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 hahahaha You are welcome.
You are welcome.]]> The Autumn Interrogation Of Warren 2009 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7016&Focus=197199#Comment_197199 2009-10-26T16:12:03-07:00 2013-05-25T09:36:53-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 Reminds me of Godel's Incompleteness Theorem somewhat. *ahem* Just moving along now...
*ahem* Just moving along now...]]>