Introduction The following are projects by Warren Ellis, the clever author of energetic tales and the relentless self-promoter. These projects are as follows: Columns Dark Blue Strange(r) Kiss(es) / Killings City of Silence Ministry of Space Bad World Available Light Global Frequency Wildstorm Three-Issue Mini-Series Scars Orbiter Switchblade Honey Following these is a list of other sites of interest.

Columns Avatar Press has collected Warren Ellis's columns.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
	From the Desk of Warren Ellis, Volume 1		0
	From the Desk of Warren Ellis, Volume 1 [second printing]	features a different cover	0
	From the Desk of Warren Ellis, Volume 2		0
Larger Version Available	Come in Alone	collects Warren Ellis's Come in Alone columns (which originally appeared on ComicBookResources.com) [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	0
	Bad Signal Volume One	contains Bad Signal columns from 15 January 2001 to 24 July 2002; cover-dated January 2003	B

Dark Blue was a story serialized in an anthology by Avatar Press. It featured a script by Warren Ellis and black-and-white art by Jacen Burrows. It was collected in 2001.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
	Dark Blue	cover-dated March 2001	B
	Dark Blue Scriptbook	contains Ellis's scripts for the series	0

Strange Kiss was a three-issue mini-series, published in black-and-white by Avatar Press, a coup for the small press. The very violent series was a hit and spurred a sequel three-issue mini-series, Stranger Kisses. Another sequel, Strange Killings, was published in 2002.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Strange Killings #1-3, Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #1-6, Strange Kiss #1-3, Stranger Kisses #1-3: Warren Ellis script, Mike Wolfer art
1. Strange Kiss
	Strange Kiss #1	cover-dated November 1999	1
	Strange Kiss #1 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Kiss #2	cover-dated January 2000	1
	Strange Kiss #2 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Kiss #3	cover-dated February 2000	1
	Strange Kiss #3 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Kiss	collects Strange Kiss #1-3	0
	Strange Kiss [hardcover]	hardcover	0
	Strange Kiss Scriptbook	contains Ellis's scripts for the series	0
2. Stranger Kisses
	Stranger Kisses Preview		0
	Stranger Kisses #1	cover-dated December 2000	1
	Stranger Kisses #1 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
The wraparound alternate cover to Stranger Kisses #1
	Stranger Kisses #2	cover-dated February 2001; published on Wednesday, 14 March 2001	1
	Stranger Kisses #2 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Stranger Kisses #3	cover-dated March 2001; published on Wednesday, 11 April 2001	1
	Stranger Kisses #3 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Stranger Kisses	collects Stranger Kisses #1-3; cover-dated November 2001	B
	Stranger Kisses [hardcover]	hardcover; Mike Wolfer cover	0
3. Strange Killings
	Strange Killings #1	cover-dated February 2002	1
	Strange Killings #1 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
The wraparound alternate cover to Strange Killings #1
	Strange Killings #2		0
	Strange Killings #2 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
The wraparound alternate cover to Strange Killings #2
	Strange Killings #3	(has the cover at left but was) accidentally marked #2A on cover; cover-dated April 2002	0
	Strange Killings #3 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
The wraparound alternate cover to Strange Killings #3
	Strange Killings Volume One	collects Strange Killings #1-3; cover-dated January 2003	1
4. Strange Killings: The Body Orchard
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #1	the mayor of New York City is assassinated	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #1 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #2		1
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #2 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #3		0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #3 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #4		0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #4 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #5		0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #5 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #6	William Gravel crashes a jet plane into the Pentagon	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #6 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Strange Killings: The Body Orchard	collects Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #1-6; cover-dated December 2003 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1

City of Silence was a three-issue mini-series, published by Image Comics. Originally entitled Silencers, it was finished in the "early [']90's" and intended for publication by Epic Comics prior to Epic's demise (see From the Desk of Warren Ellis, Volume Two, page 66). Its success prompted Image to offer Ellis a sweet deal wherein Image would publish many mini-series by Ellis.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
City of Silence #1-3: Warren Ellis script; art, plus front and back covers by Gary Erskine
	City of Silence #1	cover-dated May 2000	1
	City of Silence #2		1
	City of Silence #3	cover-dated July 2000; published on Wednesday, 19 July 2000	1

Ministry of Space Ministry of Space was a three-issue mini-series, published by Image Comics in 2001. It was an alternate history and a requiem for the British empire, or at least for British potency. Its crux point is that Nazi scientists were consciously smuggled into England instead of into United States and the Soviet Union -- and that the same individual who organized this brain-theft ran a British space organization that won the space race hands down.
Unfortunately, the third issue was delayed, apparently due to Warren Ellis not completing the script because of illness. Chris Weston became attached to other projects, most notably Grant Morrison's The Filth, preventing him from completing Ellis's script when it was completed. Ellis relayed that Weston had promised to work on the third issue during the 13-issue Filth series, slowly completing the sole remaining issue. At present, the disposition of this third and final issue is unknown.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Ministry of Space #1-3: Warren Ellis script; art and covers by Chris Weston
	Ministry of Space #1	cover-dated April 2001; published on Wednesday, 2 May 2001	1
	Ministry of Space #2	cover-dated September 2001; published on Wednesday, 26 September	1
A panel from Ministry of Space #2 in black-and-white, thus better showing off Chris Weston's art
	Ministry of Space Omnibus	collects Ministry of Space #1-2; published in March 2004	0
	Ministry of Space #3	not yet published	0

Bad World was a three-issue non-fiction mini-series, published by Avatar Press in 2001.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Bad World #1-3: Warren Ellis script; art and covers by Jacen Burrows
	Bad World #1		0
	Bad World #1 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Bad World #2	cover-dated July 2001; published on Wednesday, 1 August 2001	1
	Bad World #2 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Bad World #3	contains Warren Ellis's descriptions for the illustrations of the entire series; contains an interview with Jacen Burrows and some of his art on double-page spreads; published on Wednesday, 31 October 2001	1
	Bad World #3 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Bad World	collects Bad World #1-3	B
	Bad World [hardcover edition]	hardcover edition	0

Available Light was a collection of photographs and short writings by Warren Ellis.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
	Available Light	63 pages; hardcover; published by AiT/Planet Lar in February 2002 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1

Global Frequency was a twelve-issue mini-series, published by DC's Wildstorm imprint in 2002 and 2003.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Global Frequency #1-12: Warren Ellis script; Brian Wood cover
without indicia Larger Version Available	Global Frequency #1	"Bombhead"; good Garry Leach art; cover-dated December 2002	1
	Global Frequency #2	"Big Wheel"; unclear and generally disappointing Glenn Fabry art (with ink assist by Liam Sharp); a team goes into a base to off a government-created cyborg killer; originally planned to be #3, but shifted to #2 when the art for #2 ran late	1
	Global Frequency #3	"Invasive"; simplistic Steve Dillon art; a team goes in to a section of a city when a computer virus sent from space makes people think like aliens; originally planned to be #2, though shifted to #3 after Dillon's art ran late	1
	Global Frequency #4	"Hundred"; good Roy Allen Martinez art; a team of gunmen go into a building of cultish terrorists who are obsessed with the internet	1
	Global Frequency #5	"Big Sky"; Jon J. Muth art; Global Frequency investigates an angelic apparition in Iceland; published on Wednesday, 26 February 2003	1
	Global Frequency #6	"The Run"; David Lloyd art; a man-hating woman runs to stop a terrorist bomb designed to spread ebola in London; published on Wednesday, 26 March 2003	1
	Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze	collects Global Frequency #1-6; published in early 2004	0
Global Frequency #7, 10-12: no interior art entered
	Global Frequency #7		0
	Global Frequency #8	Chris Sprouse & Karl Story art	0
	Global Frequency #9	Lee Bermejo art	0
	Global Frequency #10		0
	Global Frequency #11		0
	Global Frequency #12		0

In 2002, Warren Ellis signed an exclusive agreement with DC Comics, allowing him to produce work for Wildstorm and its various imprints, which were kind to creators. Ellis had long championed short mini-series to exploit, in the fashion of the internet, the rapidity with which comics can reach fruition -- as opposed to, say, movies. Now, along with Global Frequency, Ellis was putting his money -- and his writing -- where his mouth was, producing a series of mini-series for Wildstorm's imprints that allowed creator ownership, Homage and Cliffhanger!
The first of these mini-series was Mek, published by Homage Comics. It premiered in November 2002, the month following the premiere of Global Frequency. It dealt with inner-city cults of mechanical enhancements ("mek"), including illegal and violent enhancements ("bad mek"). Reviews were mixed. Many saw Steve Rolston's pencils as too cartoony and the protagonist, Sarissa Leon, as less than compelling. The unexpected ending took many by surprise, however, but the series is not remembered as one of the best of Ellis's career.
Reload, the second three-issue mini-series, was published by Homage, beginning shortly after the conclusion of Mek. The three issues, featuring art by Paul Gulacy and Jimmy Palmiotti, were published bimonthly. They focused on a female assassin in a near-future America -- an assassin who went after the President and the men behind the throne.
Between Reload's second and third issues, the third three-issue mini-series was launched. Entitled Tokyo Storm Warning, the series was published by Wildstorm's Cliffhanger! imprint. Featuring art by James Raiz and Andrew Currie, it took place in an alternate timeline wherein Japanese monster movies really happened, battled by mechs -- by human-operated battle suits. Its protagonist was an American woman who used one of the technological suits used by Japan to battle these monsters. While not initially compelling because of its generic absurdity, the series concluded in a manner that justified exactly that in a clever way.
Red, the fourth three-issue mini-series, was launched in the middle of Tokyo Storm Warning. Featuring art by Cully Hamner, Red was published by Homage Comics. The series focused on a retired C.I.A. assassin who the new head of the C.I.A. tries to erase -- and who subsequently goes after his former masters.
The same day Tokyo Storm Warning concluded, Two-Step was launched through the Cliffhanger! imprint. The series featured art by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
1. Mek
Mek #1-3, Reload #1-3, Tokyo Storm Warning #1-3, Red #1-3, Two-Step #1-3: Warren Ellis script
Mek #1-3, Reload #1-3, Red #1-3: published by Homage Comics
Mek #1-3: Steve Rolston pencils and cover; Al Gordon inks
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Mek #1	Sarissa Leon returns to the city after working in Washington and elsewhere; cover-dated January 2003; published on Wednesday, 15 November 2002 [READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW]	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Mek #2	[READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW]	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Mek #3	Sarissa Leon turns out to be a murderous bitch [READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW]	1
2. Reload
Reload #1-3: Paul Gulacy pencils; Jimmy Pamiotti inks
	Reload #1	cover-dated May 2003; published on Wednesday, 12 March 2003	1
	Reload #2	cover-dated July 2003; published on Wednesday, 7 May 2003	1
	Reload #3	cover-dated September 2003	1
	Reload / Mek	collects Mek #1-3 and Reload #1-3 as a flipbook; softcover	0
3. Tokyo Storm Warning
Tokyo Storm Warning #1-3, Two-Step #1-3: published by Cliffhanger!
Tokyo Storm Warning #1-3: James Raiz pencils; Andrew Currie inks
	Tokyo Storm Warning #1	cover-dated August 2003	1
	Tokyo Storm Warning #2	cover-dated September 2003	1
	Tokyo Storm Warning #3	the source of the robots and the attacking monsters is revealed to be a super-powered boy who apparently has not aged since World War II and who draws these battle suits and monsters; cover-dated December 2003; published on Wednesday, 8 October 2003	1
4. Red
Red #1-3: Cully Hamner art
	Red #1	cover-dated September 2003	1
	Red #2	cover-dated October 2003	1
	Red #3		0
5. Two-Step
Two-Step #1-3: Amanda Conner pencils; Jimmy Palmiotti inks
	Two-Step #1	cover-dated December 2003; published on Wednesday, 8 October 2003	1
	Two-Step #2	published on Wednesday, 28 January 2004	1
	Two-Step #3		0

Scars was a six-issue mini-series, published in black-and-white by Avatar Press. It told of a cop investigating a particularly brutal crime, and was published in late 2002 and 2003. Jacen Burrows provided the art.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Scars #1-6: Warren Ellis script, Jacen Burrows art
	Scars #1		0
	Scars #1 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Scars #2	cover-dated January 2003	1
	Scars #2 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Scars #3		0
	Scars #3 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Scars #4		0
	Scars #4 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Scars #5		0
	Scars #5 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0
	Scars #6		0
	Scars #6 [alternate cover]	features a wraparound cover	0

Orbiter was an original graphic novella, published by Vertigo, written by Warren Ellis, and illustrated by Colleen Doran. It told the story of the return of the Venture, the last space shuttle sent into space -- the disappearance of which caused the end of manned space flight. The shuttle returns altered, however, and with a single insane crew member. Thus starts the investigation of its disappearance and, ultimately, of mankind's destiny -- to get out into space.
Not long after Orbiter was solicited, the space shuttle Columbia burned up upon re-entry. This space shuttle tragedy had uncomfortable resonances with the text, in which Venture lands in flames on people who have camped out at Kennedy Space Center. Ellis and Doran had worked with NASA people to create the graphic novella, were both believers in the space program, and were deeply affected by the tragedy. But, whereas DC had censored The Authority in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks upon the United States, no such censorship would be forthcoming here: as an original hardcover graphic novel with creator ownership, it seemed that different rules applied. And, as Ellis pointed out, the point of the plot was that we had to get back into space following a tragedy.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
	Orbiter [hardcover]	104 pages; Warren Ellis introduction; hardcover [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
	Orbiter [softcover]	softcover; published after the hardcover	0

On The Continuity Pages: Transmetropolitan The continuity page for Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis's 60-issue (plus two one-shots and two short stories) masterpiece. The Continuity Pages: The Authority The continuity page for The Authority (and Stormwatch), the title Warren Ellis created (and made readable). The Continuity Pages: Planetary The continuity page for the excellent Planetary, which Warren Ellis created. The Continuity Pages: Swamp Thing The continuity page for Swamp Thing and Hellblazer, including Warren Ellis's aborted run on Hellblazer. "The Cult of the Writer" An essay by Julian Darius on the role of the writer in comic book history.	Off-Site Please be aware that the continued quality, and even existence, of these sites cannot be guaranteed. Warren Ellis Warren Ellis's excellent site, including information on all his work.
PersianCaesar The website of author Julian Darius, creator of The Continuity Pages.
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