Articles by Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis is the award-winning writer of graphic novels like TRANSMETROPOLITAN, FELL, MINISTRY OF SPACE and PLANETARY, and the author of the "underground classic" graphic novel CROOKED LITTLE VEIN. The movie RED is based on his graphic novel of the same name, its sequel being shot this autumn. His GRAVEL books are in development for film at Legendary Pictures, with Tim Miller attached to direct, and his forthcoming novel GUN MACHINE has been pre-emptively bought by Chernin Entertainment and FOX for television. He's also written extensively for WIRED UK and Reuters on technology matters, and is currently co-writing WASTELANDERS with Joss Whedon.

Good Morning, Sinners... with Warren Ellis

The Inexorable Rise of the Crapjects

There is a world to come where Google Glasses will exist as a popular game platform. These will turn out to be just popular enough to ensure that Google Glass never gets to be useful and will never be able to give you a good look at the real world. Full story

2013 Feb 25 Warren Ellis Tech

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My Bloody Valentine, Bowie, and the URL of Things to Come

A few weeks back I received an email from a friend that went something like "My dad's got a new record out today, and he could really use your support to help get the word out." I get emails like that quite often. The difference here was that this friend of mine's dad is David Bo… Full story

2013 Feb 4 Warren Ellis Tech

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I'm Sick of Waiting for Space Travel, Give Me a Castle on Mars

There may well be microbial life forms on Mars, yes. We may be polluting a pristine alien environment. But I say that, if they're there, let them fight for it. Let them go to war with the mighty water bears of Earth. I don't care any more. Space stations are crap. I want a castle… Full story

2013 Jan 28 Warren Ellis Tech

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I Can Fix Gun Control in America with Drones

I propose the banning in America of all firearms except those attached to a drone. I'm not infringing the American right to bear arms. I am qualifying it. Because the only thing that stops a bad guy with a drone is a good guy with a drone. Full story

2013 Jan 14 Warren Ellis Tech

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The Inevitable Crapness of 2013

The Internet of Things is something that people will be seriously looking at in 2013. On one hand, it's a wonderful idea but it could also create a class of desperate entrepreneurs born of austerity and sociopolitical upheaval. Full story

2013 Jan 7 Warren Ellis Tech

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The Acceptable Cost of the Right to Bear Arms

The main weapon used at Newtown was an assault rifle preferred by special forces teams. Now, I’m not an expert. I’m British. But I’m thinking that 20 to 30 semi-automatic .233 rounds through a carbine with a built-in flash suppressor is probably overkill for any civilian bear def… Full story

2012 Dec 17 Warren Ellis Stuff

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How to Shut Down Internets

After shutting the internet down, most megalomaniac dictators believe they will still be around to turn it back on. They take their future for granted, and believe they only need to hide the corpses it will be built on. Full story

2012 Dec 3 Warren Ellis Stuff

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An Idiot's Guide to Time

We live in a world where time only flows downstream and the past is an unscalable glacier wall. We will hit the bottom of the spiral long before we ever solve the problem of rescuing love or speaking unsaid goodbyes. Full story

2012 Nov 26 Warren Ellis Stuff

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Delete Everything Now

We give up our privacy, as they say, for candy bars. The problem is that the thing we give our information to today is not necessarily the thing that will have it tomorrow. Full story

2012 Nov 19 Warren Ellis Stuff

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Sandy and the Broken Machine

Global warming isn't a joke or a trick, it's the new future, a thousand miles wide and coming for us at a hundred miles an hour. Full story

2012 Nov 12 Warren Ellis Stuff

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