Warren Ellis is a
comic book writer who lives in
Southend,
United Kingdom. He was born in Febuary 1968 in
Rochford,
Essex,
United Kingdom. Ellis is a self-admitted cynical bastard and has even quoted
Grant Morrison once calling him "the man with a snarl for every occasion" in an interview.
He started off in the British comic magazine
Speakeasy (which later folded and became
Blast), with the beginnings of
Lazarus Churchyard. Lazarus Churchyard is the story of an immortal man, who only wants to die.
Ellis moved on to American comics, and wrote for
Marvel and
DC. Some of the comics he has written for include
Wolverine,
Excalibur,
X-Calibre,
Hellblazer,
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, and many others. He also wrote comics that were his creation rather than others. He has created such wonderful series as
Transmetropolitan,
Planetary,
Dark Blue,
Strange Kiss, and others.
Ellis is known to be friends with other British comic greats, such as
Alan Moore,
Garth Ennis, and
Grant Morrison.
At the moment he lives in
Britain, with his girlfriend and their daughter.
At the moment a
movie script of
Transmetropolitan is in the process, as well as the rights for a
Planetary television show. He has also worked on
Hostile Waters, a
PC game, and is working with
White Wolf on
Adventure!.
You can read more about the man, directly from him at
http://www.warrenellis.com. You can also subscribe to his "weekly" e-newsletter,
From the Desk Of. A collection of his 1995-1998 newsletters have been collected into a small book. He also has a collection of web articles that he wrote for a comics webpage. They're collected in
Come in Alone, and talk of the comic book industry and have recommendations at the end of each article are things to read(book, webpage, and graphic novel) and a cd to listen to.
Bibliography:(abridged, as according to the man)
Sources:
Warren Ellis at
http://www.warrenellis.com.
Writers on Comics Scriptwriting by
Mark Salisbury.
From the Desk of by Warren Ellis.