History Creator / WarrenEllis

* SpiritualAntithesis: Ellis himself put his ''ComicBook/BlackSummer'' in contrast with Creator/MarkMillar's ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', saying that latter is watered-down vision of conflict between superheroes and government and the former is what would really happen. He also responded to Creator/KurtBusiek's ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'' with a extremely depressing miniseries called "Ruins".

* RandomEventsPlot: Ellis admitted that his ''Ultimate Comics Armor Wars'' miniseries was just essentially Marvel paying him for his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_of_consciousness_writing Stream of consciousness writing.]] The result? Tony Stark beating on -- in order -- [[VideoGame/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] with a MODOK in his head. Doctor Literature/{{Frankenstein}} in power armor. [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] ripoffs in the process of doing what the MC was canonically designed to do; [[KickTheDog slaughter protesters]]. And finally, [[spoiler:Howard Stark, Sr. AKA "Creator/ErnestBorgnine in an ill-advised love triangle with farming machinery and the wreckage of a Lincoln Continental".]]

In June 2020, dozens of the women Ellis "mentored" described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis, documented at https://www.somanyofus.com/. While the instigator of the accusations insisted both that she didn't want Ellis "canceled" and that he had helped numerous other women without making advances toward them, the fallout was enough that even after a public apology, [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor several of Ellis's scheduled works were removed from publishing notices, and his social media usage has been virtually nil since]]. As of June 2021, Ellis is rumored to be returning to comics, but his victims report he hasn't engaged with them in any reconciliation.

* ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers'': A six-issue run (so far; he's stated that he'd be willing to write more). If you thought ''Astonishing X-Men'' was CrazyAwesome, you have yet to meet the gleefully insane Moon Knight and Pilot Marko. Not to mention his Beast.

During the 90s and 2000s Warren Ellis was Very Online through his own e-mail lists, moderated forums, blog, and Twitter. His informal online community included and encouraged many younger creators, such as Molly Crabapple, Laurie Penny, Creator/JamieMcKelvie, Creator/KieronGillen, Creator/MattFraction, Creator/KellySueDeConnick, Creator/ChipZdarsky, Creator/BenTemplesmith, Katie West, and many more. Ellis has since reduced his online presence considerably but maintains a weekly newsletter at http://orbitaloperations.com and a light oddment journal at https://warrenellis.ltd

In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis "mentored," described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis. While the instigator of the accusations insisted both that she didn't want Ellis "canceled" and that he had helped numerous other women without making advances toward them, the fallout was enough that even after a public apology, [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor several of Ellis's scheduled works were removed from publishing notices, and his social media usage has been virtually nil since]].

Most recently Ellis’ major work has been as sole writer and co-producer of ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'', an animated series for Netflix, with three seasons aired and a fourth in production. He also is working on another not-yet-released series called "Heaven's Forest." He has hinted involvement in other screen projects that have not been announced or were later canceled.

* ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' issues 83-103: In which Warren introduced his AuthorAvatar character Pete Wisdom, had Kitty Pryde lose her virginity, and had the team fight a giant demon.

* Overseeing the 2017 reboot of the ComicBook/WildStorm universe, which includes:

During the 90s and 2000s Warren Ellis was Very Online through his own e-mail lists, moderated forums, blog, and Twitter. His informal online community included and encouraged many younger creators, such as Molly Crabapple, Laurie Penny, Creator/JamieMcKelvie, Creator/KieronGillen, Creator/MattFraction, Creator/KellySueDeConnick, Creator/ChipZdarsky, Creator/BenTemplesmith, Katie West, and many more. Ellis has since reduced his online presence considerably but maintains a weekly newsletter at http://orbitaloperations.com and a light oddment journal at https://warrenellis.ltd.

In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis "mentored" described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis. While the instigator of the accusations insisted both that she didn't want Ellis "canceled" and that he had helped numerous other women without making advances toward them, the fallout was enough that even after a public apology, [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor several of Ellis's scheduled works were removed from publishing notices, and his social media usage has been virtually nil since]].

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: In at least two instances (''JLA Classified: New Maps of Hell'' and ''Planetary''), Ellis has used "ancestors"(those you're descended from) when the text clearly should have used "descendants"(those descended from you).

In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis "mentored" described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis. While the instigator of the accusations insisted both that she didn't want Ellis "canceled" and that he had helped numerous other women without making advances toward them, the fallout was enough that even after a public apology, [[LaserGuidedKarma several of Ellis's scheduled works were removed from publishing notices, and his social media usage has been virtually nil since]].

In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis "mentored" described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis. While the instigator of the accusations insisted both that she didn't want Ellis "canceled" and that he had helped numerous other women without making advances toward them, the fallout was enough that even after a public apology, several of Ellis's scheduled works were removed from publishing notices, and his social media usage has been virtually nil since.

In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis "mentored" described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis.

[NOTE: In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis 'mentored' described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis.]

''Iron Man: Extremis'' with Adi Granov, formed the basis for both an Iron Man anime series and Film/IronMan3.

[NOTE: In June 2020, several of the female creators Ellis 'mentored' described sexual grooming and other predatory behaviour towards younger women by Ellis.]

* ''Aetheric Mechanics'': In a war-torn Victorian England that is capable of spaceflight, Sherlock Holmes-expy Sax Raker investigates a ghostly "man who wasn't there".

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Following the direction Creator/JossWhedon took ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, Ellis ignored BadassDecay the character has been subjected to by other writers, and wrote him true to the spirit of Creator/ChrisClaremont's portrayal, who'd always seen Summers as "a [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein]] character". Maybe even took it step further, as he admitted trying to make Scott Franchise/{{Batman}} with eye beams. (Opinions vary one whether it was this trope or Scott simply [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in Jerkass]].)

* {{Expy}}: Eli Warren, created by Creator/KieronGillen in his ''IronMan'' run, shares a name, an accent, an appearance and an obsession with Transhumanism with Ellis. (Of course, given that he lives in the Marvel Universe, he's more inclined to act on that obsession...)

* ''ComicBook/{{Supreme}} Blue Rose'': Supreme reboots again, but something is wrong this time. Where is Ethan Crane? What is wrong with the universe?

** The ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'': Ellis turns Galactus into something much more intimidating than a man with TV screen on his head.

''Webcomic/FreakAngels'', with Paul Duffield, available online and later collected into six volumes by Avatar Press. Ellis described the story as "what if Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos grew up, fucked up, then tried to fix it?" and has called it his "forgotten opus."

Most recently Ellis’ major work has been as sole writer and co-producer of ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'', an animated series for Netflix, with two seasons aired and a third in production. He also is working on another not-yet-released series based on Desi stories. He has hinted involvement in other screen projects that have not been announced or were later canceled.

Ellis is still writing in comics. Recent work includes''The Wild Storm'', a reboot of the Wildstorm universe from Ellis’ early days at Image Comics. Ellis also continues to work in creator-owned comics, notably with the ongoing series ''Trees'' with Jason Howard and ''Injection,'' with Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, as well as shorter works like ''Cemetery Beach'' with Howard.

During the 90s and 2000s Warren Ellis was Very Online through his own e-mail lists, moderated forums, blog, and Twitter. His informal online community included and encouraged many younger creators, such as Molly Crabapple, Laurie Penny, Creator/JamieMcKelvie, Creator/KieronGillen, Creator/MattFraction, Creator/KellySueDeConnick, Creator/ChipZdarsky, Creator/BenTemplesmith, Katie West, and many more. Ellis has since reduced his online presence considerably but maintains a weekly newsletter at http://orbitaloperations.com.

* AuthorAppeal: NewMedia. His run of JLA Classified is basically an {{Expy}} of Global Frequency; the Leaguers simultaneously find something so weird their brains go blue-screen, so they all call up ComicBook/MartianManhunter telepathically. ''He'' then calls up Oracle of [[{{Characters/BATMAN}} the Bat-clan]], who powers up all her computers and digs in.

* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' issues 110 - 121: [[AxCrazy Unstable]] [[BoxedCrook villains]] are put to work [[VillainWithGoodPublicity publically]] roudning up [[SuperRegistrationAct unlicensed superheroes]] while [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn their leader]] has a massive VillainousBreakdown.

* ''[=DV8=]'' #1-8 and #0.5: Warren takes ComicBook/Gen13's PsychoRangers and [[BreakTheHaughty plays with them]].
* [[ComicBook/Marvel2099 Doom 2099]]: Doctor Doom takes over the united states, gets injected with alien drug blood, goes crazy, gets involved in a nanotech deus-ex-machina arms race with a proto Spider Jerusalem CorruptCorporateExecutive and his insane cannibal ComicBook/CaptainAmerica clone, becomes a plasma-shotgun toting cyberpunk revolutionary and saves the future from itself.

* {{Fandumb}}: The consistent belief that Ellis 'hates' superheroes. Often due to people looking at something like ''The Authority'' (when Ellis' run was much, much less severe than say, Creator/MarkMillar's) and getting the wrong impression entirely. Either that, or they confuse him with Creator/GarthEnnis.
** A column from Ellis shows that it's not that he hates superheroes, but rather that he never grew up with them the same way other comic fans did. Thus, his view on characters like Batman or Superman would mirror how a man would suddenly discover manga or pulp comics.
*** And yet despite that, he manages to write some of the definitive work on the same. Probably because this distance, while on the surface merely [[{{Deconstruction}} enabling him to take them apart and show up all the bad bits]], ''also'' enables him to [[{{Reconstruction}} put them back together better once he's done.]]
** See this very page for many repetitions of the idea that ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' #8's [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] {{Expy}} was transformed into Spider Jerusalem by Ellis. WordOfGod is that Ellis' intent was to have the character turn from John Constantine into [[ComicBook/TheInvisibles King Mob]]. It was Cassaday who decided to keep going and make him Spider. (Not that Ellis didn't enjoy the idea, but it wasn't his.)

** ''ComicBook/XMan'': Nate Grey, an alternate version of Cable from the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' is retooled as a more Doctor Strange-like character, protecting the Earth as its Mutant Shaman. In the process, he fights an evil alternate Jean Grey, an insane inhabitant of a utopian parallel Earth destroying other Earths to prevent their inhabitants from threatening his, and an alien energy being that's infected all of Earth and is preparing it for consumption by his masters. All while treating the multiverse as his personal stepladder, running into an {{Expy}} of ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' in the process.

Recurring AuthorAppeal / [[AuthorTract Author Tracts]] include [[{{Nanomachines}} nanotechnology]], [[MegaCorp evil corporations]], [[IWantMyJetpack space exploration]], [[HumansAreBastards people behaving badly]], as well a rather unsympathetic [[EagleLand view of America]] and [[EvilBrit Great Britain]]. His works regularly feature BlackAndGrayMorality, ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer, and ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs. [[TropesAreNotBad None of the above makes his work any less inherently readable.]]

Warren Girard Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British comic book writer and novelist. He is known for introducing transhumanist elements to his books, and for complex stories, including {{Continuity Nod}}s, [[{{Expy}} expies]], and {{Lawyer Friendly Cameo}}s. Like other Britwave authors, Ellis often operates as a one-man DeconstructorFleet.

Ellis’ comic work fills a large bookshelf. Major works include:

''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', with artist Bryan Hitch. ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' gained Ellis his first real notoriety, featuring an expansive and epic art style Ellis dubbed "widescreen comics" as well as inspiring the DecompressedComic movement, which Ellis would later avert in ''ComicBook/{{Fell}}''.

Ellis is the writer and co-producer of ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'', an animated series for Netflix, with two seasons aired and a third in production. He is the creator of a new DC pop-up line called ''The Wild Storm'', a reboot of the Wildstorm universe from Ellis’ early days at Image Comics. Ellis continues to work in creator-owned comics, notably with the ongoing series ''Trees'' with Jason Howard and ''Injection,'' with Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, as well as shorter works like ''Cemetery Beach'' with Howard.

In between all of this, Ellis released dozens of creator-owned and work-for-hire projects. A (mostly) full list is below; suffice to say that he is [[DoingItForTheArt very busy]]. Common genres include BlackAndGrayMorality detective stories (''ComicBook/DesolationJones'', ''ComicBook/{{Fell}}''), space travel (''Ministry of Space'', ''Orbital'', ''Ocean''), deconstructing the superhero (''ComicBook/BlackSummer'', ''ComicBook/NoHero'', ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Supreme}} Blue Rose''), and pure silliness (''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'', ''ComicBook/{{TwoStep}}'').

* WritingForTheTrade: Averted as all hell. While noting that he probably has more trades out than any other writer (it's not uncommon for comic book shops to have an entire shelf of his work), Warren has strived to make his comics such as ''ComicBook/{{Fell}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'', or ''ComicBook/GlobalFrequency'' as self-contained within each issue as possible.