“Tradition:' one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking.”
Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum
Warren Girard Ellis is a British comic-book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including Transmetropolitan , Global Frequency , Red —adapted into the feature films Red and Red 2 —Trees , and Injection . Ellis is the author of the novels Crooked Little Vein and Gun Machine , and the novella Normal .
A prolific comic-book writer, he has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men, Thunderbolts, Moon Knight, and the "Extremis" story arc of Iron Man, which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 . Ellis created The Authority and Planetary for WildStorm, and wrote a run of Hellblazer for Vertigo, and James Bond for Dynamite Entertainment. Ellis wrote the video games Hostile Waters , Cold Winter , and Dead Space . He also wrote the animated TV movie G.I. Joe: Resolute .
Ellis is well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanist and folkloric themes, often in combination with each other. He is a patron of Humanists UK, a charity focused on promoting humanism and advancing secularism. He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea, England.
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“Tradition:' one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking.”
Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum
Source: Doktor Sleepless, Volume 1: Engines of Desire
Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard
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Context: (On Timothy McVeigh references) In terms of DOKTOR SLEEPLESS (I don't remember much of TRANSMET), it's just a nod to how quickly we assimilate our monsters. How many years was it between Charlie Manson being the terror of California and Charlie Manson being an image on joke t-shirts? I have a shirt somewhere with a pic of his face and, underneath it, the words CHARLIE DON'T SURF. Hitler's a cartoon figure now. Eminem dressed up as bin Laden within a couple of years of 9/11. It's interesting to me how we defang our nightmares -- by mocking them, but also by wearing their skins.
Source: Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street