Just two more webcomics. Both short pieces written by Warren Ellis.
The first ‘Superidol’ is typical of and the best type of work Ellis does – short, clever and scary science-fiction.
The second ‘Shoot’ is a Hellblazer issue that never saw publication owing to the Columbine High School massarcre. Ellis appearently quit Hellblazer owing to the non-publication of this issue. Personally I can understand why a company like DcComics wouldn’t publish it at the time but I do feel it should have been reprinted at a later stage. Anyway, the story itself is very clever and gives as good a reason as any other i’ve heard for these kind of incidents (which is more an indication of how little real understanding there is of these kind of happenings than anything else).
Just reread shoot – If you find the story hard to deal with or ‘get’ read the last 3 pages (20,21,22) that gives the explanation I was talking about.
More later.
Martin X | 19-Sep-07 at 11:21 am | Permalink
Thanks for posting these – esp the “Shoot” story. I’m glad Vertigo/DC Comics haven’t asked you to take it down.
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