- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Avatar Press; illustrated edition edition (31 Jan 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1592910327
- ISBN-13: 978-1592910328
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 16.9 x 0.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 530,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Collected here are all four of the first year's worth of Warren Ellis' Apparat books including Simon Spector with art by Jacen Burrows, Angel Stomp Future with art by Juan Jose Ryp, Quit City with art by Laurenn McCubbin, and Frank Ironwine with art by Carla Speed McNeil! The four Apparat books are inspired by the pulp magazines of the 1930s and imagine modern day comic books that evolved from the pulps without the influence of super-heroes. Ellis also includes over 10 pages of new essays on the inspiration behind, and the creation of, these self-contained stories.
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A World Without Super Heroes
15 Feb 2006
Warren Ellis tried to figure out how adventure comics would have developed without sixty-odd years of super hero comics. The result is a series of one-shots that follow some of the classic themes of the old action comics. This volume collects the first four.
Science Fiction is up first with a very bizarre tale and amazing graphics (you really have to pay attention to all of the little details in the graphics).
Detective fiction takes an interesting turn with a detective who has a tendency to sleep in dumpsters. He and his new partner have a murder to solve.
The wonder of Pilot heroes follows as a flying ace retires from a team of hero pilots. This one is a little strange as well as being a pilot has little to do with the story. Also the art was unstable with characters looking young one moment and beyond middle age the next and vice versa.
The final story takes the mantle of Doc Savage, The Shadow and The Spider with a different eccentric millionaire fighting crime with the help of strange substances. I felt this was the best overall considering both story and art.
Readers will be a little disappointed to find out how long we might have to wait for any more of these stories and there is also a tendency to want to see more stories about some of these characters (I really liked the detective). Check it out.
Science Fiction is up first with a very bizarre tale and amazing graphics (you really have to pay attention to all of the little details in the graphics).
Detective fiction takes an interesting turn with a detective who has a tendency to sleep in dumpsters. He and his new partner have a murder to solve.
The wonder of Pilot heroes follows as a flying ace retires from a team of hero pilots. This one is a little strange as well as being a pilot has little to do with the story. Also the art was unstable with characters looking young one moment and beyond middle age the next and vice versa.
The final story takes the mantle of Doc Savage, The Shadow and The Spider with a different eccentric millionaire fighting crime with the help of strange substances. I felt this was the best overall considering both story and art.
Readers will be a little disappointed to find out how long we might have to wait for any more of these stories and there is also a tendency to want to see more stories about some of these characters (I really liked the detective). Check it out.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Disturbingly beautiful
23 Nov 2008
This TPB is what Warren Ellis, to me, is all about. Short, to the point, scarily brutal, sometimes even morbid - still, he's a fine, fine writer, and the artists he's gotten to come along this time are genuinely some of the best.
Warren Ellis' work with Transmetropolitan has been legendary. This stand-alone TPB takes some of the style and suave from Transmetro, and transfers the absurdity and plain crazyness to different settings in different times and places.
If you like Warren Ellis' work, or if you haven't yet sampled his twisted mind's offerings, this is a great place to start!
Warren Ellis' work with Transmetropolitan has been legendary. This stand-alone TPB takes some of the style and suave from Transmetro, and transfers the absurdity and plain crazyness to different settings in different times and places.
If you like Warren Ellis' work, or if you haven't yet sampled his twisted mind's offerings, this is a great place to start!
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