Planetary: Leaving the Twentieth Century

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Summary: Warren Ellis is strange and a terrible writer.
Review: The writings of Warren Ellis, well they promote drugs, paranoia, inmature dialoge between men and women, and commentey by a man who clearly hates himself and the world around him. As this load of garbage shows. DC Comics should have nothing to do with this quack's wriings, and speaking as someone who works in the publishing field as both editor and writer. I would not give the man's scripts one passing thought, They are not worth it.

Rating:
Summary: Planetary: Leaving the 20th Century
Review: In this 3rd installment of Planetary (collecting issues 13-18), Ellis and Cassaday take their X-Files-on-steroids creation through a familiar landscape of comicbook/literary/pop culture - including take-offs on the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Thor, kung fu flick 'Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon', Tarzan, and Jules Verne's sci-fi classic 'From the Earth to the Moon'.


Warren Ellis rivals Alan Moore aned Neil Gaiman as a writer who commands repeated readings as the war between Planetary and the Syndicate(X-Files)-like 'Four' (who are themselves evil send-ups of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four) escalates. John Cassaday's art is consistently breathtaking and more than equalls Ellis' strong writing.


Do read the first 2 Planetary graphic novels first ('All Over the World' and 'The Fourth Man') before continuing here and beyond. The good news is there is more to come.


Also recommended: Planetary:Crossing Worlds (excellent short stories outside of regular continuity); Alan Moore and Kevin O'neil's 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' (both Vol. I & II are great).