Warren Ellis's comic Planetary is an amazing ride through the history of comic books and science fiction. I love the comic so much that I proposed a collection of essays to Sequart and they decided to give me the green light. Even though I have written an essay and edited the book, it isn't just mine. Not only did the incomparable Ross Payton write an essay about monsters (because he is the foremost authority on monsters in my mind), but Lady Gaga himself, Caleb has written an essay about Futurist studies and the cover will be provided by New World artist, Ean Moody.
http://www.sequart.org/magazine/168/2011-the-year-of-ellis/Honestly, this is just as much an RPPR book as it is a Sequart book, so please check in at the site and I'll let you know when its available for sale (hint: it will be really really soon).
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