Warren Ellis

Warren Girard Ellis born 16 February 1968 is an English comic book writer novelist and screenwriter He is best known as the cocreator of several original comic series including Transmetropolitan 19972002 Global Frequency 20022004 and Red 20032004 which was adapted into the feature films Red 2010 and Red 2 2013 Ellis is the author of the novels Crooked Little Vein 2007 and Gun Machine 2013 and the novella Normal 2016 A prolific comic book writer Ellis has written several Marvel series including Astonishing XMen Thunderbolts Moon Knight and the Extremis story arc of Iron Man which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 2013 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 2001 Cold Winter 2005 and Dead Space 2008 He also wrote the animated TV movie GI Joe Resolute 2009 wrote the English version of Marvel Anime 20102011 and served as the head writer on the acclaimed animated Netflix series Castlevania 20172021 Ellis is well known for sociocultural commentary both through his online presence and through his writing which covers transhumanist most notably nanotechnology cryonics mind transfer and human enhancement and folkloric themes often in combination with each other He is a humanist and former patron of Humanists UK a charity focused on promoting humanism and advancing secularism He is a resident of SouthendonSea England Description above from the Wikipedia article Warren Ellis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia