Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''
Transmetropolitan
''Transmetropolitan'' is a cyberpunk transhumanist comic book series written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Darick Robertson; it was published by the American company DC Comics in 1997–2002. The series was originally part of the short-lived DC C ...
'' (1997–2002), ''
Global Frequency
''Global Frequency'' is an American comic book science fiction Limited series (comics), limited series created and written by Warren Ellis and published by Wildstorm, Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics.
The series is set in the prese ...
'' (2002–2004) and ''
Red
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'' (2003–2004), which was adapted into the feature films ''
Red
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'' (2010) and ''
Red 2'' (2013). Ellis is the author of the novels ''
Crooked Little Vein
''Crooked Little Vein'' is the first novel by comic book writer Warren Ellis, published by William Morrow on July 24, 2007.
The novel is written in the first-person, similar to much of the hardboiled detective genre. The book was based on r ...
'' (2007) and ''
Gun Machine
''Gun Machine'' is a Hardboiled, hardboiled detective Thriller (genre), thriller novel written by English author Warren Ellis. The novel, Ellis' second, was released on 1 January 2013 through Mulholland Books, and reached The New York Times Best ...
'' (2013) and the novella ''Normal'' (2016).
A prolific comic book writer, Ellis has written several
Marvel
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** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ...
series, including ''
Astonishing X-Men
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'', ''
Thunderbolts'', ''
Moon Knight
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The son of a rabbi, Marc S ...
'' and the "
Extremis
"Extremis" is a six-issue story arc from the comic book series ''Iron Man (comic book), Iron Man'' (vol. 4), published in issues one through six in 2005 and 2006 by Marvel Comics. It was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Adi Granov. ' ...
" story arc of ''
Iron Man
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'', which was the basis for the
Marvel Cinematic Universe
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film ''
Iron Man 3
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'' (2013). Ellis created ''
The Authority'' and ''
Planetary'' for
WildStorm
Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...
, and wrote a run of ''
Hellblazer
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'' for
Vertigo
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and ''
James Bond
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'' for
Dynamite Entertainment
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. Ellis wrote the video games
''Hostile Waters'' (2001), ''
Cold Winter'' (2005), and ''
Dead Space
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'' (2008). He also wrote the animated TV movie ''
G.I. Joe: Resolute'' (2009), wrote the English version of ''
Marvel Anime'' (2010–2011), and served as the head writer on
Netflix
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series ''
Castlevania
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'' (2017–2021).
Ellis is well known for