March 4th, 2009 | Work
I wrote PLANETARY #27 two years ago.
As fas as I know, John’s still working on the art. Once he’s done, I imagine Laura will colour it.
Should anything change, the news will appear here. If you see no news about PLANETARY #27 here, assume nothing has changed.
That is all.
WARREN ELLIS
Coilhouse - 20 Nov 09
This one goes out to Nadya, Zo, and especially Courtney Riot, our beloved creative director. Hang in there, babies.
Post tags: Coilhouse, Serious Business
Coilhouse - 20 Nov 09
Well hello there!
Do you lack healthy boundaries? Are you guilty of the compulsive overshare? All-too-eager to share gory, palpating details with complete strangers that no one besides your own mother and/or proctologist would ever want to know?
Non-consensual rape anecdote telling. Tactical uterus hurling in lieu of real intimate contact. The “I wasn’t breast fed enough so now I need to publicly air my personal anguish to feel properly nurtured and validated” power point presentation. “Cry For Help” cutting (across the street, not down the road). Cloaking references to life-shattering trauma in Obfuscating Yet Ominous Faerie Singsong? (patented by Tori Amos). “Fuck You Daddy, I’m a Suicide Girl Now!” blog posts. Spontaneous primal scream therapy in the supermarket. If you have ever attempted one or more of these maneuvers, chance are, you’re a TMI Avenger.
Relax. You’re among friends. And you’re gonna loooove Body Memories. A squirm-inducing, low budget indie film directed by the same fella who brought us one of the most fabulous independent documentaries of the decade, Body Memories is…
…one man’s journey inward to find meaning in his life. He becomes an archeologist of the soul, digging through the layers of his past. Evocative images blend with a riveting performance that uncovers family secrets and buried traumas.
Enjoy.
(More clips under the cut.)
Read the rest of “I’m bad… I’m a man… I HATE my penis.”
Post tags: Crackpot Visionary, Culture, Film, Gender, Sexuality, Silly-looking types, Surreal, Testing your faith
Coilhouse - 20 Nov 09
Every time an issue of the magazine goes to print, things somehow turn Highly Inappropriate here at Coilhouse. This is apparent to anyone who was there on Twitter during the hours of our final revision deadline last night. And it’s only going to get worse before Issue 04’s out. So to celebrate, a video of Miss Piggy singing “Fuck the Pain Away” by Peaches. It’s that kind of day.
[via Shannon]
Brian Wood - 20 Nov 09
Will Blanche, ?The Newly Constructed Towers of the World Trade Center Seen From the South Side on West Street, May, 1973? (via These Americans)
See also: Mitch Epstein, ?West Side Highway, New York City? [looking towards World Trade Center] 1977
Kung Fu Monkey - 20 Nov 09
John Robb - 20 Nov 09
Short Answer: divide it.
It's long been my contention that Iraq was stabilized at an acceptable level of controlled chaos due to a happy accident by al Qaeda (in an attempt to expand/lead the loose insurgency in a new direction). What did they do? They blew up the Golden Mosque in Samara in 2006. This act of symbolic terrorism did indeed disrupt social networks as anticipated, however the consequences were ultimately disastrous for the Iraqi open source insurgency.
The reason for this is it broke the dynamics of the open source insurgency in ways the US and Iraqi government's COIN efforts could not. First, it created a permanent split between Sunni and Shiite insurgent groups/militias. Coopetition ended. Second, it motivated large Shiite militias to start an ethnic cleansing of Sunni areas. This put acute pressure on Sunni guerrilla groups who were too small (by design to avoid US counter-pressure) to defend themselves against large militias operating in the open. The result was an opening, very close to the one I described in my 2005 NYTimes OpEd, that allowed the US to convert Sunni guerrilla groups into militias that were not loyal to the central government (in direct contradiction to its COIN manual).
It's a nice example of the dynamics of many to many conflict, social network disruption, and the development open source counterinsurgency.
See this excellent description at the blog, "Musings on Iraq" for more detail on the ethnic cleansing operations. It also includes this money quote: "the majority of the Sunni insurgency gave up and switched sides to align with the Americans rather than face annihilation at the hands of the Shiite militias, Al Qaeda in Iraq, or the United States."
NOTE: it's pretty clear from the above that social network disruption (either through attacks on symbolic targets or blood and guts terrorism) is like playing horseshoes with live hand grenades. It's ultimately a losing strategy for advancing an open source insurgency. Social network disruption is very likely to break standing order 6: don't fork the insurgency.
Girl Farts - 20 Nov 09
John Robb - 20 Nov 09
Some random items of interest:
Jean Snow - 20 Nov 09
Beautiful (and simple) site design featuring the illustrative work of Yorifuji Bunpei. Via Paul Baron.
Bet you’re regretting macheteing John’s hands off and making him draw with his teeth NOW, aren’t you!
Fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkkkkk!
I see Planetary #27 in the headline, my heart skips a beat. Then I actually read the post, and the news is… no news. Gaarrghh! Have some sympathy, Mr. Ellis! It’s like you delight in torturing your loyal fans… (oh, wait…)
Sorry, I didn’t know my thoughts were that loud.
Which is, I guess, making Chapters listing of the Planetary Vol. 4 hardcover coming out on July 7 perhaps a touch optimistic.
http://tinyurl.com/cm36j4
I have even a longer wait, as I’m holding out for Absolute Planetary Vol. II. I have the first one and want its sister. Ah well, good things to those who wait and all that jazz…
I shake my Space Cane at you!
im gonna break into his house and draw it myself. Hope you like stick-men.
[…] Publishing | Warren Ellis updates us on the status of Planetary#27. Sort of: “As fas as I know, John’s still working on the art.” [Warren Ellis] […]
I Still Dreaming in thein the Number 27 of Planetary like the dreamer of Ayres Rock!
It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.(Warren Ellis)
It seems like Planetary #27 might never be published. It has been two years since the writing was finished. Could you leak the script Mr. Ellis? If the book is never going to come out I would prefer to know how the story ends, even in an incomplete form.
If John tells me he’s drawing it, and the office tell me they’ve seen pages, then he’s most certainly drawing it and they’ve most certainly seen pages. Get a grip, man.
Thats great news! I am too accustomed to a long delay leading to the death of a project. But now I’m curious in your personal stance, not specifically for Planetary. If a series that you finished writing were officially cancelled before the end of its run would you make the script public for the readers?
I doubt it.
I’m excited for Planetary #27 but it’ll get done when it gets done. Hounding Warren and John is not going to help.
Offering mutilated children and puppies as a gift is the real way to get this book rollin’!
I’ll have some for you tomorrow Mr. Ellis.
Patiently waiting. In the meantime, I kill my dog.
I’m just grateful it is in production and will eventually see print.
I can wait — I waited a year or more between the final issuers of Super-Villain Team-Up, I can wait for this.
At least it’s not Big Numbers (or Stray Toasters or 1963 80-Page Giant or Glory, Youngblood or Supreme: The Return) all over again!
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I had a dream a couple of months ago in which I saw #27 on the shelves, but the douche behind the till wouldn’t sell it to me. Eventually I beat him to death with a model of Mjolnir, and walked out with the book, but woke up before I could read it. So close!
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You’re making too much money Mr. Ellis! You don’t want my money for the fourth hardcover and the second Absolute? Anyway Planetary #18 did good for me, I have not reread a comic book, immediately after the first read, since I bought the oversized danish editions of the DK Returns series many years ago, but with “The Gun Club”, I found the excitement that one can only find in comic books, few only find that excitement once, even fewer find it twice - So thank you for that! But still, it would be nice to read #27 before my neural network dies by the un-merciful sword of time………..I’ll return to my beer drinking now……
Oh, I see you’re taking comments.
Just want to add my “vote”: Planetary is my favorite miniseries like ever. A ripping yarn that could only be done as a comic, I believe. And, as an old fart, love the Fantastic Four parody (in the literary sense) underlying it.
Y’know, Warren has absolutely nothing to do with it at this point. John Cassaday is the artist, and it’s his schedule, ability and inclination to work on it that influence the release date now. There’s nothing anyone else can do about it. Even if he WANTED to release the script online, Warren still wouldn’t. At the very least it would damage his relationship with the book’s publisher, and just be an altogether dick move to undercut them like that. Especially for something that is in no way their fault. Anyhow, what’s the hurry for the series to end? You’ll miss it when it’s gone anyway. Try to enjoy all the plethora of other comics Warren and others are doing now.
-k.
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I just want to say that planetary is something that keeps getting better everytime i read it. I can wait for the elusive #27. But until then is their anything out there even close to as good?