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I know it came out a few weeks ago, but I was wondering if anyone had picked up the first issue of Warren Ellis & Steve Rolston's Mek? It's good stuff - this is the best thing Ellis has done in ages, I reckon, largely because he keeps his more familiar, bombastic impulses in check, and also because he's working with a talented artist and gives him the required space (which is to say, the *look* of the world of Mek seems very much Rolston's, and all the better for it). Particular highlight of issue one is the girl in the bar scene pouring the remains of her drink on the floor and saying "Goodbye" - a libation! - it's a nicely quiet, quirky moment with a deft touch the writer hasn't displayed in a long time. Contrast this with what I thought was the weakest moment just afterwards, when Sarissa addresses the club crowd in a very Ellis-protagonist way - "you all know me..." - how can they even hear her: if this is some hip, seedy subcultural den shouldn't there be unsociably loud music playing?
That aside, and despite how badly the last Rolston-drawn miniseries I read ended, I'm digging Mek. Not too interested in the plot as such, but that's not what it's really about so far. Quite annoyed that Ellis beat me to calling someone Switch in a very knowing way, but then arguably The Matrix got there earlier...
Anyway, anyone else enjoying this?
Please note: this thread is about Mek. It is not about Warren Ellis in general, or the ending of Transmet, or the lateness of Planetary, or the fact that he ran over your cat. Off-topic posts will be moderated. |
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