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  • I didn't hear about this one until now, thanks Spoony, I'll see if I can dredge this up outta the long boxes!

  • Cool. Haven't read this one, but if it has Warren Ellis' name on it, I'm reading it.

  • I couldn't like this enough. I love how people who get pissed about this shit are the same ones that know nothing about the fucking thing, fuck those people. I'm not a fan of any comic book writers or artist.. I can only name a few... but damn I think I'll have to find more warren ellis works.

  • wow is Spooney the only one who ever told ppl about this. I just Got the Graphic novel Yesterday. yeah Really Good Stuff. Thought Provoking , and Lots Of Porn in it Defiantly. I Mean Tom Noir's Stump..HELLO! lol

  • dude that is my favorite warren ellis book! i love the mans writing!!! so talented

  • But Superman has been faced with a mass murderer in the white house! >:) and he killed him and took over the world.

  • PORNOGRAPHY? WHEAR???!?!??!

  • Thanks for the suggestion. I loved Transmetropolitan and Nextwave. Was not even aware this was around. I was able to get my hands on the series and was not able to stop until I reached the end of seven. It was fucking brilliant. Warren Ellis rocks socks, docks, and cocks, and helluva a lot more.

  • sounds brilliant . i would actualy buy that comic.

  • sounds pretty cool might buy it no i will by it

  • Hey.. I might actually buy that comic. Sounds good.

  • ive never read a comic book in my life, wouldn't mind starting now. well said old friend

  • Transmetropolitan was pretty, pretty good. I might buy Black Summer.

    My friends debate with me, but Preacher is a better comic IMO.

  • I hadn't read any of Warren Ellis's stuff until I saw this video, I've now read Planetary, Nextwave and am working my way through Transmetropolitan. I'm loving his stuff, so thanks for bring it to my attention :)

  • I don't read comic books. Good video though.

  • Buy Transmetropolitan. God will thank you.

  • LOL!!! I will look into it. ROFL, awesome post.

  • Warren Ellis is like the Alan Moore of the 00's. He's the man. Even with his lesser known works like Jack Cross, he's fucking good.

  • sounds cool, I'm gonna go to comic store and probably check out some readings!

  • I really wanna read this, Its like in Justice League where a parallel universe Lex Luthor Becomes President and Super Man kills him in the office, only the military didnt come after them they became Leaders of the world controlling everything so no crime is ever done, monitoring everything from their watch tower. Hated by all all of the world.

    So I hope to find this, might be hard in New Zealand but ill have a look around and see what I can find.

  • Ill try to check it out. but were is my comic store >.>

  • Warren Ellis FTW!!!  :D

  • Great video, I'll check it out.

  • think I'll wait for it to be available in graphic novel, but I love the idea of how evil and good conflict and how it's hard to see what's good and what's evil. Certainly sounds like something I'd be interested in reading.

  • looks good, but I'm hesistant to buy anything drawn by Juan Ryp, after he worked of Frank Miller's Robocop. I'm not sure if it was because it was a screenplay adaption, or the fault of the writer who adapted it(or even Miller himself), but the art had no flow to it.

    Also I wouldn't call Spider a sociopath. He's shown to actually care for some, but is just very angry and violent.

  • Are you carrying on with these or not?

  • that sounds awosme and i thik people dont know wtf their talken about cause america is a country where there is fredom and when people say its not american their tryen to put a limit on what people can write not leting them share ideas with the american public ideas that make u think instead of POW good guys win bad guys lose cause in the real world that not the way it is i think people who call a thing like this un american are themselves un american

  • Flawless video. Warren Ellis FTW

  • It came out recently that Ellis wrote a good bit of the story for Dead Space

  • What the hell is unamerican supposed to mean? I'm unamerican, I'm german. Does that make me worse than an american?

  • no, it just means that it's not very "american" like. It doesn't live up to american standards is what it means. It's not demeaning other races such as german (which btw i share the blood, rock on bro), it's like i said, just mentioning it's not american like.

  • Endyyn, "anti-American" would probbaly be a better term for what they meant. And "un-American" doesn't mean worse than an American; it means, in essence, something counter to what is presumably American ideals. The term is really only used for unpatriotic Americans (both parties use the term to describe that which they dislike), for the most part, so no need to bunch up your knickers. I have never heard the term used toward someone of a different nationality.

  • rofl endyyn you tripper

  • i was wondering, whats your opinion on the JTHM series and its spinoffs (squee!, i feel sick, and i think zim was one too even though it had none of the same characters it had some of same running jokes and elements like the cd sespool)

  • I thought "Black Summer" was merely OK. The conclusion leaves so much to be desired. As with most of Warren Ellis' other work, it starts off with big ideas and then sort of fizzles. Planetary is an excellent example of this tendency. Black Summer 7 and Planetary 26 parallel each other by leaving a whole yarn ball of loose plot ends. Warren Ellis has not really produced a truly spectacular work yet. So far it's all self-promotion.

  • ZING!!!

  • cheap shot man. cheap shot.

  • love the bg music

  • Thanks for the good reference. You know, I've been looking for a good comic since Preacher which (once you get past the blantant racism) is a good read. I followed it up with THE BOYS (anti super hero hit squad) but it didn't measure up. So, I'll try Black Summer. Thanks!

  • This is one of my favorite of your videos.

  • Warren Elis is an astounding writer, and every time I read one of his wonderful comics, I always ask "Where does this guy get this stuff?"

  • Hey, thanks for exposing the viewers to some sweet comic books, these look really cool!

    Rock on, Noah.

  • Thanks for the recommendation. I tend to wait for trades to get released before buying my comics, but I might break that rule for this one.

  • It's nice to know that at least one comic book author is willing to tackle a story above and beyond any of the usual constraints put on such stories. It's also a bit eerie that I've come up with such a story before as an idle imagining, never even realizing that somebody had put those idle imaginings in comic form. I may well have to look into these comics...

  • your telling us to pick it up now..?

    at the end of the series

    thanks

  • You can still buy it

  • its easier to buy a finished seires than an on going series.

  • true. Mostly because it's hard to buy and keep following a new comic series. A best strategy is to immediately buy the first issue as soon it's released before the next issue and just keep using this strategy unrtil the series is finished. Finished series are easy as you can easily but all of the issues at once or just buy another one when you feel like you need another.

  • This sounds pretty awesome. I love comics where Superheroes are placed into more realistic situations like Watchem, Top 10 and Powers.

    Was it me or was Alan Moore the taxi driver?

    Damn, this will take forever to come out in trade i bet.

  • haha i knew of him, but when spoony said he was a warren ellis fanboy i hadto laugh... why? because my name is also warren ellis...

  • awesome music in the backgound

  • Excelent.

  • Warren Ellis is the second best comic book writer in the world. (Alan Moore is the best)

  • hmmm i live in England and i can't actually think of a comic book store :S do they even exist over here ?

  • There are loads, you're just not looking hard enough.

  • I think Forbidden Planet sell comic books.. Not sure though.

  • Sounds like a good comic. I think I've heard of Warren Ellis before.

  • I like it when people look past simple politics for simple philosophical questions.

    Having lived in an extremely politically biased college town for five years now, it's hard to get away from taking said "cheap shots" at Pres. Bush or any remaining local Republican politician for that matter for every problem that comes across the spectrum.

    Not that I personally think they shouldn't take a flying leap, but the other side looks just as bad doing the same thing.

  • Hey Spoony, I know the source of that background music:

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game on NES!

  • blaster master.

  • That may have been the first song, I was referring to the last.

  • I heard about this months ago and completely forgot to go buy it. Perhaps now I will.

  • I love it when people say controversial speech is un-American.

    YOU'RE UN-AMERICAN!!!

    I love you, Spoony.

  • Metro better become a movie. Seriously.

  • Thanks Spoony I am so checking this out.

  • Wow that comic sounds amazing. I defenitely want to try it out. And I hate people who judge things without even trying it out, that's just stupid.

  • Interesting.

  • sounds like my kind of comic! thanx, spoony! ^^

  • While I did enjoy this, I think you should tear something a new asshole soon. I'm forgetting the classic spoony spirit of spite, hatred and cynical anti-hypism. This was entertaining, but I think it's time for classic, old school spoony (Noha).

  • sorry, but I think you should make some more game reviews

  • Well I'm officially interested.

  • I love comics but they're so hard to get where I live...looks like eBay it is. Thanks for the reccomendation!

  • Speaking of Ellis, have you been reading his FreakAngels webcomic?

  • love your reviews dude, whether you're bashing something shit or bigging up something awesome you get to the core of the issue and explain with clarity and insight why you take the stance you do, makes engrossing viewing.

    about black summer, it's not one i've heard of. i normally read stuff like the sandman and i've got most issues of etrigan the demon and i read other stuff but the premise to this one sounds ambitious and promising and i'm gonna pick it up and have a read. cheers spoony

  • Latest update broke youtube's stretching feature, any old videos will be like that too.

  • Wow what an interesting concept

  • Transmopoletan is my favorite comic, So inspired of Hunter Ss thompson.

  • sounds like we need a superhero ...

  • As much as I love the bad-media bashing reviews, I gotta say that I like the more positive ones too. Looking forward to more!

  • I used to read a lot of comics, and the plot of this sounds great.

    And you have a great week too, Spoony

  • protesters: bla bla bla bla anti-american etc.

    ellis: FREEDOM OF SPEECH BITCHES STFU!

    me: ^^ yay!

  • I'm not much of a comic book guy, but that sounds pretty cool.

  • Oh and Blair Butler of AOTS recommended this comic.

  • Yeah this is random, but your hair looks really great in this video.

  • man, I got to check that one out

  • people like you are one of the reasons he hasn't already

  • Sounds interesting, think I'll pick up a copy Friday

  • can i get this in the uk?

  • Maybe in Forbidden Planet dude, Depends where about u live really odviously the bigger the city the wider the store variety.

  • pornography 2 minors? thats bullshit

  • who needs that now we have the internet

  • I like this new feature, it's like bite sized Spoony.

  • NERRRRRRRRRDDDD!!!

    But you have piqued my interest, and the concept of a hero turned as the media would quote "Terror-ist" and "Amerikuhs enemy". Lets just hope all the fundamentalists one day go and missenterpret the bible, again, and kill each other as a "GOD's will".

    5* 4 Yor vid, spoonyone

  • I'm reading watchmen right now, and it is kick ass shit. I forgot how awesome comic books were.

  • great video, thanks for the heads up!

  • Seems like it'd be good for a larf

  • ya that looks pretty kick ass with a message that really makes u think...the people who protested r just pricks who have nothing better to do than bitch and complain bout anything they can and if they see a opening to protest they will do it cause there dicks period

  • Spoony, if you like comics that are entertaining, yet they make you think, you must read the manga "Death Note", a great story about a person's individual responsibility to insure a just society.

  • Normally, I'd probably take a look at it, but I don't have a comic book store in my area.

  • I'm Sold! Thanks Spoony!!!

  • If this comic was really a shot at the Bush administration, wouldn't the main hero leave the president alone?

    I mean Bush(and most presidents for the longest time) is nothing more then a walking tape recorder/pen.

  • That sounds awesome, I'll have to give Black Summer a look, good video Spoony.

  • Well done spoony

  • Sounds awesome.

  • sounds like watchmen

  • You know...that's a very difficult philosophical question for most people to even contemplate. What if there is a mass murderer behind the desk of the oval office, and a vigilante is thereby forced to end the life of this murderer at the expense of his own reputation solely for what is right?

    Brilliant work, Spoony, on unveiling a comic I definately want to go read, now!

  • Awesome man, will try to check that out. Reading through The Watchmen for now. I had never heard of it before the hypnotic trailer before the Dark Knight. Awesome stuff.

  • I wish we had comic books like these in our country, all we have now - just a bunch of paper waste for 5 year olds :(

  • Totally gotta check this out!

  • Aaah, USian soldiers. Cowards. Murderers. Rapers and Pillagers. Dead by the dozens.

    Enjoyable.

  • Really. Have proof or propaganda?

  • Looks good

  • Transmeto is also my fav comic series : D

  • can we please shut up about it now, spoony will do it when hes ready, right now he wants to do other things so sit patiently like a good litle boy OK!

  • Most unnecessary comment of the week!

    No, I mean it, why would you say that in a Video about a COMIC!?

  • Read Battle angel alita

  • spoonyone, next time you can nominate your own vids for 'most awesome thing of the week'. cos they're awesome -- most awesome. and they come in the week. and they're... uh... things.

    (disclaimer: those who quickly read over this text might think i am making fun of this vid. i am not. i am saying it is awesome. and most awesome. and a thing. and...)

  • Cool ill defo check those out Spoony. Only pls do another review soon there awesome! Perhps another terror trax ifposs?

  • Hmmm, I should check this out. Sounds like a cool comic.

  • Cool video, but Spoony doesn't suit stubble.

  • a truely inspirational man :)

    good job spoony

  • dammit!

    we dont have comic books over here.

    thats why i had to import my copy of the amazing spiderman -.-

  • I miss comics. You don't see much in england. Imports much? ;].

    How much is one issue?

  • yeah there not any good comics over here in England :(

  • Ditto. I have read a couple of issues of Transmetropolitan though (phew, long nane). Thought that the main character was too much of an ass to be liked at first, until he went bald...

  • ah yes, Warren Ellis, one of my favorites personally, Nextwave is a favorite of mine and wished they continued that although I did love their little cameo in Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness

    anyways, I'm surprised you didn't mention one of Ellis's other famous work he started, The Authority and maybe his run on other books like Thunderbolts and Hellblazer

  • I was never really a big fan of comics but

    the only ones i really read in my childhood were disney comics like ducktales!

  • YEAH! go ducktales!

  • I'm tempted to check this out. o.o

  • Pfft...Protesting against something that they even haven't read. It looks like a cool comic! Might read it!

  • Kinda like protesting a war that you have not fought in.

  • Yeah, or condemning a murder that they haven't committed.

  • You're a dunce if you think war only affects combatants.

  • Nice use of Blaster Master music!

  • i havent heard of these comics, will have a look into them this week.

    Thanks spoon!

  • Thanks for the reccomendation man, looks great.

  • hey spoon, where u get ur comic books from. i live in south gilbert.

  • spoony you are manly as that guy who killed the president with his bare hands

  • If Death Magnetic doesn't make TMATOTW, I will be severely disappointed.

  • You see...I liked Nextwave and Transmetropolitian respectively for it's parody, and the would character Spider Jerusalem. I'd like Ellis too, if he didn't publicly say that he hated superheroes and the roles they portray. They serve a critical role in the worlds they live in, and yes, they may not be helping people out in Africa or anything like that, but they do serve an important role; keeping the people safe from threat, both supernatural and known. Heroes also use their normal lives to help

  • That indeed is very awesome!!

  • Not to turn into Pete Plug, but if you're a fan of Ellis and Morrison I wholeheartedly recommend Midnight Nation. And, if you're in the mood of trying something really out there I recommend Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth.

  • i wish i knew a comic book store :(

  • I may just have to check this out, Transmetropolitan was amazing.

  • This sounds pretty kick ass.

  • I haven't read any comics in years and years, but that sounds pretty damn cool.

  • awesome

  • oh spoony one your so cool

  • I prefer some of Ellis's other stuff, but it's all good.

  • Thanks for telling us about this. I.m definitely gonna check that one out. Oh, and i worship Transmetropolitan.

  • great

  • glad to see spoony is making a come back.

  • in less than 5 mins this vid already almost has 100 views.

  • spoony rocks ;P

  • black summer sounds cool. wtf distributing porn? they really didnt wnat ppl reading that.

  • YouTube is doing something weird to my video by not stretching it to fill the window whenever I'm in front of the camera. Strange, the master copy I have on my computer looks fine.

  • Well done spoony.

  • wow...That really sounds interesting and thought-provoking.

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