Santa Monica's only walkable if death is no hurdle. The air's the wrong colour. People put sunglasses on their dogs. It's a hideous place where humans are not welcome and those who stay suffer eight kinds of brain damage.

He also has five other current series with Avatar: Anna MercuryNo Hero along with two long series Doktor Sleepless and Gravel. 2 with artist Bryan Hitch. On June 12 2008 the front page of The Hollywood Reporter announced that Summit Entertainment had optioned Red (2003) Ellis's thriller with artist Cully Hamner as a feature film.

Warren Girard Ellis (born February 16 1968) is an English author of comics novels and television who is well known for sociocultural commentary both through his online presence and through his writing which covers transhumanist themes (most notably nanotechnology cryonics mind transfer and human enhancement).