IGNITION CITY (2009)

"(W) Warren Ellis (A) Gianluca Pagliarani Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics, in the alternate-world style of the award-winning Ministry Of Space and Aetheric Mechanics - a retro-punk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. 1956. Personal space flight is becoming illegal all over the world. Grounded space pilot Mary Raven has to journey to Earth's last spaceport, the island of Ignition City, to recover her dead father's effects - and discovers, there in the lawless interzone of the ramshackle settlement raised inside the ring of launch pads, that her father died on the wrong end of a ray-gun. She's not going to leave until she finds out who killed Rock Raven, but there's a lot of people who'd rather feed her to the recycling chipper first! Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in five issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani and launching with a Regular and Wraparound cover by Pagliarani, a painted cover by Felipe Massafera, and a rare Design Sketch cover by Pagliarani!"

"(W) Warren Ellis (A) Gianluca Pagliarani Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics, in the alternate-world style of the award-winning Ministry Of Space and Aetheric Mechanics, a retro-punk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. Grounded space pilot Mary Raven has come to the interzone settlement in the middle of Ignition City, Earth's last spaceport, to recover the effects of her dead father - or so people think. Mary really wants to know how he died, and who did it. And if she finds that out, she's going to spoil the rackets of a great many people, and maybe uncover a deadly secret that's worth ray-gunning her down to protect! Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in five issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani and launching with a Regular and Wraparound cover by Pagliarani, a painted cover by Felipe Massafera and a rare Design Sketch cover by Pagliarani!"

"(W) Warren Ellis (A) Gianluca Pagliarani Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics, in the alternate-world style of the award-winning Ministry Of Space and Aetheric Mechanics - a retro-punk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. Mary Raven's asking questions about the death of her father Rock, here in the interzone settlement in the middle of Earth's last spaceport. Enough questions that she's about to find herself on the wrong end of a couple of ray guns, trapped in a place where no-one cares about murder and the only real currency is fear. Today might be Mary Raven's last day on Earth, and all she has to defend herself is her daddy's old gun and a secret no-one wants told. Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in a 5 issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani and launching with a Regular and Wraparound cover by Pagliarani, a painted cover by Felipe Massafera, and a rare Design Sketch cover by Pagliarani!"

"Writer: Warren Ellis Art: Gianluca Pagliarani Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics -- a retro-punk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. Mary Raven has to die. Today might be Mary Raven's last day on Earth, trapped on the last spaceport where no-one cares about murder and the only real currency is fear. She has her dead father's raygun, and that's enough for space hero turned arms dealer Lightning Bowman to want her dead. But she also has her dead father's diary. And now she knows something no-one else in the settlement does...and they'll want her dead for that, too... Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in five issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani and launching with a Regular and Wraparound cover by Pagliarani, a painted cover by Felipe Massafera and a rare Design Sketch cover by Pagliarani!"

"The ray-gun blasting epic conclusion of the first series! Where did the space heroes go to die? A major new series by Warren Ellis, the writer who reinvented science fiction in comics -- a retro-punk 'future of the past' where spaceships still belched smoke and arguments were still settled with laser pistols. The mystery of Ignition City is revealed, and none of the citizens can believe the shocking truth. Mary Raven now has everyone out to kill her and it looks like her luck may have run out. Ignition City is an on-going color epic told in a series of five issue series featuring the art of Aetheric Mechanics' Gianluca Pagliarani and launching with a Regular and Wraparound cover by Pagliarani, a painted cover by Felipe Massafera, a special Signed Poster edition with a signed poster from Pagliarani (limited to 3000 copies), and a rare Design Sketch cover by Pagliarani!"