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Come in Alone

They want me to entertain you bastards," Warren Ellis began his series of columns for the comic book Internet destination website Comic Book Resources.

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Part social commentary, part sitting at-the-feet-of-Socrates, part kick in the ass, COME IN ALONE was the column that would zig when you thought it would zag.

This collection of all fifty-two columns includes Ellis' unique take on the comic book industry, features first-class interviews with top-flight comic book professionals, and even includes the legendary Old Bastard's Manifesto.

Wrap this all up in an evocative and spooky cover by Brian Wood, and you've got a collection of commentary that midwifed the birth of the comic book industry into the 21st century.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 248 pages

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