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When interviewed about ''Mek'', Warren Ellis explained that he felt that mechanical augmentation was "already happening"<ref name="westfield">[http://westfieldcomics.com/wow/order_main.html www.westfieldcomics.com - Warren Ellis interview (DEC02 Product)]</ref>, quoting [[Stelarc]] and the work of [[Kevin Warwick]] as examples. In the same interview, he stated his opinion that "What is art and experiment today will be high-end consumer goods in ten years, and cheap enough to be street goods in twenty years"<ref name="westfield"/> and that "[[William Gibson]] said it smartest: the street finds its own use for things. And what is experimental, medical or military eventually finds its way down there"<ref name="westfield"/>. |
When interviewed about ''Mek'', Warren Ellis explained that he felt that mechanical augmentation was "already happening"<ref name="westfield">[http://westfieldcomics.com/wow/order_main.html www.westfieldcomics.com - Warren Ellis interview (DEC02 Product)]</ref>, quoting [[Stelarc]] and the work of [[Kevin Warwick]] as examples. In the same interview, he stated his opinion that "What is art and experiment today will be high-end consumer goods in ten years, and cheap enough to be street goods in twenty years"<ref name="westfield"/> and that "[[William Gibson (novelist)|William Gibson]] said it smartest: the street finds its own use for things. And what is experimental, medical or military eventually finds its way down there"<ref name="westfield"/>. |
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''Mek'' was initially met with a mixed reception - journalist [[Richard Johnston]] described the first issue as "an alright Warren Ellis book"<ref name="tommy">[http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy.html www.dynamicforces.com, Richard Johnston, "Waiting for Tommy XVI - Are the Warren Ellis years over?]</ref> and "not his best work but then neither is it his worst"<ref name="tommy"/> |
''Mek'' was initially met with a mixed reception - journalist [[Richard Johnston]] described the first issue as "an alright Warren Ellis book"<ref name="tommy">[http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/tommy.html www.dynamicforces.com, Richard Johnston, "Waiting for Tommy XVI - Are the Warren Ellis years over?]</ref> and "not his best work but then neither is it his worst"<ref name="tommy"/> |
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Revision as of 20:27, 13 January 2007
| Mek | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Wildstorm |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited Series |
| No. of issues | Three |
| Main character(s) | Sarissa Leon |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Warren Ellis |
| Penciller(s) | Steve Rolston |
| Inker(s) | Al Gordon |
Mek is a three issue comic book miniseries published in 2003 by WildStorm, written by Warren Ellis, pencilled by Steve Rolston and inked by Al Gordon.
History
When interviewed about Mek, Warren Ellis explained that he felt that mechanical augmentation was "already happening"[1], quoting Stelarc and the work of Kevin Warwick as examples. In the same interview, he stated his opinion that "What is art and experiment today will be high-end consumer goods in ten years, and cheap enough to be street goods in twenty years"[1] and that "William Gibson said it smartest: the street finds its own use for things. And what is experimental, medical or military eventually finds its way down there"[1].
Mek was initially met with a mixed reception - journalist Richard Johnston described the first issue as "an alright Warren Ellis book"[2] and "not his best work but then neither is it his worst"[2]
Plot
Collections
Mek has been collected as one half of a 'flipbook'[3] format trade paperback, accompanied by another Warren Ellis miniseries, Reload.
- Reload/Mek (collecting Reload #1-3 and Mek #1-3, 144 pages, paperback, ISBN 1401202756)
References
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