i win.

this just in from comic-con: Warren Ellis will be taking over writing duties on Astonishing X-Men.

Warren f'n Ellis, the self-proclaimed "internet jesus" himself. i can not WAIT for this. how long has it been that i've been trumpeting him as one of my favorite writers. he's a sick, twisted, angry, hilarious, frightening genius. ever since i "found" Transmetropolitan online and just devoured it [ask me to share, i'm sure its still on a hard drive somewhere], i've bought and read mostly everything he's written since. while his creator-owned works definitely aren't for the squeamish, [in fact, *way* beyond what many 'm for mature' titles venture..] his recent work with marvel doing NextWave, newuniversal, and most recently on the Thunderbolts title shows he can tune his style into something as mass market as one of the top X-titles. Not that he's lost his edge, either: I JUST today recieved his new novel, "Crooked Little Vein" and while i'm only a chapter into it, he definitely deserves more.. um.. yeah, how do you praise a demented mastermind? iive got so much anticipation already built up .. i can't wait to see what he has in store for the biggest of underwear perverts.