Warren Ellis

Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comic series, including Transmetropolitan (1997–2002), Global Frequency (2002–2004), and Red (2003–2004), which was adapted into the feature films Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013). Ellis is the author of the novels Crooked Little Vein (2007) and Gun Machine (2013) and the novella Normal (2016). A prolific comic book writer, Ellis has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men, Thunderbolts, Moon Knight, and the "Extremis" story arc of Iron Man, which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 (2013). Ellis created The Authority and Planetary for WildStorm and wrote a run of Hellblazer for Vertigo and James Bond for Dynamite Entertainment. Ellis wrote the video games Hostile Waters (2001), Cold Winter (2005), and Dead Space (2008). He also wrote the animated TV movie G.I. Joe: Resolute (2009), wrote the English version of Marvel Anime (2010–2011), and served as the head writer on the acclaimed animated Netflix series Castlevania (2017–2021). Ellis is well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanist (most notably nanotechnology, cryonics, mind transfer, and human enhancement) and folkloric themes, often in combination with each other. He is a humanist and former patron of Humanists UK, a charity focused on promoting humanism and advancing secularism. He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea, England. Description above from the Wikipedia article Warren Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

沃伦·吉拉德·埃利斯（Warren Girard Ellis，1968年2月16日出生）是一位英国漫画编剧、小说家和编剧。他最著名的身份是多个原创漫画系列的联合创作者，包括《传教士》(Transmetropolitan, 1997–2002)、《全球频率》(Global Frequency, 2002–2004) 和《赤焰战场》(Red, 2003–2004)，后者被改编为故事片《赤焰战场》(Red, 2010) 和《赤焰战场2》(Red 2, 2013)。埃利斯还著有小说《弯曲的小静脉》(Crooked Little Vein, 2007) 和《枪械》(Gun Machine, 2013)，以及中篇小说《正常》(Normal, 2016)。 作为一位多产的漫画作家，埃利斯曾为漫威创作多个系列，包括《非凡X战警》(Astonishing X-Men)、《雷霆特工队》(Thunderbolts)、《月光骑士》(Moon Knight) 以及《钢铁侠》的“绝境”故事线，后者是漫威电影宇宙电影《钢铁侠3》(Iron Man 3, 2013) 的创作基础。埃利斯为WildStorm创作了《权威》(The Authority) 和《行星》(Planetary)，并为Vertigo创作了《地狱神探》(Hellblazer) 连载，为Dynamite Entertainment创作了《007：詹姆斯·邦德》(James Bond)。埃利斯还编写了电子游戏《敌对水域》(Hostile Waters, 2001)、《冷冬》(Cold Winter, 2005) 和《死亡空间》(Dead Space, 2008)。他还编剧了动画电视电影《特种部队：决死突袭》(G.I. Joe: Resolute, 2009)，编写了《漫威动画》(Marvel Anime, 2010–2011) 的英文版本，并担任了广受好评的Netflix动画剧集《恶魔城》(Castlevania, 2017–2021) 的主编剧。 埃利斯以其社会文化评论而闻名，无论是通过他的在线影响力还是他的写作，其作品涉及超人类主义（尤其是纳米技术、人体冷冻、意识转移和人类增强）和民俗主题，并常将两者结合。他是一位人文主义者，曾是英国人文主义者协会（Humanists UK）的赞助人，该协会是一家致力于推广人文主义和促进世俗主义的慈善机构。他现居英格兰滨海绍森德。 2020年6月，多名女性在社交媒体上指控埃利斯存在性行为不端和情感虐待行为。这些指控引发了漫画界的广泛讨论和后续调查。此后，埃利斯在公开场合承认了部分不当行为并表达了歉意，其多个影视项目被搁置或取消，他与多家出版社的合作关系也受到影响。