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Doktor Sleepless, Volume 1: Engines Of Desire (2008)

by Warren Ellis(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1592910556 (ISBN13: 9781592910557)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Avatar Press

review 1: Doktor Sleepless, the latest ongoing series by Warren Ellis, offers some society criticism in the spirit of his earlier masterpiece, Transmetropolitan. Doktor Sleepless is a bit darker and not quite as rant-filled as Transmet but it hits almost as hard.The main character is a man who's supposed to be in prison but isn't. And then again kind of is. Maybe. Anyway, he's not quite satisfied with the way things are right now (Spider Jerusalem anyone?) and aims for some drastic changes. The difference is, that where Spider used words and backed it up with some minor action, Doktor Sleepless uses action and cunning ploys and backs them up with some words through the radio.Ellis' writing is as good as ever. The dialogue works and the plot is top quality. As usual with Ellis, I hav... moree no complaints. Rodriguez' artwork could be a bit better but it's good enough that I don't have to hate it and it doesn't degrade the value of this otherwise brilliant comic.This is turning out to be the next Transmet. Read it while it's hot.
review 2: Warren Ellis must miss having Transmetropolitan as an outlet to dump his futurist, transhuman antiestablishment rants. When the series states, "This was not the future we were promised!" it seems like Ellis longing for his days in Transmetro's sprawling future setting of "The City" where he could do anything and get away with it. In Doktor Sleepless he creates a character that's the bastard child of Batman, Spider Jerusalem and Dr. Frankenstein: a damaged, trust fund orphan, too smart for his own good stuck in a world that just doesn't give a shit. This series has lots of promise, but the problem is the writing is just not there, the characters are stagnant and the artwork is just alright. That said, Ellis is usually worth reading just for the filthy kicks of his sadistic wit. Makes you wonder who to fear and despise more, the duplicitous agents of control or the calculating madman who wants to burn it all down. less

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