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COLLIDE, Part One
Orbital Operations for 4 October 2026
Hello from out here on the Thames Delta.
Bit of a different one this week. I need to buy myself some time to progress the development of this letter and get some other things done. So, for this one week, I’m suspending the usual sections and doing something I’ve wanted to do for a while. In preparation for the approaching commencement of Part 02, I am presenting the entire collected Part 01 of COLLIDE.
And if I do the other sections too, I will probably break Gmail’s email-length filters or set off alarms on other email providers!
Your weekly prep for a creative life in a weird world from Warren Ellis, an author from England who writes books and stories, graphic novels and television. Was this forwarded to you? Subscribe here for free.
Graphic novella GHOST DRIVE STATION by myself and Lordess Foudre is out on November 18.
The order code/UPC is: 70985304934000111. If you want a copy, drop a note to your local comics shop or bookstore, or stop in there, and give them that code. Nobody orders for the shelf any more, so if you want to be sure of getting a copy, tell your store this week.
THE PLANETARY COMPENDIUM is now out, from DC Comics, and there’s at least one other major reprint project in the works from them that I’m writing a large essay for right now.
OCEAN is being reissued from Image Comics on November 24.
COLLIDE: Jerome Eyquem + Warren Ellis: 01













Jerome Eyquem is an artist and writer: here are his releases on GlobalComix.
Part Two starts soon.
ORBITAL
A curiosity: David Fincher leaving Netflix after 13 years. Presumably he can write his own ticket anywhere or just produce his own stuff independently now.
The Kelvin Wave: a giant wave that may or may not have drowned a bunch of California by the time you read this
A field guide to (products using) functional mushrooms. An occasional interest of mine.
Related to something I’m working on right now: spearheads left by the first Americans.
Book covers of note for Sep 2026 - these posts are always interesting
GOT MORE TIME?
LTD
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It’s Wednesday here. I’m out to see DIGGER on Friday. I will probably talk about that next week. I will talk about all the things next week. Probably. Unless I don’t. Go take some time off soon and do something good for yourself. I won’t tell anyone.
W
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