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The Couriers 1 (Mar 2003-Brian Wood/Rob G)

The Couriers 2 (Feb 2004-Brian Wood/Rob G)

The Couriers 3 (Feb 2005-Brian Wood/Rob G)

 

Hope you enjoyed an adrenaline rush that is Couscous Express & The Couriers! I loved these books by Brian Wood!!

Kirsten Baldock, Fabio Moon

 

SYNOPSIS

When Scarlett, an overly ambitious cigarette girl — quick to break the rules and even quicker to pull the trigger — starts selling cigarettes outside of her district, tensions rise and the seeds of an all-out cigarette girl gang war are sown. When you're out on the street in the middle of the night wearing your little French Maid outfit, with the short skirt and the off-the-shoulder top, Jack Daniels isn't just your friend, it's your coat. And the 9mm in your tray isn't just your protection — it's the compass that points you the way home.

 

Overheard:

 

"Smoke and Guns... a terrific, adrenaline-rush ride which brought to mind the fun and nihilism of Gunsmith Cats and Sin City."

  ~Jim Lee

 

"With cigarettes, guns and girls, the only thing this hilarious romp is missing is the rock and roll. Baldock tells a story of Scarlett, a cigarette girl so tough she starts and finishes ganglike territory disputes the only way she knows how: with guns and explosions. Sly and sexy (thanks to terrific inky art from Brazil’s Fabio Moon), this is a quick read that elicits howls of over-the-top laughter. While not the deepest and most satisfying read ever, it’s cool enough that you’ll still want a smoke afterward even if it kills you. Grade: A"

  ~ Tom McLean, Variety

 

Loaded Bible 2 – Blood of Christ (May 2007)

 

CREATORS

story TIM SEELEY

art MIKE NORTON & MARK ENGLERT

cover SKOTTIE YOUNG

 

SYNOPSIS

You can't keep a good Messiah down. Jesus is back in an all new one-shot sequel to the surprise hit, LOADED BIBLE. Jesus Christ, cloned vampire killer, is on his own, wandering the barren wastes of Post-Apocalyptic America. Now he must decide whether he'll be a savior or an exterminator, before hordes of vampires tear him to shreds. Meanwhile, the sexy Sistine Centuria plots asssinations, and a trio of Bounty Hunters set their sights on Jesus

If you didn’t read #1 yet, you can do so here: 

 

Enjoy!

 

Props to Empire for the digital rip.

 

Global Frequency V1–Planet Ablaze (Warren Ellis)

Global Frequency V2–Detonation Radio (W. Ellis)

 

 

 

Overview

The Global Frequency is an independent, covert intelligence organization headed by a former intelligence agent who uses the alias of Miranda Zero. There are reportedly 1,001 people on the Global Frequency, forming an active smart mob communicating by specially modified video mobile phones through a central dispatch system coordinated by a young woman code-named Aleph.

 

 

The purpose of the organization is to protect and rescue the world from the consequences of the various secret projects that the governments of the world have established, which are unknown to the public at large. The people on the Global Frequency are chosen and called on for their specialized skills in a variety of areas, from military personnel, intelligence agents, police detectives to scientific researchers, academics, athletes, former criminals and assassins. These threats that the organization deals with are equally varied and usually world-threatening, ranging from rogue military operations and paranormal phenomena to terrorist attacks and religious cults.

 

 

The existence of the organization is an open secret, but its membership list is anonymous, the identities of its field agents unknown to even each other before they meet on a mission. Often the only way to tell a member of the Global Frequency is by the phones that they carry or the Global Frequency symbol—a circle with four points on its perimeter 90 degrees apart—that they sport somewhere on their person.

 

 

Who exactly funds the Global Frequency is not known. Zero has said that at least some of the money comes from the G8 governments who pay the Frequency for not revealing the various secret horrors they deal with. Although the presence of an independent, unaccountable agency with strike capability makes some authorities nervous, they also recognize the fact that the Frequency has the skills, the reach and, more importantly, the will to act where they cannot. As a result, the organization gets tacit approval for its activities, and is sometimes called on by governments to deal with extraordinary crises. Mostly, however, the organization acts proactively as it discovers such threats.

 

 

Ellis designed the comic series like a television series with standalone "episodes", allowing the reader to begin with any issue and be able to understand what was going on. As a result, the only regular characters in the series are Miranda Zero and Aleph, with only a few other characters making a reappearance in the twelfth issue of the series. This also heightened the suspense, as the reader did not know if these characters would survive the mission, which sometimes they did not.

 

Also, each issue featured a different illustrator.

 

SG NOTES:  This is one of my all-time favorite series! More Warren Ellis goodness to be posted shortly.

 

These scans are from the single issues and not the actual TPB's.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Props to the unknown scanner for #1-11 and btx for #12.