IGNITION CITY By Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani

Ignition City by Warren Ellis

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Ignition City is a five-issue sci-fi comic, written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Gianluca Pagliarni, and published in 2009 by Avatar Press. The story is set in a dieselpunk, alternate history, where space travel has been made accessible due to alien invasions. Ignition City is an island spaceport, where most of the citizens are former…

Ignition City is a five-issue sci-fi comic, written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Gianluca Pagliarni, and published in 2009 by Avatar Press.

The story is set in a dieselpunk, alternate history, where space travel has been made accessible due to alien invasions. Ignition City is an island spaceport, where most of the citizens are former spacemen. The story follows Mary Raven, a young woman who travels to Ignition City after learning that her father died there.

Illustration

Ever a fan of steampunk, I instantly got hooked with the dieselpunk technology and machinery in Ignition City. Although the characters seem to lack features in the illustration by Pagliarni, the machines have been drawn very detailed and the overall illustration of the setting is really impressive.

Rating: 4 of 5

Story

The progress in the story was quick but it turned out as a good read even for a short story. In the first parts of the story, there were panels that did not make any sense, but later on, they happened to become quite an important factor. There was, however, in my opinion, a portion wherein the story and dialogues weren’t able to explain what happened, and I personally think it would’ve helped if it had been described further. The shifts between past or memories and present happenings is a great addition to the way of storytelling as it helped build up mystery and excitement. The story is not entirely predictable, and so it’s actually a “plus” for me.

Rating: 4 of 5

Characters

The story involved very different characters that it actually added to the “flavor”. Each character played an important role in playing the story of Ignition City. Antagonists were protagonists and protagonists were antagonists, you’ll never know who’s who.

Rating: 5 of 5

Overall

Ignition City is a great read, all-in-all. Great story combined with great artwork.

Rating: 4.3 of 5