Over on Previews’ web site, Warren Ellis has written a short essay discussing his upcoming look at superheroes, called SUPERGOD:

Here’s the tail end of the essay, which is a highlight for me:

But the Messiah, remember, is a very naughty boy.

The thing about building weapons is that there are always accidents. In Supergod, one of these creatures gets loose. And what it does is completely unpredictable, pretty much insane to a human perspective — because it’s not human. Even if it’s programmed to rescue you, it will not perform that task in a way you understand. These dreams of flying men who will save us from the corrupt and deadly world we live in — those are our dreams. We project human desires upon them. If they were real, they wouldn’t think like that.

And that’s why Supergod opens on a government scientist called Reddin, in a state of almost Lovecraftian mental imbalance, sitting on the Embankment of the Thames while London burns in the background, and thousands of corpses float down the river. London got off easy. You should see Mumbai.

If you click the link above, there are also some preview images for the upcoming Avatar book. Supergod will be out this fall, with artwork by Caliber artist Garrie Gastonny.

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