Who had the better The Authority run Warren Ellis or Mark Millar?

[carabas]

Honestly? It`s way better than the Morrison/Giffen stuff, which had two great opening issues (by Morrison), two very good closing ones (Giffen at his best), and 8 really mediocre ones in between (Giffen finding his footing).

Is there a trade of that, by yhe way, and if yes, what's it called?

[T Hedge Coke]

Is there a trade of that, by yhe way, and if yes, what's it called?

The Lost Year. Looks like it's collected in two volumes, so six issues each I assume. The beginning was strong, and the end was cool enough. The middle was something, but I've literally forgotten most of it. It's an interesting exploration of what the Authority, as a team and a concept can be, especially since they can't be what they were created to be anymore.

[dancj]

I am gonna pick up stormwatch volume 1 hardcover. I loved Warren Ellis Authority and the consensus is stormwatch is godlike.

Good man!

Small word of warning though - Ellis's Stormwatch is all good (except the Jim Lee issue), but it's in the third volume where the quality goes really high.

[T Hedge Coke]

Bah. The Jim Lee issue was cool. Creepy, passionate, sturdy...

And it's big solitary imagery which is pretty much where Lee's strength is (even though I think he's a better sequential storyteller than he gets credited for).

And the first stories Ellis did were tight. The Father issue was good stuff. The stuff at Clark's.

[Mr. Holmes]

Honestly? It`s way better than the Morrison/Giffen stuff, which had two great opening issues (by Morrison), two very good closing ones (Giffen at his best), and 8 really mediocre ones in between (Giffen finding his footing).

Yeah I'm not expecting much from the Lost Year arc, but I feel it's worth reading at the very least.

It's a shame Morrison didn't stick with the book. I read his Wildcats issue, and while it wasn't great, I think he could have given the whole Wildcats concept its full potential.

[Desaad]

I just read through Mark Millar's Authority and it's actually pretty good, better than I ever remembered. It's superficial, but bombastic and fun, and the ideas are interesting.

Just the opposite for me. I read it like a year or two ago, and it was as absurdly adolescent as ever.

[WolfOfMibu1991]

Good man!

Small word of warning though - Ellis's Stormwatch is all good (except the Jim Lee issue), but it's in the third volume where the quality goes really high.

What characters get the most time in the book?

[Mr. Holmes]

Just the opposite for me. I read it like a year or two ago, and it was as absurdly adolescent as ever.

I don't expect much else from Millar. But I found it less adolescent than a lot of his other work.

[Mr. Holmes]

Also how is Coup d'Etat?

[dancj]

What characters get the most time in the book?

From memory (so probably wildly inaccurate):
Jenny Sparks
Jack Hawksmore
Henry Bendix
Jackson King

[carabas]

What characters get the most time in the book?

It's pretty evenhanded. Everybody except walking nuke Rose Tatttoo gets pretty much equal face time.

[havok1977]

Also how is Coup d'Etat?

I think its moderately good; its definitely the highlight of the second volume. It's the only story you need to read to bridge with the Revolution maxi-series by Brubaker when things pick up again.