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The Establishment
The Establishment is a super hero group that was operated by the British government within the Wildstorm Universe. The comic of the same name was published by American company WildStorm Productions, and ran from 2001 to 2002. It was created by Ian Edginton and Charlie Adlard, who were also sole creative team throughout its entire 13 issue run.
The series focused on the exploits of the current incarnation of the group while defending Britain and the world from various threats including Daemonite attacks, invasion from little green Venusians, plagues of zombies, and an attempt at recreating the universe.
While the majority of the series was self-contained and had little connection with the rest of the Wildstorm Universe, several minor characters, concepts and hanging plot threads were incorporated into its run. It also was heavily influenced by British Pop Culture and incorporated various cameos and nods to the various TV series and novels that inspired it.
The series focused on the exploits of the current incarnation of the group while defending Britain and the world from various threats including Daemonite attacks, invasion from little green Venusians, plagues of zombies, and an attempt at recreating the universe.
While the majority of the series was self-contained and had little connection with the rest of the Wildstorm Universe, several minor characters, concepts and hanging plot threads were incorporated into its run. It also was heavily influenced by British Pop Culture and incorporated various cameos and nods to the various TV series and novels that inspired it.
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First published January 1, 2008
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Ian Edginton
795 books149 followersEdginton sees part of the key to his success coming from good relationships with artists, especially D'Israeli and Steve Yeowell as well as Steve Pugh and Mike Collins. He is best known for his steampunk/alternative history work (often with the artist D'Israeli) and is the co-creator of Scarlet Traces, a sequel to their adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. With 2000 AD we has written Leviathan, Stickleback and, with art by Steve Yeowell, The Red Seas as well as one-off serials such as American Gothic (2005).
His stories often have a torturous gestation. Scarlet Traces was an idea he had when first reading The War of the Worlds, its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Also The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up - the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.
With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including Stickleback, a tale of a strange villain in an alternative Victorian London, and Gothic, which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he recently worked on a survival horror series, Stone Island, and he has also produced a comic version of the computer game Hellgate: London with Steve Pugh.
He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called Sixgun Logic. Also as part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an Angelus one-shot.
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His stories often have a torturous gestation. Scarlet Traces was an idea he had when first reading The War of the Worlds, its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Also The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up - the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.
With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including Stickleback, a tale of a strange villain in an alternative Victorian London, and Gothic, which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he recently worked on a survival horror series, Stone Island, and he has also produced a comic version of the computer game Hellgate: London with Steve Pugh.
He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called Sixgun Logic. Also as part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an Angelus one-shot.
http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Edgi...
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August 16, 2021
In my head canon, this was the precursor to the New 52's Demon Knights (Daemonites--haha, get it?) and a more "superhero version" of the LOEG.
This was a team that was established by John Dee against Daemonites, alien invasions and the like. It didn't last very long, but I connect it with the quirkiness of the Wildstorm stuff of the Noughties, with the Authority, The Monarchy, Plantetary, etc.
This was a team that was established by John Dee against Daemonites, alien invasions and the like. It didn't last very long, but I connect it with the quirkiness of the Wildstorm stuff of the Noughties, with the Authority, The Monarchy, Plantetary, etc.
December 18, 2021
A brilliant, quirky series that feels like it was written solely for me!
A secret government team of super-powered beings, all based on British pop culture characters, protect the UK and occasionally the rest of the world and/or the universe from aliens, super villains and mad scientists.
Even if you decide not to play 'spot the reference', these stories are fun, odd and creative.
A secret government team of super-powered beings, all based on British pop culture characters, protect the UK and occasionally the rest of the world and/or the universe from aliens, super villains and mad scientists.
Even if you decide not to play 'spot the reference', these stories are fun, odd and creative.
May 8, 2014
Há produtos culturais pop que nos atraem pela sua essência de britishness, um fácil de identificar mas difícil de definir carácter excêntrico, elegante, bizarro ou surreal saído da Grã-Bretanha. É o caso deste The Establishment, um super-grupo secreto que defronta ameaças apropriadamente bizarras. Braço super-humano dos serviços secretos britânicos, tem como missão conter aquilo que deixa as forças convencionais impotentes. Na sua história enfrenta nano-máquinas inteligente venusianas que tentam cobrir o planeta de gosma verde e se disfarçam de humanos, tripulantes de uma missão a Vénus (e uma vénia de Edginton ao clássico Dan Dare; as criaturas selváticas predatórias que vivem no espaço entre realidades paralelas onde as almas dos falecidos deambulam. Mas os principais inimigos são interiores. A sua existência foi manipulada por um dos filhos do distante viajante do tempo de H.G. Wells que se refugia no futuro. Estes lutam entre si por razões bastante primárias de rivalidade fraternal e atravessam o espaço-tempo numa luta constante pelo domínio da realidade. Um quer recriar o universo à sua imagem, o outro quer impedi-lo não por se preocupar com os destinos do universo mas por simples pirraça. Intrumentalizados, é no final entrópico dos tempos que os heróis têm a derradeira oportunidade de se livrar de grilhões. E... é neste o ponto em que a série termina. Edginton tenta misturar o aventureirismo de The Authority (esta série pertence à mesma continuidade) com o carácter cósmico de Planetary, mas não consegue atingir os elevados níveis destas séries marcantes, apesar de alguns momentos e ideias muito intrigantes.
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