Doktor Sleepless

Warren Ellis’s Doktor Sleepless launched from Avatar Press in 2008, a single-issue debut that introduces a disaffected scientist who reinvents himself as a transhumanist provocateur in a decaying near-future city. Illustrated by Ivan Rodriguez, the book sets up a dense, cynical meditation on technology, apathy, and societal collapse—Ellis’s signature blend of speculative dread and sharp dialogue. While brief, this opening issue matters as a concentrated shot of Ellis’s mid-2000s sensibility, a standalone statement on the cost of waking up to a broken world.