Ignition City

In 2010, Avatar Press launched Ignition City, a five-issue miniseries by writer Warren Ellis and artist Gianluca Pagliarani. Set in a retro-future where humanity's space program has collapsed, the story follows Mary Raven, a pilot investigating her father's mysterious death on a decaying, lawless spaceport island. Ellis's signature blend of gritty sci-fi and dark humor, paired with Pagliarani's detailed, pulp-inspired art, creates a vivid, standalone tale that explores the end of a spacefaring era. Though brief, this series stands out as a compact, atmospheric work from a celebrated creator.