Warren Ellis' Ignition City

In Warren Ellis's Ignition City (2009–present, Avatar Press), a five-issue series, the last surviving rocket port on Earth becomes a grimy, lawless frontier for washed-up space adventurers and interstellar refugees. Writer Warren Ellis and artist Gianluca Pagliarani craft a retro-futuristic murder mystery that blends pulp sci-fi with hard-boiled noir, exploring the decay of a once-glorious space age. This series matters for its gritty, unflinching take on the genre, offering a grounded and melancholic vision of humanity's reach for the stars.