Graphic novelist Warren Ellis has been covering the World Cup with dark tweets. His special tone can be seen in this dispatch after England tied the United States last weekend: “I wish to assure our American friends that, for this performance, the England team will in fact be executed.”
As the United States struggles against Slovenia, perhaps we all need a little bit of his grim humor. Here are a few excellent excerpts from Ellis’ coverage of the France versus Mexico match yesterday:
He wrote: “‘French team now standing around smoking Gauloises, composing miserable poetry … ‘We are so bored now that we will simply stand around and let the Mexicans score. Be SEARED by our ennui.'”