Wolfskin: Hundredth Dream #1

Written by Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer
Art by Gianluca Pagliarani

I enjoyed the original Wolfskin series and the Annual issue well-enough, so I figured it was time to journey back to Ellis's take on sword and sorcery barbarian stories. 

This new series, like the Annual issue, is based on a story by Ellis, but really written by Mike Wolfer, who, aside from an over-wordy introduction, does a fine job of maintaining the integrity of the original appearances of this character.

This new series is more concerned than previous ones with the growing popularity and commonality of science in the world.  People who made their livelihoods through magic, like the fire mage who drives the plot here, are finding themselves increasingly obsolete.  When a letter comes from his homeland telling of regular monster attacks, the mage puts together a group of 'questers' to go free his people.  Included in this group is the Wolfskin character (I don't remember if he has a name or not).

The art this time around is being handled by Pagliarani, who did such a wonderful job on Ellis's Ignition City.  His art looks nice here, but he doesn't have the same freedom to design the books visual aesthetic, like he did in his earlier series.