{{Short description|2001 comic book limited series}} {{Infobox comic book title <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics--> |title = &nbsp; |image = Warren Ellis Bad World TPB cover.jpg |imagesize = <!-- default 250 --> |caption = Cover to ''Warren Ellis' Bad World TPB'', art by Jacen Burrows. |schedule = |format = Mini-series |limited = y |genre = |publisher = Avatar Press |date = May - October 2001 |issues = 3 |main_char_team = |writers = Warren Ellis |artists = Jacen Burrows |pencillers = |inkers = |letterers = |colorists = |editors = |creative_team_month = |creative_team_year = |creators = Warren Ellis<br />Jacen Burrows |TPB = Bad World |ISBN = 0-9706784-8-7 |subcat = Avatar Press |sort = Bad World }} '''''Bad World''''' is a three-issue comic book mini-series published by American company Avatar Press. It is written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Jacen Burrows. The series consists of three issues and was published from July through October of 2001. The general theme and tone of the series was continued in ''Bad Signal''.

==Overview== Unlike most comic books, ''Bad World'' is a work of nonfiction and does not contain characters, plots, or a recurring storyline. Instead, the writing in each issue is a series of observations by Ellis on stories which are incredibly bizarre, but true. The series repeatedly deals with subjects such as serial killers, conspiracy theorists, UFO cultists, and religious fanatics, bizarre acts such as cannibalism, necrophilia, and bestiality, and unusual beliefs such as urine therapy, inedia, and Flat Earthers.

Burrows' art provides a background for Ellis' observations. Though drawn in a realistic style, the art often stylizes or parodies the material being discussed; for example, on a page about a woman who claims that she and her children are alien/human hybrids, Burrows draws a woman sitting in a rocking chair and holding two infant Greys.

==Collected editions== The three issue mini-series was collected into a trade paperback in 2002 ({{ISBN|0970678487}}).

==References== {{refbegin}} * {{gcdb series|id=19023|title=Bad World}} * {{comicbookdb|type=title|id=838|title=''Bad World''}} {{refend}}

==External links== * [http://www.avatarpress.com/badworld/ Avatar Press section]

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Category:2001 comics debuts Category:Comics by Warren Ellis