[Warren Ellis] is an award winning English writer of graphic novels and film. Most recently, Ellis has written The Spirit of BACARDI - a graphic novel that tells the stories behind BACARDI rum and its origins in Cuba. Prior to The Spirit of Bacardi, Ellis wrote RED and RED 2 which were both adapted into movies starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman. Before the RED series, Ellis started British magazine Deadline, worked for Marvel on Hellstorm and then went on to write for DC where he wrote Gen, Transmetropolitan and Planetary. Ellis has also written for Vice, Wired UK and Reuters on technological and cultural matters. Warren has been called "one of the most high-profile comic book writers of the past two decades". [Michael Allred] is an American artist and writer. Most recently, Allred has been central in the creation of The Spirit of BACARDI - a graphic novel that tells the stories behind BACARDI rum and its origins in Cuba. Allred is most famous for his creation, Madman, a superhero that appears in graphic novels published by Image. He has also illustrated numerous characters across Marvel and DC - two of the largest graphic novel publishers. Michael's work is renowned In 1862, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, founder [Don Facundo Bacardi Masso] revolutionized the spirits industry when he created a light-bodied rum with a particularly smooth taste - BACARDI. The unique taste of BACARDI rum inspired cocktail pioneers to invent some of the world's most famous recipes including the BACARDI Mojito, the BACARDI Daiquiri, the BACARDI Cuba Libre, the BACARDI Pina Colada and the BACARDI Presidente. BACARDI rum is the world's most awarded spirit, with more than 550 awards for quality, taste and innovation. Today, BACARDI rum is made in Puerto Rico and Mexico where it is crafted to ensure the taste remains the same today as it did when it was first blended in 1862. http://www.bacardi.com...

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