Back in the 80's Ellison visited Australia, as someone who had read anything of his I could find, including his opinion pieces on TV, Science fiction, Politics and Culture, I saw him speak to a small audience in Adelaide.
Not sure I feel the same way about his work now. A friend of mine, who was and still is a hard-core Science Fiction fan, was involved in showing Ellison around and taking care of his needs. He has an interesting story to tell.
But Ellison had a great love for comics, wrote some and socialized with comic creators.
Cheers.