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Review: A Cultural History of the Punisher

Hank Kennedy — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:25:22 +0000

Kent Worcester’s A Cultural History of the Punisher (2023, Intellect Books) was an interesting book to review, seeing as I am thanked in the preface as a “friend and scholar.” I’ll cop to being a… [more]

Jason Aaron & Steve Dillon’s PunisherMAX: Kingpin Becomes Walter White

James Kelly — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:00:43 +0000

PunisherMAX: Kingpin Becomes Walter White" title="Jason Aaron & Steve Dillon’s PunisherMAX: Kingpin Becomes Walter White" style="float:left;" />Though many fans will rightfully clamor for Ennis’ Punisher, Aaron & Dillon’s 22-issue run on the Punisher is the greatest Punisher story ever told. Beginning with Wilson Fisk rising in the criminal world. [more]

Until the End of the World – A Guide to Garth Ennis’s Comics: Battlefields: The Night Witches

Kelly Kanayama — Wed, 17 May 2017 21:50:21 +0000

Battlefields: The Night Witches" title="Until the End of the World – A Guide to Garth Ennis’s Comics: Battlefields: The Night Witches" style="float:left;" />The war story is one of the most convenient nationally defining narratives because it relies on an immediate opposition between nations: Nation A sends its soldiers to destroy those of Nation B, with the success… [more]

Until the End of the World – A Guide to Garth Ennis’s Comics: Hard Men with Big Guns

Kelly Kanayama — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 22:45:40 +0000

Talking about Garth Ennis’ comics means talking about war. Whether he’s writing about telepathic contract killers or monumentally depraved superheroes, odds of encountering a story arc set during World War II or the Vietnam War… [more]

Until the End of the World – A Guide to Garth Ennis’s Comics: Introduction

Kelly Kanayama — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:50:35 +0000

Comics criticism has a Garth Ennis problem. Despite a considerable body of work spanning almost three decades which shows little sign of stopping – at the time of writing, he’s currently working on two monthly… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 69

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:50:21 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 69" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 69" style="float:left;" />Issue #82 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Part Five” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Throughout their careers… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 66

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:05:37 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 66" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 66" style="float:left;" />Issue #79 “Rake at the Gates of Hell: Part Two” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking a mere… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 64

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:00:06 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 64" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 64" style="float:left;" />Issue #75b-77 “Act of Union,” “Confessions of an Irish Rebel,” & “And the Crowd Goes Wild” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artists: William Simpson, Steve Dillon, Peter Snejbjerg; Colors: Stuart Chaifetz, Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor:… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 63

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:30:11 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 63" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 63" style="float:left;" />Issue #75 “Damnation’s Flame: Hail to the Chief” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking up immediately from last… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 62

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 27 May 2016 15:45:16 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 62" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 62" style="float:left;" />Issue #74 “Damnation’s Flame: Trail of Tears” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking up immediately where the previous… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 61

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:30:27 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 61" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 61" style="float:left;" />Issue #73 “Damnation’s Flame: Broadway the Hard Way” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Last we left John Constantine… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 60

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 13 May 2016 19:45:16 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 60" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 60" style="float:left;" />Issue #72 “Damnation’s Flame Part One: Brave New World” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Clem Robins; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; When Hellblazer started 71… [more]

Until the End of the World: Thoughts on Preacher

Michael Campochiaro — Mon, 09 May 2016 17:40:36 +0000

Preacher" title="Until the End of the World: Thoughts on Preacher" style="float:left;" />Tulip: The way I hear it, there’s two good places to look for God: in church, or at the bottom of a bottle. Jesse: Maybe I’ll go find a liquor store, then … ’cause lemme… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 59

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 06 May 2016 17:30:51 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 59" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 59" style="float:left;" />Issue #71 “Finest Hour” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Last we left John Constantine he was in a… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 58

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:45:34 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 58" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 58" style="float:left;" />Issue #70 “Heartland” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Stuart Chaifetz; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; After nearly 6 years of being published as a monthly… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 57

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:00:13 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 57" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 57" style="float:left;" />Issues #68-69 “Down All the Days” and “Rough Trade” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Depression is defined as… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 56

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 15:15:54 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 56" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 56" style="float:left;" />Issue #67 “Dear John”1 Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Todd Klein; Editor: Stuart Moore; Assistant Editor: Julie Rottenberg; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Life is filled with pain. To deny that would… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 55

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:50:25 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 55" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 55" style="float:left;" />Issue #66 “Fear and Loathing Part Three: Down to Earth” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Fear and Loathing is very much the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 54

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:19:47 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 54" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 54" style="float:left;" />Issue #65 “Fear and Loathing Part Two: London Kills Me” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; By know the inevitability of John Constantine’s… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 53

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:45:26 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 53" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 53" style="float:left;" />Issue #64 “Fear and Loathing Part One: For God and Country” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Although overly cynical there is some… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 52

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:00:16 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 52" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 52" style="float:left;" />Issue #63 “Forty” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; As discussed in prior installments of this column, Hellblazer was one of the few… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 51

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:20:35 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 51" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 51" style="float:left;" />Issue #62 “End of the Line” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Life is full of many choices and in a way it… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 50

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:30:23 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 50" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 50" style="float:left;" />Issue #61 “She’s Buying a Stairway to Heaven” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: William Simpson; Inks: Mike Barreiro; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; When distilled down to its raw… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 49

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:30:43 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 49" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 49" style="float:left;" />Issue #60 “Guys & Dolls Part Two: Nativity Infernal” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: William Simpson; Inks: Mike Barreiro & Kim DeMulder; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; In “Guys… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 48

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:15:02 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 48" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 48" style="float:left;" />Issue #59 “Guys & Dolls Part One: Fallen Women” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: William Simpson; Inks: Mike Barreiro & Kim DeMulder; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Shared universes… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 47

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:30:56 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 47" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 47" style="float:left;" />Issues #57-58 “Mortal Clay” & “Body & Soul” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Steve Dillon; Colors: Tom Zuiko, Daniel Vozzo; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; In a world filled with demons, angels,… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 46

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:15:10 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 46" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 46" style="float:left;" />Issue #56 “This is the Diary of Danny Drake” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: David Lloyd; Letters: Elitta Fell; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; A friend of mine once told me over beer that “the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 45

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 45" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 45" style="float:left;" />Issue #55 “Royal Blood Part Four: Dog Eat Dog” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Royal Blood ultimately concludes with “Dog Eat Dog.”… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 44

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:00:53 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 44" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 44" style="float:left;" />It has come to my attention that I was mistaken last week in assuming that the person who may have been Prince Andrew, Duke of York had no real uncle whose ashes he could have… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 43

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 43" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 43" style="float:left;" />Issue #53 “Royal Blood Part Two: Revelations” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson Colors: Tom Ziuko; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; Picking up minutes after the conclusion of the previous issue “Revelations” covers the… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 42

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:30:01 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 42" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 42" style="float:left;" />Issue #52 “Royal Blood Part One: The Players” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson Colors: Tom Ziuko; Editor: Stuart Moore; Cover: Glenn Fabry; While Hellblazer very much takes place in the western world, the fact… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 41

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 20:30:56 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 41" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 41" style="float:left;" />Issue #51 “Counting to Ten” Writer: John Smith; Artist: Sean Phillips; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Sean Phillips; As discussed in prior installments of this column, there are many different kinds of horror.… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 40

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:00:36 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 40" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 40" style="float:left;" />Issue #50 “Remarkable Lives” Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Will Simpson Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; The monthly numbering system is perhaps one of comics most notable features. Being that issues are… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 39

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:00:07 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 39" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 39" style="float:left;" />Author’s note: Up to this point in my analysis I’ve tried to remain as objective as possible in the analysis of the content within the series, but the subject matter of the following issue, combined… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 38

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:00:31 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 38" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 38" style="float:left;" />Issue #47-48 “The Pub Where I Was Born” & “Love Kills” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson, Mike Hoffman; Inker: Stan Woch; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; Being that Hellblazer is… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 37

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:00:18 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 37" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 37" style="float:left;" />Issue #46 “Falling into Hell” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Mark Pennington, Mark McKenna, Kim DeMulder, Stan Woch; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; As with any ongoing comic series,… [more]

Portraits in Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Fourteen : I Used To Think That The Day Would Never Come —

Ryan C. — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:00:25 +0000

And you, dear reader, could be forgiven, what with the uber-sporadic nature of these posts in recent months (sue me, I’ve been busy), that the day would never come when yours truly would finally get… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 36

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:00:12 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 36" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 36" style="float:left;" />Issue #45 “The Sting” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Tom Sutton; Colors: Tom Ziuko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; In the comic medium, every character or series has moments that become paramount… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 35

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:00:40 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 35" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 35" style="float:left;" />Issue #44 “My Way” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Tom Sutton; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; American founding father Benjamin Franklin is famously known for the quote from a… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 34

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:00:42 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 34" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 34" style="float:left;" />Issue #43 “Friends in High Places” Writer: Garth Ennis; Pencils: Will Simpson; Inker: Malcolm Jones III; Colors: Tom Zuiko; Letters: Gaspar Saladino; Cover: Tom Canty; From a narrative perspective comic books offer many storytelling methods… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 32

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:00:29 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 32" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 32" style="float:left;" />A change of the writer or the entire creative team on any title is always a challenge, especially after four years under the helm of Jamie Delano and his stark horror drenched political commentary that… [more]

Portraits in Alienated British You, Circa 1989-90, Part Thirteen : All’s Well That Ends — Well?

Ryan C. — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:00:05 +0000

With the shit having already hit the fan, the eleventh and final chapter of Garth Ennis and Warren Pleece’s True Faith plays out more like an epilogue than anything else — but it’s a highly… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Twelve : Where It All Hits The Fan

Ryan C. — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:00:22 +0000

There’s no doubt about it — chapter ten of Garth Ennis and Warren Pleece’s True Faith, entitled “False Gods,” is an absolute barn-burner. Or church-burner, I guess, as the case may be. The authorities —… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Eleven : Enter The Iron Lady

Ryan C. — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 11:00:09 +0000

You knew it had to happen at some point in the pages of True Faith : Nigel, Terry, and their newfound “friends” have been entirely too successful in their church-burning campaign and, this being 1989… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Ten: Into The Fire

Ryan C. — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:00:18 +0000

Here, friends, in where things get worse—not for True Faith itself per se, as Garth Ennis and Warren Pleece are both really hitting their stride at this point in the story—but for poor, hapless Nigel… [more]

Portraits in Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Nine: Out Of His Depth

Ryan C. — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 11:00:17 +0000

As part five of Garth Ennis and Warren Pleece’s True Faith opens, we find our young protagonist, Nigel Gibson, well and truly out of his depth as lunatic (by most people’s standards, at any rate)… [more]

Portraits in Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Eight: Flushed Down The Toilet

Ryan C. — Sat, 06 Jun 2015 11:00:32 +0000

There’s a question I just know you’re dying to ask right now—“dude, if you’re talking about True Faith, why do you have a cover scan of Preacher #1 at the top of your article?” It’s… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Seven: “I Feel So Extraordinary”

Ryan C. — Sat, 30 May 2015 11:00:14 +0000

Those were the opening lyrics to New Order’s breakthrough hit “True Faith,” but let’s be honest—they don’t have jack shit to do with the frame of mind of Nigel Gibson, the teenage protagonist in Garth… [more]

Portraits In Alienated British Youth Circa 1989-90, Part Six: A “Crisis” Of Faith

Ryan C. — Sat, 16 May 2015 11:00:57 +0000

The next stop on our tour of British comics focused on disenfranchised teens/twentysomethings in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s brings us to True Faith, a smart, satirical, dare I say sometimes even poignant look… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 15

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 12:00:04 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 15" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 15" style="float:left;" />Issue #17 “Fellow Travellers” Writer: Jamie Delano Art: Mike Hoffman Colors: Lovern Kindzierski Letters: Todd Klein Cover: Dave McKean Over the course of Jamie Delano’s 40 issue run on the series, and his return in… [more]

Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 1

Max Nestorowich — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:00:34 +0000

Hellblazer, Part 1" title="Sifting Through the Ashes: Analyzing Hellblazer, Part 1" style="float:left;" />When the term “magic” is observed by a member of the Western world, certain images undoubtedly come to mind. Long bearded men with staffs and pointy hats, a young boy with a lightning bolt scar,… [more]

Better off Dead – Ennis and Fabry’s Thor: Vikings

Tom Shapira — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:00:44 +0000

Thor: Vikings" title="Better off Dead – Ennis and Fabry’s Thor: Vikings" style="float:left;" />Thor fights Viking Zombies with help of warriors from various eras. That sounds like a great premise for a Rick Remender style Grindhouse action series; and the writer, Garth Ennis, has been doing fine with… [more]

Dan Dare, by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine (2008)

Colin Smith — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:00:04 +0000

Dan Dare, by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine (2008)" title="Dan Dare, by Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine (2008)" style="float:left;" />Dan Dare is ancient comics history now. His decade was the Fifties. First appearing as the cover star of the inaugural edition of the weekly Eagle comic on 14th April of 1950, Dare’s heyday was… [more]

On Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine’s War Stories: Archangel

Colin Smith — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:12 +0000

War Stories: Archangel" title="On Garth Ennis and Gary Erskine’s War Stories: Archangel" style="float:left;" />There’s such an obvious distinction to be made between the two, but there’s a lot of folks who consistently fail to do so. On the one hand, there’s the Second World War story as it’s… [more]

Upgrade Your Vision: 3D Comics and Narrative Purpose

Tim Bavlnka — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:00:28 +0000

Within the narrative of Final Crisis, Morrison wrote a two-issue mini-series called Superman Beyond 3D (2008-2009). This story was placed into the Final Crisis collected publications, forming an integral part of the complete narrative. However,… [more]

Diner Walls and Black Backgrounds: Punisher Max and Extradiegetic Poetics

Tim Bavlnka — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:00:26 +0000

Punisher Max and Extradiegetic Poetics" title="Diner Walls and Black Backgrounds: Punisher Max and Extradiegetic Poetics" style="float:left;" />I have had a few conversations about the work of Garth Ennis over the years, and have concluded that his work (and indeed, he himself) is misinterpreted or misunderstood by the average comic consumer. By… [more]

The Origin of the Punisher and the Narrative Power of War

Tim Bavlnka — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:08 +0000

I do not think it is entirely unfair to suggest that the commonly agreed upon origin for the Punisher is focused on the idea of vengeance over the death of Frank Castle’s family. This is… [more]

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts Production Journal #2

Patrick Meaney — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:00:44 +0000

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts Production Journal #2" title="Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts Production Journal #2" style="float:left;" />This has been a busy week in the Captured Ghosts world. I was going to discuss the experience of filming with Warren, but I’m going to save that for next week and instead discuss our… [more]

The God of Preacher

Daniel N. Gullotta — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:26 +0000

Preacher" title="The God of Preacher" style="float:left;" />The Christians I dissociate myself from are the ones usually found in films like Saved! or in comics like American Virgin: generally linked with sexism, homophobia, racism, fundamentalism, and conservative political views. I prefer to call… [more]

On the Demise of HBO’s Preacher

Julian Darius — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:18 +0000

Preacher" title="On the Demise of HBO’s Preacher" style="float:left;" />The live-action HBO series adapting Preacher is apparently dead. Well, to be more specific, HBO offered to redevelop the series and its writer refused. From Newsarama: Mark Steven Johnson, who wrote the pilot and was… [more]

Preacher: “All in the Family”

Matthew Gregg — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:43:12 +0000

Preacher: “All in the Family”" title="Preacher: “All in the Family”" style="float:left;" />Ah, finally we come to the first ‘big’ storyline explored in Preacher: Jesse’s childhood. The arc that stands up and bellows “This title isn’t just tits and innards! Close, but not quite!” Let’s synopsise this… [more]

Preacher: Texas and Beyond

Bryan Miller — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:59:43 +0000

Hello, there, and welcome to another New Comics Day. This week I’m taking the easy way out and reprinting an old essay I wrote for the now-defunct Savant. It’s older material, but I’ve gone through… [more]

A Day at Borders

Bryan Miller — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:45:05 +0000

Greetings, and welcome back. I just got back to Chi-town on an Amtrak train, just in time for the inaugural edition of New Comics Day 2004, the first after our holiday hiatus. Good to see… [more]

Down with Comics Activism!

Bryan Miller — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:05:51 +0000

The lights are out at O’Malleys and the greatest y’allternative bluegrass band in the world, The Woodbox Gang, are twanging up my stereo with devil songs. The ol’ wallet is considerably lighter thanks to beer… [more]

Summer Comics

Bryan Miller — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:01:09 +0000

FEATURED BOOK Enemy Ace: War In Heaven (TPB) Nobody writes war comics today like Garth Ennis. For that matter, nobody today really writes war comics other than Garth Ennis, but it’s hard to imagine many… [more]

Comics Published on 15 January 2003

Matt Martin — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:37:20 +0000

Optic Verve makes its triumphant (or generally unnoticed, depending on your point of view) return to the Internet, having taken the holidays off due to lack of Internet connectivity and a general plague of viruses… [more]

Comics Published on 11 December 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:27:38 +0000

Before I get started, a quick apology to the readers of these articles: this week was a really light week for me, as far as books are concerned. Even worse, next week looks to be… [more]

Comics Published on 13 November 2002

Matt Martin — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:36:48 +0000

Ultimate X-Men #24 Marvel Comics – Mark Millar (w); Kaare Andrews (a) There used to be a time that I really looked forward to Ultimate X-Men. During the first two story arcs, I think the… [more]

Comics Published on 2 October 2002

Matt Martin — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 15:29:03 +0000

Uncanny X-Men #414 Marvel Comics — Chuck Austen (w); Sean Phillips (p/i) After a while you run out of ways to say the same good things about the same books. I know that problem is… [more]

The Cult of the Writer

Julian Darius — Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:00:33 +0000

One of the major phenomena occurring in American comic books in the last two decades has been the cult of the writer, often in competition with the cult of the artist or illustrator. Various years… [more]

Belfast and New York, Ireland and America, and “Irish Studies” as Reflected by Garth Ennis

Julian Darius — Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:00:43 +0000

Garth Ennis, an Irish writer working in the graphic novel (or extended comic book) format, represents a literary outsider. Although he shows considerably greater disdain for many other groups, Ennis has openly shown disdain for… [more]