From a different page in the Garth Ennis War Story issue "Johan's Tiger" written by Garth Ennis: "Fepos. Field police. Empowered to maintain the cohesion of the front by whatever means deemed necessary. Empowered to do whatever the hell they like." Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Below is a more cathartic page from "Johan's Tiger," written by Ennis with pencils by Chris Weston and inks by Gary Erskine.
"That's the trouble with a war you never want to end. " With the idea of World War III being thrown around for the past few days, I've been thinking about this page from Punisher: The End by writer Garth Ennis and artist Richard Corben. Particularly this page where Frank Castle explains how the world blew itself up to a fellow soon-to-be-dead survivor.
I reviewed the recently completed and collected Babs series by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows for Ahoy Comics. You can read my piece now at The Ugly Monster.
I have a feeling Garth Ennis knew something about Neil Gaiman, who appears in the form of this stand-in, Roger, in Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey by writer Ennis and artist Steve Dillon.
Wonder if anyone remembers that Garth Ennis run on Punisher where he inspires impersonators. One of them is called Payback, who kills people who run corporations. Punisher kills him not because he's a murderer, but because he was sloppy and also took out innocents. From Punisher #12 (volume 5) by Ennis, drawn by Steve Dillon.
Given Trump's infamous “some very fine people” comment in praise of fascists, whenever Trump stops being a fad (decades from now, if we're lucky--after all, Hitler's still going!) I wonder if it will be easier or harder to sell that narrative of good people among fascists. I know I've been pushing Garth Ennis a lot and need to feature different comic creators. That said, Ennis' better stories are those that depict people trying to do good while being on the wrong side of history. It's a concept that seems almost alien today. Below is a page from Enemy Ace: War In Heaven, written by Ennis and with artwork by Chris Weston and Chris Alamy.
How can people think the TV show "The Boys" had a MAGAmerica message? Because they never read the original comics they deviated from. I haven't seen the Prime series, but even this page about the military industrial complex would dismantle most alt-right fanboy fantasies. From The Boys #19 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
Wanted to post this page given the wave of anti-communist ads from Trump's camp following his conviction. A Garth Ennis villain explains the depths America will sink to out of fear of communism. From the infamous and surely never-to-be-reprinted Fury by Garth Ennis with pencils by Darick Robertson and inks by Jimmy Palmiotti.
As we continue marking the twentieth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death, here's a page from the second issue of Punisher MAX Presents: Barracuda by writer Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov where Reagan is canonized by a South American dictator lamenting the days of Ollie North.
No matter how low your station is as a comics creator, you can always shit on the poets. This page is from Preacher one shot Cassidy: Blood & Whiskey where the title character has to deal with goth poetry on top of a pretentious vampire and his hangers-on. By Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Happy National Poetry Month. More examples of poet-hating are coming.
Stolen from John Linton Roberson on Facebook. The last page from Hellblazer #46 by Garth Ennis and Will Simpson, which includes a quote form the song "A Rainy Night In Soho" by The Pouges, headed by recently deceased frontman Shane MacGowan.
Is my light reading for the week a sign of my stress levels? From issue #21 of Garth Ennis' Punisher Marvel MAX series with art by Leandro Fernandez and Scott Hanna.
"Is it only me, or do poems that don't rhyme reflect a fundamental lack of effort?" A poetry critique from The Devil in Hellblazer #83 by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Been wanting to use this page during National Poetry Month for a while. Ennis has always exhibited this attitude towards poetry. Personally? Poems that are centered on the page reflect lack of effort.
Courtesy of The Comics Journal and writer David Roach, here's a page from one of Kevin O'Neill's last projects, a story written by Garth Ennis for Rebellion's Battle Action anthology. As Roach points out in his O'Neill tribute, it's a wonder these two didn't collaborate more given O'Neill's mark with Marshall Law, a predecessor in all ways of Ennis' The Boys. Is it appropriate to feel sad that this is O'Neill's only work with Ennis while also feeling relieved that Alan Moore got a hold of O'Neill first?
