Garth Ennis

Garth Ennis (2009)

Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood , Northern Ireland ) is a British comic book writer . He is particularly by its DC - Vertigo Comics series Preacher known. He works regularly with the draftsmen Steve Dillon , Glen Fabry and John McCrea .

Life

Beginning of his career

Enni's career began in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls , drawn by McCrea and appearing in the short-lived anthology series Crisis . It is about a young, Protestant man who gets caught in the turmoil and violence of the Northern Ireland conflict. The series drew a sequel, For a Few Troubles More , in which the two supporting characters Dougie and Ivor from Troubled Souls determine the plot. The couple got their own series Dicks at Caliber in 1997 .

Another series for Crisis was True Faith , a satire on religion inspired by Enni's school days, performed by Warren Pleece . As with the two Troubles stories, a collective edition was published in 1990. Protests by religious associations, however, caused sales to be stopped soon. In 1997 Vertigo published a new edition.

2000 AD

A short time later, Ennis wrote for the magazine 2000 AD , for which he took over the showcase title Judge Dredd and continued for a few years.

DC Comics

As his first work on a US comic, he took over the DC Comics horror title Hellblazer in 1991 . He wrote this until 1994. During the second half of the Ennis Run, Steve Dillon became the new regular draftsman. They later created the Preacher series together .

From 1993 to 1995, Ennis and John McCrea worked on another DC series, The Demon , in which they introduced superpowered hit man Tommy Monaghan, also known as Hitman .

After the end of The Demon received Hitman own series, which in turn was implemented by both. From 1996 to 2001 the series had 60 issues plus a few specials.

Ennis main work, however, is probably the series Preacher , created together with the draftsman Steve Dillon. This series has 66 issues on the DC label Vertigo and tells the story of a disaffected preacher with supernatural powers who is in search of God , who has abandoned his creation.

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During his time at DC, Ennis wrote the crossover Medieval Spawn / Witchblade on commission , followed by the new series The Darkness together with Marc Silvestri . These attempts were quite successful commercially, but Ennis soon gave up The Darkness . Years later, he and Amanda Connor created the image comics series The Pro (German: The Super Slut ).

Marvel

Ennis later moved to the main competitor Marvel Comics and again took over the Punisher series with Steve Dillon . Ennis' wicked humor was criticized by many fans of the series, but because of the great success, other miniseries with the character appeared.

Also at Marvel, he worked on Hulk : Smash and a Spider-Man mini-series with John McCrea, and a series about Nick Fury with Darick Robertson.

style

The work of Garth Ennis is characterized by his biting black humor and the use of excessive force as a stylistic device. Jokes at the expense of minorities , blasphemy and wild, sometimes confused stories are also common with him. But topics such as male friendships and unusual closings of stories can also be found in his stories.

Publications in German (selection)

Ennis' early works Troubled Souls and For a Few Troubles More were published by Bastei-Verlag as Torn Hearts . Preacher was published in German by Speed ​​Comics , while Dino , later Panini , Hitman and all Marvel material published. The Darkness series and Spawn / Witchblade first appeared on Splitter and later on Infinity . Hellblazer was published by writers and readers and later by Panini, The Pro appeared in Hit Comics by the small publisher JNK .

Web links

Commons : Garth Ennis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Garth Ennis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Comics by Garth Ennis on www.sequart.com (engl.)