Garth Ennis

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January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Ireland

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Ennis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.

Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publicat...more Ennis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.

Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.

Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.

Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.

While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.

Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.

After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.

In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.

Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.

In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.

In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).

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	Preacher, Vol. 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator), Joe R. Lansdale (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 12,153 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 2: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 7,634 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 3: Proud Americans by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator), Penn Jillette (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 6,887 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 6: War in the Sun by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator), Peter Snejbjerg (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 4,739 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 5: Dixie Fried by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 4,724 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 9: Alamo by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator) 4.39 avg rating — 4,531 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 8: All Hell's a-Coming by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator), John McCrea (Illustrator) 4.34 avg rating — 4,507 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 7: Salvation by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 3,949 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Preacher, Vol. 4: Ancient History by Garth Ennis, Steve Pugh (Illustrator), Carlos Ezquerra (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 3,903 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Boys, Vol. 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 2,394 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	My rating:

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“God: But it is my creation...!

The Saint of Killers: It's outgrown you.”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Vol. 9: Alamo

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“I thought you an' I'd already settled the roles in the fucker/fuckee relationship! I guess I thought wrong!”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Vol. 1: Gone to Texas

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“I'm the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I've got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I'll drive your demons away. I'll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they're down and then I'll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone... who would walk with me?”
― Garth Ennis, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits

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