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Chronicles of Wormwood (single issues) #2
Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Enemy
Danny Wormwood is back, and he's brought Jimmy the Talking Rabbit and Jay (formerly known as Jesus Christ, but worse for wear these days) with him! Since averting Armageddon in his last adventure, the world hasn't improved. Danny, the reluctant Anti-Christ, still produces questionable TV shows and pines for Maggie, his lost love. It seems the best these boys can hope for is a quiet drink at their favorite pub. However, the evil Pope Jacko will not let Wormwood rest after his last sound defeat! To dispatch the Anti-Christ once and for all, Jacko calls upon his deadliest Holy Assassin, Brther One the Killer Eunuch! More blasphemy, action, and razor-sharp dialogue by Garth Ennis, creator of PREACHER.
48 pages, Paperback
First published December 11, 2003
About the author
Garth Ennis
2,674 books3,240 followersEnnis 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).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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December 3, 2018
Twice the blasphemy and half the fun, this exercise in cash grabbing is as pathetic as it is mirthless. Spanning the length of about two issues, this highly unnecessary sequel stews in its own tasteless broth of pointlessness.
This anti-read is better left unread.
This anti-read is better left unread.
September 17, 2019
A deranged and twistedly amusing little in-between tale (setting up the next and final installment of the series) that delivered the goods but with a "But..." That "but" being, the art was just ehhh...
I got this thing. When it comes to "average illustrations" (average as in, not exceptionally artistic, in which case this "thing" of mine wouldn't apply) I really only have one requirement: the women have to be nice to look at it. Now, this doesn't mean there has to be "hot girls" in the story; it just means that if you're drawing an attractive female, the art has to portray that attractiveness. But the faces (and this would go for the men as well) were disproportional and an eyesore throughout the whole thing, so the book was a bit painful to look at. (Although some of the morbidly dark-humor art was definitely a treat.) Still, it's absolutely worth the read just for the downright gut-wrenching laughs, but I can't give it 5 stars because of the "ehhh..." You're gonna wanna read this one, though, so you don't miss a beat going into the next. Definitely check it out.
I got this thing. When it comes to "average illustrations" (average as in, not exceptionally artistic, in which case this "thing" of mine wouldn't apply) I really only have one requirement: the women have to be nice to look at it. Now, this doesn't mean there has to be "hot girls" in the story; it just means that if you're drawing an attractive female, the art has to portray that attractiveness. But the faces (and this would go for the men as well) were disproportional and an eyesore throughout the whole thing, so the book was a bit painful to look at. (Although some of the morbidly dark-humor art was definitely a treat.) Still, it's absolutely worth the read just for the downright gut-wrenching laughs, but I can't give it 5 stars because of the "ehhh..." You're gonna wanna read this one, though, so you don't miss a beat going into the next. Definitely check it out.
September 18, 2011
Ennis returns to his blasphemous ways with a second quick run at "Chronicles of Wormwood", where Wormwood faces a Vatican assassin straight out of the pages of Dan Brown and tries to reunite with his scorned lover.
It's very short, coming in at about 40-ish pages and never builds up any kind of momentum like the first book. It's really just to tie up the loose ends of the first book so the next run can begin with a clean sheet. A main character dies and as expected Wormwood triumphs (mostly).
Good, not great. Roll on the next instalment!
It's very short, coming in at about 40-ish pages and never builds up any kind of momentum like the first book. It's really just to tie up the loose ends of the first book so the next run can begin with a clean sheet. A main character dies and as expected Wormwood triumphs (mostly).
Good, not great. Roll on the next instalment!
January 13, 2025
Mostly just setting up the next part, not a whole lot going for it on its own. And the art took a nose-dive.
September 30, 2025
Brief sequel that is just as much fun as the first book in the series. Can’t wait to read the next one.
September 30, 2016
This short story was worse that either of the two longer story arcs. It's kinda like the filler in between, when the Pope isn't dead yet and send an assassin after Wormwood while the latter is trying to get back with his girlfriend.
The artwork is inferior by any account and the story doesn't save it or add a great deal to the Workwood universe. At least it was short.
The artwork is inferior by any account and the story doesn't save it or add a great deal to the Workwood universe. At least it was short.
April 28, 2008
This one off sequel to The Chronicles Of Wormwood gives us one last, brief moment with Danny, Jesus and Jimmy the rabbit and a little more brilliant writing from Garth Ennis. My one complaint is that artist Rob Steen just doesn't compare to Jacen Burrows. Steen's art is a little awkward and I found it distracted from the story, though the twisted storyline more than makes up for it.
November 9, 2012
a bit too quick for my tastes... felt like a period at the end of an amazing sentence (the first TP was excellent).
I also wasn't a huge fan of Rob Steen's artwork, as compared to the always-amazing Jacen Burrows.
Great series, but this story was weaker than the other two TPs.
I also wasn't a huge fan of Rob Steen's artwork, as compared to the always-amazing Jacen Burrows.
Great series, but this story was weaker than the other two TPs.
May 27, 2026
Somewhat amusing but unnecessary short sequel to the first Chronicles of Wormwood series. Sure, the writing is good, but aside from slightly progressing Danny’s story and the introduction of a crazy new character (who predictably winds up dead by the end) there’s not much here.
December 24, 2011
Much better than the first offering of Wormwood but with much crappier art.
May 3, 2013
anoTher great read from the genius of Garth Ennis. It could of been longer tho!
April 28, 2013
This felt like everyone involved needed a quick buck. The art was terrible, and the writing not much better. I liked the first one but this was crap.
April 10, 2014
The Killer Eunuch was a HOLY SHIT moment, but the art style totally cramped it.
March 8, 2015
not a bad book. the sorry mostly revolves around wormwood trying to get his old girlfriend back and the bat shit crazy Pope trying to get Jesus to the Vatican to heal him.
March 23, 2017
second verse, basically the same as the first. just with a less interesting story line and worse art. entirely not worth it.
March 26, 2015
Not as good as the first two. The new artist isn't as good, either.
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