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Preacher will return in 2017

I finally saw the first episode of Preacher, based on the Garth Ennis,- Steve Dillon Vertigo classic last night; “finally” even though it won’t air until the official premiere on Sunday, this episode has been screened at cons and events for a few months now, and review copies have been floating around. I like to […]

Garth Ennis is  having his moment with the debut of the AMC tv series based on Preacher coming on this Sunday, May 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on AMC. YOu can catch the man himself in converstion with producer Seth Rogen and the stars Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga and Joseph Gilgun tonight at the 92nd Street Y […]

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are really into Garth Ennis comics, so much so that they’re following up their soon-to-debut Preacher adaptation for AMC with a live action version of Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys for Cinemax. For this outing, the duo is teaming with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, who will write the series […]

Convention season is still rolling on, and New Jersey is getting a full-service con on November 21-22 with the New Jersey Comic Expo and they've just announced a special guests in the form of Garth Ennis. Ennis rarely does conventions so this is a good chance to hear him talk about Preacher, The Boys and his new project which is called, unexpectedly, A Train Called Love. And from the cover, above you can see this will be something very unusual, bunnies included.

Titan Comics is coming across the pond and bringing a robust series of panels and signings to NYCC 2015. Read on to get the scoop on how you can meet the writers and artists behind your favorite Titan titles.

We've got the lowdown on the new high-flying WWII series from Preacher scribe Garth Ennis out November 4th.

Keith Burns is an artist out of the UK that keeps an extremely low profile, at least on the Internet. He’s an artist you should know about that you probably don’t know about. There are not a lot of interviews or pieces on him,  which is crazy considering his talent and his pedigree as someone who has […]

Writer:

Garth Ennis

Artist:

John McCrea

Colorist:

John Kalisz

Letterer:

Pat Brosseau

The greatest superheroes of all time, unseen since the end of the hit series HITMAN, have returned for the greatest superhero story ever told! Befuddled hero Six Pack returns to Gotham City, desperate to rebuild the all-star team known as Section Eight, in the face of a deadly threat. He gathers old friends Bueno Excellente, Baytor and the seemingly reborn Dogwelder, along with some new faces—but he still needs that elusive eighth member. And that’s when the Dark Knight Detective gets an offer he can’t refuse in part one of this unforgettable six-issue miniseries.

Section 8 is probably one of the weirdest concepts at DC that could have chosen for the publisher’s new wave of comics. With the name of their superteam being a play on a phrase about the characters being ‘unfit for duty.’ Before digging into the issue in questions, a quick history lesson is in order. Hitman first debuted in the pages of a Demon Annual and then starred in the Garth Ennis written 1997 title. Section 8 first sprung from the pages of Hitman #18. The Ennis-penned 2015 title featuring the heroes is a mini-series, and the first time that the Section 8 heroes have ever sustained their own comic. The premise is pretty interesting as well: with the Section 8 now re-established, the unlikely heroes are searching for an 8th member when Batman of all people is tapped for active duty.

For those that are worried about the comic being inaccessible because of the sheer amount of history regarding the franchise, author Garth Ennis has a way to dispel your concerns: Batman. The Caped Crusader is all over this issue, proving as a great comedic foil for Sixpack. The cover is a nice bit of Amanda Conner-tinged humor that ends up bleeding into the actual issue itself. The tale serves as a beacon to really suck readers in with the sheer amount of energy funneling through Ennis and McCrea in the opening sequence bringing the band back together. The revelation as to what the different team members have been doing since the Section 8 split is a fantastic main source of humor.

McCrea’s distinctive set of pencils are needed for a comic asking so much from the penciler. Humor in comics is something that DC shied away from during the New 52 (for the most part,) but this title accurately brings a specific mode of dark humor back to the publisher. McCrea is instrumental in evoking that vibe while still making characters look slick and interesting on the page. The first page of the book features DC’s marquee heroes in striking positions while getting their dues on the same page. John Kalisz makes a coloring choice in the span of the issue that makes action sequences feel even more chaotic than they would have been otherwise. Also Ennis, McCrea, and the talent on the book toy with the form later on in the issue in a manner that makes All-Star Section 8, really feel like a progressive addition to DC’s current stable of titles.

Unfortunately the spastic and beautiful energy pulsing through the first issue is not maintained throughout the final section (pun intended) of the initial installment. The ending introduces some new elements into the title but doesn’t pay them off, or link the cliffhanger with the rest of the tale appropriately. While the issue does have the comedic obscenity to really capture the old-school Hitman vibe instigated by the author, the comic lacks direction in the sense that readers may not be sure where this mini-series is going. With Ennis’ work becoming sparse at the Big Two, this issue is certainly worth a look regardless of your are interest in the entirety of this brand new take on the team. Also, nobody quite writes comics as vicious as the seminal author. Ennis and McCrea perfectly evoke the stuff of black comedy nightmares present in the original series — but can the creative team follow-up on the foundation they have set here in subsequent issues?

The Preacher pilot is HAPPENING. I never believed this day would come. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s scabrous, epic take on religion, armageddon and personal honor is still violent and shocking. But it’s happening.

They’ve cast Tulip (Ruth Negga)

And Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun)

And Arseface (Ian Colletti)

But who will play Jesse Custer? The main man, the fallen preacher whose power allow him to take on God himself?

Maybe it should be Matt Ryan, who plays the almost sure to not return Constantine.

After all, Constantine and Jesse Custer look a lot alike.

Actually, the front runner is said to be Dominic Cooper, who also has a strong resemblance to Howard Stark. This is all getting very confusing.

How many stories start like this?

I was having a pint with editor Nick Lowe, and he suggested putting the Phantom Eagle up against dinosaurs.

Thankfully at Marvel Secret Wars means that the publisher gets to play up even goofier ideas than usual.

The upcoming crossover is exploring the War part of the Secret Wars title by introducing veteran writer Garth Ennis back into Marvel comics. The legendary Punisher scribe is returning to the House of Ideas with a World War I character known as The Phantom Eagle. The story is entitled Where Monsters Dwell. Longtime collaborator of Ennis, Russ Braun is illustrating the comic. Karl Kaufmann is the Phantom Eagle, an old character who first appeared in the 1960’s. Vulture announced the news with an emphasis on dinosaurs, biplanes, and World War 1 culture. May 27 see’s a return to the legacy flavored action of Ennis and the Eagle’s adventures that started in 2008’s War is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. Vulture had several more delectable quotes from Ennis:

 Sometime in the early 1920s, ex–Great War fighter pilot Karl Kaufmann is bumming around the Far East, getting into various scrapes and trying to make a dishonest buck. He agrees to fly naïve English socialite Clementine Franklin-Cox to Singapore, only to end up blown off course and flung into an exotic world of dinosaurs, cannibals, and a rather unusual tribe of amazons — who have their own plans for Clemmie. She, in turn, is not quite all she seems.

Finally, the author also shared how involved this story is to Secret Wars itself:

Not really for me to say.

Ladies and gentlemen we’re in for a treat!