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Yeah the first thing I thought was "Awesome! Liam Sharp book, it's been a while."
I'd better go burn my copies of 2000 AD, War Stories, Preacher, Crisis, Hellblazer and Battlefields since they are all lousy superhero stories
You probably should, not because they're lousy superhero stories but for still being lousy lmao gottem
I'll go to bat for Wanted depending on my mood, though the ending is always going to be inexcusable.
I think a world secretly controlled by supervillains who ganged up and killed all the heroes then rewrote reality so they never existed acting as a metaphor for our inability to just accept these lighthearted fantasy characters for what they are, so now all that's left is ugly, pubescent testosterone laden posturing of dumb action scenes acted out by the most unlikable people in the universe and it's all a big joke at the expense of the reader, that's an interesting way to take a superhero story. It's the ultimate male jerkoff power fantasy where a boring whiny dick who thinks the world owes him success proceeds to fuck and kill his way to global supremacy because his dad was Deathstroke.
Like that scene where the one evil doctor dude reveals his secret shrine that has what is blatantly Superman's tattered cape is kind of amazing no matter what.
The problem of course is that Mark Millar has spent nigh his entire career writing those exact kind of books so a satire of them doesn't really work, like it is entirely possible if not likely that I am giving someone like Mark Millar way too much credit, and also he's an incompetent boob who keeps tripping ass first into movie deals.
I just realized I was gonna give Ennis a couple bits of kudos before realizing I got him confused with Warren Ellis.
Man what the fuck happened that so many Brits wanna rip the shit out of superheroes. XD
Man what the fuck happened that so many Brits wanna rip the shit out of superheroes. XD
Ennis' best stuff has nothing to do with superheroes. I'll take Sara, Battlefields and War Stories over any of his capes stuff. With that said, I still quite liked a lot of his takes on Punisher and Fury (Born, for example) as well as Hitman.
Name of the story
Also wasn't Ennis in some controversy recently ? Wait or was it warren Ellis ?
I know people around here hate the Punisher as a general rule, but the Ennis run of Punisher MAX was genuinely great.
It was Warren Ellis, yes.
Ellis was outed as a pervert around mid last year. I think Ennis is the same as always, just an edgy writer who probably won't reach his peak again but still writes entertaining stuff.
Dangerous Habits, the one where Constantine gets lung cancer and cons the lords of Hell to cure it.
😄 Me too!
Uh, that's not right. A lot of women - 60ish, I think? - outed him as a sexual predator who coerced and manipulated them into having sex with him or sending pictures etc.
The TPB is Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing. It's magnificent. Edit: Oh shit, sorry; it is Dangerous Habits. D'oh.
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It's alright to say I wasn't a fan of The Boys, yes? Because I tried reading it, and I just couldn't give a shit.