From the interview about Hawk the Slayer in Meg #440:
"Upcoming I've Got The Lion & The Eagle for Aftershock, which is a savage war story set in Burma during World War Two with art by PJ Holden, a second series of Jimmy's Bastards, another Punisher mini, more Russian Front war stories with Steve Epping - and something very, very special from Rebellion, something that I think fans of 1970s comics will be very happy about."
He's already done Dan Dare, and I imagine Pat Mills creations like Bill Savage are off the table, so I'm curious.
My money's on a gritty reboot of Dash Decent featuring a backstory in which an honest ex-soldier saves a young Dash from paedophile priests whilst taking violent revenge on his corrupt former commanding officers.
It's the Cor!!-ossed Apocalypse Japes Summer Special.
Henry pitched it to him during Hawk The Slayer correspondence
That would be the Battle Action annual that is slated for September.
"...his armies"
Just came here for that.(i admit it would work better if you'd asked "what does garth ennis have up his sleevies".)
Chortle!
What does Vladimir Putin have up his sleevies? Not his armies, as he's sent them to the border with Ukraine. Also, he's topless and riding a horse, so he doesn't have sleeves. My standup routine needs work...
Speaking of Ennis, has anyone read Sara? It's brilliant.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/5-thoughts-sara-by-garth-ennis-steve-epting-elizabeth-breitweiser/
Quote from: Richard on 02 February, 2022, 09:52:19 PM
Speaking of Ennis, has anyone read Sara? It's brilliant.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/5-thoughts-sara-by-garth-ennis-steve-epting-elizabeth-breitweiser/
Yip I have read it, I can also recommend it
Quote from: broodblik on 03 February, 2022, 03:13:10 AM
Quote from: Richard on 02 February, 2022, 09:52:19 PM
Speaking of Ennis, has anyone read Sara? It's brilliant.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/5-thoughts-sara-by-garth-ennis-steve-epting-elizabeth-breitweiser/
Yip I have read it, I can also recommend it
Heard good things about it too.
Going cheap enough on Amazon - ordered.
Is there anything good from Ennis, ww2 related, aside Sara? I am not really versed in his ww2 output, although I've read The Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, and while it had Kelly's Heroes, dark, farcical humor, I actually found it often off than hit. I don't know about his Battlefield, many gave it good reviews so I may get that one day.
His arm?
Quote from: milstar on 04 February, 2022, 01:52:11 AM
Is there anything good from Ennis, ww2 related, aside Sara? I am not really versed in his ww2 output, although I've read The Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, and while it had Kelly's Heroes, dark, farcical humor, I actually found it often off than hit. I don't know about his Battlefield, many gave it good reviews so I may get that one day.
Battlefield is quite good we even have Carlos The King Ezquerra on art duty then I can also recommend Dreaming Eagles with Simon Coleby on art duties.
Quote from: milstar on 04 February, 2022, 01:52:11 AM
Is there anything good from Ennis, ww2 related, aside Sara? I am not really versed in his ww2 output...
War Stories is a sort of anthology series of one-off war tales (it's all good, but volumes 1 & 2 are sublime, and you've got the likes of Ezquerra, John Higgins, David Lloyd, and Dave Gibbons on art);
Battlefields is great too, and you have a chance to get to know the characters a bit more than in War Stories as most of them get repeat outings.
Out of the Blue is an aerial combat book, continuing the story of a character from War Stories II. The artist struggles a bit with people quite frankly, but his dogfights are something else. The same team also did a great
Johnny Red book. There's also a
Battler Briton miniseries with Colin Wilson which is unmemorable but decent enough; and
The Stringbags, a recent HB with PJ Holden that should probably be top of your list - it's superb!
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 04 February, 2022, 10:19:50 AMand The Stringbags, a recent HB with PJ Holden that should probably be top of your list - it's superb!
There's also "The Lion and the Eagle" (https://www.cbr.com/lion-and-the-eagle-1/) by Garth & PJ from Aftershock — #1 out any time now...
As usual :(
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 04 February, 2022, 10:19:50 AM
War Stories is a sort of anthology series of one-off war tales (it's all good, but volumes 1 & 2 are sublime, and you've got the likes of Ezquerra, John Higgins, David Lloyd, and Dave Gibbons on art); Battlefields is great too, and you have a chance to get to know the characters a bit more than in War Stories as most of them get repeat outings. Out of the Blue is an aerial combat book, continuing the story of a character from War Stories II. The artist struggles a bit with people quite frankly, but his dogfights are something else. The same team also did a great Johnny Red book. There's also a Battler Briton miniseries with Colin Wilson which is unmemorable but decent enough; and The Stringbags, a recent HB with PJ Holden that should probably be top of your list - it's superb!
Aw, cool! War Stories sounds intriguing, I just the idea of having multiple artist. And I'll keep my eye on Battle Briton, I just love Colin Wilson.
There's two different runs of War Stories - the DC / Vertigo one Dark Jimbo alludes to is really rather wonderful. 48 page (I think it was) self contained stories.
The second run was from Avatar Press almost 30 issues with a format based on the Battlefields format, 3 issue mini-series typically. These settle on an artist pretty early on, which was a real shame as they weren't very good at all. And brilliant as the stories were, and they were often really brilliant, the art really tried my patience and I only just stuck to the series until the end.
I'd defo recommend the DC / vertigo volumes first, but Battlefields is superb as well.
I'd second that as well. Like Jimbo says, the artist roster is something else but the tales themselves are great. DC released them as TPB's a while back.
I'd also second the Stringbags recommendation. I had to admit to being a little leery of Holden as artist. I wasn't much taken with the Traitor General strip work. On this though he is at the top of his game. It's an interesting mix of historical / fictional writing.
As for the Dreaming Eagles recommendation ... f*** yes! It's also interesting in that it weaves in later civil rights issues. Coleby does an amazing job as always.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 04 February, 2022, 06:54:36 PM
There's two different runs of War Stories - the DC / Vertigo one Dark Jimbo alludes to is really rather wonderful. 48 page (I think it was) self contained stories.
The second run was from Avatar Press almost 30 issues with a format based on the Battlefields format, 3 issue mini-series typically. These settle on an artist pretty early on, which was a real shame as they weren't very good at all...
Don't worry about different runs though milstar, it's all collected in TPBs as one series - the original run is collected as volumes 1 & 2, the Avatar stuff as volumes 3 & 4.
Quote from: Dark Jimbo on 04 February, 2022, 07:52:39 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 04 February, 2022, 06:54:36 PM
There's two different runs of War Stories - the DC / Vertigo one Dark Jimbo alludes to is really rather wonderful. 48 page (I think it was) self contained stories.
The second run was from Avatar Press almost 30 issues with a format based on the Battlefields format, 3 issue mini-series typically. These settle on an artist pretty early on, which was a real shame as they weren't very good at all...
Don't worry about different runs though milstar, it's all collected in TPBs as one series - the original run is collected as volumes 1 & 2, the Avatar stuff as volumes 3 & 4.
Arh didn't realise they pulled it all together. So is it creator owned then?
On another note there's an old thread we used to talk about Garth's work a lot. There'll be more opinion in that:
https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=23383.390 (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=23383.390)
Hm... Seems that some issues are out of stock. Although I wish if someone collected all four vols into the one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=garth+ennis+war+stories&crid=1XVHP8IBO5UKJ&sprefix=Garth+ennis+war+s%2Caps%2C411&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_17 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=garth+ennis+war+stories&crid=1XVHP8IBO5UKJ&sprefix=Garth+ennis+war+s%2Caps%2C411&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_17)
Quote from: Richard on 02 February, 2022, 09:52:19 PM
Speaking of Ennis, has anyone read Sara? It's brilliant.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/5-thoughts-sara-by-garth-ennis-steve-epting-elizabeth-breitweiser/
Yip, totally recommend it.
Quote from: Tjm86 on 04 February, 2022, 07:04:40 PM
I'd second that as well. Like Jimbo says, the artist roster is something else but the tales themselves are great. DC released them as TPB's a while back.
I'd also second the Stringbags recommendation. I had to admit to being a little leery of Holden as artist. I wasn't much taken with the Traitor General strip work. On this though he is at the top of his game. It's an interesting mix of historical / fictional writing.
As for the Dreaming Eagles recommendation ... f*** yes! It's also interesting in that it weaves in later civil rights issues. Coleby does an amazing job as always.
I third the above
Wait'll you see The Lion and the Eagle
Stringbags is excelent
Glad everyone seemed to enjoy stringbags - THE LION AND THE EAGLE IS IN COMIC SHOPS ON WEDNESDAY! 40 PAGES, OVERSIZED! JUNGLE WARFARE!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLlvlxOXoAQkJ2h?format=png&name=4096x4096)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLlvlxPXoAE0j3L?format=png&name=4096x4096)
Is that complete or ongoing?
Quote from: Bad City Blue on 15 February, 2022, 11:45:22 AM
Is that complete or ongoing?
6 issue mini I think - hopefully PJ will correct that if the numbers wrong.
https://aftershockcomics.com/category/the-lion-and-the-eagle/ (https://aftershockcomics.com/category/the-lion-and-the-eagle/)
Ennis and Holden is a must buy anyway, but I usually wait for the trade if multi part
Four issues. 40 pages per issue. Oversized (physically larger than most comics)
Quote from: pauljholden on 15 February, 2022, 11:28:34 AM
Glad everyone seemed to enjoy stringbags - THE LION AND THE EAGLE IS IN COMIC SHOPS ON WEDNESDAY! 40 PAGES, OVERSIZED! JUNGLE WARFARE!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLlvlxOXoAQkJ2h?format=png&name=4096x4096)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLlvlxPXoAE0j3L?format=png&name=4096x4096)
Now looking forward to my trip to FP tmw....
You guys will also find an excellent article related to The Lion and the Eagle in the current Megazine (#441). It looks fantastic and I believe it will be a worthwhile one to add to your collection.
Half way through it, wonderfully done.
Read this today. It's great. Love the size of it too, accentuates the (lovely) art and makes it feel like something a bit special.
The Loin and the Eagle has a lovely feel to it and the art looks great at this slightly larger size.
Colours and text are all non-intrusive, but it is the story telling that really shines.
You hardly notice its a massive info dump mostly talking heads: the rhythm, tone and subject matter all keep you hooked, there are a couple of shocking images and surprises, real WTF moments, highly recommended.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 17 February, 2022, 03:46:08 PM
The Loin and the Eagle has a lovely feel to it
That's a different publication entirely
ha! Old sausage fingers strike again
Quote from: Richard on 02 February, 2022, 09:52:19 PM
Speaking of Ennis, has anyone read Sara? It's brilliant.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/5-thoughts-sara-by-garth-ennis-steve-epting-elizabeth-breitweiser/
If anyone is looking for an excuse to get themselves another Christmas present, then I can definitely recommend the Deluxe edition of
Sara. It's absolutely fab! Beautifully bound with a die cut cover, edge painted pages and an Obi strip on the rear cover, it really does look deluxe!
(https://i.imgur.com/9OzfNgl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UFC3Ki3.jpg?1)
And we have an up and coming Rogue by Ennis too!
Quote from: Lorenzo on 17 December, 2022, 03:29:46 PM
Quote from: Richard on 02 February, 2022, 09:52:19 PM
Speaking of Ennis, has anyone read Sara? It's brilliant.
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/5-thoughts-sara-by-garth-ennis-steve-epting-elizabeth-breitweiser/
If anyone is looking for an excuse to get themselves another Christmas present, then I can definitely recommend the Deluxe edition of Sara. It's absolutely fab!
I read this in paperback when it first appeared. I'm always somewhat ambivalent about Ennis, but he's come up with some superb war stories down the years. I didn't like this as much as his Anna Kharkova trilogy, but that could just be me and not the story. The art here is top notch, mind. The establishing panel of the lead character struck me as masterful.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 17 December, 2022, 03:35:53 PM
And we have an up and coming Rogue by Ennis too!
Yep with Patrick Goddard who I think will be fantastic on Rogue. A few details here
https://2000ad.com/news/garth-ennis-to-pen-new-rogue-trooper-series-for-2000-ad/?fbclid=IwAR2PJqp5WCM-lb7ABOpzLhbbVNjjLeKPYP8IJopWD6hp_ffss9AQUVTuBQA (https://2000ad.com/news/garth-ennis-to-pen-new-rogue-trooper-series-for-2000-ad/?fbclid=IwAR2PJqp5WCM-lb7ABOpzLhbbVNjjLeKPYP8IJopWD6hp_ffss9AQUVTuBQA)
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 17 December, 2022, 04:30:10 PM
Yep with Patrick Goddard who I think will be fantastic on Rogue.
No arguments there.
Never would have thought of Garth Ennis on Rogue, but I can't think of anyone better for the job.
I can't think of a writer I've changed my mind about so drastically either. I really hated his Dredds and Stronts, and resented the fact that two of Tharg's best strips had been left in such inexperienced hands. Nowadays i feel genuinely privileged to read anything he does for the House of Tharg. He's truly up there with the very best in the industry.
I'm really looking forward to this.
Thirteen episodes too - that's a real epic for Rogue
Genuine anticipation for this - for first time in as long as I can remember.
Goddard is an inspired choice of artist too, the promo piece is monochrome beauty.