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Getting Stitched – Garth Ennis Creation Collected
Garth Ennis (Preacher, Crossed, The Boys) is known for his over-the-top plots and in-your-face action He has delivered an assembly of memorable characters, some whom should not be mentioned in polite company  So, what story haunted Ennis so much so, he felt it was worthy of the big screen? Stitched is the first film written and[...]
"Kill, Kill, Kill!" Mike Wolfer Talks the New Direction of STITCHED
Whether it's his work on the Boundless Comics beauties Lady Death and War Goddess, or his creepy horror on Avatar's Stitched and Night of the Living Dead, or his new project in development, Malison Plague, he's an interesting cat who's got a lot of great insight into the comics storytelling medium. Beginning in September, Wolfer will[...]
The Boys #72 Appears To Be Garth Ennis' Final Word On Superheroes
Darick is returning to draw the final issue of The Boys, published by Dynamite in November. The Boys began as a Justice League story requested by DC Comics from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, that Dan DiDio recommended be rewritten with new characters and given to their Wildstorm imprint to publish, though DC would later deny[...]
First Look at Avatar Covers for November
Avatar Press reveals the issue covers to all its new releases slated to be on store shelves in November, and live for pre-orders from comic shop retailers as of Diamond's September Previews catalog.     Stitched Volume 1 Graphic Novel Written by Garth Ennis and Adapted by Mike Wolfer Artwork by Mike Wolfer Softcover Edition, Hardcover Edition, and Signed Hardcover Edition Illustrated[...]
Batman Incorporated #3 To Reboot… Bueno Excellente?
Those of us who fondly remember Garth Ennis and John McCrea's Hitman series, may also remember one of the members of the non-superhero superhero team Section 8. Along with Defenestrator (the power to throw people out of windows), Friendly Fire (the power to create fire but hit friends instead of foes), Sixpack (the power to get[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week – STITCHED #6
You know what you'll find in your local comic shop today? Terror… sheer, senses-shattering terror! Stitched #6 hits shelves today, bringing Garth Ennis' original vision of undead horror in the desert one step closer to its explosive climax Originally written as a film treatment, Ennis released Stitched first as a 15-minute long film (documenting a band[...]
Avatar Plug of June Previews – Crossed: Wish You Were Here Volume One GN
What an honor! The Wish You Were Here storyline is something new and wicked for Crossed: it's the first epic (what I call "long form") tale set in the universe that Garth Ennis created While previous stories followed small groups of survivors for a finite number of chapters, Wish You Were Here follows a group of[...]
Announcing the Winners of the Crossed C-Day Retailer Contest
BleedingCool.com reported a fair bit on the new Garth Ennis / Jacen Burrows storyline which launched the ongoing bi-weekly series, and hundreds of retailers promoted the series heavily in their stores with freebies like Crossed face masks, tattoos, buttons, and the sampler Get Infected comics. As C-Day approached, we announced the Crossed C-Day Retailer Contest[...]
Avatar Plug of the Week – Stitched #5
This $#&% just got real. Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer proudly present Stitched #5, due in stores worldwide tomorrow Continuing a terrifying tale first presented in a short film directed by Ennis himself, Stitched follows three American solders and a British SAS team, stuck in the ravines of Afghanistan and surrounded by the most hostile of[...]
Jennifer Blood Does A Rambo
Not only are all the DC New 52 books getting zero issues, but Garth Ennis' Jennifer Blood is going back to her earliest stories with a new First Blood series from Dynamite, looking at the character's motivation and her journey from Jennifer Blute to Jennifer Blood Sadly it's an issue one, not an issue zero… they missed[...]
Garth Ennis To Revisit The Punisher In Vietnam
At the Garth Ennis panel during the Phoenix Comic Con last weekend, the man of the hour talked about his FuryMAX series, and how following the Bay Of Pigs storyline, he will be following Nick Fury's journey to Vietnam. As well as introducing him to a certain Frank Castle serving there, better known as The Punisher. Ennis[...]
Garth Ennis Commentary On The Boys #66
Garth Ennis writes for Bleeding Cool; Page one Bit of conjecture on the side-effects of depleted uranium ammunition on its users here I've always been fascinated by the notion of military personnel being issued weapons and equipment that isn't up to the job, or that's just plain dangerous to the user- aircraft structurally prone to stalling,[...]
Is This The Most Garth Ennisy Comic Book Of All Time?
FuryMAX #1 is published today, starting off as possibly the most perfect Garth Ennis comic book of all time Seriously, let's  do a checklist. Set in a time and place of moral quagmire? Check (between the two Indochina Wars). Incompetent military commanders? Check. Flipping expected loyalties around? Check (Nazi soldiers in the French Foreign Legion). Politicians with their own[...]
Now The Shadow #1 Gets A Second Print
And The Shadow has most certainly got it. This is the first look at the second print cover by Franco Francavilla for The Shadow #1 by Garth Ennis and Aaron Campbell There are, of course, still first prints in the shops Some shops, that is. The Shadow #2 next With, apparently, a new Ryan Sook variant cover. [...]
Avatar Plug of the Week: Stitched #4 by Ennis & Wolfer
Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer (Lady Death, War Goddess) continue to expand the world of Stitched with tomorrow's release of Stitched #4 The horror series, originally conceived by Ennis as a movie treatment, follows six soldiers through the Afghanistan desert as they evade small bands of undead war machines and the black magicians who are[...]
Avatar, Boundless, Boom! And Dynamite June 2012 Solicitations
Available with a Regular, Wraparound, and special Retro Incentive cover by series artist Rafael Ortiz.   STITCHED #6 Retail Price: $3.99 US Writer: Garth Ennis Cover & Art: Mike Wolfer MR, Full Color, 32 pages, ongoing UPC : 820023007677 06011 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION : Stumbling upon the hidden compound of the human overseer who is utilizing the supernaturally-fueled Stitched for his own[...]
The Ninjettes #1 by Al Ewing And Eman Casallos – FREE
The second issue of Ninjettes #1, by Al Ewing and Eman Casallos, is published today. If you fancy a look at this Garth Ennis Jennifer Blood spinoff, and find the idea of female ninjas raised from the dead entertaining, then you can check out the entire first issue for free, legally, below. If not, then be on[...]