Ennis, Garth 1970–

PERSONAL:

Born January 16, 1970, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

ADDRESSES:

Home—United States.

CAREER:

Comic book writer, c. 1990—; screenwriter, 2004—.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Eisner Award for Best Writer, 1998, for Hitman, Preacher, and Unknown Soldier; Eisner Award for Best Single Issue or One-Shot, 1999, for Hitman #34: Of Thee I Sing; Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series, 1999, for Preacher.

WRITINGS:

"JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER" SERIES; GRAPHIC NOVELS

Hellblazer Special, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1993.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits (originally published in Hellblazer Numbers 41-46, 1991), DC Comics (New York, NY), 1994.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing (originally published in Hellblazer Numbers 62-67), illustrated by Steve Dillon and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Tainted Love (originally published in Hellblazer Numbers 68-71, Vertigo Jam Number 1, and Hellblazer Special Number 1), illustrated by Steve Dillon and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1998.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Damnation's Flame (originally published in Hellblazer Numbers 72-77), illustrated by Steve Dillon and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1999.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell (originally published in Hellblazer Numbers 78-83 and Heartland Number 1), illustrated by Steve Dillon, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Son of Man, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

(With Jamie Delano and Grant Morrison) John Constantine, Hellblazer: Rare Cuts, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2005.

John Constantine, Hellblazer: Bloodlines, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2007.

"PREACHER" SERIES; GRAPHIC NOVELS

Preacher (originally published in Preacher Numbers 1-33, 41-66), illustrated by Steve Dillon and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1996.

Preacher: Gone to Texas (originally published in Preacher Numbers 1-7), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1996.

Preacher Special: Saint of Killers, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1996.

Preacher Special: The Story of You-Know-Who, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1996.

Preacher: Until the End of the World (originally published in Preacher Numbers 8-17), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1996.

Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

Preacher: Proud Americans (originally published in Preacher Numbers 18-26), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

Preacher Special: Cassidy, Blood & Whiskey, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1998.

Preacher: Dixie Fried (originally published in Preacher Numbers 28-33), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1998.

Preacher: Ancient History, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1998.

Preacher: War in the Sun (originally published in Preacher Numbers 34-40), illustrated by Steve Dillon, Peter Snejbjerg, and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1999.

Preacher: Salvation (originally published in Preacher Numbers 41-50), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1999.

Preacher Special: Tall in the Saddle, Vertigo/DC Comics (New York, NY), 2000.

Preacher: All Hell's A-Comin' (originally published in Preacher Numbers 51-58), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2000.

Preacher: Alamo (originally published in Preacher Numbers 59-66), illustrated by Steve Dillon and Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2001.

(With Glenn Fabry) Preacher: Dead or Alive; The Collected Covers, illustrated by Glen Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

"THE PUNISHER" SERIES; GRAPHIC NOVELS

The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2001.

The Punisher: Army of One, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2002.

The Punisher: Business as Usual, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

The Punisher: Full Auto, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

The Punisher: Streets of Laredo, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

The Punisher: Confederacy of Dunces, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

The Punisher: Born, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

"THE PUNISHER MAX" SERIES; GRAPHIC NOVELS

Punisher Max: In the Beginning, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

Punisher Max: Kitchen Irish, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

Punisher Max: Mother Russia, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2005.

Punisher Max: Up Is Down & Black Is White, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2005.

Punisher Max: The Slavers, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

Punisher Max: Barracuda, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

Punisher Max: Man of Stone, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2007.

Punisher Max: Widowmaker, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2007.

Punisher Max: Long Cold Dark, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2008.

"HITMAN" SERIES; CREATOR, WITH JOHN MCCREA; GRAPHIC NOVELS

Hitman (originally published in Demon Annual Number 2, Batman Chronicles Number 4, and Hitman Numbers 1-3), illustrated by John McCrea and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

Hitman: 10,000 Bullets (originally illustrated in Hitman Numbers 4-8), illustrated by John McCrea and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1998.

Hitman: Local Heroes (originally published in Hitman Numbers 9-14 and Hitman Annual Number 1), illustrated by John McCrea and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1999.

Hitman: Ace of Killers (originally published in Hitman Numbers 15-22), illustrated by John McCrea and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2000.

Hitman: Who Dares Wins, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2001.

"THE BOYS" SERIES; GRAPHIC NOVELS

The Boys: The Name of the Game (originally published in The Boys Numbers 1-6), illustrated by Darick Robertson, Dynamite Entertainment (Runnemede, NJ), 2007.

The Boys: Get Some (originally published in The Boys Numbers 7-14), illustrated by Darick Robertson, Dynamite Entertainment (Runnemede, NJ), 2008.

SCREENPLAYS

(With Mike Breault, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller, and Jimmy Palmiotti) The Punisher, directed by Douglas Carrigan, THQ Inc, 2004.

(With Jamie Delano, Kevin Brodbin, Kevin Brodbin, and Frank A. Cappello) Constantine, directed by Francis Lawrence, Warner Bros., 2005.

OTHER

True Faith, Fleetway Publications, 1990, reprinted, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

(With others) Judge Dredd: Democracy Now!, Arrow/ Random House (New York, NY), 1992.

(With others) Judge Dredd: Tales of the Damned, Arrow/Random House (New York, NY), 1993.

(With John Wagner) Judge Dredd: Babes in Arms, Arrow/Random House (New York, NY), 1995.

Bloody Mary, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1996.

Medieval Spawn Witchblade, illustrated by Brandon Peterson, Image Comics, 1997.

Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

Heartland, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1997.

Unknown Soldier (originally published in Unknown Soldier Numbers 1-4), illustrated by Kilian Plunkett and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 1998.

(Author of introduction and commentary) Preacher, Dead or Alive: Covers by Glenn Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2000.

(With Alan Moore) The Worm: The Longest Comic Strip in the World, Slab-O-Concrete Publications, 2000.

The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2000.

Enemy Ace: War in Heaven (originally published in Enemy Ace: War in Heaven Numbers 1-2 and in Enemy Ace Number 139, July, 1968), illustrated by Chris Weston and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2001.

D-Day Dodgers, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2001.

(With Steve Dillon, Ian Gibson, and Anthony Williams) Judge Dredd: Emerald Isle, Titan Books (London, England), 2002.

(And creator, with Phil Winslade) Goddess (originally published in Goddess Numbers 1-8), illustrated by Phil Winslade and others, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2002.

Nightingale, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2002.

Screaming Eagles, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2002.

Fury, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2002.

(With others) Spider-Man's Tangled Web, Volume 1, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2002.

Just a Pilgrim, illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, Black Bull, 2003.

(With Carlos Ezquerra) Just a Pilgrim: Garden of Eden, Black Bull, 2003.

(With Dermot Power and John Burns) Judge Dredd: Muzak Killer, Titan Books (London, England), 2003.

Garth Ennis' Dicks, Volume 1, Avatar Press (Rantoul, IL), 2003.

(With Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows, and Antony Johnston) Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Avatar Press (Rantoul, IL), 2003.

(With Greg Staples and Gary Erskine) Judge Dredd: Innocents Abroad, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

The Reivers, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2003.

(With Carlos Ezquerra) Judge Dredd: Death Aid, Featuring Return of the King and Christmas with Attitude, Titan Books (London, England), 2003.

(With Nick Percival, Sean Phillips, and Greg Staples) Judge Dredd: Goodnight Kiss, Featuring the Marshal and Enter Jonni Kiss, Titan Books (London, England), 2003.

(With Bill Willingham) Animal Farm, Sagebrush, 2003.

Star Wars Tales Volume 3, 2003.

Thor: Vikings, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

War Stories, Volume One, illustrated by Dave Gibbons, John Higgins, David Lloyd, Chris Weston, and Gary Erskine, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

(With others) Judge Dredd: Judgment Day, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

The Pro, illustrated by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, Image Comics, 2004.

Pride & Joy, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2004.

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2005.

Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter, Titan Books (London, England), 2005.

Judge Dredd: Justice One, Titan Books (London, England), 2005.

The Authority: Kev, illustrated by Glenn Fabry, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2005.

The Authority: The Magnificent Kevin, illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

Fury: Peacemaker, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

John Woo's Seven Brothers, Volume 1: Sons of Heaven, Son of Hell, illustrated by Jeevan Kang, Virgin Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

War Stories, Volume Two, illustrated by Cam Kennedy, David Lloyd, Carlos Ezquerra, and Gary Erskine, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

Ghost Rider: The Road to Damnation (originally published in Ghost Rider Numbers 1-6), illustrated by Clayton Crain, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2006.

A Man Called Kev, illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2007.

Streets of Glory, illustrated by Mike Wolfer, Avatar Press (Rantoul, IL), 2007.

Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears (originally published in Ghost Rider: Trail of Tears Numbers 1-6), illustrated by Clayton Crain, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2007.

Chronicles of Wormwood, illustrated by Jacen Burrows, Avatar Press (Rantoul, IL), 2007.

Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Enemy, illustrated by Rob Steen, Avatar Press (Rantoul, IL), 2007.

Battler Britton, illustrated by Colin Wilson, Wildstorm (New York, NY), 2007.

303, illustrated by Jacen Burrows, Avatar Press (Rantoul, IL), 2007.

JLA/Hitman (two-issue miniseries), illustrated by John McCrea, DC Comics (New York, NY), 2007.

Midnighter, Volume One: Killing Machine (originally published in Midnighter, Numbers 1-6), illustrated by Chris Sprouse, Peter Snejbjerg, Glenn Fabry, and Karl Story, Wildstorm (New York, NY), 2007.

Dan Dare (originally published in Dan Dare Numbers 1-3), illustrated by Gary Erskine, Virgin Comics (New York, NY), 2008.

War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle, illustrated by Howard Chaykin, Marvel Comics (New York, NY), 2008.

Also author of comic book series, including "Crisis," Fleetway Publications, 1989-91, and "The Darkness," Image Comics, 1996-98. Author of comic books, including Hulk Smash, 2001, and The Punisher: The End, 2004. Contributor to anthologies, including Revolver Horror Special, Fleetway Publications, 1990, Tales of Midnight, Blue Silver Entertainment, 1999, Star Wars Tales #10, Dark Horse Comics, 2001.

ADAPTATIONS:

Constantine was adapted as a movie starring Keanu Reeves, 2005.

SIDELIGHTS:

Writer Garth Ennis is best known for his work in comic books and graphic novels. He is, stated ComicsNexus.com Web site contributor Will Cooling, "one of the premier writers in comics today with a library of work that includes such challenging and moving classics as ‘Preacher,’ ‘Hitman’ and ‘War Stories.’" Ennis now ranks with such classic comic writers as Frank Miller—whose The Dark Knight Returns redefined comics in the mid-1980s—Alan Moore, and Dave Gibbons, who created a graphic epic called The Watchmen at the same time Miller was releasing his ground-breaking work. Like Miller, Ennis "has also worked on some of the most legendary franchise characters in comics," Cooling concluded, including the Punisher, the Incredible Hulk, Nick Fury, and Thor. Ennis has helped to move the public perception of the comics genre from the realms of adolescent fantasy to postmodern reality.

Among some of Ennis's first assignments were several Judge Dredd stories for the British comics publisher 2000 AD. Judge Dredd is a futuristic lawman who not only investigates crimes but arrests perpetrators, serves as judge and jury in the trial of the lawbreakers, and convicts them. The comic is not as well known in the United States as it is in its country of origin, where it has seen publication for over a quarter-century. Ennis was approached to write Judge Dredd in the early 1990s, and soon collections of his work began appearing as graphic novels. "[I like] his single-mindedness, his utter dedication to whatever course of action he's chosen." Ennis told Cooling. "I grew up reading Dredd and, so long as John Wagner's writing it, I probably always will."

One of Ennis's earliest and best-known works was for the collection "John Constantine, Hellblazer," featuring the London-based sorcerer and necromancer John Constantine. The cynical and manipulative Constantine works off and on, not always of his own free will, for members of London's underworld. In John Constantine, Hellblazer: Son of Man, Constantine is himself manipulated by a local kingpin into resurrecting his dead son. Years later, the young man "prepares to unleash an unimaginable evil upon the world," explained Gordon Flagg in Booklist, and Constantine has to confront the consequences of his own meddling with necromancy. In John Constantine, Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell Constantine encounters the Devil, who is seeking revenge because Constantine beat him at their last meeting. "Ennis gave Constantine cheeky irreverence," Flagg concluded in Booklist, "and perfectly captured the character's mordant charm." Although, according to Flagg, Ennis left the series in 2004, he returned to write the screenplay for the film Constantine, starring Keanu Reeves. The film was released in the United States in 2005.

Ennis moved on from "John Constantine, Hellblazer" to a quite different series: "Preacher," a collection of stories centered on a defrocked minister named Jesse Custer and his attempts to come face to face with God. Custer is joined in his exploits by a number of troubled or tortured characters, including a former alcoholic turned vampire and Tulip, Custer's gun-toting lover. "‘Preacher,’" stated Ken Tucker in Entertainment Weekly, "features more blood and blasphemy than any mainstream comic in memory." But the stories Ennis pens are not merely attempts to shock comics audiences. "Preacher, while happily dipping into the ersatz mythological/supernatural hinterland that forgivably pretentious comic artists have found so convenient," declared Nicholas Lezard in the Guardian, "uses them as a means of meditation on more human and timeless themes: friendship masculinity, honour, love." "Although on one hand," Ennis told Steve Johnson in Mania Magazine, "‘Preacher’ is about faith and yes it is also about, I suppose, the search for God, the search for faith and the manipulation and the abuse committed by figures in which I suppose people have faith, it's also just as much about the three main characters and about the things I can examine through them like honor and loyalty and friendship and so on."

Pride & Joy, according to a Publishers Weekly contributor, "brings Ennis's talent for dialogue and flair for the grotesque to a decidedly unexpected venue." The story traces events in the life of Jimmy Kavanaugh, a small-time hoodlum who has lost his wife, is in the process of losing touch with his son, and is on the run from another mobster, who is bent on avenging a wrong done to him by Kavanaugh years before. "I suppose [Kavanaugh's] trying to do too much at once, really," Ennis told Johnson. "He's trying to keep his kids safe, and he's trying to keep from ending up in jail because there is this thing from his past that could land him in a lot of trouble if people find out." Pride & Joy sometimes resembles a classic noir detective story from 1940s-era pulp magazines more closely than it does the traditional comic-book fare. "Ennis," concluded Booklist reviewer Ray Olson, "develops every strand in this scary, violent noir [story] surprisingly fully."

In War Stories, Volume One and War Stories, Volume Two, Ennis "reinvents the war comic for current sensibilities," according to Booklist critic Gordon Flagg. In both collections, Ennis presents a number of stories inspired by actual events in World War II. In "J for Jenny," for instance, a tale from the second volume, Ennis focuses on a crew of fighter pilots, and "The Reivers" looks at a special forces unit in Africa. Reviewing War Stories, Volume Two, School Library Journal contributor Jennifer Feigelman observed that the work "spares its readers none of the brutality and violence of battle."

In 2007 Ennis began a new series, "The Boys," a subversive look at the superhero genre. "Just as with ‘Preacher’ I was sort of having a go at something I don't like, Christianity, organized religion, in that instance, faith and its abuses, so with ‘The Boys,’ I was doing the same thing in the shape of superhero comics," Ennis told Beat Web site interviewer Heidi MacDonald. He added: "My own take on superheroes is that if they really existed they'd be between movie stars and politicians. They'd be movie stars because they'd be glamorous and fabulous looking and the people would follow their lives exactly as if they were reading fictional adventures. But they'd be like politicians because they'd have a genuine and tangible effect on our lives and our world."

Described by MacDonald as "a covert ops team of blaspheming hooligans brought together to rein in superheroes who get too big for their britches," the Boys, led by Billy Butcher and Wee Hughie, travel the world to police power-hungry caped crusaders. Reviewing the first issue of the series, Curled up with a Good Book Web site contributor Lance Eaton remarked: "Part super-hero story and part crime story, ‘The Boys’ spins a compelling tale of the clash between mortals and gods; the powered and (presumed) powerless."

That same year Ennis revived and modernized Dan Dare, a character who first appeared in British comics during the 1950s. In an interview with Comic Collective Web site contributors Bruce Edwards and Bradley Hatfield, Ennis described Dare as the "quintessential British hero, the stalwart, noble, incorruptible Englishman who stood tall before the mast at Trafalgar, held the line at Rorke's Drift and led a squadron of Spitfires in the summer of 1940. In other words an ideal, and all the more fascinating for it." The series is not simply an exercise in nostalgia, however; as Ennis noted in a PopCultureShock Web site interview with Ernie Estrella: "For me to take an interest, stories have to be about something, have to matter, have to have meaning…. Capturing the feeling of any original concept is only a starting point for narrative, otherwise you're just telling the same story with updated artwork. So in this case, yes, I'm interested in commenting on where Britain is as opposed to where it's been, and that's something that continues throughout the series."

Ennis chronicles the adventures of the daredevil space pilot who is pulled from retirement to do battle with his archenemies, the Mekon and the Treens. Reviewing the first issue of the series, Estrella stated, "Dare's world and the poignant and relevant political undertones will keep you page-turning as a larger story unfolds." Edmund Chamberlain, writing on the Scifind Web site, observed that the protagonist "is almost portrayed as some mythic figure, the spirit of the British war hero made flesh," and observed that "Ennis needed to make Dan Dare relevant, and has done so by juxtapositioning the idealism of the 50's comic against the real-politick of modern international relations." Published in 2008, Dan Dare collects the first three issues of the series.

Asked to describe the lure of writing comic books, Ennis told David Carroll in an interview on the Tabula Rasa Web site: "They're fast, they're immediate, they're cheap." Noting that a comic book can be written in just a short period of time, he added: "Something you are concerned with at a particular time will still be relevant to you, and to readers, by the time the thing gets published. It can take up to five years to get a movie going, it can take a writer two years to write a novel, and no one looks at paintings any more anyway, sadly, so the chance for the average painter to communicate on a wide level is sadly diminished." Ennis also observed that since comics can often outsell novels, "You're talking to more people."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, February 1, 2004, Gordon Flagg, review of John Constantine, Hellblazer: Rake at the Gates of Hell, p. 961; March 15, 2004, Ray Olson, review of Pride & Joy, p. 1278; May 15, 2004, Gordon Flagg, review of John Constantine, Hellblazer: Son of Man, p. 1605; September 1, 2004, Gordon Flagg, review of War Stories, Volume One, p. 77; February 1, 2005, Ray Olson, review of Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, p. 951; April 15, 2006, Gordon Flagg, review of War Stories, Volume Two, p. 35; March 1, 2008, Gordon Flagg, review of John Constantine, Hellblazer: Bloodlines, p. 58.

Chronicle, May, 2003, Don D'Ammassa, review of Judge Dredd: Emerald Isle, p. 49.

Entertainment Weekly, June 28, 1996, Ken Tucker, "Extreme Comix," p. 76.

Guardian (London, England), July 22, 2000, Nicholas Lezard, "Pick of the Week," p. 11; July 14, 2001, Nicholas Lezard, "Saturday Review," p. 11.

Mania Magazine (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), April 18, 1997, Steve Johnson, "Garth Ennis Writes Heroes without Costumes."

Publishers Weekly, February 2, 2004, review of The Punisher: Streets of Laredo, p. 61; April 10, 2004, review of Pride & Joy, p. 42.

School Library Journal, January 1, 2006, John Leighton, review of Bloody Mary, p. 168; July 1, 2006, Jennifer Feigelman, review of War Stories, Volume Two, p. 130.

ONLINE

Bags and Boards,http://weblogs.variety.com/bags_and_boards/ (July 20, 2007), Tom McLean, "Garth Ennis on Streets of Glory."

Beat Web log,http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/ (February 9, 2007), Heidi MacDonald, "Exclusive: Garth Ennis Talks The Boys and More."

Comic Book Resources,http://www.comicbookresources.com/ (November 6, 2006), Dan Wickline, "The Chronicles of Garth: Ennis talks Wormwood."

Comic Collective,http://thecomiccollective.com/ (November 28, 2007), Bruce Edwards and Bradley Hatfield, "Garth Ennis Chats up Dan Dare."

Comics Bulletin,http://www.comicsbulletin.com/ (December 2, 2006), Steven G. Saunders, "Garth Ennis: Preaching to the Choir."

ComicsNexus.com,http://www.insidepulse.com/ (February 7, 2005), Will Cooling, "Caught in the Nexus: Garth Ennis."

Curled up with a Good Book,http://www.curledup.com/ (July 1, 2008), Lance Eaton, reviews of The Boys: The Name of the Game and John Woo's Seven Brothers: Sons of Heaven, Son of Hell.

Den of Geek,http://www.denofgeek.com/ (May 14, 2008), Paul W. Smith, review of The Boys: Get Some.

Down the Tubes,http://www.downthetubes.net/ (July 1, 2008), review of Battler Britton.

Hero Spy,http://herospy.com/ (July 1, 2008), Shawn Swanson, review of Dan Dare.

List,http://www.list.co.uk/ (October, 2007), Miles Fielder, review of The Boys.

PopCultureShock,http://www.popcultureshock.com/ (December 1, 2007), Ernie Estrella, "Garth Ennis: Dare to Dream of Heroes."

PopMatters,http://www.popmatters.com/ (November 19, 2007), Shawn O'Rourke, review of JLA/ Hitman.

Read Yourself Raw,http://www.readyourselfraw.com/ (July 1, 2008), "Profiles: Garth Ennis."

RevolutionSF,http://www.revolutionsf.com/ (July 3, 2002), Tim Stoltzfus, review of Fury; (February 7, 2005), Kenn McCracken, "Garth Ennis: As Nasty as He Wants to Be."

SciFind,http://www.scifind.co.uk/ (July 1, 2008), Edmund Chamberlain, review of Dan Dare.

Sequential Tart,http://www.sequentialtart.com/ (September 27, 1998), S.L. Osborne, "Drinking with the Boys: An Evening with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon."

Tabula Rasa,http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusComics/ (July 1, 2008), David Carroll, "Trail Blazers: Interviews with Jamie Delano and Garth Ennis."