Garth Ennis was not well in the head

wrote 'the boys' too

Didn't he also write Transmetropolitan?

The only particularly optimistic thing he's written is the run on Dan Dare which he did for Dynamite Comics.

@Doom no, that was Warren Ellis

easy mistake

however both he and Garth worked on John Constantine: Hellblazer

Ahhh... Right.

Am I right about the pessimism?

You are right to be pessemistic

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No, about Garth Ennis's comics being very pessimistic in tone?

oh fuck yes

I've read his run on Dan Dare, so I'd like a point of reference.

I mean for fucks sake what that man did with his back story characters

John Custer, father of Jesse custer, the preacher

his wasn't a happy ending

in fact that whole plantation community story was a fucking chilling bayou horror story

like Deliverance but unconcerned with movie rating dogma

What has he written besides The Boys and Preacher?

well, The punisher, but who hasn't

Presumably you guys read actual books too though right?

Yes.

yeah

The weeb test

how is it weeb if we're discussing western comics?

I am too hard on them as I have an eclectic taste that is probably the best in the world if I do say so myself

I can walk it and talk it

judge dredd comics

Yes

god, where did I leave off

First point

I'm more of a Ballad of Halo Jones or Nemesis The Warlock guy myself.