@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.

2000AD had a good run

its still going

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481403820883312651/643276452661297182/scrunch.webm

So is the simpsons

And that had max 9 seasons of greatness

Yeah. Over 40 years and over 2100 issues, and it's STILL going.

The Simpsons? Yeah.

Quality > Quantity