Comic Books Are Burning in Hell Episode 5

This week, Matt Seneca was called away to Greece to examine the effects of electronic music along that country's female population, so it was up to the rest of the crew--Joe McCulloch, Tucker Stone & Chris Mautner--to discuss all the comics in the world today. So they decided to focus on Garth Ennis comics, because no one else will! First up, it's Garth's Hitman series for DC, then it's on to his take on The Shadow, published by Dynamite Comics. And then, because needs must, it's time once again to talk about Fury: My War Gone By. After all that violence, it's time for Howard Chaykin's Black Kiss 2, and, all apologies to those of you without a taste for cinema, a brief discussion of The Dark Knight Rises. They spoil the movie's conclusion. That is their way!

 

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And here's your weekly update:

Joe WISHES FOR YOU TO EXAMINE THESE WARES!

Tucker AND ABHAY AND TIM O'NEIL UPSET PEOPLE SUCCESSFULLY

Matt IS ALL OVER SOLO WITH SEAN WITZKE

Chris GOT THE GODFATHER TO GO ON THE RECORD

Comments

[Jog]

Better put this up right in front: when I keep using phrases like "the ninety-nine percent" in the Dark Knight Rises segment, I am, believe it or not, at least subconsciously aware that principal photography had already been completed (or, at least, was very nearly completed) at the time such OWS-derived language entered the common parlance; certainly I should have chosen my words more carefully. Nonetheless, I think my broader point about the film's political point of view -- a pean to the necessity of authoritarian force upon an unruly, largely stupid population base, for that base's own demonstrated good -- remains applicable even with its anachronistic use of terminology. Sorry, and enjoy!

[Frank]

I think the key to contemporary Ennis is his second Nick Fury miniseries, Nick Fury: Peacemaker. It basically states his current obsessions right-out. The futility of special forces/individuals and their need for never ending war.

[Jog]

You're probably right; I think it gets overlooked since it (a) dropped right in the midst of Punisher MAX, and (b) hews *very* closely to the War Story/Battlefields style, if longer in duration. The present Fury is kneaded into the now-concluded Punisher MAX style, which I think makes it more visible... or, as visible as an out-of-continuity Marvel comic for Mature Readers is likely to get... but yeah.

[tucker]

That's a great point. It's been too long since I've read Peacemaker anyway. Thanks man.

[Richard Baez]

Superman in David Gordon Green's "George Washington".

Priceless.

[Jog]

You see, everyone was making Terrence Malick jokes and I was all "THIS LOOKS NOTHING LIKE JACK FISK, NOTHING," as the tears dripped down, down, salting my popcorn. [FIN]

[Sean Witzke]

I still think it looks like Glazer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mze1YggXyew