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Chronicles of Wormwood
Danny Wormwood is the Anti-Christ, his father is Satan, and his demonic powers help him fit right into New York's slimy television entertainment business. Danny's best friend is Jesus, the savior of humanity whose brain damage -- a tragedy of mob violence -- keeps him from performing miracles these days. There's a scheduled Armageddon coming right up, and an insane Pope out for Danny's blood. Can this reluctant Anti-Christ avert the apocalypse, withstand the forces of Heaven and Hell aligned against him, and keep his girlfriend blissfully in the dark from his true heritage? A tale of Armageddon and the Anti-Christ from Garth Ennis, the creator of PREACHER!
144 pages, Paperback
First published October 9, 2003
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Garth Ennis
2,622 books3,173 followersEnnis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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March 6, 2025
Garth Ennis' Chronicles of Wormwood is the story of a 'good' Antichrist, his best friend Jesus, and a talking rabbit called Jimmy(!). The main protagonists are an insane evil Pope, Satan and an insane God! And somehow Ennis manages to make this work, satirising organised religion, racism, exploitative media, divine pregnancy, hitmen etc etc. ... a tour de force by Ennis. Four Star, a 9 out of 12 superlative read.
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December 9, 2010
Again I am baffled by the immaturity exhibited by a fairly acclaimed comic book. I swear if I didn't know better, I'd have said Mark Millar had written this.
It seems to be a common theme among comic book writers that:
a) Everyone in the world is an inherent dickwad. Who the hell would steal from a cash register (with witnesses) instead of calling an ambulance (or just running away) when the registrar keels over from a heart attack? And of course, the man who donates to all the orphanages and charities is OF COURSE a child molester. The people in the Vatican use derogatory and politically-incorrect racial slurs in the company of fellow holy-men...
Best yet, the pope will let terrified nuns sodomize him in front of the whole clergy!
What's most amazing about how preposterously stupid--not even offensive, just stupid--is that we're suppose to suspend our disbelief that the pope's blatantly inappropriate behavior ISN'T exposed to the public at large, when he doesn't even make an attempt to keep his sexual exploits private?
And would Wormwood's rival so thoroughly humiliate himself in a televised interview. Would grown business men play infantile pranks on each other to fluster their rival instead of competing fiscally?
and b)A self-deprecating, yet self-righteous hero. In a cataclysmic turn of events, I actually like Wormwood and Jay. The rabbit was unnecessary, and served no evident purpose except to annoy the shit out of me (or possibly be the self-insert character for the thirteen-year-old male demographic). But Wormwood and Jay had a good dynamic. They were SO CLOSE to be convincing as characters. Take away about three-fourths of the cuss words that serve to bulk up the dialog, and Wormwood's almost a real guy. He's got flaws, some more believable than others, and he's got his good points too. So why are all the characters besides the main ones complete and utter reprehensible, rage-filled, crime-committing assholes? Even Joan of Arc, "Fock me, Eegleesh peeg." Is that supposed to be clever? Funny? Ironic?
This whole comic book was one testament of "Fuck the world! Everyone's an asshole! Look at how EDGY I am!" I honestly don't understand how one writes something like this and thinks that they've completed something worth reading. Just because Ennis has written Bible characters in a way that no one has (which is actually untrue; Good Omens is basically this story without all of the AWFUL), does he think he's done something new and exciting? Just because he CAN, doesn't mean he SHOULD. I mean, there's a reason that people don't unzip their pants and piss on a wall whenever their bladders get a little too full. (Although, in this comic, I'm pretty sure everybody does that anyway.)
Maybe I just don't get these "fantasies" written by middle aged men for a young male demographic. Both Wanted and Kick-Ass, highly praised by other comic nerds, outraged me for the exact same reason this has: they're immature while pretending at sophistication and irony, they're uncreative, they work off of a shock factor more than substantial plot... My friend tries to convince me they're satire, but-- A Modest Proposal is satire. This is just crap.
I'd like to see less comic books written by resentful teenage boys, and more by men and women who actually know what character development and balance are.
It seems to be a common theme among comic book writers that:
a) Everyone in the world is an inherent dickwad. Who the hell would steal from a cash register (with witnesses) instead of calling an ambulance (or just running away) when the registrar keels over from a heart attack? And of course, the man who donates to all the orphanages and charities is OF COURSE a child molester. The people in the Vatican use derogatory and politically-incorrect racial slurs in the company of fellow holy-men...
Best yet, the pope will let terrified nuns sodomize him in front of the whole clergy!
What's most amazing about how preposterously stupid--not even offensive, just stupid--is that we're suppose to suspend our disbelief that the pope's blatantly inappropriate behavior ISN'T exposed to the public at large, when he doesn't even make an attempt to keep his sexual exploits private?
And would Wormwood's rival so thoroughly humiliate himself in a televised interview. Would grown business men play infantile pranks on each other to fluster their rival instead of competing fiscally?
and b)A self-deprecating, yet self-righteous hero. In a cataclysmic turn of events, I actually like Wormwood and Jay. The rabbit was unnecessary, and served no evident purpose except to annoy the shit out of me (or possibly be the self-insert character for the thirteen-year-old male demographic). But Wormwood and Jay had a good dynamic. They were SO CLOSE to be convincing as characters. Take away about three-fourths of the cuss words that serve to bulk up the dialog, and Wormwood's almost a real guy. He's got flaws, some more believable than others, and he's got his good points too. So why are all the characters besides the main ones complete and utter reprehensible, rage-filled, crime-committing assholes? Even Joan of Arc, "Fock me, Eegleesh peeg." Is that supposed to be clever? Funny? Ironic?
This whole comic book was one testament of "Fuck the world! Everyone's an asshole! Look at how EDGY I am!" I honestly don't understand how one writes something like this and thinks that they've completed something worth reading. Just because Ennis has written Bible characters in a way that no one has (which is actually untrue; Good Omens is basically this story without all of the AWFUL), does he think he's done something new and exciting? Just because he CAN, doesn't mean he SHOULD. I mean, there's a reason that people don't unzip their pants and piss on a wall whenever their bladders get a little too full. (Although, in this comic, I'm pretty sure everybody does that anyway.)
Maybe I just don't get these "fantasies" written by middle aged men for a young male demographic. Both Wanted and Kick-Ass, highly praised by other comic nerds, outraged me for the exact same reason this has: they're immature while pretending at sophistication and irony, they're uncreative, they work off of a shock factor more than substantial plot... My friend tries to convince me they're satire, but-- A Modest Proposal is satire. This is just crap.
I'd like to see less comic books written by resentful teenage boys, and more by men and women who actually know what character development and balance are.
November 27, 2018
Delightfully irreverent and highly amusing, Chronicles of Wormwood is yet another chuckle-inducing work of the comic industry’s venerated Garth Ennis. Riffing off the anti-religious sentiment of Preacher with a simpler length yet suffused with a mind-expanding and decidedly cosmic veneer, ~150 pages of guffaws are sheened with a Robert Crumb influenced know-how with tints and tones of Tijuana Bible on tap.
Characters are well rounded, believable, and likeable. Even if they’re born of the divine, we’re able to commiserate with Ennis’s imaginative reconstructions of Jesus, The AntiChrist, the Whore of Babylon and a whole host of other biblically inspired people that populate this wide width of dramatis personae. Toss in a foul-mouthed rabbit and I knew I was in for one hell of a ride.
Laughing all the way to the bank, Wormwood is definitely one of ginger boy’s better works of the past 20 years.
Characters are well rounded, believable, and likeable. Even if they’re born of the divine, we’re able to commiserate with Ennis’s imaginative reconstructions of Jesus, The AntiChrist, the Whore of Babylon and a whole host of other biblically inspired people that populate this wide width of dramatis personae. Toss in a foul-mouthed rabbit and I knew I was in for one hell of a ride.
Laughing all the way to the bank, Wormwood is definitely one of ginger boy’s better works of the past 20 years.
September 18, 2020
I've been on a garth ennis streak lately. This one was pretty enjoyable. Christ and antichrist are boys and regular dudes walking the streets until shit goes down in a biblical way. 4 stars.
January 11, 2025
As Garth Ennis goes, it's pretty basic. It does the usual beats and opinions he has going, crass and blasphemous as always, a couple half-insightful ideas and lines, nothing spectacular, nothing revolutionary, nothing awful (unless you don't like Ennis). A small taste of his usual thing.
May 12, 2014
Garth Ennis, desatado como siempre, nos presenta a Wormwood, quien es, ni mas ni menos que el anticristo. Pero este anticristo, pasa totalmente de su papel en la vida y se dedica a dirigir una cadena de televisión, a ponerle los cuernos a su novia con Juana de Arco, lo cual le hace sentirse fatal y a tomarse unas copichuelas en el bar con su colega Jay… que por si no era todo muy raro ya, es el mismísimo Jesucristo en su segunda venida a la tierra… solo que negro, con rastas y con la cabeza hecha puré de un golpe que le dio la policía y que le dejó un par de años en coma.
Se me olvidaba que Womwood tiene un conejo parlante adicto al sexo como compañero de piso. En fin, muy loco todo. Y aunque Jay y Wormwood han decidido ser lo que quieran y no lo que las escrituras les dicen que deben ser, los poderes superiores y la iglesia, se empeñan en comenzar el apocalipsis, lo cual puede ser muy molesto para dos tipos que solo quieren vivir la vida como ellos quieran.
Tenemos de todo y mas… ostias para todo el mundo, especialmente las religiones, con un Satan pragmático, un Dios en fin…. que hay que verlo, un Papa Australiano follamonjas y esnifador que trata de poner orden en el Vaticano. Veremos cielo e infierno y veremos de que está (muy acertadamente) pavimentado realmente el camino al infierno.
Irreverente, divertido, bestia, blasfemo hasta el paroxismo de forma que se da la vuelta a si mismo hasta que el mensaje que queda es mas sensato de lo que parece. Los personajes, todos ellos realmente, saben hacerse querer, sea cual sea su motivación y origen. No puedes dejar de leerlo una vez empiezas, hasta terminar su 6 números y esa es una virtud esquiva.
Se me olvidaba que Womwood tiene un conejo parlante adicto al sexo como compañero de piso. En fin, muy loco todo. Y aunque Jay y Wormwood han decidido ser lo que quieran y no lo que las escrituras les dicen que deben ser, los poderes superiores y la iglesia, se empeñan en comenzar el apocalipsis, lo cual puede ser muy molesto para dos tipos que solo quieren vivir la vida como ellos quieran.
Tenemos de todo y mas… ostias para todo el mundo, especialmente las religiones, con un Satan pragmático, un Dios en fin…. que hay que verlo, un Papa Australiano follamonjas y esnifador que trata de poner orden en el Vaticano. Veremos cielo e infierno y veremos de que está (muy acertadamente) pavimentado realmente el camino al infierno.
Irreverente, divertido, bestia, blasfemo hasta el paroxismo de forma que se da la vuelta a si mismo hasta que el mensaje que queda es mas sensato de lo que parece. Los personajes, todos ellos realmente, saben hacerse querer, sea cual sea su motivación y origen. No puedes dejar de leerlo una vez empiezas, hasta terminar su 6 números y esa es una virtud esquiva.
September 18, 2011
Wormwood, the AntiChrist, is a TV exec making cutting edge programming (“The Wire”, “24”, “The Sopranos” type stuff) whose friends are a talking rabbit and Jay, or Jesus, a brain damaged black messiah who sits in a dive bar drinking Guinness all day. His father, Satan, visits him one day and Wormwood realises Armageddon is about to be brought about, that his dad is trying to make him fight his friend Jay and bring about the destruction of the world.
If you’re a fan of Ennis’ work like I am you’ll be familiar with a lot of the stuff here. The all or nothing baiting of Christianity like he did the excellent “Preacher” series continues with an Aussie Pope who’s madder and more corrupt than Ratzinger; the explicit sex scenes (Joan of Arc no less); the swearing (talking rabbit, et al.) and visual dirty jokes (a bartender who really is a dickhead); but mostly the storytelling verve and richness of the script are what I like best about Garth Ennis.
It’s a great story that I’m glad is being developed into a longer series and features some great scenes, among them a suicide bomber who finds out what it really means to have 72 virgins waiting for you in heaven, the road to hell paved with mimes, and a masturbating God. Jacen Burrows does fantastic work in bringing it all to life in memorably drawn scenes.
Great stuff, if you’re a comic book fan, you’ll love this high quality book.
If you’re a fan of Ennis’ work like I am you’ll be familiar with a lot of the stuff here. The all or nothing baiting of Christianity like he did the excellent “Preacher” series continues with an Aussie Pope who’s madder and more corrupt than Ratzinger; the explicit sex scenes (Joan of Arc no less); the swearing (talking rabbit, et al.) and visual dirty jokes (a bartender who really is a dickhead); but mostly the storytelling verve and richness of the script are what I like best about Garth Ennis.
It’s a great story that I’m glad is being developed into a longer series and features some great scenes, among them a suicide bomber who finds out what it really means to have 72 virgins waiting for you in heaven, the road to hell paved with mimes, and a masturbating God. Jacen Burrows does fantastic work in bringing it all to life in memorably drawn scenes.
Great stuff, if you’re a comic book fan, you’ll love this high quality book.
November 21, 2013
Time hasn't dulled Ennis' zest for blasphemy, although it all seems a bit tired by now. We've been over this ground before, in his Hellblazer run and in Preacher. Some of this is amusing, some of it interesting, as Ennis tries to offer yet another take on all the aspects of Christian mythology that he's already played with before, and some of it just feels redundant and juvenile. Jacen Burroughs' art deserves a special mention, he has a real flair for the monstrous, as also seen in his work on Alan Moore's Neonomicon.
July 30, 2025
This has been on my tbr for a very long time. From Ennis, the prolific comic writer and creator who gave us the cult PREACHER series decades ago. If you were a PREACHER fan, this is very similar in a number of ways and basically a follow on. This mini series again features very dark and provocative humour, not for the faint-hearted or easily offended in terms of religion, politics, culture. It is funny, it is shocking and I do recommend it for PREACHER fans but certainly only for mature readers-or those over eighteen years of age at least.
November 5, 2018
As I have stated before Garth Ennis has become the favourite author of mine. It's probably because we have such distrust towards the religion.
Here Wormwood is shown as the Antichrist and his best friend is Jesus. As before the point stays "HOPE". And the message "Help Yourselves". Signature Garth.
Building the story in five issues but the climax started and ended too fast. That's why one less star. Good read.
Here Wormwood is shown as the Antichrist and his best friend is Jesus. As before the point stays "HOPE". And the message "Help Yourselves". Signature Garth.
Building the story in five issues but the climax started and ended too fast. That's why one less star. Good read.
January 4, 2020
Класний комікс. Багато чорного гумору. Сюжет би трохи доопрацювати, можливо серію зробити ширшою, але і так ок - читається дуже швидко.
Релігійним людям цей комікс читати не варто. Попередження від мене.
Релігійним людям цей комікс читати не варто. Попередження від мене.
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May 19, 2024Edgy blasphemy with a heartfelt friendship at the center. Echoes of Preacher and Hellblazer. It’s well-written and entertaining like anything by Ennis, even if the story does come off like he’s trying too hard to offend at points.
November 24, 2017
Hysterical.
November 25, 2020
3.5 stars
February 8, 2012
En su momento lo arranqué, me enganché... y lo abandoné. Ahora que lo recuperé definitivamente, seguro me lo termine de leer de un saque y le escriba una reseña atolondrada.
UPDATE: Ya lo terminé. Vamos a hacerla fácil y escribamos una reseña llana: muy divertido, muy irreverente, muy ácido, pero sin llegar al nivel de obra maestra. Quizás le termino amarretenado puntaje para abajo porque lo leí casi al mismo tiempo que Crossed, y ese me gustó mucho más. Si en algún momento cae el #2 en mis manos seguro le eche el guante.
UPDATE: Ya lo terminé. Vamos a hacerla fácil y escribamos una reseña llana: muy divertido, muy irreverente, muy ácido, pero sin llegar al nivel de obra maestra. Quizás le termino amarretenado puntaje para abajo porque lo leí casi al mismo tiempo que Crossed, y ese me gustó mucho más. Si en algún momento cae el #2 en mis manos seguro le eche el guante.
August 5, 2012
Broad strokes, soft targets - but hell, it's *fun*. And an awful lot of religion-poking isn't. I can forgive Ennis a lot; there's enough here that is original and genuinely wonderful enough to make up for the odd lapse into high-school crudity... (and the fact that Ennis' "crude" is, let's face it, still damn funny doesn't hurt at all). Thoroughly enjoyable, and he deserves a bloody medal for the wonderful male-friendship dynamic - genuinely moving, once again. God he's good at that.
November 21, 2011
What do the Antichrist and Jesus have in common? They've both told their fathers to f- themselves and gone off to live life on their own terms. But what about the apocalypse? This is sometimes offensive, pretty funny, and a quick read. Also - talking rabbit.
December 30, 2012
Really liked it. Delightful irreverent sacrilege in the finest Ennis tradition.
April 10, 2014
Feels a lot like Preacher but is a much simpler tale. Liked the idea and the execution.
April 27, 2021
(Zero spoiler review)
I read Rover Red Charlie a few days ago, and was rather disappointed to find it the Garth Ennis story I have liked the least. Admittedly, there is plenty more of Ennis' work I have yet to discover, although for the first time, his mature/controversial/comical take on the subject matter was not to my liking. Instead, preferring someone who was able to lean into the emotion more, without needing to push the limits of taste when the moment took them. I'm glad to say, this is much more of a return to form for Ennis, in my eyes at least. It's certainly not without fault, or anything close to him firing on all cylinders, although despite knowing next to nothing about this going in, I can safely say it ticked most of the boxes I would expect from a lesser Ennis story. The Ennisism's were more on point, and used more poignantly. In fact, to a certain extent given the subject material, I was surprised how restrained it was, for Ennis at least. This could have been a balls to the wall edgefest, although there was an interesting tale lying beneath the surface, which Ennis unearthed reasonably well, though with room for improvement. I would have preferred if this was structured as an ongoing series, with more of the everyday of the main characters life making up the brunt of the material, rather than the one and done structure we were treated to here. I know there are follow ups, though they will likely be of a similar mould, but that remains to be seen.
Jaycen Burrows art is always to my liking. This was earlier in his career, and neither as charming nor as controversial as some of his other more well known titles, although I'm yet to see any of his work that failed to put a smile on my face.
To wrap up, this wasn't all that it could have been, but it was just enough of what I needed from Ennis after a bit of a stumble with Rover Red Charlie. 4/5
OmniBen.
I read Rover Red Charlie a few days ago, and was rather disappointed to find it the Garth Ennis story I have liked the least. Admittedly, there is plenty more of Ennis' work I have yet to discover, although for the first time, his mature/controversial/comical take on the subject matter was not to my liking. Instead, preferring someone who was able to lean into the emotion more, without needing to push the limits of taste when the moment took them. I'm glad to say, this is much more of a return to form for Ennis, in my eyes at least. It's certainly not without fault, or anything close to him firing on all cylinders, although despite knowing next to nothing about this going in, I can safely say it ticked most of the boxes I would expect from a lesser Ennis story. The Ennisism's were more on point, and used more poignantly. In fact, to a certain extent given the subject material, I was surprised how restrained it was, for Ennis at least. This could have been a balls to the wall edgefest, although there was an interesting tale lying beneath the surface, which Ennis unearthed reasonably well, though with room for improvement. I would have preferred if this was structured as an ongoing series, with more of the everyday of the main characters life making up the brunt of the material, rather than the one and done structure we were treated to here. I know there are follow ups, though they will likely be of a similar mould, but that remains to be seen.
Jaycen Burrows art is always to my liking. This was earlier in his career, and neither as charming nor as controversial as some of his other more well known titles, although I'm yet to see any of his work that failed to put a smile on my face.
To wrap up, this wasn't all that it could have been, but it was just enough of what I needed from Ennis after a bit of a stumble with Rover Red Charlie. 4/5
OmniBen.
June 14, 2020
Most of the book is just a sequence of jokes with the plot as a string to link them. Some of the jokes can be funny, especially if you like the iconoclastic style of stand up comedians such as Ricky Gervais or Bill Hicks (both of them are mentioned, and there's even a line that directly homages the latter, although it's not a surprise, since he was also present in Preacher). Most of the times, however, if you are not a 15 year old or someone who laughs everytime something edgy happens, you just frown and pray Ennis to go on with the plot. It's not a great book, but there's a certain sweetness in the relationship between Danny and Jay that I really enjoyed. Somehow, even if the story is not that great, I do care about the characters, and I'll probably go on with the series. The attachment to the characters is largely improved by Burrows' drawings, that give each character some great facial expressions.
August 31, 2021
Já Ennise rád nemám, Preacher mě přestal bavit asi po desátém znásilnění doprdele a upřímně, nechápu proč hodně fans Preachera hejtuje Wormwood, přitom je to skoro to samý.
I přes to mě to ale bavilo docela víc a i mě samotného to překvapuje. Přitom Wormwood obsahuje všechny klasické Ennisoviny: ZASE ŠUKÁNÍ DO ANÁLU (Twl proč) a hromadu úchylovin. Ale co čekat od příbehu o Antikristovi který vlastní společnost co točí úchylné TV Dramata a kámoší s ježíšem.
První sešit mě docela nebavil, klasický Ennisovi bullshit kecy a zanadávaní si na společnost, ale pak když se začal více věnovat postavám a například se vydali na road-trip po nebi a pekle, tak mě to fakt začalo bavit. I ty úchylnosti mi pak přišli fajn a hlavně v tom všem, byli hlavní postavy sympatické v čele s antikristem Dannym.
Jako jo, nakonec mě to bavilo a kresba byla taky fajn.
Byl to klasický Ennis, ale nějak mi přišlo že tam měl zahrabanou i nějakou tu hloubku.
I přes to mě to ale bavilo docela víc a i mě samotného to překvapuje. Přitom Wormwood obsahuje všechny klasické Ennisoviny: ZASE ŠUKÁNÍ DO ANÁLU (Twl proč) a hromadu úchylovin. Ale co čekat od příbehu o Antikristovi který vlastní společnost co točí úchylné TV Dramata a kámoší s ježíšem.
První sešit mě docela nebavil, klasický Ennisovi bullshit kecy a zanadávaní si na společnost, ale pak když se začal více věnovat postavám a například se vydali na road-trip po nebi a pekle, tak mě to fakt začalo bavit. I ty úchylnosti mi pak přišli fajn a hlavně v tom všem, byli hlavní postavy sympatické v čele s antikristem Dannym.
Jako jo, nakonec mě to bavilo a kresba byla taky fajn.
Byl to klasický Ennis, ale nějak mi přišlo že tam měl zahrabanou i nějakou tu hloubku.
October 25, 2019
I would call myself a fan of Garth Ennis. This was fun to read, and I liked the characters, and it even had some real touching moments (as Ennis is very good at providing), but my main criticism is if you've read a good dose of Ennis before, this feels like a rehash of a few things. He even re-uses lines he's used in other books (a line from The Boys about living in NYC is paraphrased here.) This kind of feels like Ennis on autopilot. Mentally challenged religious deities like we saw in Preacher, funny pervert sex stuff, even a head shaped like a penis (like we saw in Preacher.) Here's the thing though, Ennis on autopilot is still pretty fun and this was a quick, entertaining read. So yeah. 3 stars seems...right?
March 7, 2023
La storia in breve? L'anticristo è una persona normale che ha litigato con suo padre Satana. I suoi migliori amici sono Jay, reincarnazione di Gesu e un coniglio parlante a cui piace trollare i fan di star wars.
Dall'altra parte della barricata? Satana, un papa australiano e il vaticano, che vogliono portare l'armageddon sulla terra.
La storia è semplice, ma Garth Ennis ama schiacciare sull'acceleratore e qui non ha freni: Pensa a un taboo? Ecco lo ha infranto più volte... Se apprezzate i buoni dialoghi e non vi fate bloccare dai vari "No dai non può averlo scritto davvero" probabilmente fa al caso vostro
Dall'altra parte della barricata? Satana, un papa australiano e il vaticano, che vogliono portare l'armageddon sulla terra.
La storia è semplice, ma Garth Ennis ama schiacciare sull'acceleratore e qui non ha freni: Pensa a un taboo? Ecco lo ha infranto più volte... Se apprezzate i buoni dialoghi e non vi fate bloccare dai vari "No dai non può averlo scritto davvero" probabilmente fa al caso vostro
May 24, 2024
Garth Ennis en todo su esplendor. Es díficil imaginar un cómic más extremo que las cosas que ha hecho previamente con Preacher, Punisher y The Boys, pero Wormwood puede serlo. El protagonista es el Anticristo, aunque reniega de su rol y lo que quiere es vivir su vida tranquilo. Su mejor amigo es un Jesucristo con problemas mentales y sus enemigos son tanto su pasre el diablo, como el Vaticano, que de paso es sumamente corrupto. Es decir, este no es un cómic para personas sensibles. Es un cómic, de hecho, para un público reducido, aunque cualquiera que conozca la obra de Ennis estará en terreno familiar. Me encantó y lo recomiendo con las precauciones respectivas.
September 2, 2019
Wickedly hilarious and shit-tons of fun. The art won't blow you away but effortlessly tells the tale alongside the Diabolical Madman of Scribes, Garth Ennis, who, once again, pinches you right where you love it to burn. Dive in and indulge; if you're an Ennis fan, you're gonna love this. (But you may need to find a nice, private space to do so, so as to spare the squares surrounding you the wrenching of their supposed moralistic ideals the torment that such raw exposure to something as demented as this particular funny book will inflame within them.) Enjoy! =D
February 28, 2020
Garth Ennis es de mis autores de comic favoritos. Desde Preacher y The Boys le tengo un cariño aparte. Esta pequeña historia no decepciona y hace una deconstrucción de la mitología bíblica muy lograda, las escenas crudas están por una razón y no se abusa de ellas, la sátira, la burla, la crítica se mezclan tan sutilmente que a veces cuesta distinguirlas, si tiene sus fallos, por eso no le doy las 5 estrellas, pero es una lectura que se va en nada y el apartado gráfico ayuda mucho a esto. Lectura recomendada
May 10, 2019
As always, Ennis making a point against religion, the way God and the Devil are portrayed could be offensive to some readers, but it's fun to imagine Christ and the Antichrist making a stand against their respective fathers to try to live a life making the things they feel correct to their beliefs
January 11, 2021
Ennis sure likes his over-the-top heresy. I almost couldn't finish this book, it was so in-your-face with absurd religious offense. After a couple of issues though the storyline pulls together, the antichrist becomes relatable and the over-arching story--though not compelling--is an enjoyable exercise in outcomes with a couple thoughtful ideas.
May 25, 2023
Bueno, es Garth Ennis siendo Garth Ennis. Es divertido, irreverente y tiene alguna que otra idea muy curiosa, pero no es nada que te vaya a cambiar la vida ni llega a los niveles de obras como Predicador. De hecho, todas estas ideas se han visto ya en su misma obra. Agradable si te gusta este autor, y menos agradable si no te gusta.
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