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Hello Darkness #2
Hello Darkness #2
The groundbreaking modern horror anthology returns with the unrivaled lineup of writers Garth Ennis, James Tynion IV, and Andy Lanning, and artists Becky Cloonan, Werther Dell’Edera, and Trevor Hairsine!
Ennis and Cloonan continue their serialized story The War, unleashing terror at the top of their game, along with a second Something is Killing the Children tale.
Also included in this terrifying line-up is Kampfgeist, a vicious and grisly WWI story from Andy Lanning (Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Trevor Hairsine (DCeased, 2000 AD) as well as even more of the darkest stories from the best creators that this twisted corner of comics has to offer!
When the lights flicker out, what’s waiting for us in the darkness?
Ennis and Cloonan continue their serialized story The War, unleashing terror at the top of their game, along with a second Something is Killing the Children tale.
Also included in this terrifying line-up is Kampfgeist, a vicious and grisly WWI story from Andy Lanning (Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy) and Trevor Hairsine (DCeased, 2000 AD) as well as even more of the darkest stories from the best creators that this twisted corner of comics has to offer!
When the lights flicker out, what’s waiting for us in the darkness?
48 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 28, 2024
About the author
Garth Ennis
2,641 books3,206 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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November 5, 2024
3.5
Highlights here are Garth Ennis The War pt 2..lots of tension here in an end of the world scenario.
Stand alone story The Clown/ Azam Raharjo is also pretty strong.
The continuing Erica Slaughter story is back next issue.
Highlights here are Garth Ennis The War pt 2..lots of tension here in an end of the world scenario.
Stand alone story The Clown/ Azam Raharjo is also pretty strong.
The continuing Erica Slaughter story is back next issue.
September 19, 2024
I liked the first story, The Clown, by Azam Raharjo, but the rest was trash.
October 5, 2025
Hello Darkness, Vol. 2 continues the horror anthology from BOOM! studios with stories from five comic writers. This volume seemed to be an improvement upon the first volume. The stories were much more complete and satisfying.
“The Clown” by Azam Raharjo (4/5) - A mother warns the reader to not call the number poster about a birthday clown. She recounts how the clown made her child “see the magic.” Definitely creep with some It vibes.
“Star Gazers” by Frederik Hornung (4/5) - An ode to pulp horror films. Two young people meet up for a date after meeting online. Everything seems to be going fine until the sun goes down . . . . I really enjoyed the vintage comics look of the art in this one.
“Apocalypse in Slow Motion” by Wes Craig (2/5) - A cult of sorts murders the ultra rich, the futurists, the big polluters. This one felt under developed and incomplete.
“I Can’t Take You Anywhere” by Hack (3/5) - Literally two panels and they tell two different stories. The first one did make me chuckle. A man is beating up another man and the narrator says “While perhaps not the best use of time travel, Jim liked to go to the past and beat the shit out of himself.”
“The War, Part Two” by Garth Ennis (3/5) - This is a continuation of a story from Vol. 1 about the Russo-Ukrainian war spreading to the rest of the world. It ended with London being destroyed. I’m glad to see this one come back. Unfortunately, this episode doesn’t advance the story much.
“The Clown” by Azam Raharjo (4/5) - A mother warns the reader to not call the number poster about a birthday clown. She recounts how the clown made her child “see the magic.” Definitely creep with some It vibes.
“Star Gazers” by Frederik Hornung (4/5) - An ode to pulp horror films. Two young people meet up for a date after meeting online. Everything seems to be going fine until the sun goes down . . . . I really enjoyed the vintage comics look of the art in this one.
“Apocalypse in Slow Motion” by Wes Craig (2/5) - A cult of sorts murders the ultra rich, the futurists, the big polluters. This one felt under developed and incomplete.
“I Can’t Take You Anywhere” by Hack (3/5) - Literally two panels and they tell two different stories. The first one did make me chuckle. A man is beating up another man and the narrator says “While perhaps not the best use of time travel, Jim liked to go to the past and beat the shit out of himself.”
“The War, Part Two” by Garth Ennis (3/5) - This is a continuation of a story from Vol. 1 about the Russo-Ukrainian war spreading to the rest of the world. It ended with London being destroyed. I’m glad to see this one come back. Unfortunately, this episode doesn’t advance the story much.
September 21, 2024
My favorite story was “Star Gazers,” because who doesn’t love the idea of two supernatural creatures in human form, neither of whom know that the other is a supernatural creature, going on a date? “The War,” however, has been gripping and a horror of a different kind. I’m looking forward to part 3.
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August 29, 2024
I’m honestly so bummed with this,I’m only going to continue reading in case they mention Erica Slaughter again in another issue.
Personally the only good story was the first one called “the clown”.
Personally the only good story was the first one called “the clown”.
October 23, 2024
It starts strong with the Clown. I hate the vampire v werewolf trope. Then it was too weird without an understandable payoff and I was feeling super discouraged and thinking 1 start. But The War part 2 held up to it's first part and I'm interested to see how it ends.
June 20, 2025
There were 1/2 kinda interesting stories and the rest was incredibly boring. It might be just me but them focusing more on developing "the war" instead of literally anything else doesn’t make sense, it’s by far the least interesting or original story so far.
April 7, 2026
Actual rating: 3,5 stars!
Better than #1 because I think the stories were more solid and less confusing.
My favorite was The Clown by Azam Raharjo. As someone who afraid of clowns, that story was so terrifying.
Off I go to another issue because I still need so many issues to catch up.
Better than #1 because I think the stories were more solid and less confusing.
My favorite was The Clown by Azam Raharjo. As someone who afraid of clowns, that story was so terrifying.
Off I go to another issue because I still need so many issues to catch up.
August 29, 2024
Not as strong as the debut, but I'm still enjoying the writing on Ennis's serial and the Hack cartoons. Azam Raharjo's "The Clown" had strong art and fun writing -- Ito-esque with a dash of Ligotti.
September 14, 2024
The War has got me hooked. The other stories are solid.
September 21, 2024
Again a mixed bag. Also it was very nihilistic in several of the stories. And very basic tropes, evil clowns, vampire vs. werewolf, end of world, end of world…
October 19, 2024
This series was hit or miss for me. "The Clown" stood out, but I'm done after issue three.
October 20, 2024
An enjoyable collection of stories - some darker in themes than others but each with good art and a good cover gallery at the end.
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