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Judge Dredd: Emerald Isle
Judge Dredd, future lawman and dispenser of instant justice on the streets
of Mega-City One. Collected here for the first time , award-winning British
creators Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Preacher, Punisher) began their
long-time collaboration with this riotous Judge Dredd tale, one that takes
Mega-City One's toughest lawman across the toxic Black Atlantic to the
Emerald Isle in pursuit of a ruthless hitman. Only there the local militia
do things a little differently to Dredd ... to be sure!
of Mega-City One. Collected here for the first time , award-winning British
creators Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Preacher, Punisher) began their
long-time collaboration with this riotous Judge Dredd tale, one that takes
Mega-City One's toughest lawman across the toxic Black Atlantic to the
Emerald Isle in pursuit of a ruthless hitman. Only there the local militia
do things a little differently to Dredd ... to be sure!
Plus more mind-blowing Dredd action in Almighty Dredd and The Magic
Mellow Out.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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About the author
Garth Ennis
2,623 books3,171 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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April 23, 2019
Almighty Dredd and The Magic Mellow Out were just two decent reads for me, but the Emerald Isle irish storyline, Ennis' first work on Dredd and one of his earliest ones ever, first collaboration with late artist Steve Dillon, his future partner in crime on Preacher and one of Marvel's Punisher best runs ever, was a real hilarious five stars one.
A must read if you are a fan of the Ennis/Dillon comics dream-team.
March 15, 2020
One of the less remarkable Dredds. I was never the biggest fan of Garth Ennis to begin with, and his stint as a Judge Dredd writer was - as he himself has said - rather lacking in his usual irreverent piss-taking. Without, there's not a whole lot of note in there.
That said, he does here manage to make some fun of Ireland, sometimes even well, which is well worth a half star on its own.
That said, he does here manage to make some fun of Ireland, sometimes even well, which is well worth a half star on its own.
April 30, 2024
Garth Ennis a meter-se com Dredd é, bem, exatamente aquilo que podem esperar, histórias cheias de ironia negra. O volume colige três aventuras: uma viagem à Irlanda do futuro das megacities, restaurada como um parque temático bucólico para agradar a turistas; um recontro entre Dredd e uma seita que o adora como deus (não vai terminar bem para os acólitos); e uma aventura com suicídios em massa e gases psicadélicos. A ironia é forte, e implacável, em todas as histórias.
January 22, 2013
Garth Ennis has proven to be one of the best writers in the field of comics, and this stint on Judge Dredd allowed him to cut loose with some truly bizarre and interesting stories. The main story in this volume involves Judge Dredd traveling to the dreary remains of Ireland, which has been turned into a giant retro theme park. Real potatoes have died out due to the effects of the big war, so fake ones are made in a factory out of rice flour, just so the tourists can buy potato touristy food. Ireland is a giant Disneyland, and there are dissenters. A radical group becomes even more radical after importing an American hitman to work with them, and every major attraction in Ireland is threatened with destruction...well, maybe not the Guinness plant, but everything else. One of the highlights of the story was the use of a spud gun, firing fake potatoes at high velocity, the perfect weapon to execute collaborators.
Other stories in the volume included the rise and fall of a cult that chose to worship Judge Dredd, and the tale of how the use of mild hallucinogens in a theme park could go horribly wrong.
Overall, Garth Ennis did a brilliant job of creating stories that are the violent police procedurals that make Judge Dredd worth reading, but in settings that were totally fresh and strange.
Now, if only someone could both make a good Judge Dredd movie and find a way to attract an audience...
Other stories in the volume included the rise and fall of a cult that chose to worship Judge Dredd, and the tale of how the use of mild hallucinogens in a theme park could go horribly wrong.
Overall, Garth Ennis did a brilliant job of creating stories that are the violent police procedurals that make Judge Dredd worth reading, but in settings that were totally fresh and strange.
Now, if only someone could both make a good Judge Dredd movie and find a way to attract an audience...
March 8, 2019
Three solid Dredd yarns - Ennis's satirical look at Irish cliches (to lure tourists!), Dredd worship, and psychedelic kiddie shows are the right amount of silly, violent and cranky, and Dillon, Gibson and Williams draw the heck out of it.
September 11, 2017
A hoot!
March 30, 2022
dredd goes to ireland. pretty sweet
October 19, 2023
Full of the lawwww from the start, rib breaking humour, art that swallows the eye, dynamic events and plot twist the leap of the page right from the beginning! :D
January 17, 2009
The most interesting part in the collection is the first ever collaboration with Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the partners in crime who later constructed ever so glorious Preacher.
Other vice Ennis dropped quite firmly and smoothly in writing Judge Dredd. Nothing too thrilling, pretty typical Judge Dredd fun.
Timo
Other vice Ennis dropped quite firmly and smoothly in writing Judge Dredd. Nothing too thrilling, pretty typical Judge Dredd fun.
Timo
February 13, 2015
Fiel a su estilo narrativo, el celebrado guionista de Preacher y Hitman despliega una historia cargada de violencia y humor negro, donde el centro de la sátira reside en la cultura irlandesa, sus tradiciones turísticas y luchas armadas. Una aventura de relleno, opuesta a las líneas clásicas del personaje.
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