I think it’s work like this that really bring out the best in Garth Ennis, which focus more on humanizing his characters and fleshing out the lives they lead, making them seem like the kinds of people you’d like to share a beer with, instead of focusing solely on deconstructing tropes in the most offensive and vulgar way possible. It really shows that Ennis has a lot of heart and warmth to his stories that is rarely ever focused on
@@manintheline5331yeah it's crazy the wave of zoomer hate Ennis has being getting from people who didn't even know he existed until the boys show came out on Amazon. Even the boys comic despite it's flaws was really well liked when it came out. Only recently has it been popular to hate on it
@@hitmanmonaghan6633 I was thinking TV show with real actors, if Happy can get a tv show that was done from a comic, well Hitman can be done as well. It is bizzare and it wont be for everyone but I would hope for the ratings to be high with a lot of views so they can complete it, a lot of shows get cancelled these days cause nobody is watching…
Wow. I never thought I’d see a video about this comic run. I’m from a small town where the local library is always either throwing or giving out old comics and mangas. I have found a lot of the series I love from just being there when they wanted to toss out something. Hitman was one of those said series. I got all the issues up to 15 as that was all they had.
Garth Ennis can polarize some people. Many find his penchant for black humor, disdain for traditional caped heroes, and trope of writing characters to be dumb or cruel a bit much. For me, I can vibe with some of his stuff. I like the directions that Preacher went and from what I’ve heard about his Punisher work I think I’ll enjoy that as well. But this work has intrigued me the most because it seems much more grounded than his other work. At least more emotional intelligent. I’m glad you spotlighted it as it was one of the hidden gems to come out of 90’s DC.
Ennis is a shitlord writer. There's basically 2 sides to him: the shitlord who takes the piss out of everything (the boyss, crossed, etc etc) And locked in ennis writing some banging material (punisher max, preacher, thor max, hitman).
@@thefvguy5648 - It depends. I'm not a fan of *Crossed* in general, but the few short arcs written by Ennis himself were the only good one from the entire run. There are in total 177 issue of *Crossed* , and sadly Garth Ennis has only written a small percentage of them. Ennis wrote the first 10 issues arc (which isn't a masterpiece, but compared to the slop some of the other writters have written for that title, it's serviceable), then a bunch of different writers took turns writting a bunch of stories in various title, with Ennis only writting 14 issues in the longest Crossed title "Badlands". These 14 issues are divided into 3 arcs, with the last 2 being IMHO the only really good issues of Crossed. "The Fatal Englishman" followed by "The Thin Red Line", with the same group of 4 soldiers (1 scot, 1 mick, 1 limey, and 1 welch dwarf ) Ennis also wrote 2 issues in "Crossed DOA" which take place in a plane IIRC? Wasn't terrible, and we got to dive a bit into "ok what's actually going on?" since none of the other writers ever take the time to ponder on why/what/how this infection took place. All I'm trying to say is that Ennis only wrote 26 issues of the 177 stack of comic book that "Crossed" consists of, and frankly they're easily the best of the lot, with the most interesting characters by far, the stories with the less gore & nudity, and more important the arcs that make the story advance the most and actually try to give us an answer on "ok what exactly is that darkness we're fighting against?" "The Fatal Englishman" in particular is a must read if you're an Ennis enthusiast, and even if you haven't read the rest of Crossed. All of this blablabla to say that IMHO it's not very fair to put all the blame on Garth Ennis when it comes to Crossed, since most of the issues that are pure schlock, misery pr0n and edgy gorefest aren't actually written by him. If you want to read a solid Ennis series that reads like the good ol' times, right now he's written *"The Punisher: Get Fury"* ... We're only 3 issues in as I'm writting this post, but it's very promising so far. We finally get our MAX versions of Frank Castle and Nick Fury in Viet-nam, in a difficult mission that we hadn't be privy to before. Plus, an old, popular adversary of both Frank and Nick makes a comeback, which is always nice. Anyway, Ennis is writting a PunisherMAX/FuryMAX crossover series right now and more people need to read it!
Hitman and Preacher are my favourite Ennis books. I have kind of fallen off of Ennis work over time, The Boys show is a lot better then the comic and alot of his more edgy work leaves me cold. However both Preacher and Hitman have (for me) the right amount of edgy with a lot of maturity and depth. They are both in my top 20 comics of all time.
I found your channel last week, and I gotta say, you deserve more views. The audio, background comic panel quality, storytelling,everything. It's awesome.
I feel like you would really enjoy Transmetropolitian. Idk just a hunch. I can't wait to see more videos about some hidden gems comics provide which are usually my favorite ones. I can see you making great videos about Preacher, Transmetropolitian, The Darkness, and more indie gems
God, I loved this comic! I was hoping he would appear in a CW show, but I’m sure they would ruin him. Now that Preacher, and The Boys got television shows, we could get a show starring Tommy. Noonan’s is in Harley Quinn, but I DO NOT want him to appear in that. They will ruin him. He does get a name drop in Justice League Unlimited.
@@_THE_LOG_ no problem, I'll be honest I'm not the biggest fan of Garth Ennis (I found what I've read of Preacher good though) but stuff like this I find really interesting. Human level supers dealing with down on the ground problems, that's why I love Resurrection Man
I have been collecting these comics for a while now. I ĺove each one. It's just a shame that his run was so short. Then again, maybe it's a blessing that it didn't have time to become outdated.
I don't know what voice y'all read Tommy with, but when I got the first 3 issues last Christmas I read him with the voice of Karl Pilkington. I think it's hilarious imagining Karl as an assassin and it really gives the read a pleasant feel to it.
I like that you mentioned Tommy forgetting that he has powers and relying on his skills instead. Personally, I think that is something he has in common with Jesse Custer from Preacher.
Hitman, a Garth Ennis fan, the Skullgirls and Persona 3 soundtracks and Last Summer Whisper by Anri? I know we will never meet, but in another life, I would have loved to have grabbed a beer with you and talked about comics. Just out of curiosity, have you ever checked out the manga "Shamo", "Battle Royale" or "Fourteen"? If, by chance we have a similar taste in Japanese comics, you just might like those.
Hitman deserves a revival from the dead. Tommy Monaghan needs to be slated into Suicide Squad, a Batman game or a grind house level stream series. A time capsule of the 1990s.
mabye in james gunn dcu he will make it into a spin off show set in gotham in the dcu james gunn would really make him a well know charter 2 years ago nobody ever heard of peacmaker now he is in mortal kombat and there is fans of him now and we see him a lot more in the main curret dc comics
The fact that you missed mentioning Hitman received an Eisner award, makes me think you have no idea about the comic and I have already unsubscribed from your channel. Also so many spoilers in your vids for newcomers to the series...
Wizard Magazine absolutely LOVED this series back in the day.
Yes they did 😆 you couldn't pick up an issue of Wizard without them mentioning it for a while there
I think it’s work like this that really bring out the best in Garth Ennis, which focus more on humanizing his characters and fleshing out the lives they lead, making them seem like the kinds of people you’d like to share a beer with, instead of focusing solely on deconstructing tropes in the most offensive and vulgar way possible. It really shows that Ennis has a lot of heart and warmth to his stories that is rarely ever focused on
The best of ennis is Sara and red rover Charlie, fury max and war stories.
Bro, its cause the boys is his only work with exposure, Preacher is probably the greatest comic in history
@@manintheline5331yeah it's crazy the wave of zoomer hate Ennis has being getting from people who didn't even know he existed until the boys show came out on Amazon. Even the boys comic despite it's flaws was really well liked when it came out. Only recently has it been popular to hate on it
@@hinkhall8451 zoomers can't take gore they are weak
Man I would love a tv show on this comic, one of my alltime favourites
In an animated series, who would voice Tommy?
@@hitmanmonaghan6633 I was thinking TV show with real actors, if Happy can get a tv show that was done from a comic, well Hitman can be done as well. It is bizzare and it wont be for everyone but I would hope for the ratings to be high with a lot of views so they can complete it, a lot of shows get cancelled these days cause nobody is watching…
I unironically had to explain why I mutter BUENO to myself.
Excellente
Sounds like Cowboy Bebop but crazier
Hitman one my favorite characters. They should do some kind of series.
Wow. I never thought I’d see a video about this comic run. I’m from a small town where the local library is always either throwing or giving out old comics and mangas. I have found a lot of the series I love from just being there when they wanted to toss out something. Hitman was one of those said series. I got all the issues up to 15 as that was all they had.
I oh shit. Ace of killers part 1? Niceeee. My first was local hero 1 - 4
Damn those first 3 and a half minutes gave me a bigger sell to seek out more Hitman as if Section 8 and issue 34 weren't enough for me.
Hitman needs his own movie trilogy.
Garth Ennis can polarize some people. Many find his penchant for black humor, disdain for traditional caped heroes, and trope of writing characters to be dumb or cruel a bit much. For me, I can vibe with some of his stuff. I like the directions that Preacher went and from what I’ve heard about his Punisher work I think I’ll enjoy that as well. But this work has intrigued me the most because it seems much more grounded than his other work. At least more emotional intelligent. I’m glad you spotlighted it as it was one of the hidden gems to come out of 90’s DC.
I think even Garth Ennis fans can agree his stuff in Crossed is just disgusting.
And I mean disgusting with no taste or substance.
Ennis is a shitlord writer. There's basically 2 sides to him:
the shitlord who takes the piss out of everything (the boyss, crossed, etc etc)
And locked in ennis writing some banging material (punisher max, preacher, thor max, hitman).
@@thefvguy5648 - It depends. I'm not a fan of *Crossed* in general, but the few short arcs written by Ennis himself were the only good one from the entire run.
There are in total 177 issue of *Crossed* , and sadly Garth Ennis has only written a small percentage of them.
Ennis wrote the first 10 issues arc (which isn't a masterpiece, but compared to the slop some of the other writters have written for that title, it's serviceable), then a bunch of different writers took turns writting a bunch of stories in various title, with Ennis only writting 14 issues in the longest Crossed title "Badlands".
These 14 issues are divided into 3 arcs, with the last 2 being IMHO the only really good issues of Crossed.
"The Fatal Englishman" followed by "The Thin Red Line", with the same group of 4 soldiers (1 scot, 1 mick, 1 limey, and 1 welch dwarf )
Ennis also wrote 2 issues in "Crossed DOA" which take place in a plane IIRC? Wasn't terrible, and we got to dive a bit into "ok what's actually going on?" since none of the other writers ever take the time to ponder on why/what/how this infection took place.
All I'm trying to say is that Ennis only wrote 26 issues of the 177 stack of comic book that "Crossed" consists of, and frankly they're easily the best of the lot, with the most interesting characters by far, the stories with the less gore & nudity, and more important the arcs that make the story advance the most and actually try to give us an answer on "ok what exactly is that darkness we're fighting against?"
"The Fatal Englishman" in particular is a must read if you're an Ennis enthusiast, and even if you haven't read the rest of Crossed.
All of this blablabla to say that IMHO it's not very fair to put all the blame on Garth Ennis when it comes to Crossed, since most of the issues that are pure schlock, misery pr0n and edgy gorefest aren't actually written by him.
If you want to read a solid Ennis series that reads like the good ol' times, right now he's written *"The Punisher: Get Fury"* ...
We're only 3 issues in as I'm writting this post, but it's very promising so far.
We finally get our MAX versions of Frank Castle and Nick Fury in Viet-nam, in a difficult mission that we hadn't be privy to before.
Plus, an old, popular adversary of both Frank and Nick makes a comeback, which is always nice.
Anyway, Ennis is writting a PunisherMAX/FuryMAX crossover series right now and more people need to read it!
It wouldn't surprise me if this guy inspired Knuckle Duster.
DC is releasing the first Hitman omnibus on July 30th. So I guess the series isn’t as forgotten as you thought.
Hitman and Preacher are my favourite Ennis books. I have kind of fallen off of Ennis work over time, The Boys show is a lot better then the comic and alot of his more edgy work leaves me cold. However both Preacher and Hitman have (for me) the right amount of edgy with a lot of maturity and depth. They are both in my top 20 comics of all time.
Love how this channel covers all the underrated stuff. Keep up the good work!
Hitman and Punisher by Gart Ennis is a masterpiece. I hope there is something similar to them written by someone other than Ennis
Hands down my favorite superhero and one of the greatest entire series ever written.
Man, Ringo is that one cool dude everyone wanted to be as a kid
Kinda hate seeing Noonans as the setting for the fucking kite man show
most underrated channel, love your content homie
I found your channel last week, and I gotta say, you deserve more views. The audio, background comic panel quality, storytelling,everything. It's awesome.
I feel like you would really enjoy Transmetropolitian. Idk just a hunch. I can't wait to see more videos about some hidden gems comics provide which are usually my favorite ones. I can see you making great videos about Preacher, Transmetropolitian, The Darkness, and more indie gems
God, I loved this comic! I was hoping he would appear in a CW show, but I’m sure they would ruin him. Now that Preacher, and The Boys got television shows, we could get a show starring Tommy. Noonan’s is in Harley Quinn, but I DO NOT want him to appear in that. They will ruin him. He does get a name drop in Justice League Unlimited.
gonna read this when my exams are over
You should definitely do a video on James Robinson's Starman. It's truly my favorite run from DC and as you mentioned, untouched by creator request.
you're a really good storyteller :)
Thanks, I got my masters in it 😋
@@_THE_LOG_ no problem, I'll be honest I'm not the biggest fan of Garth Ennis (I found what I've read of Preacher good though) but stuff like this I find really interesting. Human level supers dealing with down on the ground problems, that's why I love Resurrection Man
Great video! Kept me engaged from beginning to end.
Thank you!
I have everything Hitman from DC I know Preacher got most of the love but Hitman was special
I have been collecting these comics for a while now. I ĺove each one. It's just a shame that his run was so short. Then again, maybe it's a blessing that it didn't have time to become outdated.
I don't know what voice y'all read Tommy with, but when I got the first 3 issues last Christmas I read him with the voice of Karl Pilkington. I think it's hilarious imagining Karl as an assassin and it really gives the read a pleasant feel to it.
Garth Ennis , Enough said
I like that you mentioned Tommy forgetting that he has powers and relying on his skills instead. Personally, I think that is something he has in common with Jesse Custer from Preacher.
It has a beauty that no series has, I had only one book, I used to read daily as it was a new book
I gotta read this book
dude, dub a scene pls i beg you
@@_THE_LOG_ any recommendations? I haven’t read it
It’s your video that recommended it to me🤙
@@therussiancomicbookgeek Ace of Killers, please
@@_THE_LOG_ I’ll have to read this
@@_THE_LOG_any specific issue you’d recommend for adaptation?
Gonna check this out later. Seems really unique and overall like a good time.
Hitman, a Garth Ennis fan, the Skullgirls and Persona 3 soundtracks and Last Summer Whisper by Anri? I know we will never meet, but in another life, I would have loved to have grabbed a beer with you and talked about comics. Just out of curiosity, have you ever checked out the manga "Shamo", "Battle Royale" or "Fourteen"? If, by chance we have a similar taste in Japanese comics, you just might like those.
Hitman deserves a revival from the dead.
Tommy Monaghan needs to be slated into Suicide Squad, a Batman game or a grind house level stream series.
A time capsule of the 1990s.
I’m gonna adapt the Superman issue of Hitman very soon🤙
Hype hype hype
Click here to skip the spoiler alert 👉 14:45
I love kind of low level gothamite stories, so I will have to pause this at 12:31 and go read this for myself
Just finished reading this about a month ago and thought how I was the only who's seen it
The guy is a telepath and hitman, do more with him
mabye in james gunn dcu he will make it into a spin off show set in gotham in the dcu james gunn would really make him a well know charter 2 years ago nobody ever heard of peacmaker now he is in mortal kombat and there is fans of him now and we see him a lot more in the main curret dc comics
anyone else smell somethin funny
Yeah Hitman was really good
HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE FOLLOWERS
yeah, Hitman is a great series,great characters,stories a dark humor(well,it was there until volume 7).
six pack is alive
Heh... Bueno...
Why does the protag of this series remind me of butcher
he's essentially proto-Butcher, just less inherently violent
@@_THE_LOG_ yeah he seems alot nicer i kinda prefer him
【ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ】
This video sucks especially the intro
Thanks
The fact that you missed mentioning Hitman received an Eisner award, makes me think you have no idea about the comic and I have already unsubscribed from your channel. Also so many spoilers in your vids for newcomers to the series...
Ok
So cringe