This may be the best war comic to come out in years, and one of the reasons for that is that Garth Ennis came up with a clever way to tell real parts of history with purely fictional characters, giving him the flexibility to include needed explanations. Thus, even though there was no one torpedo… Read more

If you needed to think of a comic-book writer who probably knows the most about war–its technology, its events, all of that, you would most likely be thinking of Garth Ennis. He’s done some solid super-hero comics as well as comics that outright takedown super-heroes, but his passion seems to be in writing comics focused… Read more

Fabien Nury’s title alone is a statement, linking his extrapolation of a wartime collaborator’s life with the cinematic triumphs of Sergio Leone, but arrogance doesn’t apply as this is a resounding triumph. It’s intelligent, humane and based on the activities of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who arrived in France during the 1920s and rose… Read more

Winston Churchill is a figure well-known to people all over the world. He has been hailed as the man who saved the West, led Britain to victory in WWII, and there have been over 1000 (actually 1010) biographies written about him. Yet none of these biographies have illustratedthe life of Winston Churchill, rather they have… Read more

Ennis (the Preacher series) pays tribute to the Royal Navy pilots who flew Fairey Swordfish biplanes to stunning underdog victories in WWII in The Stringbags (Dead Reckoning, Apr.). What attracts you to war comics? I grew up in Northern Ireland. Due to a quirk of distribution, we didn’t get many superhero comics—so I found myself… Read more

ICv2 Stars: 4.5 (out of 5). Winston Churchill is an important part of 20th century history, and yet his life and career are not well-known on this side of the Atlantic. Most people will know the iconic image of him and his cigar in front of a microphone during World War II, and at least… Read more

The life of Britain’s wartime leader Winston Churchill has been given a comic book makeover with the release of a graphic novel biography. The book charts the former Prime Minister’s upbringing during the late 1800s, through to his military exploits, his rise through the political ranks and how he guided Britain to victory against the… Read more

Ennis again achieves what his best WWII comics, such as Johnny Red: The Hurricane and Night Witches, have done: illuminate a little-known corner of that sprawling conflict and highlight the humanity of those involved in pulse-pounding battles. Ennis showcases Britain’s obsolete and widely mocked Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers (called Stringbags for their ability to… Read more

I’m on the mailing list for the publisher Dead Reckoning, which is the graphic-novel focused imprint of the Naval Institute Press (a part of the U.S. Naval Institute, an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, professional military membership association). The NIP prints books that explore naval and military history in both fictional and nonfiction methods. I was a huge… Read more

Not that he needs any introduction, but Garth Ennis has written for numerous comic book titles. These titles include The Darkness, The Punisher (both main canon and MAX imprint), Preacher, The Boys, and (coming soon!) The Stringbags. You may view my review of The Stringbags here. Some of his work has made it into video… Read more