History Creator / GarthEnnis

* AuthorTract: The pointlessness and stupidity of racism/homophobia, the idiocy of the ongoing conflict in Ireland, the Catholic church in general...

Tropes Present In His Works:

** This is the kind of world where, were this a Doctor Who story, you would root for the Daleks.

* ''JudgeDredd''

* {{Crossover}}: Ennis doesn't do it a lot, but characters from his major works tend to wander back and forth between stories. Cassidy from ''{{Preacher}}'' shows up in ''The Boys'' as the owner of a bar in New York; Kathryn O'Brien from ''Punisher'' is the same CIA agent from the last arc of ''Hitman''; the vampires that Tommy Monaghan kills in the "Dead Man's Land" arc in ''Hitman'' are led by the new King of the Vampires, after the previous king was killed by [[{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]]; the members of the British SAS unit in ''Stitched'' have gone drinking with [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Kevin Hawkins]]; Billy Butcher of ''Comicbook/TheBoys'' has a fondness for 'spacker porn' that originated with Spacker Dave from Ennis' ''Punisher'' run; and NickFury meets a man named Fuckface who is described as even uglier than [[{{Preacher}} Assface]].

* BechdelTest: ''Caliban'', ''Preacher'', and ''The Boys'' all pass

** This is the kind of world where, were this a Doctor Who Story, you would root for the Daleks.

** While Ennis has come up with a great deal of thinly-veiled parodies of various superheroes, most notoriously in ''The Boys'' and ''Hitman'', he's more even-handed when he actually ''writes'' those characters than many fans give him credit for being. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are all depicted in his work as thoroughly competent.Similarly, Ennis' depiction of {{Spider-Man}} in TANGLED WEB #1-3 was extremely sympathetic and touching, showcasing Spidey's compassion and genuine heroism. Kyle Rayner was portrayed as naive, well-meaning but ultimately ineffectual, and Wally West was, well, really kind of a dick. The only mainstream superhero that Ennis has consistently refused to write well is {{Wolverine}}, who is an idiotic collection of his own cliches every time he appears in Ennis's work.

* WarIsHell

* AntiHero: type V mostly, a few type [=IVs=]. Danny Wormwood might just barely qualify as Type III. Jesse Custer is actually a pretty good example of Type III.

* {{Crossover}}: Ennis doesn't do it a lot, but characters from his major works tend to wander back and forth between stories. Cassidy from ''{{Preacher}}'' shows up in ''The Boys'' as the owner of a bar in New York; Kathryn O'Brien from ''Punisher'' is the same CIA agent from the last arc of ''Hitman''; the vampires that Tommy Monaghan kills in the "Dead Man's Land" arc in ''Hitman'' are led by the new King of the Vampires, after the previous king was killed by [[{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]]; the members of the British SAS unit in ''Stitched'' have gone drinking with [[TheAuthority Kevin Hawkins]]; Billy Butcher of ''Comicbook/TheBoys'' has a fondness for 'spacker porn' that originated with Spacker Dave from Ennis' ''Punisher'' run; and NickFury meets a man named Fuckface who is described as even uglier than [[{{Preacher}} Assface]].

* AuthorAppeal: Military history, [[ShownTheirWork well-researched.]] [[BandOfBrothers Noble soldiers]] brutalized by [[ArmiesAreEvil amoral superiors]]. BlackComedy, with occasional forays into ToiletHumour. The better side of America (as discussed in the 'Eagleland' example). Male friendship under fire.

* ''TheChroniclesOfWormwood'' - Danny Wormwood, cable TV producer, is the Antichrist, and his best buddy Jay is the second coming of Christ. Many people want them to bring about the Apocalypse, but they aren't willing to play ball.

[[caption-width-right:167:The man who gave [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]] his balls back.]]

His most famous works are his four-year run on Marvel's adults-only MAX imprint version of ''ThePunisher'' (aka ''Punisher MAX'') and ''{{Preacher}}'', which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon.

* The Marvel Comics continuity version of ''ThePunisher''

* {{Crossover}}: Ennis doesn't do it a lot, but characters from his major works tend to wander back and forth between stories. Cassidy from ''{{Preacher}}'' shows up in ''The Boys'' as the owner of a bar in New York; Kathryn O'Brien from ''Punisher'' is the same CIA agent from the last arc of ''Hitman''; the vampires that Tommy Monaghan kills in the "Dead Man's Land" arc in ''Hitman'' are led by the new King of the Vampires, after the previous king was killed by [[{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]]; the members of the British SAS unit in ''Stitched'' have gone drinking with [[TheAuthority Kevin Hawkins]]; Billy Butcher of ''Comicbook/TheBoys'' has a fondness for 'spacker porn' that originated with Spacker Dave from Ennis' {{Punisher}} run; and NickFury meets a man named Fuckface who is described as even uglier than [[{{Preacher}} Assface]].
* DepravedBisexual: A lot of Ennis's villains will bang [[AnythingThatMoves anything that doesn't run away fast enough]]. He frequently uses a particular brand of anything-goes, hedonistic bisexuality as a character trait for his villains, as further evidence of their utter amorality. Almost as if to balance this out, though, he's gone well out of his way in many stories, including "The Punisher" and "The Boys," to depict gay people in dedicated, healthy relationships.

ComicBook writer from Holywood, UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland, known for his love of graphic violence and BlackComedy and his intense dislike of superheroes and organized religion. As you can imagine, he has developed quite the devoted {{Hatedom}} among some people in the comics community. Some being not very fond of his writing quirks and pet themes, others find that in his strongest works like ''Hitman'', ''Preacher'' and ''Hellblazer'' Ennis writes with an engaging intensity and even humanity.

* TheTroubles: As one might expect from the best known comic book writer from the disputed area, he has addressed this in several stories.

* ''EnemyAce: War In Heaven''

** Played with on his run on ''DanDare''; in an essay to the collected edition, he openly acknowledges that while he respects the character he has no particular sentimental attachment to him; he does, however, appreciate the values that Dare's creator imbued him with, which attracted him to the project.

* AuthorAppeal: Military history, [[ShownTheirWork well-researched.]] [[BandOfBrothers Noble soldiers]] brutalized by [[ArmiesAreEvil amoral superiors]]. BlackComedy, with occasional forays into ToiletHumour. The better side of America (as discussed in the 'Eagleland' example).

* ''TheBoys'' - Film/InglouriousBasterds meets Super Heroes; A squad of {{Sociopathic Hero}}es cause all sorts of hell for the local VillainWithGoodPublicity {{Smug Super}}s.

* {{Crossover}}: Ennis doesn't do it a lot, but characters from his major works tend to wander back and forth between stories. Cassidy from ''{{Preacher}}'' shows up in ''The Boys'' as the owner of a bar in New York; Kathryn O'Brien from ''Punisher'' is the same CIA agent from the last arc of ''Hitman''; the vampires that Tommy Monaghan kills in the "Dead Man's Land" arc in ''Hitman'' are led by the new King of the Vampires, after the previous king was killed by [[{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]]; the members of the British SAS unit in ''Stitched'' have gone drinking with [[TheAuthority Kevin Hawkins]]; Billy Butcher of ''TheBoys'' has a fondness for 'spacker porn' that originated with Spacker Dave from Ennis' {{Punisher}} run; and NickFury meets a man named Fuckface who is described as even uglier than [[{{Preacher}} Assface]].

* ''UnknownSoldier''

While he is rather fond of [[AuthorTract author tracts]], his excellent plotting and grasp of character voice makes them work (Assuming you can stomach the subject matter). Many of his characters function as {{Badass Long Coat}}s, but he is also very good at writing down to earth, mortal characters as well (Agent Clive in ''UnknownSoldier'', Tommy in ''Hitman'', Kev in ''The Authority''). The exception to his loathing of superheroes is none other than Comicbook/{{Superman}} himself, surprisingly enough; Ennis writes the character with complete and total respect. Also known for reminding us of the many [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments Of Awesome]] in WorldWarII.

* ''Battlefields'' - A collection of stories set in the Second World War.

* BerserkButton: Much of his work in 2013 so far has reflected an abiding anger at the pedophilia scandals in the Catholic church.

He has also written for:

* the Marvel Comics continuity version of ''ThePunisher''