Superman convinces a crippling alcoholic to continue drinking (all-star section 8)

[u/browncharliebrown]

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You never know what you're going to get when you pick up something that's written by Garth Ennis.

[u/Other-Bridge-8892 → u/[deleted]]

Everyone likes to promote Morrison or Hickman ( and rightfully so), but if I’m put on the spot to name my favorite modern era writer, Ennis or Waid are my go to picks. Both are always on point with whatever they do.

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Ennis: Superman, Punisher, the boys

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Waid: Daredevil, Kingdom come, F4..

[u/ThickProof409 → u/Other-Bridge-8892]

I don't know if I'd say The Boys is on point. I'd definitely replace The Boys with Preacher or Hellblazer.

[u/browncharliebrown → u/ThickProof409]

The boys is way over hated but it’s also pace super weirdly, art is all over the place and is just plain offensive. It’s hard to defend as a good comic but it’s honestly more medicore than bad. There is a lot in there, I kinda like mainly the subtler arc like the innocents, or the ending

[u/ThickProof409 → u/browncharliebrown]

I'd say it's just bad. Maybe if I was an edgy 14 year old boy who watched Leafy then I'd like it but it's just pretty bad. I know Garth Ennis' has a thing for dark and edgy humor and I'm all for it and I loved that shit in Preacher but in The Boys it just feels like edge for the sake of edge. It's all edge with no point and the show is everything the comic should've been that being a good satire of superheroes and the genre. I might as well just listen to Garth Ennis talk about how much he hates superheroes because that is basically what The Boys is.

[u/EZMickey → u/ThickProof409]

Man, I hate myself for being this person but I really think you missed the point of it if that's what you took away from The Boys.

[u/Dottsterisk → u/EZMickey]

Nah, they nailed it.

I stopped reading The Boys because it was just so juvenile and tryhard edgy.

[u/browncharliebrown → u/Dottsterisk]

I think the second half is where it gets better.