Ennis' best work was, without a doubt, Transmetropolitan. It's based in Mega New York so there's tons of degeneracy but it's usually called out and mocked, not excused and celebrated.
The rest of his stuff is basically just gratuity; violence, sex, drugs, whatever, for it's own sake. He sometimes plays with interesting concepts (like Preacher) but doesn't seem to have the depth to do anything other than a superficial, "I'm 14 and this is deep" exploration and uninspired character drama.
This is something I'd like to see an explicitely non-woke remake/reimagining of. Take these concepts and characters and inject some real world experience into them to give them a bit of soul, something Ennis seems to lack.
To be fair, the comic isn't much better.
Ennis' best work was, without a doubt, Transmetropolitan. It's based in Mega New York so there's tons of degeneracy but it's usually called out and mocked, not excused and celebrated.
The rest of his stuff is basically just gratuity; violence, sex, drugs, whatever, for it's own sake. He sometimes plays with interesting concepts (like Preacher) but doesn't seem to have the depth to do anything other than a superficial, "I'm 14 and this is deep" exploration and uninspired character drama.
This is something I'd like to see an explicitely non-woke remake/reimagining of. Take these concepts and characters and inject some real world experience into them to give them a bit of soul, something Ennis seems to lack.