- Taschenbuch: 144 Seiten
- Verlag: Marvel Comics (März 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0785110143
- ISBN-13: 978-0785110149
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 26 x 16,9 x 0,7 cm
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- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.385.455 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This book marks the 3rd collection of Ennis' run as writer of the Punisher's renaissance under the Marvel Knights banner.
After the initial 12 part first volume, an amazingly fun run, pulp as hell and dark at heart, the series had somewhat left me down, as the second collection went into way too bizarre grounds to be put into the same category of excellence as the first one. This one, though, is another step in the right direction, as well as the beginning of Ennis' total repel of traditional superheroes.
One one hand we have the opening two parter and the concluding single issue story, with unparalleled artist Steve Dillon, grounding the Punisher a bit more in "realistic" pulp crime territory. Still bizarre, still over the top, but without openly fantastic elements. The former is the tale of the Punisher's rescue of a kidnapped mafia don, apparently to get him to stop an all-out New York mafia war... But what the Punisher ultimately has in mind may not be what you expect at all! The latter self-contained issue is a violent, morbid story about the eternal low-key civil war in Ulster, its degeneration into turf war, its loss of any pretence of being about politics and not ere hate. Brilliant, classic Ennis work.
In-between are: A self-contained story of a journalist blackmailing the Punisher into riding along with him to get a story... and receiving far more than he thought he would! A 2-parter about, huh, mafia soldiers being mysteriously kidnapped after having their legs cut off... with a motor-mouthed self-talking Wolverine picking up their trail ending up fighting the Punisher, and basically making himself ridiculous while getting his ass constantly kicked by the Punisher. An entertaining little senseless tale, but a bit too bizarre again an too unfair side, as far as satyrs go. I imagine Ennis was enjoying a bit too much free reign, which he used to vent some frustration towards the dominant genre of US comics and, most of all, its general trademark bad writing. Not enough to put off comic geeks, though, and quite enough to win non-comic fans over, while reminding them exactly that superheroes are merely the flashy, baroque façade of the comics world, but that there's so much more underneath. I am actually looking forward to the hunt for the rest of this series' collections once again!
After the initial 12 part first volume, an amazingly fun run, pulp as hell and dark at heart, the series had somewhat left me down, as the second collection went into way too bizarre grounds to be put into the same category of excellence as the first one. This one, though, is another step in the right direction, as well as the beginning of Ennis' total repel of traditional superheroes.
One one hand we have the opening two parter and the concluding single issue story, with unparalleled artist Steve Dillon, grounding the Punisher a bit more in "realistic" pulp crime territory. Still bizarre, still over the top, but without openly fantastic elements. The former is the tale of the Punisher's rescue of a kidnapped mafia don, apparently to get him to stop an all-out New York mafia war... But what the Punisher ultimately has in mind may not be what you expect at all! The latter self-contained issue is a violent, morbid story about the eternal low-key civil war in Ulster, its degeneration into turf war, its loss of any pretence of being about politics and not ere hate. Brilliant, classic Ennis work.
In-between are: A self-contained story of a journalist blackmailing the Punisher into riding along with him to get a story... and receiving far more than he thought he would! A 2-parter about, huh, mafia soldiers being mysteriously kidnapped after having their legs cut off... with a motor-mouthed self-talking Wolverine picking up their trail ending up fighting the Punisher, and basically making himself ridiculous while getting his ass constantly kicked by the Punisher. An entertaining little senseless tale, but a bit too bizarre again an too unfair side, as far as satyrs go. I imagine Ennis was enjoying a bit too much free reign, which he used to vent some frustration towards the dominant genre of US comics and, most of all, its general trademark bad writing. Not enough to put off comic geeks, though, and quite enough to win non-comic fans over, while reminding them exactly that superheroes are merely the flashy, baroque façade of the comics world, but that there's so much more underneath. I am actually looking forward to the hunt for the rest of this series' collections once again!
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Best of both worlds...
24. August 2004
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This is the first book where you can tell Garth Ennis is feeling like his old self again and is confident enough to introduce the bizarre writing style that made him famous with Hellblazer and Preacher to the world of The Punisher. The storytelling is leaps and bounds above what was found in "Welcome Back, Frank" and "Army of One." From the offbeat tale of the reporter determined to get his story to the shockingly violent and absolutely hysterical crossover with Wolverine; this book fuses the two sides of Garth Ennis and has enough to please fans of his earlier work with fans of The Punisher. It really is the best of both worlds, but Garth is just gettin' started!
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Punisher As A Road-Runner Cartoon
15. August 2005
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Garth Ennis, the genius responsible for "Parents-Need-Guidance" books like "Preacher", "Hellblazer" and "Just A Pilgrim" is back and this time he's working on the book that he was born to write - Marvel Comics' "Punisher". He's responsible for bringing the character back to greatness with his "Welcome Back, Frank" arc and immediately Marvel put him on the regular series. The first story from the regular series is collected in the "Army of One" paperback and this book, "Business As Usual" is the second collection from that same run.
This story collects three stories:
[1] Punisher rescues Don Casino, a godfather, from South America so that he can call a meeting in New York with the other dons. That way, he can wipe them all out in the same place.
[2] An overzealous reporter handcuffs himself to the Punisher to get the "scoop" on him. Needless to say, the results ain't pretty!
[3] Punisher fights Wolverine and an army of "Mini-Mes"
Garth's "Punisher" is constantly frowned upon by the literati of the comics world for its ultra-violence. In my opinion, anybody who thinks that this book is too violent should get his/her brains examined! The violence in this book is akin to that of "Tom & Jerry" cartoons or "Road Runner". It's meant to be over-the-top and funny. My problem with Ennis' "Punisher" is not the violence. After all, you're reading a book called "Punisher" - not "Betty and Veronica"! My problem is that Ennis seemed to be a little too flippant in his writing at times. While the pacing, the attitude, the humour, the freakish characters, etc. are all top-notch, something is still missing from the title (especially for us old fogies who grew up with the Steven Grant version of the character). I think the angst is no longer there. And after a while, the mindless violence and toilet-humour can get a little tired. Fortunately, Ennis realized this also and gave us "BORN", which led to his far-superior "Punisher" run on Marvel MAX presently.
This story collects three stories:
[1] Punisher rescues Don Casino, a godfather, from South America so that he can call a meeting in New York with the other dons. That way, he can wipe them all out in the same place.
[2] An overzealous reporter handcuffs himself to the Punisher to get the "scoop" on him. Needless to say, the results ain't pretty!
[3] Punisher fights Wolverine and an army of "Mini-Mes"
Garth's "Punisher" is constantly frowned upon by the literati of the comics world for its ultra-violence. In my opinion, anybody who thinks that this book is too violent should get his/her brains examined! The violence in this book is akin to that of "Tom & Jerry" cartoons or "Road Runner". It's meant to be over-the-top and funny. My problem with Ennis' "Punisher" is not the violence. After all, you're reading a book called "Punisher" - not "Betty and Veronica"! My problem is that Ennis seemed to be a little too flippant in his writing at times. While the pacing, the attitude, the humour, the freakish characters, etc. are all top-notch, something is still missing from the title (especially for us old fogies who grew up with the Steven Grant version of the character). I think the angst is no longer there. And after a while, the mindless violence and toilet-humour can get a little tired. Fortunately, Ennis realized this also and gave us "BORN", which led to his far-superior "Punisher" run on Marvel MAX presently.
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A little more of the Preacher side of Ennis.
30. November 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
Bisiness as Usual is the third volume in the Marvel Knights Punisher series. Nice work but not as good as the last 2 volumes of this series. Garth Ennis unleashes a little more of the Preacher side of him, especially in the story arc in which Frank Castle aka Punisher, teams-up with Wolverine, the plot is a bit more bizzare. But I think that Ennis just might be trying a little too hard on being bizzare, I think he should just let it flow, writing bizzare and amazing stories is in his blood.
This TPB consists of 4 story arcs, the first is about the Punisher taking on a mission to rescue a mob boss. Why? Even since this boss was kidnapped, the mob have been turning on itself, and the innocents that may be killed when the mobsters have their war is what made Frank take this mission. Then an insane journalist looking for "the exclusive" handcuffs himself to the Punisher to get a story on him. Next, the team-up of the Punisher and Wolverine fighting an army of midgets trying to take over the New York underworld. This story arc is a bit more bizzare than the previous Punisher stories written by Ennis. That bizzarness that you find in Ennis's works is usually what I like about him, but in Punisher, his bizzarness just doesn't work as well as it did for Preacher to me. Dark humor, violence, and a little bit of his trademark bizzarness is the best for Punisher, along with an interesting cast of supporting characters. The best book to find all these qualities is Welcome Back, Frank also written by Ennis, and pencilled by Steve Dillon. Anyways, the last story brings Frank to Garth Ennis's home in Belfast, Ireland, where Frank comes face to face with the terrorism and useless violence in Ireland.
The art for the most part is pretty good, although I'd like Steve Dillon to pencil all of the stories instead of just a couple. I think Dillon's style is the best for Punisher, there's just no one that can draw Punisher as well as he does.
So, the book is worth your money if you're a dedicated Ennis or Punisher fan, but if you're not, or if you are looking for work like the stuff from Welcome Back, Frank, you might not enjoy this too much.
This TPB consists of 4 story arcs, the first is about the Punisher taking on a mission to rescue a mob boss. Why? Even since this boss was kidnapped, the mob have been turning on itself, and the innocents that may be killed when the mobsters have their war is what made Frank take this mission. Then an insane journalist looking for "the exclusive" handcuffs himself to the Punisher to get a story on him. Next, the team-up of the Punisher and Wolverine fighting an army of midgets trying to take over the New York underworld. This story arc is a bit more bizzare than the previous Punisher stories written by Ennis. That bizzarness that you find in Ennis's works is usually what I like about him, but in Punisher, his bizzarness just doesn't work as well as it did for Preacher to me. Dark humor, violence, and a little bit of his trademark bizzarness is the best for Punisher, along with an interesting cast of supporting characters. The best book to find all these qualities is Welcome Back, Frank also written by Ennis, and pencilled by Steve Dillon. Anyways, the last story brings Frank to Garth Ennis's home in Belfast, Ireland, where Frank comes face to face with the terrorism and useless violence in Ireland.
The art for the most part is pretty good, although I'd like Steve Dillon to pencil all of the stories instead of just a couple. I think Dillon's style is the best for Punisher, there's just no one that can draw Punisher as well as he does.
So, the book is worth your money if you're a dedicated Ennis or Punisher fan, but if you're not, or if you are looking for work like the stuff from Welcome Back, Frank, you might not enjoy this too much.
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