Garth Ennis is a comics writer from Northern Ireland, best known for his long-running 'Marvel' series franchise 'Punisher' and the ‘Vertigo’ series 'Preacher.' He also created 'The Boys' for 'Wildstorm' (later 'Dynamite Entertainment'), 'Judge Dredd,' 'Hellblazer' for ‘DC,’ and 'Hitman,' again for ‘DC.’ His writings are characterized as dark, violent, profane, and gritty. Most of his works are inspired by films of John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, and John Woo, while his writing style contains influences of comics writer John Wagner. He once wrote a series that criticized religion and was thus banned. Ennis began writing comics when he was in college. Soon, he began writing for British comics publications and became immensely popular. Hence, he dropped out of college and made comics writing a full-fledged career.
