Adventures in the Rifle Brigade - Softcover

Ennis, Garth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1632158027 ISBN 13: 9781632158024

Publisher: Image Comics, 2016

Synopsis

WORLD WAR TWO WAS NEVER LIKE THIS Determined to win the war on their own, the Rifle Brigade are Britain's top commando team- skilled, deadly, and with no more grip on reality than absolutely necessary. Gasp in awe as Captain Darcy, "Doubtful" Milk, Sergeant Crumb, Corporal Geezer, Hank the Yank and the Piper give Adolf's jackbooted goons the thrashing they richly deserve...

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About the Author

A cornerstone of the modern comic industry, Garth Ennis is most easily recognized as the creator of Preacher, one of the best-selling graphic novel series of all time. His full list of writing credits is nothing short of extraordinary; his career highlights include "Judge Dredd, Hellblazer, The Demon, Hitman, Punisher, The Pro, War Story, and The Boys". Over the past ten years, Ennis has published numerous acclaimed and fan-favorite projects through Avatar Press, including "Dicks, Chronicles Of Wormwood, 303, Streets Of Glory", and the wildly successful Crossed series. He wrote and directed his first film, "Stitched", which Avatar Press continued as an ongoing series.

Beginning his career in comic books as a freelance artist in 1990, David Lapham founded El Capitan Books in 1995 exclusively to publish his Eisner Award-winning crime comic book series, "Stray Bullets". In recent years, he has worked as a writer for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, IDW Publishing, Dark Horse, and finally Avatar Press, on three "Crossed" projects ("Family Values", "Crossed 3D", "Badlands", and "Psychopath"), "Ferals", and "Caligula".

Simon Spurrier, a British author of comic books and novels, first began writing professionally in 2001. He contributed extensively to the library of respected UK publisher 2000 AD, including their flagship comic book series "Judge Dredd, Harry Kipling, Lobster Random, and The Simping Detective". He also wrote several novels set in the 2000 AD and Warhammer 40,000 story continuities. With the debut of his creator-owned series "Gutsville" in 2007, Spurrier began to work in the American comic book market, predominantly on such Marvel Comics properties as "Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider, and X-Men". In 2011, Spurrier launched a successful web comic through Avatar Press, "Crossed: Wish You Were Here", which presents his take on the on the popular horror franchise (CrossedComic.com).

From Booklist

Ennis and Ezquerra's parody of jingoistic-Brit military adventures is just the thing MAD's gang of idiots knew they'd never get away with, and older AD devotees devoutly wish they had. The Rifle Brigade is six invincible (though not inerrant) World War II commandos: hard, handsome Captain Hugo Darcy; Second Lieutenant Cecil Milk, bit of a poofter but a superb marksman and pilot; Sergeant Crumb, largest man in the British army and expert neck wringer; cockney Corporal Geezer, charged with 413 counts of murder as a civilian; Hank the Yank, explosives specialist who jumped the pond to enlist in 1940; and the Piper, a Scotsman. Darcy and Milk engage in real dialogue; Crumb is disyllabic ("Ey-oop!"); Hank, trisyllabic ("Gawd dammit!"); and Geezer, quintisyllablic ("Yer aht of ordah!"). The Piper pipes, fatally to hearers (not including his mates), and can sing. Their encounters with various Nazi swine and collaborators are full of derring-do, sexual innuendo (seldom subtle), and much ado every time "mortally" wounded Milk implores Darcy to grant his dying wish for, uh, intimacy. Outrageous, scabrous, adults-only silliness. Ray Olson
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Edition details

• Publisher: Image Comics
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1632158027
• ISBN 13: 9781632158024
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144