I read the comic books Jennifer Blood #1-6. The Garth Ennis created 'Huntress knock-off' with shades of Dexter is a pretty compelling concept of an assassin who's day-time job is... mother and housewife! Jennifer's profession and story reveals an unconventional past mired in the world of violence and crime. This is a pretty good series, by way of its dark humour, which is equal to that depicted by Ennis in The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game! 8 out of 122013 read

This book collects the first six issues of Jennifer Blood from Dynamite. It was written by the now veteran of the field Garth Ennis - writer of The Boys, Hellblazer, Preacher, Hitman, Just a Pilgrim and many more. The art duties were carried out by Adriano Batista, Marcos Marz and Kewber Baal.On the surface, Jen Fellows is a typical American, suburban housewife. She has a loving, if slightly boring, husband with whom she has had two children - Mark and Alice - the perfect nuclear family. But Jen...

One of Ennis’ more comedic works, which is to say it’s not among his best. But lesser Ennis can still be entertaining, and there’s certainly a degree of fun here. Of course, his idea of fun involves gross-out violence and over-the-top sex, so your mileage may vary. I found Jennifer Blood to be unsurprising. Partially because I’ve read these type of housewife/assassin stories before (most recently and much better in Joelle Jones’ Lady Killer), but also because, eh, there’s not much substance here...

Jennifer is so antisocial and calculated about killing that it makes me smile. She is incapable of love, though she has a family that mustn't find out about her secret life as an assassin, so Jennifer drugs them to sleep before she goes on the job. Her mission is one of revenge and she takes great joy in punishing the bad guys in all sorts of imaginatively gruesome ways. It's not Ennis's best, but there are some fun moments in there.(view spoiler)[Jennifer reveals all the details of her father's...

I love Garth Ennis - but this one is a bit too over the top for me. I like it when he tones it down just a bit - like in War Stories, Volume 1, or the one I am reading now - Pride & Joy.Still - great tale, and great art by Timothy Bradstreet, and all the other artists.

I'll read anything Garth Ennis writes, even a weaker title like this female Punisher knock-off. Jennifer Blood is out for revenge against a crime family of five brothers. The narration is a bit annoying, going for a humorous slant of a hardcore Frank Castle vigilante who waxes lovingly about weaponry in one sentence and worries about picking the kids up from school in the next.I might have liked this more if I read it when it first came out and before I watched Promising Young Woman. Also, it wo...

Interesting take on the "guy-takes-on-the-mob" trope. In fact, halfway through I thought, "This is an excellent rendition of 'Punisher as a housewife'.". And it is exactly that - with a couple of additional twists to make sure it's not just a straight retelling of some of Ennis' good work on Punisher itself.The only thing I'm not sure of is the diary/narration. It definitely stands in stark contrast to the visceral action that plays out - and it makes sure we know it isn't just a boobed-up versi...

Take the Huntress's backstory and cross it with a female Punisher and you have Jennifer Blood. She's out for blood to kill her uncles who murdered her parents while she was growing up. The series got better as it went along. Starting out there was way too much writing in her War Journal, to the point where it took away from the story. The art on the first 2 issues was subpar as well. But as the story moves on, Ennis's black humor starts to emerge and the action picks up. Warning: The violence wa...

A woman sets out to avenge her dead father who was murdered brutally at the hands of his fellow gangsters. But this is no ordinary woman - except she's trying to be. Wife, mother, housewife during the day, Jennifer drugs her family at night and slips out for a night of bloody retribution.Look at the cover. You could almost say you've read the book just by looking at it. Woman with guns... what else could it be? I've read almost everything Garth Ennis has written and this book feels a lot like hi...

Jennifer Blood, by Garth Ennis, is something alarming for even the most veteran reader of blood-splattering comics. If you've think you've seen it all, get ready to guess again! With an excessive approach to brutality that would bedevil Tarantino, Jennifer Blood truly puts the *Graphic in *Graphic* Novel!Saturated with more blood and guts than your local butcher, a torrent of blood addled gore and the violent acts that have predicated them splurge across the panels. And just who is the progenito...

Yesterday I gave the third volume of Battlefields 5/5 but didn’t type a full review and I wrote a 2-star review for the second volume of The Boys. So, this is a 5/5 review for the first volume of a book that gives readers a look at all the reasons that Ennis is such a freaking great writer!What’s it about?Jennifer Blute grew up around crime and was part of a crime family. Now she just wants to be a sweet wife and loving mother for her family… at least that’s what she is in the daytime. At night

Pure action; starring a 50's wife in the early 21st century; a wife with a wimp husband, two children and a secret. Revenge.She gradually takes revenge on her uncles, the killers of her father; The story flows well; it's not the deepest graphic novel I ever seen, but it's well done for what it is. Pure action, sometimes excessive violence, and a well told, compelling story. It works quite nice.

You know as you read this that things are not going to stay as calm and controlled as they seem in the first volume. This tale of suburban revenge killing is light and fun and quick to read. The story is dark and the action gory but despite that it feels like a light read. The author is clearly having fun as is the artist.The art is great. Looks brilliant on the page and suits the tale. If you wanted to you could discuss the realism of the story and how well she gets away with everything but tha...

Fun, blood-soaked revenge romp, though I was a little unhappy about some of the collateral carnage.

Jennifer Blood is a bloody, nasty, for-mature-audiences-only work, featuring writer Ennis' fast-moving, raunchy and black-as-frak wit. The storyline is familiar (see the back cover description), but Ennis' action-lean writing, coupled with Jennifer's eye-popping illustrations and visual tones (courtesy of various artists, colorists and Rob Steen's lettering) make its plot-familiarity irrelevant. This is not a graphic novel for readers put off by gore, nudity and ultra-dark - and effective - them...

So what is it about Garth Ennis I like so much? I don't know, maybe I'm just trying to make up with all the mayhem I missed out from not being able to read comics as a kid. Anyway, not as good as the Preacher series, but still a fun read.

Any time I can pick up something by Garth Ennis, I probably will as he has given me a fair bit of cheeky entertainment over the years. This was just sitting around in online bargain bins waiting for me to find the energy to click buy. The real prize would be collections of his Punisher runs, but in the meantime, I'll read this kind of thing all day.

Goofy and over the top. But also sort of fun. Excessive violence and sex, so proceed at your own risk.

(view spoiler)[1. She didn't consistently wear gloves at the first crime scene.2. A vinyl bodysuit seems like a bad choice for fighting.3. Leaving a signature in blood at the crime scene was a bad idea.4. 10mm may have more stopping power but it is a lot easier to trace.5. She drove her own car to both crime scenes. What about cameras or late arrivals?6. Maiming the drunk at the second crime scene was ill considered. If she had waited a week the victim wouldn't have suspected anything. It was al...

I felt like I was reading the original screenplay to 'Serial Mom'. Or a rewrite of 'La Femme Nikita' by John Waters (whose movies just irritate me to no end). Garth Ennis was really just phoning it in on this one without any real conviction, tons of hackneyed dialogue and a ridiculously campy monologue that cramped the pages. On top of that, we get some very C- grade artwork here that makes the entire thing down another notch. Amateurish on every level.Honestly, this could have worked better as