- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (28 Dec 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 184023346X
- ISBN-13: 978-1840233469
- Product Dimensions: 30.1 x 22.2 x 1.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #43 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Authors > Ennis, Garth
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Product Description
Everyone's gunning for Dredd in this new colour Judge Dredd collection, featuring stories written by Garth Ennis (Preacher). Dredd takes on the Brotherhood of Marshals, a ruthless secret society born in the heart of the radioactive wasteland known as the Cursed Earth. They won't stop until all Judges are dead, Dredd included. But for him, they've something special in mind. And if that wasn't enough, Judge killer Jonni Kiss is on the loose, and Dredd's badge is on his wish-list. Outnumbered, outgunned...is this the day the Law dies?!
About the Author
GARTH ENNIS is the multi award-winning writer of Preacher, Hellblazer, Hitman, Just a Pilgrim and Punisher. Much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style, he is returning to 2000 AD this year for a special 12-part Dredd epic.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Garth Ennis's reign as JD writer was not a sucess. He felt "Too connected" to the chatacter and was unable to write good stories. However, his knowledge of Dredd's past and character are excellent and Goodnight Kiss is a fine gritty cursed earth story. (The location for alot of the better JD stories) This is a tale of revenge, death and brutality as Dredd is hunted and then hunts down lethal Euro Cit hitman Jonni Kiss. It is a well painted story too with gothic artwork that reflects the words and the story. And the scene with Dredd on the crucifix is one of my personal favourites!
Not perfect by any means but still a great JD story
Not perfect by any means but still a great JD story
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Of all Garth Ennis' extended runs on characters (Dredd, Hellblazer, Hitman, Preacher, Punisher), Judge Dredd is for me his weakest by far. The stories come from early in his career and in a lot of ways Ennis is still learning how to tell a good story. However, unlike Hellblazer, another of his early works, where the occasional clumsiness did not obscure the brilliant wit and invention that made so many of those stories so much fun, most of his Judge Dredd stories revolve around Dredd being incredibly tough and killing lots of people. This is occasionally taken to ridiculous levels - Dredd's killing of two BILLION people in the previous story is mentioned in this one, and in this story Dredd survives being shot several times in the side and crucified without food and water for seven days after which he tears himself free and continues to wander around killing bad guys with no apparent loss of strength or stamina. Things like this take away from the believability of the character and make it difficult to feel any tension.
Compared to John Wagner, who created the Dredd character and wrote Dredd before and after Ennis, Dredd's character under Ennis loses the subtle black humour and obsession with the law to the point of monomania, what humour there is over-the-top and Dredd's character is interchangeable with many other comic book tough guys who kill at the drop of a hat.
Despite all the negativity above, there are good points about Ennis' work on Dredd, and Goodnight Kiss is far from his worst. It tells a mildly entertaining story with lots of over-the-top Ennis violence.
In summary, if you've read a lot of Dredd and want more, you should pick this up - mediocre Dredd is still better than 90% of comics out there. If you're new to Dredd then I would recommend buying one of the Judge Dredd collections by John Wagner instead.
Compared to John Wagner, who created the Dredd character and wrote Dredd before and after Ennis, Dredd's character under Ennis loses the subtle black humour and obsession with the law to the point of monomania, what humour there is over-the-top and Dredd's character is interchangeable with many other comic book tough guys who kill at the drop of a hat.
Despite all the negativity above, there are good points about Ennis' work on Dredd, and Goodnight Kiss is far from his worst. It tells a mildly entertaining story with lots of over-the-top Ennis violence.
In summary, if you've read a lot of Dredd and want more, you should pick this up - mediocre Dredd is still better than 90% of comics out there. If you're new to Dredd then I would recommend buying one of the Judge Dredd collections by John Wagner instead.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A decent dark Dredd tale from Garth Ennis, but where this story really shines is in the excellent, moody painted artwork of Nick Percival.
He perfectly captures the twisted scenes in the Cursed Earth and his version of Judge Dredd is as hard as nails. - brilliant artwork from this guy.
Highly recommended for Dreddheads everywhere.
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