New Ennis/Dillon?

[Messiah Complex]

Just re-reading the Lady Constantine mini and I noticed in "On the Edge" they mentioned that Ennis and Dillon had a new book coming through Vertigo. No other info was given and as far as I know the book never appeared. Anyone know anything?

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SATAN SAYS: Order through Previews.

[Generic Eric]

The project was to be called City Lights. It is on indefinite hiatus. The first couple of scripts were written but something happened where Steve Dillon is doing a bunch of superhero work for Marvel Comics instead.

[Mr. Palmer]

This sounds interesting. Any idea what it's supposed to be about?

[Generic Eric]

Here' a qoute from Garth Ennis from the Vertigo X promo comic from a couple of years ago.

Garth Ennis: CITY LIGHTS is a several-hundred-page serialized graphic novel about four friends and the four cities they live in and visit. Completely non-genre, just slice-of-life stuff; a tale of male friendship, lovalty, emigration, what you take with you and what you leave behind. Steve'll be doing it in black and white, no color. It is, I suppose, our attempt to pool our resources and show what comics are truly capable of.[/quote]

[Psychocandy]

Here' a qoute from Garth Ennis from the Vertigo X promo comic from a couple of years ago.

Garth Ennis: CITY LIGHTS is a several-hundred-page serialized graphic novel about four friends and the four cities they live in and visit. Completely non-genre, just slice-of-life stuff; a tale of male friendship, lovalty, emigration, what you take with you and what you leave behind. Steve'll be doing it in black and white, no color. It is, I suppose, our attempt to pool our resources and show what comics are truly capable of.[/QUOTE]

Shit. I hope this happens. I love it when Ennis reels in the outlandish humour and goes for something a bit more real. Which isn't to say that i'm not fond of Crazy Ennis too. But just look at titles like True Faith and Troubled Souls. He does this stuff really well.

[FanboyStranger]

I seem to remember an interview where Ennis said that he and Steve wanted this project to be perfect, so they both wanted to set aside the time necessary to insure that. That's why Dillon was taking on so much more mainstream commercial work-- to provide a bit of a financial cushion. Also, Steve has mentioned that he greatly enjoys working with Dan Way, so they lined up a bunch of projects together, the best of which was Supreme Power: Nighthawk, which was basically an "Ennis/Dillon"-esque Vertigo Batman series without all the beer and jokes.

[Bazooka Tooth]

wooooow. sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[Subotai]

Here' a qoute from Garth Ennis from the Vertigo X promo comic from a couple of years ago.

Garth Ennis: CITY LIGHTS is a several-hundred-page serialized graphic novel about four friends and the four cities they live in and visit. Completely non-genre, just slice-of-life stuff; a tale of male friendship, lovalty, emigration, what you take with you and what you leave behind. Steve'll be doing it in black and white, no color. It is, I suppose, our attempt to pool our resources and show what comics are truly capable of.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like the best parts of Preacher.

[Generic Eric]

I seem to remember an interview where Ennis said that he and Steve wanted this project to be perfect, so they both wanted to set aside the time necessary to insure that. That's why Dillon was taking on so much more mainstream commercial work-- to provide a bit of a financial cushion. Also, Steve has mentioned that he greatly enjoys working with Dan Way, so they lined up a bunch of projects together, the best of which was Supreme Power: Nighthawk, which was basically an "Ennis/Dillon"-esque Vertigo Batman series without all the beer and jokes.

I'm glad to hear that City Lights is only on hold. I was fearing that Ennis and Dillon might of had a falling out or Dillon just wasn't up to the task. I'll have to check out that Nighthawk mini series since the two Bullseye mini series were so fun.

[Subotai]

I'm glad to hear that City Lights is only on hold. I was fearing that Ennis and Dillon might of had a falling out or Dillon just wasn't up to the task.

Is there any news or gossip on the former, or is it just that they haven't worked together for a while?

[FanboyStranger]

Is there any news or gossip on the former, or is it just that they haven't worked together for a while?

There was an interview with Ennis recently about The Boys and Midnighter where he said he was still working on City Lights and that Steve was going to find a way to work it into his schedule. Nothing specifi, though.

[Generic Eric]

Is there any news or gossip on the former, or is it just that they haven't worked together for a while?

No just the fact that they seemed to be joined at the hip creatively for over a decade.

[Messiah Complex]

Reading that synopsis of the idea reminds me how long its been since Garth did something with a little more humanity to it. Not that Punisher and the Boys et al. aren't great, but they're action movies, basically. Be nice to see a call back to the emotional work they did with Jesse/Cassidy and John Constantine.

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SATAN SAYS: Anybody catch that new Jackass movie? Emotionally devastating.

[Subotai]

Well, I'd say some Punny stories have a fair bit of humanity beyond the knee-deep gore.

But as for Dillon - I was re-reading Preacher recently and I think for me his art peaked early on, around issue 10-15. He's definitely a superior artist and I'd like to see him working with Ennis, but some of the artists who followed him on Punny were much more interesting.

[Messiah Complex]

True, true, Punisher has its moments, but I think it really got serious when Max came around. The first volume swung between Looney Tunes and cop drama, thematically. I love Dillon's storytelling, his clear sense of blocking and placement. The art itself is sort of plain, but that often works very well with Ennis' style. The exception to that is the first half of Preacher when Matt Hollingsworth was coloring. That art was just phenomenal. Dillon's best, no question, and helps me forgive spottier art on Punisher. Actually, I blame Marvel's overdone inking and digital color. Takes a lot of the subtlety out of the style. Reminds me of Peter Buck's guitar work on Monster. Great and rocking, but the intricacy gets lost under the distortion. Still my favorite REM record.

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SATAN SAYS: What the hell is he talking about?