Garth Ennis And Jacen Burrow’s Create New Sword And Sorcery Satire Series For AHOY Comics
by Olly MacNamee
Writer Garth Ennis, (Hitman, The Punisher, The Boys) and artist and frequent collaborator, Jacen Burrows (Crossed, The Ribbon Queen) are producing a new series, Babs, for AHOY Comics. A sword and sorcery satire from the publisher synonymous with satire.
Speaking on record, Ennis said:
“Writing BABS was an absolute hoot. The character is one of my favorite types—good at the job but crap at life, with a lousy attitude to boot—and the world of Sword & Sorcery provides endless opportunities for deeply disrespectful humor. Having our heroine smash her way through goblins, ogres, imps, incels and other vermin was extremely satisfying; nobody’s going to be Making Middle Earth Great Again while she’s around.”
Burrow added:
“I’ve been lucky enough to work in a lot of genres over the years but I have always wanted to work on a fantasy story,” said Burrows. “I’m having such a great time getting to design the world and characters and I can’t wait to take readers on this wild ride. The humor, the action, the wild creatures, and settings, this really is a dream project for me!”
As for the overview?
“The series introduces Babs, a skilled barbarian thief with an itchy metal wardrobe and the world’s worst enchanted sword (named Barry). Together Babs and Barry travel the highways and byways of a fabulous fantasy universe—a world of wizards and dragons, trolls and demons, towering palaces and piles of magic treasure—aiming to strike it rich. But Tiberius Toledo, and his band of very white knights, have different plans. While enacting her latest half-assed get-rich-slow scheme, Babs uncovers Toledo’s foul plot to exploit the baser instincts of the local townsfolk, landing her headfirst into an epic battle. Babs wasn’t looking for a fight…but then again, she’s never found a bad situation she couldn’t make a hundred times worse…”
Not one for being left out, AHOY Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer also added:
“Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows master the genre of orcs, dragons, and living swords, adding an ill-gotten bounty of humor and heart. Babs herself—an outsized spirit of greed, frustration, courage, and comic violence—will linger in your memory.”
Look out for Babs #1 in stores on Wednesday July 17th, from AHOY Comics.
