‘The Boys’ Creator Garth Ennis Has a New Comic and You Might Just Love It

The world will definitely remember author Garth Ennis for creating The Boys, one of the most popular superhero series in the world. The original comic book series, made popular by Amazon’s hit series, was an underground cult classic that originally failed to enter the mainstream community, but was nevertheless loved by numerous fans around the world.

Thanks to Amazon, the original comic book also became a mainstream title, and while the series is currently preparing for the production of its fifth and final season, Garth Ennis is currently working on a new comic book with Jacen Burrows and you might just enjoy it!

Published by AHOY Comics, Babs is a sword-and-sorcery fantasy work focused on a Barbarian named Babs who, in a hilarious way, tries to get by in life in a world that is seemingly set on destroying her, rather than helping her. As part of the series’ promotion, Ennis had a talk with CBR.com and in it, he discussed the comic book.

In the interview, Garth Ennis discussed several aspects, including his relationship with satire in fictional works (which we have reported about), but he was also asked to comment on the series as well, and he revealed some interesting information about the comic, but also about its main heroine, Babs:

CBR: As you’ve noted a number of times over the years, your early love for Battle-Action greatly influenced the direction of your future work, and I imagine that it would be very hard for fantasy fiction to break through once you’ve gotten hooked on the more realistic stylings of those early war stories.

You’ve mentioned some exceptions, though, so I was wondering, then, what made those rare exceptions break through, like The Hobbit and Hawk the Slayer (which you so ably followed up a few years back with Henry Flint for Rebellon). Hawk the Slayer definitely had a specifically British-approach to the genre (that I supposed you could argue that Pat Mills’ Slaine did, as well). Was that a factor? Or was it just that those writers were so damn good that it was hard to pass up, even when the genre wasn’t to your liking?

Garth Ennis: In fact The Hobbit was one of the very first stories I read (aged six) and I’ve loved it ever since. Why the genre didn’t stay with me was that barely any of the rest of it lived up to Tolkien, certainly not after I discovered the likes of Battle Action and 2000AD. Hawk has its own peculiar charm.

Slaine I liked because Pat Mills went all out to make it different to other sword & sorcery stories, it had 2000AD’s unique stamp- although I should say only the black & white era of that strip has ever appealed to me, and even the latter half of that doesn’t quite stand up to the Bellardinelli/McMahon stories.

I recall reading Stormbringer in my mid-teens and being quite blown away by it, another example of something standing out from the rest of its kind. Ultimately fantasy fiction will always be second best for me because I find the extremity of real life (and stories rooted therein) so much more interesting.

Now and again, though, I’m happy to dabble in the more outlandish genres- as and when the spirit moves me.

The hero of the story, Babs the Barbarian, is a classic capable but flawed protagonist. However, it is interesting that it seems like her biggest flaw is simply shitty luck. What would you term as Babs’ biggest flaw?

Very much that, probably exacerbated by greed.

Source: CBR.com

Babs is not The Boys, but based on what we know, the series might just be hilarious and witty enough for you to enjoy, so we suggest you give it a go.

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