Garth Ennis Dicks Volume 1 (Paperback)

~ Garth Ennis (Author), John McCrea (Author)

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Comic of the Month...ferociously funny -- I-D Magazine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Garth Ennis Unleashed! John McCrea Unrestrained! Two of comics' most popular creators weave a strange tale of two jaunty friends and their mad escapades. See what these crazy fellas will do for a beer or even a laugh. If you thought Preacher was outrageous and Hitman was gratuitous, then wait until you see Dicks! Graphic Novel, fully illustrated in black and white. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Avatar Press; illustrated edition edition (March 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592910041
• ISBN-13: 978-1592910045
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #581,782 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sick does not even begin to describe this tale..., May 31, 2004

By	Tommy Source - See all my reviews

... of two Northern Irish reprobates, Dougie and Ivor, who decide to become (hopeless) private detectives, and along with their friends Willy, Spence and Wanker, get into a hell of a lot more trouble than they bargained for, thanks to their acquaintance Big Billy, a mysterious man called Bell, and Ivor's ex-uncle (I say ex-uncle because he appears as a ghost... but you can find the details out for yourself).

I've never seen a comic so depraved. Then again, I've never seen a comic so funny! Excellent stuff, but definitely NOT for the easily offended.

4.0 out of 5 stars Demented and delirious, August 19, 2007

By	N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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It's no secret that Garth Ennis (Preacher, Punisher, Hitman, The Boys) has never been the most subtle when it comes to sick and twisted humor, and Dicks has it in spades. Dicks tells the incredibly vulgar adventures of wanna-be private detectives Ivor and Dougie: two Northern Ireland natives who hang with a motley crew and get themselves into all kinds of mayhem. Naturally, there is much vulgarity and release of bodily fluids, as any reader of Ennis would come to expect. Avatar Comics truly lets Ennis and artist John McCrea go wild with no restraints whatsoever. At the end of every issue, we are treated to single to double page spreads involving certain moments in history, and a charming girl named "Trio". Ennis knows how to shock and amuse at the same time, but there are plenty of times when it just feels like too much being thrown at the reader. This is helped by the black and white artwork of his longtime collaborator John McCrea, who manages to do his work free of consequence or restraint as well. As you can tell by now, Dicks is not for all tastes to be sure, and even some fans of Ennis' more sophisticated work may find this TPB to be too much as well. Despite that though, Dicks is a wonderful celebration of the uncensored comic form, from one of the most notably darkly humerous writers to ever grace the comic book medium.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Get Offended By This Book, Your DICKS, December 4, 2004

By	Michael B. Smith "slappy50187" (mormon country,USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the wildest books I have ever read...EVER. I don't think I've ever read so many occurances of the "f" word, or laughed so hard, or out load, doing it. To say the content in this book is for mature readers is both true and false. I think it would be better to say: "for immature mature readers."
Dicks is the story of two lads from Belfast, Dougie and Ivor. After accidently killing his Uncle Shuggie, Ivor inherits his house, along with his problems. Mainly an order for moonshine to a mobster. Finding his uncle's recipe, he fills the order, and the mobster decides to continue buisness with Ivor. Needless, to say Shuggie's ghost, who shows up from time to time just to yell and curse, is not pleased.
Dougie moves in with Ivor after leaving his wife. Aside from the moonshine, Ivor gets it in his noggin that he wants to start a private detective buisness. They shall be called "The Dicks."
Dougie doesn't think this is such great idea, bringing up the point they have no experience, and they don't know how to find a case. Well, this is easily solved by way of a man at the front door with a knife in his back. He instructs our heros of secret meeting and dies.
At the meeting our heros stumple across a drug deal with THEM ending up with it. Ivor comes up with the idea to sell the drugs to the mobster, instead of the moonshine, not knowing they were the mobster's to begin with.
It should be noted that a good ninty percent of this book is written so that the characters speek in an Irish dialect, but it just adds to the charm. You quickly get accustomed to it. If there's something you don't understand, look in the back, a glossery is provided, along with probably the sickest pictures in the book.
This is definatly not a book for anyone who gets offended easily, or even not so easily. You have to just keep reminding yourself: "IT'S JUST A JOKE!" If it's true that everyone has a limit, "Dicks" aims to find it: either with the language, the art, "The History of Wanking," or maybe even with "Trio:The F-ing Whore" who can't help but take on three guys at once.
Yest, it is over the top. Yes, it is dis-tasteful. Yes, it is crude and vulgar...BUT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT! It tries to find every button it can, and like that annoying little kid at the elevator, it just keeps pressing that button. I've never been a fan of the term "pushing the envelope," but this, my friends completely sherds and spits on it.
On the back of the book it says that this guarentees it's creaters Garth Ennis and John McCrea (The team that brought us Hitman from DC Comics) a place in hell, and if you read it you'll be sent there too. Well...I've read it, I loved it, I hope theres more some day. If that condems me to burn in a lake of fire, then I hope I get to meet those two.