So, about The Punisher…. (No, you’re not reading Sims’s blog.)

I just read The Punisher: Widowmaker and I have a question.

What the hell happened to Garth Ennis when he was a kid that this sort of stuff spews out of him? Don’t get me wrong, I thought it was a fantastically put-together and deeply compelling work, but that final confrontation with Jenny and Annabella Cesare…that went places that shocked me, and I watched Castle disembowel a man and string his entrails on a tree.

If the drums that Rich Johnston is beating are to be believed, then Ennis is considering walking away from this book after eight years. I can’t say I blame him: this sort of material has to wear someone down after a while. (Unless, of course, unless they’re a complete sociopath, which is something I don’t think this particular writer is.)