Chronicles of Wormwood is a six part miniseries written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Jacen Burrows. Avatar Press is publishing the title. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 385 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (400 × 622 pixel, file size: 79 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Cover to Chronicles of Wormwood preview. ... The Avatar Press company logo. ... Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... Jacen Burrows is a San Diego born American artist best known for his work on various comic books from Avatar Press. ... Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... Jacen Burrows is a San Diego born American artist best known for his work on various comic books from Avatar Press. ... The Avatar Press company logo. ...

Synopsis

Chronicles of Wormwood is the story of a benevolent Antichrist his best friend Jesus and a talking rabbit. The story follows God and Satan's attempts to convince Danny Wormwood to begin Armageddon. In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or anti-Christ means a person, office, or group recognized as fulfilling the Biblical prophecies about one who will oppose Christ and substitute himself in Christs place. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This article is about the concept of Satan. ... For other uses, see Armageddon (disambiguation). ...

Main Characters

Danny Wormwood: The Antichrist and Cable TV executive. Has decided against starting Armageddon as he believes it's best to leave humanity to it's own devices and decide it's own progress. Has the power to change one thing permanently a day.

Jesus: Reborn on Earth to play his part in Armageddon. Refused to do God's bidding and started a Peace movement to protest the War In Iraq. Unfortunately he fell victim to police brutality and went into a coma for several years coming out mildly retarded. There have been three conflicts in the late 20th century and early 21st century called Gulf War, all of which refer to conflicts in the Persian Gulf region: Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) (aka First Gulf War). ... January 31 1919: David Kirkwood on the ground after being struck by batons of the Glasgow police Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers and other law enforcement officers. ...

Rabbit: A talking rabbit who acts as observer and asking all the questions for the reader. It is never explained whether the rabbit was given the ability to talk by Danny.

Pope Jacko: The Pope of the Catholic Church. Australian and wishes to use the forthcoming end of the world to his own advantage. Breaks the traditional vow of celibacy by sleeping with clergy. The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ...

Publications

The mini-series has been collected in one volume:

• Chronicles of Wormwood (with Jacen Burrows, 6-issue mini-series, Avatar, 2006-2007, tpb, 144 pages, October 2007, paperback, ISBN 1592910416, limited edition hardcover ISBN 1592910424)

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• The Last Enemy (with Rob Steen, one-shot, Avatar, 48 pages, Fall 2007 ISBN 1592910432)

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External links

• Official Avatar Press page for Chronicles of Wormwood.