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Author Ensley Guffey

Ensley Guffey

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Ensley F. Guffey is an author and pop-culture historian. He has published academic papers on Breaking Bad, Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Farscape, and Marvel’s The Avengers. His latest academic work is co-editing (with Samira S. Nadkarni) the collection War in the Whedonverses: Essays on Warfare and military Studies in the Works of Joss Whedon. Ensley is also the co-author (with K. Dale Koontz) of Wanna Cook? The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad, and Guffey and Koontz are currently at work on their next book, Dreams Given Form: The Unofficial Companion to the Universe of Babylon 5. Ensley has been reading comics since he could reach the spinner-rack, has presented and lectured on war comics in general and Sgt. Rock in particular, and was the curator of Four Color Culture: Comic Books and American History, 1938 – 2014 at the Reece Museum in Johnson City, TN. In his spare time, he continues to gather material for the perfect Sgt. Rock cosplay.

C’est la Guerre Review – Berlin: The Seven Dwarves

Ensley Guffey
Jun 8, 2017
Comic Reviews
Marvano’s juxtaposition of the sun-drenched fields of England and the explosion-ripped pitch of the nights above Berlin is beautiful and terrible, and his portrayal of loss and love in a world gone savage...

C’est la Guerre Advanced Review: The Lost Fleet: Corsair #1

Ensley Guffey
May 25, 2017
Comic Reviews
I’m adding The Lost Fleet: Corsair to my pull list, and if you dig military SF, I suggest you do the same. The Lost Fleet: Corsair #1, variant cover art by Max Bertolini. Jack Campbell and André...

C’est la Guerre Advanced Review: The Forever War #4

Ensley Guffey
May 11, 2017
Comic Reviews
The Forever War is brutal, beautiful, and utterly sublime. Haldeman and Marvano are creating must-read comics with every issue, and providing a master class in just how powerful the medium can be....

Advanced Review: Joe Lansdale & Sam Glanzman’s Red Range.

Ensley Guffey
Apr 21, 2017
Books, Comic Reviews
Red Range is a wild, weird, woolly, and imperfect ride, but definitely one that’s worth taking, blending genres in a way that is dizzying and delightful. Cover of Red Range from It's Alive Press. Art...

C’est la Guerre: Barefoot Gen

Ensley Guffey
Mar 30, 2017
Comic Reviews
Barefoot Gen is the howl of the grass under the elephants’ feet, and a heartbreakingly eloquent plea for peace and life in a world consumed by fire. Cover of Last Gasp's Barefoot Gen, vol. 1, art by...

C’est la Guerre Review: REDLINE #1

Ensley Guffey
Mar 15, 2017
Comic Reviews
Redline (Oni Press) presents a darkly hilarious future that looks way too much like our present military quagmires, and is one of the best new comics of 2017. Redline #1, cover A, art by Clayton...

C’est la Guerre: Joe Haldeman & Marvano on The Forever War

Ensley Guffey
Feb 23, 2017
Comic Books
Thirty years after its first appearance in Europe, Joe Haldeman and Marvano’s The Forever War – a graphic adaptation of Haldeman’s Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning novel of the same title – is...

C’est la Guerre Review: The Forever War #1

Ensley Guffey
Feb 16, 2017
Comic Reviews
The Forever War starts strong, and does an incredible job of foregrounding the all too human soldiers who find themselves part of a military and on a front line that are both markedly different and horribly...

C’est la Guerre Advanced Review: World of Tanks: Roll Out #5

Ensley Guffey
Feb 2, 2017
Comic Reviews
World of Tanks: Roll Out! #5 provides a great end to the limited run, with plenty of action and a beautifully realized, unexpected dose of sharply-edged pathos that elevates the entire series into a...

C’est la Guerre Preview – World of Tanks: Roll Out! #4

Ensley Guffey
Jan 5, 2017
Comic Books, Comic Reviews
Fast paced and historically accurate, World of Tanks: Roll Out! delivers a fast-paced story, gorgeous and gritty art, and doesn’t shy away from the realities of warfare during World War II, making it a...
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