The commission, meeting for the first time with both of its newly-appointed commissioners, Roy Webster, of Hood River, and Dr. Ennis Keizer, of North Bend, approved a year's contract for a consultant in the data processing department who has been the center of considerable controversy in the past.

The second tier of local governance is represented by the town councils — Clare has four in the form of Ennis, Kilrush, Kilkee and Shannon.

Ennis has an annual Bluebonnet festival during the month of April.

Among the buildings she has been active in restoring is the Ennis House in the Hollywood Hills designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Other comics Ennis has written include War Story ( with various artists ) for DC ; The Pro for Image Comics ; The Authority for Wildstorm ; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood ( a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist ), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.

So adding some fantasy superhero narrative, that has always annoyed me a little bit .” Although he has written a number of superhero stories, Ennis has tried to " subvert " the genre as well as he could.

In the 1995 one-shot special Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe, Ennis has the Punisher kill every single superhero and supervillain on Earth.

Ennis has also worked with John Woo on a 5-issue comic book mini-series called Seven Brothers for Virgin Comics.

Ennis is a resolute atheist who has a marked distaste for Christianity.

Ennis has stated that he would " like to see less superheroes "; this desire is reflected in the gritty, realistic tone and the anti-heroic portrayals of both the title character and Nick Fury, who made two guest appearances to the series.

The character has been described as being obsessed with vengeance ; Garth Ennis noted that the character of the Punisher " sees the world in very black and white terms, he solves his problems with utter finality " and that " his response to any problem: when in doubt, hit back hard.

An explosion of talent and publishing has been one of the consequences of free secondary school education introduced in the 1960s, allowing many southern poets ( e. g. Thomas McCarthy, John Ennis, Dennis O ’ Driscoll, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill ) to come to wider notice.

Politically, Ennis has always been considered a Fianna Fáil stronghold.

Ennis has been a center for Irish Traditional Music, and since 1974 has hosted the Fleadh Nua in late May each year, the second largest traditional music festival in Ireland.

Ennis has numerous Football Clubs ( Soccer, GAA & Rugby ) that play in various Leagues from Schoolboys to Senior.

Ennis has many Sports facitities including the Lees Road Sports and Amenity Park ( See Main Article ), The Fair Green which has a Children's Playground and numerous football pitches.

The Ennis Leisure Centre has a fully equipped Gym with a 25m pool, Saunas etc.

Ennis has been married to Margaret Angela Knight since 1980 and they have three sons, one of which is called Micheal Ennis.

The Institute has four campuses in Limerick City, one in both Thurles and Clonmel in County Tipperary and a regional learning centre in Ennis, County Clare.

The following inductees have also been elected to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame: Richie Ashburn, Steve Carlton, Robin Roberts, Mike Schmidt, broadcaster Harry Kalas, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Del Ennis, Chuck Klein, Ed Delahanty, Larry Bowa, Tug McGraw, and Dick Allen.

The county seat is at Ennis, which also serves as a major regional hub for County Clare.

Ennis in County Clare is also the birthplace of Grammy-nominated songstress Maura O ' Connell whose grandmother started a fish market in the town.

The series, which was written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Aaron Campbell, debuted on April 19, 2012 in comics shops and was also available for sale through various website sales outlets like eBay and Amazon. com ; the Ennis story arc, set during the Shadow's original 1930s time period, was featured in the first six issues.

Axel Alonso ( who would later move to Marvel Comics ) began his editorial career at Vertigo on Animal Man, Black Orchid, Doom Patrol and Hellblazer, and also edited the opening issues of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's 100 Bullets and the final issues of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher.

Brian Bolland and Glenn Fabry have also produced a large number of iconic covers for the Vertigo line, Fabry probably being best known for his work on one title: Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher ( and the spin-off miniseries ).

There is also a contest to find who the Duke and Dutchess of Ennis will be for the year.

Ennis is also considered the " Bluebonnet Capital of North Texas ".

Despite its comedic tone, the show sometimes involved serious subjects, such as son Theo's experiences dealing with dyslexia, inspired by Cosby's son Ennis, who was also dyslexic.

He also references the music of The Pogues and the poetry of Brendan Behan, both of these being relevant to Ennis ' Irish heritage.

There are also appearances by writers and artists, including series creator Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, and Jenkins himself.

Ennis also contributed the surreal Time Flies ( with artist Philip Bond ), dealing with time travel paradoxes and Nazis.

From 1993 to 1995 Ennis and John McCrea worked on another DC title, The Demon, during which they introduced super-powered contract killer Tommy Monaghan, also known as Hitman, whose own series would allow their creative partnership to continue when The Demon ended.

The initial 12-issue maxi-series was illustrated by Steve Dillon, who also did a 37-issue series ( even illustrating it and co-writing an issue while Ennis briefly stepped down as writer ) which only ended when Ennis decided to change direction.

While at Marvel, Ennis also wrote stories for Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Hulk, and Thor.

Ennis is also known for his dislike of Superhero story and characters, the dominant style of the American comic book industry.

In 2008, Ennis also wrote a new Dan Dare miniseries published by Virgin Comics.

Alternative versions of Rico from parallel universes also appeared in the novel " Dread Dominion " ( 1994 ) by Stephen Marley, in which he played a major role, and in the comic strip story " Helter Skelter " ( 2001 ) by Garth Ennis ( in which he appeared as part of an ensemble cast of villains ).

Ennis also includes many relief organisations, such as The Samaratans, Clare Care and St. Vincent De Paul.

Leader McCartney personally stood in six constituencies and former Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) MLA George Ennis also stood on the UKUP ticket.

Sean Matgamna, also known as John O ' Mahony ( born 1941, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland ) is a Trotskyist theorist, poet and activist.

He was meant to become a full-time writer for several years, as Delano, Ennis and Jenkins before him, but left the title early after DC refused to publish the story " Shoot ", about high school shootings, following the Columbine High School massacre, despite the fact it had been written and submitted prior to the event.

** “ Death Aid ,” written by Garth Ennis, art by Carlos Ezquerra, in 2000 AD # 711 – 720 ( 1990 – 1991 )

* Tharg the Mighty: “ A Night 2 Remember ,” written by Pat Mills / Gordon Rennie / Robbie Morrison / Dan Abnett / John Tomlinson / Alan Grant / Grant Morrison / Mike Carey / Andy Diggle / Garth Ennis, art by Kevin O ' Neill / Frazer Irving / Ian Gibson / Simon Davis / Kev Walker / John Higgins / Steve Yeowell / Anthony Williams / Jock / Dave Gibbons, in 2000 AD # 1280 ( 2002 )

' Mistral Wind ' is a song written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Sue Ennis and Roger Fisher of the rock group Heart that appeared on the Dog and Butterfly album in 1979.

On April 19, 2012, Dynamite published the The Shadow # 1 written by Ennis, featuring the pulp character.

* " Return of the King " ( written by Garth Ennis, with art by Carlos Ezquerra, in 2000 AD # 733-735, 1991 )

The first four issues called " Deadside ", which were written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Ashley Wood set a much darker tone to the series and moved it away from sci-fi to a more Voodoo magic / mystical setting with horror elements.

This discrepancy was repeated in the story " Judgement Day " ( written by Garth Ennis ), which gave the date 2178 even though it was set after the events in " Max Bubba.

Johnny and Dredd renewed acquaintances in 1992 in the Judge Dredd story " Judgement Day ", written by Garth Ennis and drawn mainly by Ezquerra.

The supporting cast would gain their own spin-off strip Strontium Dogs in the 1990s, written by Garth Ennis and Peter Hogan.

** " Monsters " ( written by Garth Ennis, with art by Steve Pugh, # 750 – 761, 1991 )

** " Dead Man's Hand " ( written by Garth Ennis, with art by Simon Harrison, in 2000 AD Yearbook 1993, 1992 )

** " Return of the Gronk " ( written by Garth Ennis, with art by Nigel Dobbyn, in 2000 AD # 817 – 824, 1993 )

** " How The Gronk Got His Heartses " ( written by Garth Ennis, with art by Nigel Dobbyn, in 2000 AD # 850 – 851, 1993 )

** " The Darkest Star " ( written by Garth Ennis, with art by Nigel Dobbyn, in 2000 AD # 855 – 866, 1993 )

Entitled, Basophil models of homeopathy: a sceptical view, and written by Madeleine Ennis of The Queen ’ s University

The only New Blood character to succeed as an independent property was Hitman, who first appeared in 1993's Demon Annual and went on to star in his own sixty-issue ongoing series from 1996 to 2001 written by Garth Ennis and drawn by John McCrea.

* Bloodlines, a 2007 collection of Hellblazer stories written by Garth Ennis

* Lieutenant Colonel Greg D. Mallory is a fictional character in The Boys, an American creator-owned comic book series written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Darick Robertson

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