Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #271

By: Camoron

Camoron — Mon, 30 May 2011 07:24:45 +0000

Dave is correct, Steve Dillon mentioned in a panel at a con last year that he came up with Dogwelder and the idea was really just a big, stupid joke, nothing high brow or metaphorical about it.

By: Dinky

Dinky — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:41:55 +0000

I know it’s an old thread, but I had to add that the DC One Million episode of Hitman had a wonderful character called Blind Bastard in it. Y’know. Sorta’ like Daredevil, only not. Even if you’ve never read the series, you gotta try to get your hands on this book. It was a 5th week one-shot in ’98 or so.

By: Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive

Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:06:54 +0000

[...] 271. Dogwelder More to come! Look for a new Reason every day! (Maybe!) [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:57:20 +0000

I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that Steve Dillon either came up with the idea for Dogwelder or that he designed the character, but either way, he was pretty involved in the creation.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:03:52 +0000

Jean de Baton-Baton’s name was taken from a rant in a Denis Leary comedy routine.

Bueno Excellente was from a line of dialog in a porno movie.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:59:58 +0000

Way I heard it, they started the contest, John McCrea’s first suggestion was ‘Dogwelder’, and they immediately stopped, because nobody could top ‘Dogwelder’ and they all knew it.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:45:47 +0000

If I heard the story correctly Dogwelder was created in a bar. I can’t remember who was there (Ennis was obviously) but they started coming up with “stupidest names for characters” and somebody won with “Dogwelder”

By: sgt pepper

sgt pepper — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:04:07 +0000

Michael Moore’s next movie is going to be about how DC is denying the world it’s right to Hitman. In this case, you’d be more than jusitified in stealing it off the internet, my friend.

And I’m partial to the Defenestrator.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:26:22 +0000

I’d really like to read Hitman, but stupid DC won’t release it in trades.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:36:56 +0000

Hitman is hands down my favorite DC Comic ever.

I really liked part one of JLA/Hitman. but that was a very odd take on Wally.

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:58:29 +0000

Haven’t ever read Hitman, but…

another mobster who only conducted business on the toilet.

…doing business while doing business (by phone) is awesome and efficient…and probably tough on the ass after a while.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:01:33 +0000

He didn’t just weld them to people’s faces. I’m fairly certain Lobo ended up with one attached to his arse (after his marriage to Bueno Excelente).

Having read all of Preacher, quite a bit of his Judge Dredd work, and most of the current run on Punisher (but not, to date, War Stories), I still maintain that Hitman is Garth Ennis’ magnum opus.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:42:56 +0000

I maintain someone must have been cooking the books for Dogwelder to not come in at #1 on the top 50 DC characters poll.

By: Bully

Bully — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:42:17 +0000

Man, I gotta read Hitman one of these days.