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Shoot (Hellblazer)
"Shoot" is a controversial American comic book story that was scheduled to appear in the 141st issue of the horror series Hellblazer in 1999, published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. Written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning, "Shoot" follows a researcher who searches for the cause of school shootings; she eventually discovers that John Constantine, the magic-using protagonist of Hellblazer, was present at several massacres. Constantine explains to her that he has been looking into the phenomenon, and says it happens because the victims have lost the will to live.
Ellis wrote the story after he finished the six-part storyline "Haunted", his first Hellblazer story arc. The story was acclaimed by Vertigo's staff, who began to prepare for its publication. However, the Columbine High School massacre occurred shortly before "Shoot" was planned to release. DC executive Paul Levitz refused to publish "Shoot" as written; Ellis refused to make the changes he called for, which led to the story's cancellation.
Ellis was intended to become the ongoing writer for Hellblazer, but quit after the cancellation of "Shoot". The story was leaked online in 2000 but was not officially published until October 2010, as part of the special Vertigo Resurrected #1. "Shoot" has been reviewed mostly favourably; journalists praised its message and felt that DC made a mistake in cancelling it.
After Paul Jenkins finished his four-year run on Hellblazer in December 1998, DC Comics (which published it under their mature readers Vertigo imprint) chose Warren Ellis as his successor. Ellis began his run on the title with "Haunted", a six-issue story that followed John Constantine as he searches for the person who murdered a friend. "Haunted" was more political than previous Hellblazer stories, and Ellis's outlook was to show the flaws in English-speaking society as the 20th century came to a close. This led him to write "Shoot", to explore and explain the phenomenon of school shootings.
The story was illustrated by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning. The Vertigo staff reacted very enthusiastically; according to Ellis, "The PR-person at the time went crazy over it". He stated that he team wanted the story to reach as many people as possible, and felt so strongly about it that they began to prepare photocopied versions of the story to send to media organizations.
However, in April 1999, two students killed thirteen people at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. In the wake of the massacre, DC's publisher Paul Levitz learned of the story, and Ellis said he "hit the roof". Levitz refused to publish "Shoot" in its original form, reasoning that the story's subject matter – and in particular its ending – was too disturbing in light of the Columbine massacre. Ellis and Vertigo's head Karen Berger pushed for the story to still be published as it was written, but a couple weeks of negotiations were unsuccessful in reaching this result. Ellis compared Levitz's requested edits to that of an episode of Scooby-Doo, and told DC to either publish the story in its original form or publish it edited without his name on it. "Shoot" was cancelled as a result, and Ellis resigned from writing Hellblazer.
They're only kids, for Christ's sake. This is the best response they can manage to the insane fucking world they're in. They stand there and wait for the bullet.
A female researcher named Penny Carnes is looking for patterns among an increasing number of mass shootings involving children, and is planning to present her findings to a Senate subcommittee. She does not get very far, constantly going in circles and is mentally exhausted. However, she notices that, in much of the photos and video footage of the incidents, John Constantine is present. She is soon visited by Constantine himself, who tells her that she does not have the "faintest fucking idea" at what she sees in the incidents and that the shooters, and those they killed, are victims of society and culture. On the climactic final page, Constantine points out that a teenage boy seen on a surveillance tape – about to be executed by a classmate – is quietly telling him, "Shoot."
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Shoot (Hellblazer)
"Shoot" is a controversial American comic book story that was scheduled to appear in the 141st issue of the horror series Hellblazer in 1999, published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. Written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning, "Shoot" follows a researcher who searches for the cause of school shootings; she eventually discovers that John Constantine, the magic-using protagonist of Hellblazer, was present at several massacres. Constantine explains to her that he has been looking into the phenomenon, and says it happens because the victims have lost the will to live.
Ellis wrote the story after he finished the six-part storyline "Haunted", his first Hellblazer story arc. The story was acclaimed by Vertigo's staff, who began to prepare for its publication. However, the Columbine High School massacre occurred shortly before "Shoot" was planned to release. DC executive Paul Levitz refused to publish "Shoot" as written; Ellis refused to make the changes he called for, which led to the story's cancellation.
Ellis was intended to become the ongoing writer for Hellblazer, but quit after the cancellation of "Shoot". The story was leaked online in 2000 but was not officially published until October 2010, as part of the special Vertigo Resurrected #1. "Shoot" has been reviewed mostly favourably; journalists praised its message and felt that DC made a mistake in cancelling it.
After Paul Jenkins finished his four-year run on Hellblazer in December 1998, DC Comics (which published it under their mature readers Vertigo imprint) chose Warren Ellis as his successor. Ellis began his run on the title with "Haunted", a six-issue story that followed John Constantine as he searches for the person who murdered a friend. "Haunted" was more political than previous Hellblazer stories, and Ellis's outlook was to show the flaws in English-speaking society as the 20th century came to a close. This led him to write "Shoot", to explore and explain the phenomenon of school shootings.
The story was illustrated by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning. The Vertigo staff reacted very enthusiastically; according to Ellis, "The PR-person at the time went crazy over it". He stated that he team wanted the story to reach as many people as possible, and felt so strongly about it that they began to prepare photocopied versions of the story to send to media organizations.
However, in April 1999, two students killed thirteen people at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. In the wake of the massacre, DC's publisher Paul Levitz learned of the story, and Ellis said he "hit the roof". Levitz refused to publish "Shoot" in its original form, reasoning that the story's subject matter – and in particular its ending – was too disturbing in light of the Columbine massacre. Ellis and Vertigo's head Karen Berger pushed for the story to still be published as it was written, but a couple weeks of negotiations were unsuccessful in reaching this result. Ellis compared Levitz's requested edits to that of an episode of Scooby-Doo, and told DC to either publish the story in its original form or publish it edited without his name on it. "Shoot" was cancelled as a result, and Ellis resigned from writing Hellblazer.
They're only kids, for Christ's sake. This is the best response they can manage to the insane fucking world they're in. They stand there and wait for the bullet.
A female researcher named Penny Carnes is looking for patterns among an increasing number of mass shootings involving children, and is planning to present her findings to a Senate subcommittee. She does not get very far, constantly going in circles and is mentally exhausted. However, she notices that, in much of the photos and video footage of the incidents, John Constantine is present. She is soon visited by Constantine himself, who tells her that she does not have the "faintest fucking idea" at what she sees in the incidents and that the shooters, and those they killed, are victims of society and culture. On the climactic final page, Constantine points out that a teenage boy seen on a surveillance tape – about to be executed by a classmate – is quietly telling him, "Shoot."