True Faith

"True Faith" is a creator-owned British comic story. It was originally published in the adult-orientated anthology comic Crisis between 14 October 1989 and 17 February 1990. Written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Warren Pleece, the story is a satirical critique of organised religion. While the original serialised publication passed without incident, the issue of a collected edition in 1990 drew mainstream controversy; the book was subsequently withdrawn and pulped. In 1997, a new collected edition was produced by DC Comics subsidy Vertigo. Creation Garth Ennis had received his first professional commission "Troubled Souls" for Fleetway Publications' anthology title Crisis earlier in 1989, to positive reader response. Crisis editor Steve MacManus approached Ennis for other ideas. Ennis would recall "I fancied doing something funnier, something that sat better with my own experiences and interests - my distrust of organised religion, in this instance." MacManus assigned Warren Pleece as artist, having been hugely impressed after seeing his work on Velocity, a self-published comic Pleece produced with his brother Gary. Publishing history