Pride & Joy

Garth Ennis and John Higgins teamed up for this single-issue DC Comics story, a darkly humorous and heartfelt look at a family of Irish gangsters in 1970s New York. Rather than a sprawling crime epic, it focuses on a young boy's coming-of-age amid his violent relatives, using sharp dialogue and Higgins' vivid art to balance brutality with genuine tenderness. A compact, emotionally resonant one-shot that showcases Ennis' ability to find humanity in the most unlikely places.