- "Hate the sin... love the sinner!"
- ―Smiley
"Origin of Evil: Part One: Who's Smiling Now?" | |
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Evil Ernie | |
Title: | "Origin of Evil: Part One: Who's Smiling Now?" |
Volume: | 3 |
Number: | 1 |
Cover price: | $3.99 |
Cover date: | October, 2012 |
Publisher: | Dynamite Entertainment |
Credits | |
Chief: | Nick Barrucci |
Writers: | Jesse Blaze Snider |
Pencilers: | Jason Craig |
Inkers: | Jason Craig |
Cover artists: | Tim Seeley; Ardian Syaf; Nick Bradshaw; Dan Brereton |
Cover inker: | Tim Seeley; Ardian Syaf; Nick Bradshaw; Dan Brereton |
Colorists: | Marcio Menyz; Adriano Augusto |
Letterers: | Troy Peteri |
Editors: | Joe Rybandt |
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"Origin of Evil: Part One: Who's Smiling Now?" is the first issue of the Evil Ernie comic book limited series published by Dynamite Entertainment. This is the third series to bear the title Evil Ernie, but the first series published by Dynamite. It was written by Jesse Blaze Snider with artwork and inks by Jason Craig. It was colored by Marcio Menyz & Adriano Augusto and lettered by Troy Peteri. The story was edited by Joe Rybandt. This issue shipped in October, 2012 and carries a cover date of $3.99 per copy (US).
"Who's Smiling Now?"[]
In 1993, Buford King is driving with his pregnant wife and young foster son Ernest Fairchild to a hospital. Something overcomes Buford and he crashes his vehicle into a bus, which violently throws his wife through the window into the side of a bus.
Thirteen years later, Ernest Fairchild visits his foster father in prison. He manages to smuggle in a broken shard of glass, which he uses to slash Buford's mouth open, then begins to stab him repeatedly before the guards restrain him. Miraculously, Buford survives.
Police learn that Ernest Fairchild had recently poisoned the water supply of the town of Lucretia, resulting in the deaths of 665 people. After serving time in the same prison where Buford is incarcerated, Ernest Fairchild is scheduled to be executed. It is said that he will be the youngest person ever executed in the state's history.
Fairchild's final wish is to wear his leather jacket and his Smiley button during the execution. Hordes of protesters and advocates gather outside the Widmark Maximum Security Prison and the event has erupted into a media frenzy. Fairchild is strapped into the electric chair and he stares out among the witnesses. In his view however, all he sees are the faces of twisted and demonic evil. The switch is thrown, but Ernest Fairchild does not die. He becomes... something else.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- R. "Mac" McDaniel
- Samuel Straw
Villains
- Buford King
Minor characters
- Carmen Esposito
- Leonard Price (Behind the scenes only)
- Thana Thomas
Organizations
- Rotwood Department of Corrections
Races & Animals
Locations
- Texas
- Lucretia
- Rotwood
- Widmark Maximum Security Prison
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- "Evil" Ernie Fairchild was created by writer and artist Brian Pulido. He first appeared in his own Evil Ernie comic book series in 1991 by Eternity Comics, which was an imprint of Malibu Graphics. He soon became the face of Brian Pulido's own company, Chaos! Comics. After Chaos discontinued in 2002, the Evil Ernie property was purchased by Devil's Due Publishing. All of the former Chaos! Comics properties were later acquired by Dynamite Entertainment.
- Evil Ernie: Origin of Evil 1 redirects to this page.
- This issue shipped to retailers on October 10th, 2012.
- This issue shipped with a wrap-around cover illustrated by Tim Seeley.
- This issue shipped with a variant cover illustrated by Ardian Syaf.
- This issue shipped with a variant cover illustrated by Nick Bradshaw.
- This issue shipped with a variant cover illustrated by Dan Brereton.
- This issue is reprinted in the Evil Ernie: Origin of Evil trade paperback collection, released in December, 2013.
- Writer Jesse Blaze Snider is the eldest son of hard rock musician and radio talk host Dee Snider. Dee Snider is the former frontman for the band Twisted Sister.
Recommended Reading[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Evil Ernie, Volume 3 #1 at Comics.org
- Evil Ernie, Volume 3 #1 at Comic Vine
- Evil Ernie, Volume 3 #1 at Dynamite Entertainment