Will Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon ever do more Punisher?
They just might.
With comic stores selling out of Ennis and Dillon’s Punisher faster than Frank Castle can empty a clip, it’s a sure fire bet comics’ hottest character will return, whether in more mini-series or an ongoing.
Although Ennis has said he’s not likely to do another ongoing once Hitman ends next year, he’s got no plans to abandon Marvel’s gun-toting, take-no-prisoners hero anytime soon.
"If Punisher became [an ongoing series], I’d probably pop back from time to time, do a few issues here and there," he says-working with partner-in-crime Dillon, of course.

Is Ennis the new golden boy at the Knights?
Yes, Quesada chuckles, but that’s not saying much.
"He’s the Golden Boy wherever he goes," Quesada says. "Garth writes a story and people just want to read it."
Need proof? Ennis’ Punisher mini-series continues to make the top 10 every month, and collections of his recently completed Preacher series continually sit atop the industry’s bestseller list.
Ennis shapes up to he one of the Knights’ most popular contributors. Of course, teaming him with artists like Joe Jusko (Punisher/Painkiller Jane), John McCrea (Hulk Smash) and Steve Dillon (Punisher) doesn’t hurt, either.
"There’s something about him and Steve [Dillon] doing Punisher-there’s something really sick about those guys," Quesada laughs.

Marvel Knights Survivor
Strand the stars of one of comics’ hottest imprints-Punisher, Black Panther, Shang-Chi, Marvel Boy, Sentry and Black Widow-on a desert isle, "Survivor"-style, and who would come out on top?

WEEK I: Using "mysterious Wakandan technology," the Black Panther builds a cellphone out of a coconut. Later revealed to be just a coconut.
First week casualty: Black Panther

WEEK 2: Standing accused of impersonating a Marvel Knight, Shang-Chi’s pleas that he’s not from DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes falls on deaf ears.
Second week casualty: Shang-Chi

WEEK 3: Eating his body weight in beetle grubs and winning the immunity necklace, Marvel Boy boasts bow he’s now "un-voteoffable."” Later shot in the face by the Punisher.
Third week casualty (literally): Marvel Boy

WEEK 4: Crotchety ol' timer the Sentry won’t stop walking around naked and showing off his fishing pole. Also shot in the face by the Punisher.
Fourth week casualty: The Sentry

FINAL WEEK: The survivors voted off earlier now choose which of the two remaining Marvel Knights-Punisher or Black Widow-gets the bout. As the Punisher cleans his arsenal of guns and dangerously eyes the voters, only one choice stands clear: Kick the Punisher off. C’mon, everyone’s seen enough James Bond and Austin Powers movies to know spies shag like minxes. Who wouldn’t risk a 9mm to get on the Black Widow’s good side?
Winner: Black Widow 

Kill ‘em all!
In the infinite wisdom that WIZARD possesses, we decided to go right to the source when casting the Marvel Knights "Punisher" feature film-writer of the book and noted film buff Garth Ennis himself plays casting director this month!
The outwardly calm and collected Ennis, who is actually a seething cauldron of rage on the inside (as evidenced by his prolific and horrifyingly funny comic work), graciously accepted our invitation, and here’s what he came up with. So nuke some popcorn, grab a soda and plop yer butt in the back row. It’s movie time, Garth Ennis style!

RUTGER HAUER as THE PUNISHER
The way I figure it, Frank Castle is about 50 by now, yet he’s still an incredibly formidable, dangerous character. Dye his hair black. Hauer ("Blade Runner") still looks tough, as if he could go around causing untold carnage and mayhem and not even bat an eyelid at it.

GILLIAN ANDERSON as MOLLY VON RICHTHOFEN
You need someone who could wander around being cool and hip, and get away with doing outrageous things. Gillian Anderson ("X-Files") is one of those people who goes around and is always in control.

JEREMY DAVIES as BUD PLUGG
Who’s small enough? What about that little turd from "Saving Private Ryan"? The one who shits himself and gets the other guy killed? He plays Corporal Upham, the useless little bastard.

STEVE DILLON as DETECTIVE SOAP
Steve told me he’d based Detective Soap on himself, which, if you ever meet Steve, will come as a bit of a shock. But that would be kind of fun, seeing Steve Dillon wandering around being meek and mild. Personally, I don’t think he could do it.

LEONARDO DICAPRIO as SPACKER DAVE
This "Titanic" star’s kinda scrawny. Really, you could fit in whichever sort of young, pretty-boy actor you loathe the most. Somebody who wouldn’t mind having his face filled with about two pounds of metal.

JANE ADAMS as JOAN THE MOUSE
Joan is based on-some people might say ripped off from-the character of Joy in the movie "Happiness." Adams is a sort of mousy little loser.

RALPH FIENNES as ELITE
You never see Elite’s face, but you need someone like Fiennes ("Schindler’s List") with a very cultured, Ivy League kind of voice. Someone with a bit of character, who can do arrogant, nasty and unpleasant and make it seem real.

TOBEY MAGUIRE as THE HOLY
It’d be fun to see him carving people up. Maguire ("Cider House Rules") doesn’t really look like the Holy, but I could see him doing all that terrible, terrible stuff, then having a nervous breakdown afterwards.

SIGOURNEY WEAVER as MA GNUCCI
You could go for someone kind of pretty, but incredibly harsh. Get Sigourney Weaver (the "Alien" movie franchise) to just do "mad vicious bitch." I did originally say Ma was supposed to be, underneath it all, quite attractive. It’s just that through scowling all the time and naturally being a sharp, vicious person, she kind of buried her looks.

NELSON DeCASTRO as MR PAYBACK
Mr. Payback actually came out a lot grungier looking than I expected him to. I could see [comic artist] Nelson machine-gunning people and spouting socialist rhetoric at the same time. That’d be a kind of interesting picture.