Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker

For the episodes adapting/named after this comic, see Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker; The Last Time to Look on This World of Lies; and Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed.

Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker
Publication information
PublisherDynamite Entertainment
FormatLimited series
Genre
Publication dateJuly 20 – December 21, 2011
No. of issues6
Creative team
Created byGarth Ennis[1][2]
Darick Robertson
Written byGarth Ennis
Artist(s)Darick Robertson
Penciller(s)Darick Robertson
Inker(s)Darick Robertson
Letterer(s)Simon Bowland
Colorist(s)Tony Aviña
Collected editions
Butcher, Baker, CandlestickmakerISBN 978-1784537487

Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker is a six-issue comic book limited series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. Originally published as a spin-off of The Boys, set between issues #59 and #60, following villain protagonist Billy Butcher as he attends his father's funeral before thinking back on his origin story, serving in the Royal Marines, fighting in the Falklands War, meeting and then losing his wife Becky Saunders, and joining the CIA and in-turn the Supe-focused black ops group The Boys following her death. Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker was collected in trade paperback in March 2012 as the tenth volume of The Boys, as The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker.[3]

Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker was adapted as the seventh episode of the second season of the Amazon Prime Video streaming television adaptation of The Boys, with John Noble and Lesley Nicol portraying Sam and Connie Butcher,[4][5][6] as well as to the third season episode "Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed", with Jack Fulton portraying Lenny Butcher.

  1. ^ Press Release (April 16, 2011). "Sneak Peek: The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #1". Major Spoilers. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
  2. ^ Carr, Ari (June 11, 2012). "Review: The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #1". Inter-Comics. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. ^ CBR Staff (March 2, 2012). "The Boys Vol. 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :Noble was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Romano, Nick (January 17, 2021). "The Boys season 3 will tackle Herogasm, one of the raunchiest moments from the comics". Comic Book. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  6. ^ Rowles, Dustin (April 18, 2021). "'The Boys' Showrunner Had A Very Scandalized Reaction To The First 'Herogasm' Production Meeting". Uproxx. Retrieved April 18, 2021.