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Title: Preacher: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1-56389-261-8 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.66 (68 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: sick, funny violence, and twisted religion
Comment: My God, this is sick! It's also funny as hell, even though I still feel slightly disturbed that I actually laughed at some of the things that happen.
"Preacher: Gone to Texas," is the first of the trade paperback collections of the comics series. I haven't read any of the others, so I really have no idea what happens later, but after reading this first volume, I plan to buy the next ones in the very near future, and continue to not believe I'm laughing. This stuff is addictive.
From what I can tell so far, "Preacher" is the story of preacher Jesse Custer, his ex-girlfriend Tulip, and Cassidy, an Irish vampire. At some point, an angel and a demon had a child named Genesis. Genesis was a new idea, as powerful as God Almighty; it has escaped its heavenly prison and bonded with Jesse. Now Jesse, a moral person despite his many flaws, is searching for God. He plans to ask some serious questions.
"Gone to Texas" falls roughly into two parts. First there's the introduction, where we meet the three main characters, and others, such as the Saint of Killers. Then the three hitchhike to New York City, where they start looking for God and get involved in a serial murder case.
There are times when the gore and cursing get too thick, so they're tiresome instead of funny; that's why I'm not giving this five stars. Still, "Preacher" is one of the best comics I've read in a while, and I'm looking forward to the next collected volumes.
Rating: 5
Summary: The beginning of the Garth Ennis legend!
Comment: Although I rather enjoyed the occasional issue of 'Preacher' that I'd flip through at the local comic shop, I never really got into collecting the series. Then I discovered the first trade paperback, and took a closer look at this legendary funnybook tale of a former Texas minister, his girlfriend, and their mysterious Irish vampire sidekick on their mission to find God. And I must say, I've got to go along with what many of the critics and fellow fans have said about it. It truly is an amazing hybrid of road movie, western, & horror flick, with a bit of modern Biblical epic, and some cop drama & murder-mystery/suspense as well (in this particular volume, anyway). This four-color epic hits on practically every movie genre you can think of short of sci-fi! Well, without it being a movie, anyway. Of course, from the rumors running through the grapevine of comic-book geekdom, 'Preacher' may soon be hitting the celluloid as hard as it did the bristol board!
Although writer Garth Ennis was no stranger to conceptualizing some of comics' darkest and most disturbing, yet unbelievably hilarious moments before he started this saga, 'Preacher' was the book cemented his reputation for these things. With the help of Steve Dillon's renderings, Ennis proves himself the master of the kinda blood & guts that'd make the likes of Paul Verhoeven & Quentin Tarantino queasy, yet mixed with an amazingly dark & sick sense of humor that helps... um... lighten the tone a bit. His rep for creating some of the freakiest and whacked-out supporting characters also began here, with the introduction of Arse-Face, the hideously disfigured teenage son of an overbearing podunk town sheriff. Another great character intro'd here is the Saint of Killers, an indestructible, immortal killing machine, sent by God's angels to deal with the reverend and his Deity-seeking quest. You can see more of his weirder & deadlier side characters in 'Hitman', 'The Rifle Brigade', and 'The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank', all of which I recommend as well.
There's a whole lot more I could say about this 'Preacher Vol. 1: Gone To Texas', but I think you get the idea. And besides, I don't want to give too much of the story away. If what I've written above has swayed you, feel free to check it out!
'Late
Rating: 5
Summary: This is comic book utopia.
Comment: I love this book.
I really love this book.
I reeeeeeeaaaaaaally love this book because of these reasons:
First of all, the story's fantastic.
Two, so is the art.
Three, the characters are wonderful and charismatic.
Four, when it ends you know there are eight more books to read.
I would recommend this book to anyone.
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Title: Preacher : War in the Sun (Preacher Series, Vol 6) by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563894904 Publisher: Diamond Comic Dist. Star Sys. Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Punisher by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon ISBN: 0785107835 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Sin City by Frank Miller ISBN: 1878574590 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Fury ("Max Comics"--Cover) by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson ISBN: 0785108785 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Daredevil Legends: Born Again by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli ISBN: 0871352974 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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