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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
The first volume of the darkest, grittiest graphic novel that I might still bring myself to read, Gone to Texas is a revolutionary comic, and the clearest testimony to the idea that comics are for grown-ups now, not for kids, and that's a good thing.
I never got farther than the third or fourth volume. It's darkness and nastiness just got me down, and I didn't need that in my life at the time of reading. But I have to give it props.
I never got farther than the third or fourth volume. It's darkness and nastiness just got me down, and I didn't need that in my life at the time of reading. But I have to give it props.
Preacher is a classic amongst the DC Vertigo line. It leans heavily on the violent and prurient side, but the art is phenomenal. The dialog is richly peppered with cursing, is also well-written. This volume tells you how the whole shebang got started, so it's essential reading if you're interested in the series. I won't tell you to go run and get it, but if you have the stomach for it and a little grit in your teeth, this is probably for you. (Review manually transferred from digital logs.)
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty sexist and gruesome, not my cup of tea. Great graphics
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was just really not for me. Garth Ennis is huge edgelord in the introduction, and the rest of the book is so edgy I could cut myself on it. I appreciate some of what this book is doing. A main character who wants to fight God was something new in the 90s, but there’s also a lot of pretty gross stuff that doesn’t really add anything to the story.
This was... crazy. I'm not even sure what to say about this series, except that it's seriously demented and highly irreverent. It definitely hooked me into for at least another volume!
A preacher, a hired assassin, and a vampire walk into a bar. . .
There is a lot of that in this book. I haven't had enough coffee this morning to come up with a good punch line.
In the movie Dogma, God leaves heaven to play skee ball on Coney Island disguised as a vagrant. In Preacher, we're not really sure why God has left. While God is gone, an entity known as Genesis escapes the heavenly host, travels to Earth, and embeds itself in Jesse Custer giving him the power of mind control. It also burns everyone in his church alive.
Custer and Genesis have some things in common. They are both born of unions that were not meant to be. Perhaps this is why Genesis chose Custer. Perhaps it was just bored.
Whatever the case, Custer is rescued from the ashes of his church by his ex-girlfriend and an Irish vampire named Cassidy. The angels resurrect a being known as the Saint of Killers to search for Genesis while the police on Earth search for Jesse and his group. The end result is a lot of bloodshed, especially on the law enforcement side of things.
Somehow, Jesse decides that all this means that he is supposed to start looking for God. Cassidy takes the group to a man he knows in New York to get the search started. In a weird twist, Cassidy's friend turns out to be a serial killer who is setting them up.
This lead us back to Texas and eventually to Jesse's boyhood home in Louisiana. Jesse Custer comes from a long line of preachers. In his family women are only used to breed the next preacher and after that they are disposable. If you thought getting through Christmas with drunk uncle Larry was tough, Custer's family will make you realize that it ain't so bad. Custer's mind control doesn't seem to work on his family, at least for a time.
At any rate, there are several themes around uniting opposing forces. With a name like Custer, I am also nearly certain that there will be a last stand at some point in the future. I am moving on to book 2.
There is a lot of that in this book. I haven't had enough coffee this morning to come up with a good punch line.
In the movie Dogma, God leaves heaven to play skee ball on Coney Island disguised as a vagrant. In Preacher, we're not really sure why God has left. While God is gone, an entity known as Genesis escapes the heavenly host, travels to Earth, and embeds itself in Jesse Custer giving him the power of mind control. It also burns everyone in his church alive.
Custer and Genesis have some things in common. They are both born of unions that were not meant to be. Perhaps this is why Genesis chose Custer. Perhaps it was just bored.
Whatever the case, Custer is rescued from the ashes of his church by his ex-girlfriend and an Irish vampire named Cassidy. The angels resurrect a being known as the Saint of Killers to search for Genesis while the police on Earth search for Jesse and his group. The end result is a lot of bloodshed, especially on the law enforcement side of things.
Somehow, Jesse decides that all this means that he is supposed to start looking for God. Cassidy takes the group to a man he knows in New York to get the search started. In a weird twist, Cassidy's friend turns out to be a serial killer who is setting them up.
This lead us back to Texas and eventually to Jesse's boyhood home in Louisiana. Jesse Custer comes from a long line of preachers. In his family women are only used to breed the next preacher and after that they are disposable. If you thought getting through Christmas with drunk uncle Larry was tough, Custer's family will make you realize that it ain't so bad. Custer's mind control doesn't seem to work on his family, at least for a time.
At any rate, there are several themes around uniting opposing forces. With a name like Custer, I am also nearly certain that there will be a last stand at some point in the future. I am moving on to book 2.