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Title: Preacher: Until the End of the World by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1-56389-312-6 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Meet the family
Comment: This is only the second book of comics I've ever read (Preacher, book 1 was the first), but this is great stuff.
In this second collection from Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, we get to play a little catch-up after all the fast and furious medias res action of the first book.
That isn't to say that there isn't plenty going on in these stories. We get to meet Jesse's weird, weird family (have you ever seen "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"?)
There's also a resolution to Jesse and Tulip's knotty love problems. And we get to travel with Cassidy, our favorite bloodsucker from the British Isles, into the belly of the beast, where we learn more about the mysterious agency that is persuing Jesse. After you've finished this second book of Preacher comics, you'll still have many unanswered questions, but you'll have a little surer footing in Jesse Custer's strange world, and you'll have no choice but to go buy the third book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best example of "comic" book writing you'll find
Comment: I read Spider-Man, Justice League and other "super-hero" comics. Preacher belongs to a completely category. No subject or situation is safe from writer Garth Ennis. The first story, which reprints the monthly Preacher issues 8-12, is an outstanding example of brutal storytelling. Yes, there are injections of particularly violent scenes every few pages, which could be described as gratuitous, but what makes the story so readable is the characterisation. You really feel hatred towards the filthy, murderous Jody, T.C. and Gran'ma. A masterstroke is the use of a ghostly image of John Wayne, who acts as Jesse Custer's guardian angel. The second story, which reprints issues 13-17, isn't quite as compelling but that's only in comparison to what has come before. Preacher: Until The End Of The World is a graphic novel that I wouldn't recommend to everyone, purely because of the extreme nature of the story contained within; but for the open-minded, it's a real treat.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fun for the whole dysfunctional family
Comment: A man from Texas confronts the demons of his past in a bloody showdown. Even this seemingly tired plot device is sheer dynamite in the hands of Garth Ennis. This is easily the most emotionally gripping Ennis storyline in his usually irreverent career. I don't mean to suggest some jaring change of pace from the familiar doses of dark hummor associated with Preacher... But even with such mood lightening antics, the darkness of this tale is so pervasive that these clever bits don't provide the familiar relief we are expecting.
This is a good thing. I am all about making the reader/listener/viewer uncomfortable and "Until The End of the World" is a master study of discomfort. This shows the genius of Ennis goes way beyond some routine physically gross torment of protagonist Jesse Custer. Ennis strips Custer of EVERYTHING! His father, his mother, his inbreed hillbilly mutant buddy and his childhood itself are all cast away. But even then Ennis gives us, and Jesse, another black hearted kick in the guts: His woman executed right before his eyes...with a shotgun!!! If your not already up to date on the whole series to this point then stop being lazy and start at the beginning!
This is NOT like some light viewing TV series you can drop in and out of on a whim to see what's up. This is a full scale pop art epic culminating in no less than the ouster of God Almighty himself.
And though nothing on that level of cosmic importance occurs in this particular collection, "Until the end of the World" is still something that can literally put a tear in my eye. The horrors of an abusive childhood put right and put there by Texas justice.
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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: 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: 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: 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: Lucifer: The Divine Comedy by Mike Carey ISBN: 1401200095 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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