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Title: Preacher: Ancient History (Preacher Series, Vol 4) by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1-56389-405-X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Saint of Killers Meets Nirvana
Comment: I liked it.
This books includes 3 stories. The first is the story of The Saint of Killers, dramatic and depressing yet attractive - even though the art work stinks. I recommend reading this Preacher book after reading Gone to Texas. Any Preacher fan should read this collection.
The second story is the story of Arseface. Ennis seems to have some good insights, as I am sure readers can identify with one or more of the characters. A very sad and powerful story with a a conclusion a very moving and REALISTIC. I am refering to pages 158 and 159. Get the book, but don't read these pages before you read the full story.
Rating: 3
Summary: About three-fifths of a good thing
Comment: While I would never suggest that a fan of the series *not* read this volume, I can say with confidence the only reason to read it is for the Saint of Killers origin story.
Ennis and Dillon have created a cast of characters and a chain of events in "Preacher" that all feed one another in their own wonderfully twisted psychotic eco-system. In this series, every thing happens for a reason (even if it's a sick one) and no story is told simply for the hell of it.
Except for two stories in this volume.
All the stories in this volume existed outside the regular run of the monthly "Preacher" series. While the Saint miniseries revealed the origin of our favorite modern-day Angel of Death with all the gunpowder and brimstone you'd hoped for, the Arseface and Jody & T.C. oneshots reprinted here must've been some kind of bizarre contract-fulfillment that Ennis clearly had no interest in writing. I swear on a stack of Bibles that there is no reason to waste your time reading either the Arseface origin story and the Jody & T.C...whatever it is.
In short, an essential volume in the series with some non-essential hangers-on.
Rating: 4
Summary: Really Ancient History
Comment: It's flashback time. So to make this even happening, let's keep our regular mad writer and bring three different artists to make this story work out. Guess what? They do make it work out!
Garth Ennis takes us back in flashback sequence one four major characters of his Preacher series to make us see, what makes them tick. Saint of Killers, TC and Jody and last but not least the well named, Arseface.
The story of the Saint of Killers is perhaps in this three part trade paperback in the ever popular Preacher series. You never would have guessed that a cold hearted killer was really human. Heck you might never even guess what this guy's true function in this life is really all about, until you read this for yourself. Anything I say can be considered a spoiler. The art works well. I can't see Steve Dillon's work working well here so it was great having Steve Pugh filling in. His art is grittier and darker and makes this character just a teensy weensy meaner than anything you've ever seen.
Arseface comes in next. This guy is just plain old out of this world. You would never even believe he was human before, but it turns out that he really was. This is the most human of the stories depicting the origin of the character and what makes him who he really is rght now. The way Ennis makes him talk and ctually have the translation for you is unbelievably insane.
TC and Jody's story is fun. These guys are whacko. They have always been whacko ever since they were first introduced. So unlike the other stories, this one would be the goriest of them in terms of things done to people that you never thought can be done. TC's fetish for making out with creatures really is turned up a notch here.
Despite the inconsistence of the art, the 4the volume of the Preacher series stands as an important part. The telling of the origin of these characters makes them more accessible to the reader. It was good for Ennis to talk about these characters. Dillon or no Dillon, Ennis continues to fight the good fight.
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