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Title: Preacher: Salvation by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1-56389-519-6 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best Preacher yet!
Comment: Simply astounding that some critics feel this the least of the Preacher story arcs to date! Writer Ennis is still perfectly comfortable writing this incredible character in fascinating, if decadent situations. This time out we get to meet Jesse's delightful and utterly enchanting mother, a creature inspired by the painting of Wyeth. Other new enticements include Cindy, the female deputy sheriff; Lorie, the cyclopean girl with an unexpected perspective on the world; Skeeter, the cuddly mongrel whose loyalty and obedience to Jesse proves to be more than merely a life enhancement; and the entirely despicable Odin Quincannon, whose personal perversion intrigues, while it disgusts. Writing such complex characters at this level of sophistication is no easy feat, but Mr. Ennis does so masterfully. Steve Dillon's art perfectly catches the nuances of the characters and their setting. This is truly a virtuoso performance and truly a grand reading experience. Preacher is not for everyone, certainly; but if you love a superb story well told and are not offended by the seamier side of life, there's little better.
Rating: 5
Summary: now this I like...
Comment: I hate bookstores. Every time I try to read a series in order, I run into odd gaps in bookstores' shelf stocks, and I end up reading things all out of order. For example, I planned to read "Preacher" in order, buying each volume from a local comics shop, but when I applied for a job at Borders, I happened to look at the graphic novel section. And there they sat: "Gone to Texas," "Salvation," and "All Hell's A-Coming." Any sign of the volumes in between? Noooo... I have no willpower when it comes to books, so I bought "Salvation" and "All Hell's A-Coming," and all my plans of actually following continuity went straight out the window. Oh well. This has never impaired my enjoyment of other series, and I guess it won't matter much now.
"Salvation" is the seventh collected trade paperback volume of "Preacher, and is apparently a departure from much of the earlier storyline. Following an epic confrontation in which Jesse loses his left eye, and Tulip goes off with Cassidy, Jesse is confused about his mission and his understanding of the world. While trying to find his purpose, he spends some time as the sheriff of Salvation, a small town in western Texas. Jesse soon angers Odin Quincannon, the crazed and crooked owner of a local meat plant, whose efforts to kill Jesse fill most of "Salvation." There are also subplots involving a former Nazi, a woman from Jesse's past, and Cindy, the deputy sheriff. After Jesse leaves Salvation, he reaches the Pacific and takes peyote in an effort to remember what happened to his eye. He remembers, and apparently makes a vital discovery about God's motives and fears.
The violence is a trifle more restrained, though Ennis and Dillon don't shy away from showing plenty of sexual perversions. I personally think Quincannon's particular obsession might have been better left unrevealed; I imagined many things much more disturbing than what Ennis and Dillon finally show, which probably tells you more about me than you really need to know. "Salvation" also contains numerous references to Westerns and the myth of America, which sound slightly out of place in the mouths of Americans, but I can easily forgive that lapse, since the story as a whole is so fun.
Yes, "Salvation" is quieter than "Gone to Texas," but is that really a bad thing? As my band director used to say, unchanging fortissimo gets old fast; you need to vary the volume and tempo to get the full effect of the exciting bits. And soft is good in its own right, anyway. (Besides that, "Salvation" is only quiet in comparison to the rest of "Preacher." Compared to a lot of other literature, it's still incredibly violent and graphic.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Seems like salvation
Comment: After the climatic events in War in the Sun, Garth Ennis decided to give the Preacher series a much needed shift in gears to keep the story from becoming more bungled. We catch up with Jesse and his pooch Skeeter in the town of Salvation where he runs in with his childhood friend Billy Bob's (see Until the End of the World) sister Lorie. He also meets a mysterious older woman named Jodie who he has more in common with than he thinks, and eventually he becomes sherrif of the town. He also runs into vile businessman Odin Quincannon who gives the term "meat lover" a new definition, and he also gets to tangle with the KKK. And, last but certainly not least, Jesse finally finds out what happened to him in the desert, and what happened to his eye. Ennis' storytelling is at his usual best, but Steve Dillon's usually great art isn't at it's best here, but it's still above average. All in all, Salvation is a nice diversion from the series' nearly convulted storytelling, and this sets up the pivotal events that would come in the next chapter All Hell's A Comin', and the finale Alamo.
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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: Cycles (Y: The Last Man, Book 2) by Brian K. Vaughan ISBN: 1401200761 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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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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