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Preacher
Preacher, Volume 5: Dixie Fried
Collects: Preacher #27–33, Preacher Special: Cassidy – Blood and Whiskey
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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Garth Ennis
2,624 books3,169 followersEnnis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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November 17, 2025
This is a 3* as in good, rather than a fuck-you 3*
I bought this for myself as a Christmas present and I've enjoyed reading it. The artwork is good, the characterisation and dialogue excellent, the story ... not bad. It's significantly better than #4 which nearly turned me away from the series. It does not however (for me) have the brilliance of the first two books. Book one really grabbed hold of me, it was fresh, exciting, unpredictable, I didn't know what I had hold of and I liked it. This episode was more comfortable, time spent chilling with old friends. But really I wanted to be shocked, amazed, to be unable to put it down. And that didn't happen.
The artwork, by the late, great Steve Dillon continues to be top notch.
At £10.99 a shot it will take some convincing for me to move on to #6. I might put that money down gambling on finding something as good as #1 from some new talent...
I should add that I've now watched the first season of the Preacher TV show and I really liked it. The show uses the graphic novels as rough guidelines rather than as a script but the end product is very watchable and I give it an 8/10.
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I bought this for myself as a Christmas present and I've enjoyed reading it. The artwork is good, the characterisation and dialogue excellent, the story ... not bad. It's significantly better than #4 which nearly turned me away from the series. It does not however (for me) have the brilliance of the first two books. Book one really grabbed hold of me, it was fresh, exciting, unpredictable, I didn't know what I had hold of and I liked it. This episode was more comfortable, time spent chilling with old friends. But really I wanted to be shocked, amazed, to be unable to put it down. And that didn't happen.
The artwork, by the late, great Steve Dillon continues to be top notch.
At £10.99 a shot it will take some convincing for me to move on to #6. I might put that money down gambling on finding something as good as #1 from some new talent...
I should add that I've now watched the first season of the Preacher TV show and I really liked it. The show uses the graphic novels as rough guidelines rather than as a script but the end product is very watchable and I give it an 8/10.
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January 6, 2023
If you hadn't worked it out by now, these pages of graphic violence, ultra filthy language, decadence, many over-the-top and-then-some characters, a heavenly power called Genesis, angels, demons, God (yes God!) and more might not actually be what Preacher is about!
This volume gets down to focusing hard on the inter-dynamics of the three protagonists as they seek to get answers about Genesis in New Orleans. A thought provoking and intriguing book on so many levels, ranging from the nature of truth and whether people want it; to the battle of the sexes from the viewpoint of a Southern boy; to what would a modern ear God behave like! But don't worry there's tons of dark humour, gore and violence still. A very firm Four Star, 9 out of 12. Outstanding. Just. Outstanding.
2019 read; 2017 read
This volume gets down to focusing hard on the inter-dynamics of the three protagonists as they seek to get answers about Genesis in New Orleans. A thought provoking and intriguing book on so many levels, ranging from the nature of truth and whether people want it; to the battle of the sexes from the viewpoint of a Southern boy; to what would a modern ear God behave like! But don't worry there's tons of dark humour, gore and violence still. A very firm Four Star, 9 out of 12. Outstanding. Just. Outstanding.
2019 read; 2017 read
December 11, 2011
It's a no doubter that this is foul, blasphemous and brutally violent...
However, it's equally doubt free that this is powerfully evocative, brilliantly original and darkly humorous...
It's 100% sans doubt that this is a kudo-worthy masterpiece of American pop literature...
So please put your hands together and give it up for......PREACHER
I’ve read a veritable parking lot full of comics/graphic novels and consider myself some+what of an aficionado of the genre. I’ve also read several pounds short of a ton of most other fiction genres and an oil drum or two of history and non-fiction. I mention this only so that when I back the praise truck up and dump a load of warm, moist awesome on the unique genius of the Preacher series by Garth Ennis, I am doing so not simply in relation to other graphic novels but to the full-color spectrum of everything I’ve previously read.
This series is superb, enthralling and all manner of excellent. True, It's also very brash, very visceral and, potentially, VERY offensive, given the religious themes that are at the heart and “soul” of the narrative. I for one find nothing offensive about it as it doesn’t belittle or poke fun of faith so much as paint an off-color, amoral picture of the universe’s government. This view is no more extreme than those our ancestors took when they wrote about dudes and dudettes in white togas living on a mountain top issuing curses, starting wars and quasi-raping mortals to produce an “all star team” of heroes.
Just my opinion.
Anyway, here’s the low down:
PLOT SUMMARY:
Jesse Custer is on a mission to find GOD...find Him and kick His ass (or at least chew Him a new one!!). Why? Well, Jesse was an unhappy preacher in a small Texas town when he was “possessed” by an entity known as Genesis, an event which killed Jesse’s entire congregation and left Jesse in a bit of a foul mood.
Genesis, it turns out, is the spiritual “love child” of an “forbidden” sexcapade between an archangel and an even “archer” demon. Genesis, as a creature of both pure good and pure evil, has the potential to be the most powerful force in existence. However, it’s also basically an infant soul and has no sense of individual will. Thus, the Jesse/Genesis hybrid which Jesse controls is one BADMOFO (no offense Sammy Jackson, but Jesse has even YOU covered).
Now the cool daddiest part of Jesse’s new situation is definitely The Voice which allows Jesse to “encourage strict compliance” with his orders when he is invoking this power. Thus, when you piss Jesse off and he says to you
...you will...LITERALLY....much to the monkey barrel fun time of the reader!!!
So again, what EXACTLY does this all have to do with God, you ask? Oh yeah, sorry. Well, you see God cut and ran scared the moment that Genesis came into existence and has been in hiding ever sense, afraid Genesis will go all Armageddon on Him. This has left Heaven without proper management and in a bit of a quandary.
I know, not exactly a PC story-line. However, as dark as this tale is, it is not a celebration of wrong. Jesse, in addition to being a complex, fascinating character, has a highly developed sense of right and wrong. Thus, despite all of the blasphemous content leaking through the narrative, it is hard not to feel like you are in good hands with Jesse riding point.
By the way, Jesse is co-piloted on his quest by a hard-drinking, Irish Vampire named Cassidy and Jesse’s tough as nails girlfriend, Tulip O’Hare. Tulip’s character truly shows why Garth Ennis is such an incredible master of his craft. Tulip is not fluff, scenery or some kind of bimbo set piece which might have happened given how larger than life Jesse and Cassidy are. Oh hells no pilgrim. Tuilp is spectacularly well-drawn (no pun), three dimensional and as integral to the series as either of our male badassios. Ennis just doesn’t make many mistakes and he certainly has created an unbelievable cast of characters and a brilliantly unique storyline.
Oh, oh, oh, oh...I have to mention one more thing even though it is only a minor plot point in this volume. BILL HICKS makes an appearance. For those who don’t know of Bill (what a shame) he died in 1994 (at age 33) and was one of my favorite comedians/social commentators. Since his death, he has become a face for politically incorrect social commentary and I just thought he was awesome. So when I am reading this and Ennis works a scene with BH, I went nuts.
Sorry for the random thought, but I wanted to share that so I stuck it at the end. Anyway, in sum, the Preacher series is AS GOOD AS IT GETS. I am only waiting for an “omnibus” version to add it to my “all time favorite” list as I try not to have multiple volumes diluting the list. Until then, it gets 6.0 STARS and my HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!
However, it's equally doubt free that this is powerfully evocative, brilliantly original and darkly humorous...
It's 100% sans doubt that this is a kudo-worthy masterpiece of American pop literature...
So please put your hands together and give it up for......PREACHER
I’ve read a veritable parking lot full of comics/graphic novels and consider myself some+what of an aficionado of the genre. I’ve also read several pounds short of a ton of most other fiction genres and an oil drum or two of history and non-fiction. I mention this only so that when I back the praise truck up and dump a load of warm, moist awesome on the unique genius of the Preacher series by Garth Ennis, I am doing so not simply in relation to other graphic novels but to the full-color spectrum of everything I’ve previously read.
This series is superb, enthralling and all manner of excellent. True, It's also very brash, very visceral and, potentially, VERY offensive, given the religious themes that are at the heart and “soul” of the narrative. I for one find nothing offensive about it as it doesn’t belittle or poke fun of faith so much as paint an off-color, amoral picture of the universe’s government. This view is no more extreme than those our ancestors took when they wrote about dudes and dudettes in white togas living on a mountain top issuing curses, starting wars and quasi-raping mortals to produce an “all star team” of heroes.
Just my opinion.
Anyway, here’s the low down:
PLOT SUMMARY:
Jesse Custer is on a mission to find GOD...find Him and kick His ass (or at least chew Him a new one!!). Why? Well, Jesse was an unhappy preacher in a small Texas town when he was “possessed” by an entity known as Genesis, an event which killed Jesse’s entire congregation and left Jesse in a bit of a foul mood.
Genesis, it turns out, is the spiritual “love child” of an “forbidden” sexcapade between an archangel and an even “archer” demon. Genesis, as a creature of both pure good and pure evil, has the potential to be the most powerful force in existence. However, it’s also basically an infant soul and has no sense of individual will. Thus, the Jesse/Genesis hybrid which Jesse controls is one BADMOFO (no offense Sammy Jackson, but Jesse has even YOU covered).
Now the cool daddiest part of Jesse’s new situation is definitely The Voice which allows Jesse to “encourage strict compliance” with his orders when he is invoking this power. Thus, when you piss Jesse off and he says to you
...you will...LITERALLY....much to the monkey barrel fun time of the reader!!!
So again, what EXACTLY does this all have to do with God, you ask? Oh yeah, sorry. Well, you see God cut and ran scared the moment that Genesis came into existence and has been in hiding ever sense, afraid Genesis will go all Armageddon on Him. This has left Heaven without proper management and in a bit of a quandary.
I know, not exactly a PC story-line. However, as dark as this tale is, it is not a celebration of wrong. Jesse, in addition to being a complex, fascinating character, has a highly developed sense of right and wrong. Thus, despite all of the blasphemous content leaking through the narrative, it is hard not to feel like you are in good hands with Jesse riding point.
By the way, Jesse is co-piloted on his quest by a hard-drinking, Irish Vampire named Cassidy and Jesse’s tough as nails girlfriend, Tulip O’Hare. Tulip’s character truly shows why Garth Ennis is such an incredible master of his craft. Tulip is not fluff, scenery or some kind of bimbo set piece which might have happened given how larger than life Jesse and Cassidy are. Oh hells no pilgrim. Tuilp is spectacularly well-drawn (no pun), three dimensional and as integral to the series as either of our male badassios. Ennis just doesn’t make many mistakes and he certainly has created an unbelievable cast of characters and a brilliantly unique storyline.
Oh, oh, oh, oh...I have to mention one more thing even though it is only a minor plot point in this volume. BILL HICKS makes an appearance. For those who don’t know of Bill (what a shame) he died in 1994 (at age 33) and was one of my favorite comedians/social commentators. Since his death, he has become a face for politically incorrect social commentary and I just thought he was awesome. So when I am reading this and Ennis works a scene with BH, I went nuts.
Sorry for the random thought, but I wanted to share that so I stuck it at the end. Anyway, in sum, the Preacher series is AS GOOD AS IT GETS. I am only waiting for an “omnibus” version to add it to my “all time favorite” list as I try not to have multiple volumes diluting the list. Until then, it gets 6.0 STARS and my HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!
January 16, 2024
the stars of this volume in my opinion are Tulip and Cassidy its 50/50 really
i enjoyed it so much i also enjoyed The special issue about Cassidy and eccarious and les enfants du sang.
after the new truth that we learned about The saint of killers i wonder what will happen now he will switch teams thats for sure.
but we still didnt learn God's whereabouts i couldnt help but feel that this volume felt somehow slow for me ofc i am not in a the mood for reading rightnow but its still was too slow and not addictive at all but it was great and wellmade i hope the pace goes faster for next volume which i ll probably start in a week or so.
i enjoyed it so much i also enjoyed The special issue about Cassidy and eccarious and les enfants du sang.
after the new truth that we learned about The saint of killers i wonder what will happen now he will switch teams thats for sure.
but we still didnt learn God's whereabouts i couldnt help but feel that this volume felt somehow slow for me ofc i am not in a the mood for reading rightnow but its still was too slow and not addictive at all but it was great and wellmade i hope the pace goes faster for next volume which i ll probably start in a week or so.
February 8, 2020
Ποτέ δεν υπήρξα ιδιαίτερος φαν της τζαζ, των βουντού και γενικότερα όλης της κουλτούρας του Αμερικάνικου Νότου.
Μάλλον γι αυτό το λόγο το τεύχος αυτό του Preacher δεν συγκαταλέγεται στα πιο αγαπημένα μου.
Παρ όλα αυτά και εδώ η ιστορία προχωράει με γρήγορους ρυθμούς, η πλοκή αναπτύσσεται αριστοτεχνικά και γενικά είναι μια ακόμα καλή προσθήκη στη σειρά.
Και βέβαια για όποιον συγκινείται από βουντού, τζαζ και όλα τα σχετικά, ένας λόγος παραπάνω να δει αυτό το τεύχος.
Μάλλον γι αυτό το λόγο το τεύχος αυτό του Preacher δεν συγκαταλέγεται στα πιο αγαπημένα μου.
Παρ όλα αυτά και εδώ η ιστορία προχωράει με γρήγορους ρυθμούς, η πλοκή αναπτύσσεται αριστοτεχνικά και γενικά είναι μια ακόμα καλή προσθήκη στη σειρά.
Και βέβαια για όποιον συγκινείται από βουντού, τζαζ και όλα τα σχετικά, ένας λόγος παραπάνω να δει αυτό το τεύχος.
December 10, 2010
Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon are vile and disgusting men who should be banned from the comics industry!
What did they do to so offend me, you ask? Was it the multiple depictions of incredibly graphic violence, including skull shattering gunshots and people getting their faces cut off? No, years of American television has desensitized me to that kind of stuff. Did the many drawings of naked people, orgies and various other disgusting sex acts that you can’t see outside of a third world donkey show make me angry? Meh. Was it the constant profanity in the dialogue? Please. I’m a big fan of cursing. I think it’s an underrated art form.
What was it that made me turn like this on Ennis & Dillon? It was that damn snake.
Not just any snake, but a big honking anaconda draped over our hero, Jesse Custer, as he was in a voodoo trance in a graveyard. What kind of sick bastards would come up with the idea to add a giant snake into their comic? I can handle the murder and mayhem and a disfigured guy whose face looks like an ass, but snakes?
That’s just not right.
Anyhow, Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy are picking up their quest to find God and kick his miserable ass for running out on humanity. The key to finding him and other info is locked in the Genesis entity that inhabits Jesse’s skull, and Cassidy has the bright idea to go see a voodoo priest he knows to see if they can do some kind of possession ritual to shake some tidbits loose. So they’re off to New Orleans, but Cassidy has old enemies in the area, including a gang of Anne Rice inspired vampire wannabe posers. They’ll also have another encounter with Arseface. It’s not all grim though as Herr Starr gets to try on some hats.
But then they do that voodoo ritual and Jesse gets a big snake wrapped around him, and …. It’s too horrible. I can’t go on.
Freakin’ snakes, man….
What did they do to so offend me, you ask? Was it the multiple depictions of incredibly graphic violence, including skull shattering gunshots and people getting their faces cut off? No, years of American television has desensitized me to that kind of stuff. Did the many drawings of naked people, orgies and various other disgusting sex acts that you can’t see outside of a third world donkey show make me angry? Meh. Was it the constant profanity in the dialogue? Please. I’m a big fan of cursing. I think it’s an underrated art form.
What was it that made me turn like this on Ennis & Dillon? It was that damn snake.
Not just any snake, but a big honking anaconda draped over our hero, Jesse Custer, as he was in a voodoo trance in a graveyard. What kind of sick bastards would come up with the idea to add a giant snake into their comic? I can handle the murder and mayhem and a disfigured guy whose face looks like an ass, but snakes?
That’s just not right.
Anyhow, Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy are picking up their quest to find God and kick his miserable ass for running out on humanity. The key to finding him and other info is locked in the Genesis entity that inhabits Jesse’s skull, and Cassidy has the bright idea to go see a voodoo priest he knows to see if they can do some kind of possession ritual to shake some tidbits loose. So they’re off to New Orleans, but Cassidy has old enemies in the area, including a gang of Anne Rice inspired vampire wannabe posers. They’ll also have another encounter with Arseface. It’s not all grim though as Herr Starr gets to try on some hats.
But then they do that voodoo ritual and Jesse gets a big snake wrapped around him, and …. It’s too horrible. I can’t go on.
Freakin’ snakes, man….
February 9, 2017
Ahhh Assface, what a delightfully understated comic/tragic character. To say that I'm invested in all these wonderful and wacky characters is a bit of an understatement, too. They're all going to haunt my nightmares and will have pushed my boundaries for what is acceptable in polite company, too. Gotta love it.
So yeah, we're moving out of the backstory stage and back onto the main quest, mainly, to hunt down god and make him answer for all his dastardly deeds, but first, let's get away from being a man of god, screw psychoanalysis, and go find some shrooms and dance with indians... um... no? Okay, screw that too, let's get VOODOO on this here head-shrinkery. :)
Oh, yeah, and Cassidy's past comes to bite him in the ass. You know. New Orleans. Bunch of wankers, there. :)
So yeah, we're moving out of the backstory stage and back onto the main quest, mainly, to hunt down god and make him answer for all his dastardly deeds, but first, let's get away from being a man of god, screw psychoanalysis, and go find some shrooms and dance with indians... um... no? Okay, screw that too, let's get VOODOO on this here head-shrinkery. :)
Oh, yeah, and Cassidy's past comes to bite him in the ass. You know. New Orleans. Bunch of wankers, there. :)
March 6, 2018
I've been putting off doing this review for like a week but here goes, probably just going to be a lot of pictures ngl. Anyway, it's nice to be back on track after the complete and utter pointlessness of volume 4.
It's great to see more of Tulip and it's also great to see telling Jesse what's up
It's also nice to see her have a night out with a friend, although once again it brings me back to the old 'exactly how self-aware IS Ennis' question that, if I could find a solid answer to, would allow me to just like or dislike his work instead of going back and forth all the time
Having just finish Ennis' first run on Hellblazer, I had to include these panels because apparently he's got some kind of thing for making his main characters' girlfriends lose an eye???
Also this. You're not fooling anyone, Cassidy.
Overall a really enjoyable volume, and I even enjoyed the special issue that was included in this volume [unlike the ENTIRE previous volume]
Really the only bad thing about this volume is that it starts the horrible fucking love triangle that is easily the worst part of the entire series. #why
Garth Ennis, introducing horrible vampire love triangles a full decade before Twilight!
It's great to see more of Tulip and it's also great to see telling Jesse what's up
It's also nice to see her have a night out with a friend, although once again it brings me back to the old 'exactly how self-aware IS Ennis' question that, if I could find a solid answer to, would allow me to just like or dislike his work instead of going back and forth all the time
Having just finish Ennis' first run on Hellblazer, I had to include these panels because apparently he's got some kind of thing for making his main characters' girlfriends lose an eye???
Also this. You're not fooling anyone, Cassidy.
Overall a really enjoyable volume, and I even enjoyed the special issue that was included in this volume [unlike the ENTIRE previous volume]
Really the only bad thing about this volume is that it starts the horrible fucking love triangle that is easily the worst part of the entire series. #why
Garth Ennis, introducing horrible vampire love triangles a full decade before Twilight!
May 13, 2021
Serinin en güzel kapaklı kitabı da bitti. Bir önceki bölümde aradığımız karakterler bu ciltte bol bol yer alıyorlar. Bıçaklarını bileyleyen karakterler var, ki bu da sonraki ciltlerde kargaşaya işaret. Hoşuma gitmeyen bir gönül işi durumu açığa çıktı, bakalım nasıl başa çıkılacak. Thank u, next.
February 21, 2019
This is a collection that focuses on Cassidy. It contains a flashback of him living in New Orleans and finding another vampire. This flashback will tie in to the events that are happening in the present. Also, Cassidy makes a declaration that could affect the triumvirate of friends forever.
There was a couple of reasons that this collection was not my favorite. I did like the beginning with the flashback of Cassidy. It was a nice way to show Cassidy is not like vampires we see all thru various works and that he is his own vampire. He doesn't exactly adhere to the rules. After his flashback story and when we get to the present this collection did nothing for me. I have read that some reviews believe this to be filler. I view it as more set up and I believe that things are about to hit the fan. I believe this series works best when they are satirical and this collection went away with that as it concentrated on set up. I also did not like the artwork which was a change because I have enjoyed the artwork for this series. The problem was some characters looked too similar to other characters. I don't know if this was intentional but it did get confusing.
Every story needs peaks and valleys in the action to keep the story going. This was a valley as there wasn't much to it. I am curious where they are taking a character even though I am not a fan of this development. Not the best collection but I am still enjoying this series.
There was a couple of reasons that this collection was not my favorite. I did like the beginning with the flashback of Cassidy. It was a nice way to show Cassidy is not like vampires we see all thru various works and that he is his own vampire. He doesn't exactly adhere to the rules. After his flashback story and when we get to the present this collection did nothing for me. I have read that some reviews believe this to be filler. I view it as more set up and I believe that things are about to hit the fan. I believe this series works best when they are satirical and this collection went away with that as it concentrated on set up. I also did not like the artwork which was a change because I have enjoyed the artwork for this series. The problem was some characters looked too similar to other characters. I don't know if this was intentional but it did get confusing.
Every story needs peaks and valleys in the action to keep the story going. This was a valley as there wasn't much to it. I am curious where they are taking a character even though I am not a fan of this development. Not the best collection but I am still enjoying this series.
November 28, 2021
The story of the Preacher goes on and it’s as good as ever.
I keep fearing that when I pick up the next installment, it will stop being good. After all how can Ennis carry on and keep it as awesome as how it started. But somehow they manage to do just that.
I really enjoyed Cassidy’s backstory and flashbacks to his encounter with another vampire and his “crew”. That part was pretty great.
Arseface was…awkwardly weird, as usual but smirk worthy, to say the least. What an odd character to begin with.
Tulip’s new admirer is not who I expected it would be. Not in the slightest, and I am just antsy with anticipation to see what happens. Because something will happen and it’s making me cringe on the inside. But also…c’moooonnn.
That’s pretty much the most I can say on that topic without spoiling the whole thing, sooo.
Jesse is, as always, in his pursuit of finding God, but despite his best efforts not making any progress. Can’t say I’m surprised, but I am looking forward to how he will go about finding God, and that’s primarily what keeps me reading on from Book 1 until now.
Because, if for nothing else, what kind of a quest is that???
Roman
I keep fearing that when I pick up the next installment, it will stop being good. After all how can Ennis carry on and keep it as awesome as how it started. But somehow they manage to do just that.
I really enjoyed Cassidy’s backstory and flashbacks to his encounter with another vampire and his “crew”. That part was pretty great.
Arseface was…awkwardly weird, as usual but smirk worthy, to say the least. What an odd character to begin with.
Tulip’s new admirer is not who I expected it would be. Not in the slightest, and I am just antsy with anticipation to see what happens. Because something will happen and it’s making me cringe on the inside. But also…c’moooonnn.
That’s pretty much the most I can say on that topic without spoiling the whole thing, sooo.
Jesse is, as always, in his pursuit of finding God, but despite his best efforts not making any progress. Can’t say I’m surprised, but I am looking forward to how he will go about finding God, and that’s primarily what keeps me reading on from Book 1 until now.
Because, if for nothing else, what kind of a quest is that???
Roman
December 4, 2024
"Fuck you, you son of a bitch. Fuck you, you son of a bitch. Fuck you, you son of a bitch...I hope you fucking die."
December 11, 2021
Mentre procedono un minimo la trama principale (con Jesse che tramite un rito voodoo si mette in contatto con Genesis, e ora ha deciso di lasciarlo libero per riuscire a trovare e a sconfiggere Dio) e qualche altra trama secondaria (scopriamo qualcosa sul passato di Tulip, sotto forma dell'amica Amy; torna Facciadiculo; e Starr è pronto a tornare a caccia di Custer), i riflettori bene o male qui sono su Cassidy.
Su Cassidy e sul suo rapporto con Tulip, in un vortice che non capiamo bene quanto sia generato da veri sentimenti e quanto dal rito tentato da Dee.
Perché abbiamo Cassidy che prima, ubriaco fradicio, si dichiara a Tulip mettendo a rischio la sua stessa amicizia con Jesse. Corretta la reazione contrita e vergognosa, corretto il comportamento successivo... ma quando poi torna a insistere, a dire che pure lei prova le stesse cose, arrivando a minacciare Jesse mentre ne parla con Tulip, beh, sembra quasi troppo eccessivo, come se ci fosse altro dietro.
La maledizione, il rito vendicativo di Dee.
Però poi abbiamo il racconto di Xavier, il tradimento nel passato che quasi si riflette nel presente, anche se Tulip non è Dee e lo mette subito bene in chiaro.
Quindi nel migliore dei casi Cassidy potenzialmente distruggerà tutto ciò che toccherà, colpito dalla maledizione (e magari anche Xavier ci aggiungerà il suo carico).
Nel peggiore, continuerà a star dietro a Tulip all'insaputa del suo amico, col rischio che parta di testa e tenti di costringerla, o incastri in qualche modo il predicatore, o peggio ancora la cosa salti fuori nel momento meno opportuno mettendo emotivamente ko Jesse, magari durante un combattimento... sviluppi interessanti e pieni di potenziale, mentre il trio prosegue la sua caccia a Dio e a Genesis, mentre il Santo e il Graal sono in giro a cercarli, in un tutti contro tutti potenzialmente letale.
Su Cassidy e sul suo rapporto con Tulip, in un vortice che non capiamo bene quanto sia generato da veri sentimenti e quanto dal rito tentato da Dee.
Perché abbiamo Cassidy che prima, ubriaco fradicio, si dichiara a Tulip mettendo a rischio la sua stessa amicizia con Jesse. Corretta la reazione contrita e vergognosa, corretto il comportamento successivo... ma quando poi torna a insistere, a dire che pure lei prova le stesse cose, arrivando a minacciare Jesse mentre ne parla con Tulip, beh, sembra quasi troppo eccessivo, come se ci fosse altro dietro.
La maledizione, il rito vendicativo di Dee.
Però poi abbiamo il racconto di Xavier, il tradimento nel passato che quasi si riflette nel presente, anche se Tulip non è Dee e lo mette subito bene in chiaro.
Quindi nel migliore dei casi Cassidy potenzialmente distruggerà tutto ciò che toccherà, colpito dalla maledizione (e magari anche Xavier ci aggiungerà il suo carico).
Nel peggiore, continuerà a star dietro a Tulip all'insaputa del suo amico, col rischio che parta di testa e tenti di costringerla, o incastri in qualche modo il predicatore, o peggio ancora la cosa salti fuori nel momento meno opportuno mettendo emotivamente ko Jesse, magari durante un combattimento... sviluppi interessanti e pieni di potenziale, mentre il trio prosegue la sua caccia a Dio e a Genesis, mentre il Santo e il Graal sono in giro a cercarli, in un tutti contro tutti potenzialmente letale.
December 29, 2015
I loved this series as a teenager, although I didn’t start reading it until it was close to the end of its run. My father often took me to the comic store as a kid, but I was until a certain age only allowed to browse through old issues of DC and Marvel titles, the ones originally priced, as indicated on their covers, at 35 or 40 cents, and kept in protective coverings in a separate part of the store from the new releases; my parents justified this to me at the time with the sophistry that new comics were ‘crazy’, and that the writers had ‘run out of ideas.’ I guess I must have been twelve or thirteen before I developed the chutzpah to take one of the individual issues of Preacher up to the counter.
The story follows a Texas preacher, Jesse Custer, whose mind is invaded by an entity that is half angel and half demon (I hate when that happens, personally); the entity informs him that god has abandoned his responsibilities in heaven and now walks the earth. Jesse, his girlfriend Tulip, and an Irish vampire named Cassidy decide to search for god, to confront him and make him answer for the misery of the world he’s made. There is also a villain named Herr Starr, who- I can’t quite remember- is the leader or highest ranking member of some secretive cult of some sort, and I think he wants to use Jesse as his own messiah, a figurehead, for…well, it’s hard to remember now, but surely for some nefarious purpose or other. Preacher will soon apparently be adapted into a TV show, and most likely not a good one, but I’ll at least watch the first episode. I haven’t read it in years, and I think there are elements of the story that would now make me cringe, but I feel confident in the memory that Ennis is a great writer of dialogue, of confrontational moments, and that the series is frequently both dramatic and hilarious. Preacher is very cinematic, influenced by the morality and simple plot construction of Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and John Woo; it’s almost all dialogue and action, no thought bubbles or narrative boxes or notes to the reader like “see Amazing Spider-Man #335- ed.” The artwork helps with that too; it takes us to the deep rural south, early twentieth century New York, revolutionary Ireland, New Orleans, Monument Valley, and finally, San Antonio and the Alamo.
Like Dickens and Tolstoy in centuries past, Ennis (and the majority of comic book writers, I guess) was writing this as he went along, which means that he couldn’t go back and fix or change something in a previously released issue, if he needed to. I have no idea how far ahead he and Dillon were, but I do remember that the monthly issue was never late (I also remember there were certain comics at the time that got a lot of hype but would routinely be months late; people eventually lost interest); nevertheless, some of the early issues of the series seem improvisational. This collection is where the series started to hit its stride, in my opinion. The next story, collected as War in the Sun, in which Herr Starr detonates a nuclear bomb in Monument Valley (I never claimed the story was plausible), is also great. But I think that this collection in particular, in which Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy go to New Orleans in search of a practitioner of voodoo who may be able to help Jesse locate god, is where Ennis started to realize what a complex and interesting character he had in Cassidy, Jesse’s alcoholic, jealous, pathetic, loyal friend. It also moves beyond the, well, comic-book violence of many of the earlier installments, and focuses instead on one specific act of violence, and all of its horrible ramifications.
Ennis was always confident enough in his sense of story to digress freely about whatever he wanted. This is also the collection in which Jesse relates to Cassidy, while they walk around the French Quarter, having wandered into a bar where the late comedian Bill Hicks happened to be performing; and they just talk about Bill Hicks for about five pages.
Years after I read this I lived and worked in New Orleans, post-Katrina; but most of the downtown area was undamaged, and I could still remember the images from this comic.
April 28, 2020
Cassidy kimdir nedir ne kadar haysiyetsizdir öğrendiğimiz cilt :) Her ne kadar normal bir tipin yer almadığını bilsem de Cassidy gibi bir tipe dayanmam çok mümkün değil.
Bir çizgi roman serisinden beklenen herşeyin olduğu Vaiz güzel gidiyor. Fakat bazı karelerde karşılaştığım özensizlik ya da farklı karakter tasarımları ister istemez düşündürüyor.
Bir çizgi roman serisinden beklenen herşeyin olduğu Vaiz güzel gidiyor. Fakat bazı karelerde karşılaştığım özensizlik ya da farklı karakter tasarımları ister istemez düşündürüyor.
August 30, 2015
Resurgence of the Great Hunt For God, with a whole bag full of rich side quests along the way.
My absolute favourite story, maybe in the whole series, is Cassidy in New Orleans meeting an Anne Rice vampire - and his goth hangers-on. Ennis conjures up the emo heartfelt tortured immortal as well as any of those deadly serious books ever did, and then kicks them straight in the balls exactly as it should be. I read a couple of those Anne Rice turds as a young man, but even then I wasn't able to stomach any more, and I was never sure - until I first read Preacher - if that was some kind of moral failing of mine.
Cassidy's disgust and dry sarcasm are the perfect balm for that scuff on my soul. His moral outrage is even better near the end. Makes a man proud to have Irish roots, I tell ya.
Arseface and Herr Starr both after Custer. Then Les Enfants du Sang after Cass, and a little tribute to Bill Hicks of all people...quite a cast of people gunning for these terrible lost souls. You'd almost think they'd done something right to warrant this kind of hatred.
And there's some uncomfortable stuff in here, stress between Tulip and Cassidy - the kind of shit if you were hearing it firsthand, and if you're anything like me, you'd be sitting there dumbfounded, no idea what to say to break the tension, no idea how to escape so you're not assaulted all day by the brutality of all the emotional turmoil.
I don't begrudge it being in here - it's a pretty common occurrence in life, and makes for some rich, nuanced characters - but holy good god it's probably more tense than some of the "who's going to die next" subplots we endure in long-running books like this. I think I'd rather a poetic or pathetic end than this slow, agonizing drag through a field of broken glass.
My absolute favourite story, maybe in the whole series, is Cassidy in New Orleans meeting an Anne Rice vampire - and his goth hangers-on. Ennis conjures up the emo heartfelt tortured immortal as well as any of those deadly serious books ever did, and then kicks them straight in the balls exactly as it should be. I read a couple of those Anne Rice turds as a young man, but even then I wasn't able to stomach any more, and I was never sure - until I first read Preacher - if that was some kind of moral failing of mine.
Cassidy's disgust and dry sarcasm are the perfect balm for that scuff on my soul. His moral outrage is even better near the end. Makes a man proud to have Irish roots, I tell ya.
Arseface and Herr Starr both after Custer. Then Les Enfants du Sang after Cass, and a little tribute to Bill Hicks of all people...quite a cast of people gunning for these terrible lost souls. You'd almost think they'd done something right to warrant this kind of hatred.
And there's some uncomfortable stuff in here, stress between Tulip and Cassidy - the kind of shit if you were hearing it firsthand, and if you're anything like me, you'd be sitting there dumbfounded, no idea what to say to break the tension, no idea how to escape so you're not assaulted all day by the brutality of all the emotional turmoil.
I don't begrudge it being in here - it's a pretty common occurrence in life, and makes for some rich, nuanced characters - but holy good god it's probably more tense than some of the "who's going to die next" subplots we endure in long-running books like this. I think I'd rather a poetic or pathetic end than this slow, agonizing drag through a field of broken glass.
July 1, 2010
Dixie Fried feels a little bit like filler.
It opens with an entertaining story of Cassidy finding another vampire in New Orleans--as well as a group of immortal-wannabes. This sets up the action for the present-day when Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy visit the city. The stop-over leads to a voodoo trance, flying bullets, uncomfortable revelations, a beheading, and a meeting with none other than Arseface.
Since I'm not crazy about the route Ennis is taking with Cassidy, I was somewhat dissappointed in this installment. Still, it was nice to see a resolution for Arseface and to learn more about the entity sharing soul-space with the Preacher. Back to the normal gory mayhem in the next book!
It opens with an entertaining story of Cassidy finding another vampire in New Orleans--as well as a group of immortal-wannabes. This sets up the action for the present-day when Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy visit the city. The stop-over leads to a voodoo trance, flying bullets, uncomfortable revelations, a beheading, and a meeting with none other than Arseface.
Since I'm not crazy about the route Ennis is taking with Cassidy, I was somewhat dissappointed in this installment. Still, it was nice to see a resolution for Arseface and to learn more about the entity sharing soul-space with the Preacher. Back to the normal gory mayhem in the next book!
June 17, 2016
Dixie Fried felt like a large yet necessary filler chapter om Preacher. It sets the playground for the next arc of the story, which is to find God by letting Genesis overtake Jesse Custer's consciousness. The whole Cass vs. Les Enfants subplot is more like a channel for some some violent and bloody action.
I absolutely do not dig the love triangle subplot though. Tulip, Jesse and Cass are so awesome together that painting a malicious issue between them really hurts the way I see them. I hope this goes to something relevant and good.
Arseface was a bit of a chore to read. He is funny as ever yet he works best in small doses. Going full Arseface is not the way to go.
Volume 5 may not be as good as the other Preacher volumes but it is blasphemously entertaining and funny to read.
I absolutely do not dig the love triangle subplot though. Tulip, Jesse and Cass are so awesome together that painting a malicious issue between them really hurts the way I see them. I hope this goes to something relevant and good.
Arseface was a bit of a chore to read. He is funny as ever yet he works best in small doses. Going full Arseface is not the way to go.
Volume 5 may not be as good as the other Preacher volumes but it is blasphemously entertaining and funny to read.
June 18, 2015
Not my favorite volume.
January 8, 2021
Pretty funny bit when Tulip called Jesse and Cassidy out when they were on a anti therapy rant
June 2, 2014
What to say...what to say...
Well it keeps on moving right along, picking up after our interlude in Vol. 4 with the excellent Saint of Killers story.
But first we have the best story of the Volume, with Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey. Cassidy is in New Orleans and runs into another vampire, only this one turns out to be a tosser, a wanker, a pompous twat. Worst part is, he's got a cult of gothic morons following him and worshipping. Cassidy ends up taking the guy out (in a fantastic crucifixion on the church roof with the sunlight) because of his preying on the stupid goth kids.
This exists to show us that Cassidy is a good man when push comes to shove...that's crucial because most of the rest of the book is showing us what an absolute asshole he can also be, just by not thinking or not caring.
Throw in Tulip kicking ass, Jesse getting into a Voodoo trance, and Arseface hitting the big time, and you've got the idea.
I hope that's it for Arseface, as he's a waste of time now, no need for comic relief thanks. Also, not enough Saint of Killers...
Still a very solid book, moving forward on the theme of friendship, and men with their friends, a very accurate description put forward by Ennis (for many men at least, of the 'shrinks are for sissies' ilk and what they consider to be important qualities in a friend. Funny in that Jesse sees Cassidy having all the qualities, whereas Tulip sees his other side, and we the reader get to see and decide for ourselves, but it's a very well written dichotomy between who Cassidy can be, and who he is, by virtue of laziness or just exhaustion from being 75+yrs old.
Well it keeps on moving right along, picking up after our interlude in Vol. 4 with the excellent Saint of Killers story.
But first we have the best story of the Volume, with Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey. Cassidy is in New Orleans and runs into another vampire, only this one turns out to be a tosser, a wanker, a pompous twat. Worst part is, he's got a cult of gothic morons following him and worshipping. Cassidy ends up taking the guy out (in a fantastic crucifixion on the church roof with the sunlight) because of his preying on the stupid goth kids.
This exists to show us that Cassidy is a good man when push comes to shove...that's crucial because most of the rest of the book is showing us what an absolute asshole he can also be, just by not thinking or not caring.
Throw in Tulip kicking ass, Jesse getting into a Voodoo trance, and Arseface hitting the big time, and you've got the idea.
I hope that's it for Arseface, as he's a waste of time now, no need for comic relief thanks. Also, not enough Saint of Killers...
Still a very solid book, moving forward on the theme of friendship, and men with their friends, a very accurate description put forward by Ennis (for many men at least, of the 'shrinks are for sissies' ilk and what they consider to be important qualities in a friend. Funny in that Jesse sees Cassidy having all the qualities, whereas Tulip sees his other side, and we the reader get to see and decide for ourselves, but it's a very well written dichotomy between who Cassidy can be, and who he is, by virtue of laziness or just exhaustion from being 75+yrs old.
October 27, 2012
Believe it or not, this was the most bizarre Preacher yet. The storytelling was exceptional, as usual, but the comedic elements were turned up to eleven!
In the beginning, Cassidy meets up with another vampire, something he thought would never happen. The douchebaggery oozing out of the fellow bloodsucker was off the charts. Cassidy has a hard time even believing that someone could act this way but understands where he's coming from when the only basis for vampire activity comes from the movies.
The story continues much along the same bath that Ennis has already worn down. Jessie is still on the search for God and is continuously trying to look within himself to find answers behind his possession by Genesis. He even goes so far to enlist the help of a practicing voodoo.. artist? What's the word you use there? You get the idea.
A pretty major revelation come to life in this volume that occurs between Cassidy and Tulip that will threaten the bond the 3 main characters share moving forward. I initially wasn't super fond of it because I wasn't quite sure of it's point. However, I still have a sizable journey to the end so I'm holding off judgement for now.
5 books in and this series is showing no signs of slowing down. They've already accomplished so much in the first 5 that I can't help but hope they haven't peaked early or will start showing signs of slowing down.
On to book 6!
In the beginning, Cassidy meets up with another vampire, something he thought would never happen. The douchebaggery oozing out of the fellow bloodsucker was off the charts. Cassidy has a hard time even believing that someone could act this way but understands where he's coming from when the only basis for vampire activity comes from the movies.
The story continues much along the same bath that Ennis has already worn down. Jessie is still on the search for God and is continuously trying to look within himself to find answers behind his possession by Genesis. He even goes so far to enlist the help of a practicing voodoo.. artist? What's the word you use there? You get the idea.
A pretty major revelation come to life in this volume that occurs between Cassidy and Tulip that will threaten the bond the 3 main characters share moving forward. I initially wasn't super fond of it because I wasn't quite sure of it's point. However, I still have a sizable journey to the end so I'm holding off judgement for now.
5 books in and this series is showing no signs of slowing down. They've already accomplished so much in the first 5 that I can't help but hope they haven't peaked early or will start showing signs of slowing down.
On to book 6!
June 9, 2016
Dixie Fried begins with possibly the best single issue of the series. Cassidy meets another vampire for the first time. He's a mopey, pretentious Anne Rice vamp right down to the New Orleans setting. Cass quickly ascertains that the new guy is a right proper wanker and attempts to straighten the git out.
The best single issue is followed by the single biggest mistake of the series when Cass declares his love to Tulip. Three times. As Tulip points out, it reeks of Melrose Place. Vol 5 is a damned sweet trade, but Preacher would have been better off without this particular twist.
Plot points:
The best single issue is followed by the single biggest mistake of the series when Cass declares his love to Tulip. Three times. As Tulip points out, it reeks of Melrose Place. Vol 5 is a damned sweet trade, but Preacher would have been better off without this particular twist.
Plot points:
May 6, 2016
This is my least favorite so far in the series. It was mostly filler. Although, Arseface does get somewhat of a resolution. Tulip also expands more as a character. I liked her even more in this volume!
My biggest complaint is that all of the females are different variations of each other in how they are drawn, essentially. I really noticed it in this volume, with a handful of female characters looking far too much alike. I kept having to double check to see what character it was supposed to be.
Really looking forward to volume 6 with the return of Herr Starr & The Grail!
My biggest complaint is that all of the females are different variations of each other in how they are drawn, essentially. I really noticed it in this volume, with a handful of female characters looking far too much alike. I kept having to double check to see what character it was supposed to be.
Really looking forward to volume 6 with the return of Herr Starr & The Grail!
September 19, 2018
Reverend Jesse Custer, Tulip, and Cassidy venture down to New Orleans to seek help from a voodoo priest. Jesse wants to access the supernatural power within him in an attempt to find God and make him pay for turning the world into a bloody mess. It just so happened to slip Cassidy’s mind that a den of vampires want revenge on him for what the Irishman did to their master several years ago. Graphic violence is the name of the game for these characters and anybody would be lucky to make it out of this story alive, let alone without any gushing injuries.
As someone who never hits on women, I enjoyed the subplot where Cassidy drunkenly confesses his love for Tulip despite the fact that she’s loyal to Jesse instead. Alcohol or not, it paints Cassidy as a shady pervert who could be easily ousted to Jesse for what he did. The idea that this is even a secret is enough to make me want to read more. You know sooner or later the secret might come out. When it does, a whole powder keg of emotions will destroy the otherwise solid friendship between Cassidy and Jesse. Does the secret actually come out in this volume or will it be saved for a later issue? Maybe. Maybe not. I guess you’ll never know, because I don’t give spoilers beyond the basic synopsis.
Another thing I like about this issue of Preacher is the wisecracking dialogue peppered throughout. Yes, it’s raunchy and vulgar, but the author can write the dialogue without coming off as a teenager trying to be edgy. I would advise my writer friends not to try and duplicate what Garth Ennis has written. Coming from his pen, the dialogue is gritty and rough. Coming from anybody less experienced, it sounds sloppy and awkward. I don’t want to give away any of the dialogue in this review lest I break the PG barrier. Yep. It’s that dirty…and I love it!
And of course, where would the Preacher series be without the delicious violence to go with all of this nasty dialogue? Decapitations, mutilations, gunshot wounds, sex-themed attacks, and vampires burning in the sunlight: what lovely guilty pleasures! But the violence isn’t superficial at all. There’s a deeper plot beneath it all and none of that gets lost in the shuffle. We’re talking about a minister on a revenge mission against God himself. Of course there’s going to be some wild and wacky violence. Of course there’s going to be some three-dimensional storytelling. If all you wanted was violence alone, you could just watch a UFC pay-per-view. Word of advice, Dana White: don’t allow Jesse Custer on any one of your cards. While we’re at it, let’s keep Cassidy and Tulip away from the cage as well.
The fifth volume of Preacher is a satisfying read that makes me want to finish the series. I must know what happens with Cassidy’s secret. I must enjoy more crass language and violence. I must see what happens when Jesse finally confronts God for a battle of epic proportions. A passing grade will go to this exciting graphic novel!
As someone who never hits on women, I enjoyed the subplot where Cassidy drunkenly confesses his love for Tulip despite the fact that she’s loyal to Jesse instead. Alcohol or not, it paints Cassidy as a shady pervert who could be easily ousted to Jesse for what he did. The idea that this is even a secret is enough to make me want to read more. You know sooner or later the secret might come out. When it does, a whole powder keg of emotions will destroy the otherwise solid friendship between Cassidy and Jesse. Does the secret actually come out in this volume or will it be saved for a later issue? Maybe. Maybe not. I guess you’ll never know, because I don’t give spoilers beyond the basic synopsis.
Another thing I like about this issue of Preacher is the wisecracking dialogue peppered throughout. Yes, it’s raunchy and vulgar, but the author can write the dialogue without coming off as a teenager trying to be edgy. I would advise my writer friends not to try and duplicate what Garth Ennis has written. Coming from his pen, the dialogue is gritty and rough. Coming from anybody less experienced, it sounds sloppy and awkward. I don’t want to give away any of the dialogue in this review lest I break the PG barrier. Yep. It’s that dirty…and I love it!
And of course, where would the Preacher series be without the delicious violence to go with all of this nasty dialogue? Decapitations, mutilations, gunshot wounds, sex-themed attacks, and vampires burning in the sunlight: what lovely guilty pleasures! But the violence isn’t superficial at all. There’s a deeper plot beneath it all and none of that gets lost in the shuffle. We’re talking about a minister on a revenge mission against God himself. Of course there’s going to be some wild and wacky violence. Of course there’s going to be some three-dimensional storytelling. If all you wanted was violence alone, you could just watch a UFC pay-per-view. Word of advice, Dana White: don’t allow Jesse Custer on any one of your cards. While we’re at it, let’s keep Cassidy and Tulip away from the cage as well.
The fifth volume of Preacher is a satisfying read that makes me want to finish the series. I must know what happens with Cassidy’s secret. I must enjoy more crass language and violence. I must see what happens when Jesse finally confronts God for a battle of epic proportions. A passing grade will go to this exciting graphic novel!
August 28, 2022
Mükemmel üçlümüz en son Kâse’nin kuvvetlerinden yakalarını kurtarabilmek için güneye doğru yola çıkmışlardı ve o yolda, babasının intikamını almak isteyen Götsurat (yüzünü silahla dağıttığından ötürü adı bu) yani bir deyişle “Adı Lazım Değil” ile karşılaşacaklardı.
Bir yandan İrlandalı vampir Cassidy’nin geçmişten bir takım dostları ve kendisinden nefret edenleriyle yüzleşmesi gerekiyor ki sonuçları ağır olacak gibi.Rahip Jesse, Tanrı ondan ne kadar kaçarsa kaçsın onu bulmaya ve onunla yüzleşmeye ant içmiş durumda.Tulip ise Jesse’ye yeniden kavuşmanın sevincini ve Cassidy’nin daha önce hiç görmediği bir yanıyla tanışmanın (ki ben bile beklemiyordum cidden aşırı şaşırdım) sıkıntısını yaşıyor.
Serinin en eğlenceli kitabıydı bence.Götsurat aşırı sempatiklik kattı kesinlikle.Mükemmel üçlümüzün başına gelenler ve gelecekler her defasında daha çok meraklandırıyor, bu nedenle altıncı cilde geçiş yapıyorum.
Bir yandan İrlandalı vampir Cassidy’nin geçmişten bir takım dostları ve kendisinden nefret edenleriyle yüzleşmesi gerekiyor ki sonuçları ağır olacak gibi.Rahip Jesse, Tanrı ondan ne kadar kaçarsa kaçsın onu bulmaya ve onunla yüzleşmeye ant içmiş durumda.Tulip ise Jesse’ye yeniden kavuşmanın sevincini ve Cassidy’nin daha önce hiç görmediği bir yanıyla tanışmanın (ki ben bile beklemiyordum cidden aşırı şaşırdım) sıkıntısını yaşıyor.
Serinin en eğlenceli kitabıydı bence.Götsurat aşırı sempatiklik kattı kesinlikle.Mükemmel üçlümüzün başına gelenler ve gelecekler her defasında daha çok meraklandırıyor, bu nedenle altıncı cilde geçiş yapıyorum.
June 17, 2019
*3.5*
a significant improvement of the more lackluster fourth volume. there wouldn't be much of a point for me to summarise considering this is the fifth installment. have my out-of-context thoughts instead:
- it took me a while to realise his head looked like a penis
- the new orleans goths are really that into anne rice's books
- a sentence i never thought i would say: i will protect arseface with my life
- i don't think the illustrator knows women have more than one possible face
- he went to the trouble of drawing someone with an asshole for a face and can't be bothered with making another type of female face
- he just changes the hair colour, not even the hairstyle
- honestly, his head looks like a penis
- arsehole = cinnamon role, too precious for this world
a significant improvement of the more lackluster fourth volume. there wouldn't be much of a point for me to summarise considering this is the fifth installment. have my out-of-context thoughts instead:
- it took me a while to realise his head looked like a penis
- the new orleans goths are really that into anne rice's books
- a sentence i never thought i would say: i will protect arseface with my life
- i don't think the illustrator knows women have more than one possible face
- he went to the trouble of drawing someone with an asshole for a face and can't be bothered with making another type of female face
- he just changes the hair colour, not even the hairstyle
- honestly, his head looks like a penis
- arsehole = cinnamon role, too precious for this world
August 27, 2018
I love the rest of the series so far, but this one felt unnecessary to me. There was a lot of relationship drama/friendship drama in this one, which I did not enjoy. I felt not much new was learned and wanted to just get on with the plot. There was no introduction to this one, which I found odd. A lot of the female characters also looked so similar, I was having a hard time deciding if it was a new character be being introduced or if someone was just trying to disguise themselves. I feel the next one will pick up again.
September 21, 2018
Another strong volume. This one has Jesse trying to use voodoo in order to harness the power of Genesis. We also see Las Enfants Du Sang (I think that's it) which is the group of vampire wannabes after Cassidy. There's also drama between Tulip and Cassidy, and it looks like Arseface is heading for a musical career. (I read this entire series years ago but it's been awhile so it's almost like reading it all fresh.)
The art is always pretty much perfect for the series, so that goes without saying.
This is just a great comic series, especially when it's not so over the top to be silly.
The art is always pretty much perfect for the series, so that goes without saying.
This is just a great comic series, especially when it's not so over the top to be silly.
January 11, 2023
I laughed the most out of any previous volume this time, mostly at Cassidy’s run-in with the other vampire, the “wanker” goths who worship him, and Cassidy’s definition of the term “wanker.” I was a little disappointed in the love triangle trope, but it didn’t ruin the story or anything. Throw in the complex characters, gory action, and blasphemy and it’s everything I could want from a Preacher volume.
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