The Good Old Boys by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

[ladyruby07]

This is more of a short story fail, but it's a fail nonetheless.

The Good Old Boys is one of the short story specials printed during the run of the comic series Preacher, which I just finished reading.  While the series is good, three of the specials are gathered in the fourth volume of the series, called Ancient History.  I read it because two

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[albijuli]

My eyes glazed over reading about it. This sounds... boring.

[ladyruby07]

It wasn't so much boring as a train wreck. I didn't want to finish it but I just had to see how bad it was going to get. It got pretty damn bad.

[rtuko]

...Ah, yes. Garth Ennis.

[ladyruby07]

I assume you're familiar with his writing then?

[rtuko]

...yes. I've read most of his stuff. He's rather hit or miss for me; he has some fantastic books (eg Preacher) but most of the time it's just ultra-violent, ultra-gory with lots of swearing...for not much reason. I'm not a wilting violet by any means, but it smacks of trying to hard, to me. He's like a more talented/creative Mark Millar. :)