August Books 24) Preacher [#1]: Gone to Texas

[nwhyte]

24) Preacher [#1]: Gone to Texas, by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

First volume of the acclaimed series. I quite enjoyed the characters - angelic skullduggery worthy of Gaiman; a vampire with an Ulster accent; but found the graphic violence off-putting.

Comments

[bastardsnow]

The violence doesn't get any better. Preacher, however, is one of my all time favorite comic series.

[slovobooks]

Preacher is definitely Garth Ennis's masterwork. The violence, if anything, escalates throughout the series, but he really does good things here. Worth reading all of.

[matgb]

Echoing the other two, the violence gets more pronounced, Cassidy becomes more insane, but the whole thing is sheer genius, and I really must get around to digging it out to read again.

[andrewducker]

I wouldn't say Cassidy gets more insane, more that we find out more about what he's really like, and how being young forever isn't an enviable proposition.

[juleske]

as brilliant a series as it indeed is, i found the 2nd volume to be the most violent and offputting. It's the only volume I don't own, I think.