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Preacher
Preacher, Volume 6: War in the Sun
The Reverend Jesse Custer faces his deadliest challenge yet in this, the sixth Preacher collection. Jesse, along with his gun-toting girlfriend, Tulip, and the hard-drinking Irish vampire Cassidy, faces a deadly showdown in the desert with the ruthless Starr and the forces of the U.S. military -- including a nuclear warhead.
Collects: Preacher #34–40, Preacher Special: One Man's War
Collects: Preacher #34–40, Preacher Special: One Man's War
240 pages, Comics
First published March 1, 1999
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Garth Ennis
2,601 books3,145 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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July 17, 2024
I really loved book 1 in the Preacher series and found that ever since then my enjoyment of each successive graphic novel has been declining, to the point where I stopped thinking of them as a good investment of £13.99. Graphic novels are expensive things - £13.99 is a lot for something I can read in a day. A book typically occupies my reading time for a month.
Still, I was in Forbidden Planet and it had been a long time since I bought volume 5 ... and I caved.
#6 is actually the first step up in the series, for me at least. It was better than the few that preceded it, though not as good as the first couple. Perhaps I'm just becoming used to the rather silly vibe that the introduction of Herr Starr and the Grail organisation ushered in.
Anyway ... this was more of the same really, more Herr Starr sexual 'deviance', more Saint of Killers excesses (he goes mano a tanko), more Jesse-Tulip-(Irish vampire whose name escapes me ... looked it up: Cassidy) love triangling, more Arse-Face. I enjoyed it.
Two of the main characters lose body parts which I guess could be a sign that we're on the home straight now ... it's all fun and games til somebody loses an eye. I think I will hang in there and see how it all ends. Will they find God? What will he have to say for himself?
I feel I got £14.50's worth of entertainment from my £13.99.
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Still, I was in Forbidden Planet and it had been a long time since I bought volume 5 ... and I caved.
#6 is actually the first step up in the series, for me at least. It was better than the few that preceded it, though not as good as the first couple. Perhaps I'm just becoming used to the rather silly vibe that the introduction of Herr Starr and the Grail organisation ushered in.
Anyway ... this was more of the same really, more Herr Starr sexual 'deviance', more Saint of Killers excesses (he goes mano a tanko), more Jesse-Tulip-(Irish vampire whose name escapes me ... looked it up: Cassidy) love triangling, more Arse-Face. I enjoyed it.
Two of the main characters lose body parts which I guess could be a sign that we're on the home straight now ... it's all fun and games til somebody loses an eye. I think I will hang in there and see how it all ends. Will they find God? What will he have to say for himself?
I feel I got £14.50's worth of entertainment from my £13.99.
If you have a moment, give the TV serial a go. It's great fun.
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March 28, 2021
Another storming volume - the worse being a privileged character's ongoing rant about political correctness (yawn), - the best being ...everything else! This time we're in New Orleans and then the desert!
All Jesse wants is to be able to learn more about Genesis and this sees the deathly dark comedy go into overload with the hugely ineptness of their antagonists followed by the catastrophic, yet hilarious desert showdown and its aftermath! Some classic Preacher storytelling goes from the extreme to the extremist! 9 out of 12. Let's face it, if you've got this far, you love this and aren't going anywhere. :)
All Jesse wants is to be able to learn more about Genesis and this sees the deathly dark comedy go into overload with the hugely ineptness of their antagonists followed by the catastrophic, yet hilarious desert showdown and its aftermath! Some classic Preacher storytelling goes from the extreme to the extremist! 9 out of 12. Let's face it, if you've got this far, you love this and aren't going anywhere. :)
January 17, 2024
Another Great Volume.
Jesse lost one eye.
he found out that Cassidy and Tulip are an item now after they thought he was dead he doesn't know that tulip is devastated he doesn't know anything really lets see what happens next volume.
Starr on the other hand lost one leg lets see if they make us watch next issue leg replacement show as they did the hat show interesting.
The Saint of killers found out that god was reason for his family dying and for him ending up being cursed what will he do we don't know it seems like he is just going to leave and not listen to anyone again we wait and see.
I am Glad that Cassidy affection for Tulip ended up this way but still am not sure if things will not escalate now
Jesse lost one eye.
he found out that Cassidy and Tulip are an item now after they thought he was dead he doesn't know that tulip is devastated he doesn't know anything really lets see what happens next volume.
Starr on the other hand lost one leg lets see if they make us watch next issue leg replacement show as they did the hat show interesting.
The Saint of killers found out that god was reason for his family dying and for him ending up being cursed what will he do we don't know it seems like he is just going to leave and not listen to anyone again we wait and see.
I am Glad that Cassidy affection for Tulip ended up this way but still am not sure if things will not escalate now
January 23, 2012
In this latest brilliantly blasphemous installment of Preacher, you’ll find another hefty dose of Garth Ennis gold as he deftly advances the God vs Jesse vs Saint of Killers vs The Grail main story arc and also manages to hit a home run with a much anticipated backstory that is entertaining as hell. Yes, there is much for fans of the series to fawn over starting with One Man’s War.
This terrific piece recounts, at long last, the origin of Herr Starr, the Grail’s current “All Father” and relentless tracker of Jesse Cutler. Couched as a nesting doll to the main narrative, this story-within-a-story traces Starr’s past back to 1972 where he was a young, talented recruit for the GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, the elite German counter-terrorist unit formed in the aftermath of the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
After a successful, but disastrous, rescue operation in which a young girl is killed (picture hidden behind spoilers as it is a bit graphic)
Starr is recruited into the Grail (the ancient, powerful organization safeguarding the blood-line of Jesus Christ in preparation for the second coming. Eventually, Starr rises to the rank of Holy Executioner where he reports only to the massively obese “soon to be ex” All-Father.
This segment is an easy 5 stars and has wonderfully profane and demented Ennis-speak running through the story. Bizarre sexual hang-ups, a less-than-all there descendant of Jesus, angels being tortured for information and a vast world-wide conspiracy whose web lines are controlled by the Grail.
Other precious metals to be mined from this volume include an all out attack by a Grail controlled army against the immortal Saint of Killers:
...that climaxes in one of the best Clint Eastwood moments of the entire series.
Plus, fans of deviant, inbred cannibal brothers living in deserted mine shafts next to a 1950’s nuclear testing ranges...you’re covered.
This is Ennis after all.
GRIPES:
Rarely have I had much to complain about during the first 1000 pages of the Preacher series, but this volume did include some plot threads that I wish Ennis would have either tied off or actually snipped.
For starters, the whole Jesse/Tulip/Cassidy “alcoholic vampire madly in love with best friend’s girlfriend” is starting to wear on me a bit. It hasn’t reached crisis level yet, but I would like to see some serious progress on this front. Fortunately, given how this one end, I believe my silent pleas were answered.
Far worse for me was the whole Arseface as singer/celebrity portion. This...utterly...sucked. It probably wasted 10 to 15% of the overall page count and I found nothing that I liked about it. Despite the obvious dark comedy satire potential of showing that America will latch onto any freak show for 15 minutes, Garth does nothing interesting with it. It just felt like a tack on and completed flunked the fun test.
Finally, I was less than impressed with the art on this one. However, this is not as big a distraction in a Garth Ennis work because I don’t read his stuff for the art. Still, it could have been much better.
Overall, the twisted soap opera and the singing arsehole were enough of a distraction to my enjoyment that I must penalize it a star. However, the majority of this volume is terrific and should not be missed by fans of the series. Oh, and if you aren’t a fan of the series because you have never tried it, you really should.
4.0 stars. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
This terrific piece recounts, at long last, the origin of Herr Starr, the Grail’s current “All Father” and relentless tracker of Jesse Cutler. Couched as a nesting doll to the main narrative, this story-within-a-story traces Starr’s past back to 1972 where he was a young, talented recruit for the GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, the elite German counter-terrorist unit formed in the aftermath of the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
After a successful, but disastrous, rescue operation in which a young girl is killed (picture hidden behind spoilers as it is a bit graphic)
Starr is recruited into the Grail (the ancient, powerful organization safeguarding the blood-line of Jesus Christ in preparation for the second coming. Eventually, Starr rises to the rank of Holy Executioner where he reports only to the massively obese “soon to be ex” All-Father.
This segment is an easy 5 stars and has wonderfully profane and demented Ennis-speak running through the story. Bizarre sexual hang-ups, a less-than-all there descendant of Jesus, angels being tortured for information and a vast world-wide conspiracy whose web lines are controlled by the Grail.
Other precious metals to be mined from this volume include an all out attack by a Grail controlled army against the immortal Saint of Killers:
...that climaxes in one of the best Clint Eastwood moments of the entire series.
Plus, fans of deviant, inbred cannibal brothers living in deserted mine shafts next to a 1950’s nuclear testing ranges...you’re covered.
This is Ennis after all.
GRIPES:
Rarely have I had much to complain about during the first 1000 pages of the Preacher series, but this volume did include some plot threads that I wish Ennis would have either tied off or actually snipped.
For starters, the whole Jesse/Tulip/Cassidy “alcoholic vampire madly in love with best friend’s girlfriend” is starting to wear on me a bit. It hasn’t reached crisis level yet, but I would like to see some serious progress on this front. Fortunately, given how this one end, I believe my silent pleas were answered.
Far worse for me was the whole Arseface as singer/celebrity portion. This...utterly...sucked. It probably wasted 10 to 15% of the overall page count and I found nothing that I liked about it. Despite the obvious dark comedy satire potential of showing that America will latch onto any freak show for 15 minutes, Garth does nothing interesting with it. It just felt like a tack on and completed flunked the fun test.
Finally, I was less than impressed with the art on this one. However, this is not as big a distraction in a Garth Ennis work because I don’t read his stuff for the art. Still, it could have been much better.
Overall, the twisted soap opera and the singing arsehole were enough of a distraction to my enjoyment that I must penalize it a star. However, the majority of this volume is terrific and should not be missed by fans of the series. Oh, and if you aren’t a fan of the series because you have never tried it, you really should.
4.0 stars. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
February 8, 2017
Awww, some really awesome scenes in this one. Now I know how Jesse lost an eye, and I really didn't see that coming.
I mean, sure, a nuclear blast is dangerous... but to have one put out his eye??? Shameful. They should put a warning on such things. Seriously. Someone could sue.
Great action, great weirdness, and a little landscape remodeling. Or two landscape remodelings, I ought to say. A comic about landscape remodeling. Sure. That's what this is. With tanks blowing up. That works. :)
Seriously, though, the in-between scenes of Fox News correspondents was soooo right. It sounded just like them. "But what about all the indians that were living there?" "They ought to be used to it by now." "What?"
Yikes. Some really scary stuff going on here, and it's not just what's on the menu, either.
I mean, sure, a nuclear blast is dangerous... but to have one put out his eye??? Shameful. They should put a warning on such things. Seriously. Someone could sue.
Great action, great weirdness, and a little landscape remodeling. Or two landscape remodelings, I ought to say. A comic about landscape remodeling. Sure. That's what this is. With tanks blowing up. That works. :)
Seriously, though, the in-between scenes of Fox News correspondents was soooo right. It sounded just like them. "But what about all the indians that were living there?" "They ought to be used to it by now." "What?"
Yikes. Some really scary stuff going on here, and it's not just what's on the menu, either.
January 10, 2022
Cosa non abbiamo, qui?
Spirito di sacrificio e tradimenti; il Graal che mostra i muscoli facendo muovere i pezzi grossi -realmente grossi-; il Santo degli Assassini a caccia di Custer e del Graal; Starr a caccia di Custer; Custer a caccia di rivelazioni sciamaniche per mettersi in contatto con Genesis.
Una sorta di scontro a mezzogiorno nel deserto indiano, come da tradizione.
Con in più, però, l'esercito americano, caccia stealth, testate nucleari, bastardi immortali provenienti dritti dritti dall'inferno, fratelli cannibali.
Qualcuno rischia di morire (no, scherzo: tutti lo rischiano). C'è chi rischia di morire per aiutare i propri compagni, c'è chi rischia di morire per arrivare all'arma che consentirà di eliminare i nemici, c'è chi rischia di morire cadendo da un aereo in volo.
Qualcuno perderà un occhio, qualcuno la dignità, qualcuno l'amore.
E ora, a parte aspettare con ansia la reazione al tradimento, quello a cui riesco a pensare è solo il comportamento subdolo, meschino, tossico e abusivo di Cassidy.
Il suo comportamento è quello di un manipolatore, di un rapitore. Quando ha riagganciato il telefono interrompendo la telefonata mi ha fatto rabbrividire: è questo il Cassidy del passato, quello delle cose innominabili.
Che, mi verrebbe da dire, è ormai fuori da ogni perdono (e se anche Jesse ci passasse sopra, ho idea che in seguito qualcun altro gli sparerà a vista...)
Mi ha lasciato una rabbia quella scena, o tutte quelle successive a essa correlate, che trovo difficile spiegarmi io stesso... ottimo lavoro, Garth!
Ah, tutto condito ovviamente da massime meravigliose. E dall'epopea musicale di Facciadiculo.
Spirito di sacrificio e tradimenti; il Graal che mostra i muscoli facendo muovere i pezzi grossi -realmente grossi-; il Santo degli Assassini a caccia di Custer e del Graal; Starr a caccia di Custer; Custer a caccia di rivelazioni sciamaniche per mettersi in contatto con Genesis.
Una sorta di scontro a mezzogiorno nel deserto indiano, come da tradizione.
Con in più, però, l'esercito americano, caccia stealth, testate nucleari, bastardi immortali provenienti dritti dritti dall'inferno, fratelli cannibali.
Qualcuno rischia di morire (no, scherzo: tutti lo rischiano). C'è chi rischia di morire per aiutare i propri compagni, c'è chi rischia di morire per arrivare all'arma che consentirà di eliminare i nemici, c'è chi rischia di morire cadendo da un aereo in volo.
Qualcuno perderà un occhio, qualcuno la dignità, qualcuno l'amore.
E ora, a parte aspettare con ansia la reazione al tradimento, quello a cui riesco a pensare è solo il comportamento subdolo, meschino, tossico e abusivo di Cassidy.
Il suo comportamento è quello di un manipolatore, di un rapitore. Quando ha riagganciato il telefono interrompendo la telefonata mi ha fatto rabbrividire: è questo il Cassidy del passato, quello delle cose innominabili.
Che, mi verrebbe da dire, è ormai fuori da ogni perdono (e se anche Jesse ci passasse sopra, ho idea che in seguito qualcun altro gli sparerà a vista...)
Mi ha lasciato una rabbia quella scena, o tutte quelle successive a essa correlate, che trovo difficile spiegarmi io stesso... ottimo lavoro, Garth!
Ah, tutto condito ovviamente da massime meravigliose. E dall'epopea musicale di Facciadiculo.
July 28, 2013
Once you get this far along in the series, it's fairly easy to predict that when a character named Mr. Dicks is introduced, Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
June 19, 2016
A great addition to one of the greatest comic series of all time!
February 25, 2017
All the stars! This was an amazing tale, beginning to end.
This is a comic and I know some people don't think of comics as serious, but this is. An overview would be that this is about one man's searching for, not only God, but why God allows what he allows. Preacher Jesse Custer, because of very strange circumstances spends this series not only searching for God, but hoping to call God to task for what he feels is wrong with people and the world they live in.
The series explores so many relevant issues. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God allow pain and the innocent to suffer? Why are children at risk when they are the most innocent of all? Why is there so much evil in the world when the God most of us have been raised to believe in should be able to stop it?
Along the way, Jesse also shows us about love, true, deep love. How do two people who should never cross paths not only meet, but fall in love and find each other again and again when it seems the world is conspiring against them? And friendship. Sometimes friends are jerks, but even jerks can do the right thing when it's really needed. Jesse even teaches us about family. How the family we are given sometimes sucks and often our real families are the families we gather and make for ourselves, having nothing to do with genes and bloodlines. But also how true familial love finds a way. Through hardships and strife, real love will nourish and protect us. Keep us going. Is all of this also the work of the same God?
Ennis uses profanity and sex, blood and violence to take us on this trip, but life is that way. Birth is bloody and can only occur after mating. Love and friendship is sometimes sweeter after a fight. A victory is only as appreciated as the work that went into it.
Preacher is about life.
This is a comic and I know some people don't think of comics as serious, but this is. An overview would be that this is about one man's searching for, not only God, but why God allows what he allows. Preacher Jesse Custer, because of very strange circumstances spends this series not only searching for God, but hoping to call God to task for what he feels is wrong with people and the world they live in.
The series explores so many relevant issues. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God allow pain and the innocent to suffer? Why are children at risk when they are the most innocent of all? Why is there so much evil in the world when the God most of us have been raised to believe in should be able to stop it?
Along the way, Jesse also shows us about love, true, deep love. How do two people who should never cross paths not only meet, but fall in love and find each other again and again when it seems the world is conspiring against them? And friendship. Sometimes friends are jerks, but even jerks can do the right thing when it's really needed. Jesse even teaches us about family. How the family we are given sometimes sucks and often our real families are the families we gather and make for ourselves, having nothing to do with genes and bloodlines. But also how true familial love finds a way. Through hardships and strife, real love will nourish and protect us. Keep us going. Is all of this also the work of the same God?
Ennis uses profanity and sex, blood and violence to take us on this trip, but life is that way. Birth is bloody and can only occur after mating. Love and friendship is sometimes sweeter after a fight. A victory is only as appreciated as the work that went into it.
Preacher is about life.
January 2, 2011
If Preacher was a TV series, then the preview for the events here would have dramatic music and the voiceover would ominously say something like, “This is where everything changes.”
The voodoo encounter with the giant snake in New Orleans *shudder* gave Jesse some info from the Genesis entity that bonded to him, but he needs more if he’s going to track down God. The trio heads to Monument Valley in Utah so Jesse can score some peyote to go on a desert vision quest to see if he can get more clues as to the Good Lord‘s whereabouts.
Unfortunately, Herr Starr has figured out where Jesse is going and has used the Grail’s political influence to have the U.S. Army waiting for him, and the Saint of Killers is on the way to get Jesse to fulfill the bargain they struck in Proud Americans. Jesse is also unaware of tensions between Tulip and Cassidy that are threatening to boil over. When they all meet in John Wayne country, the ensuing battle escalates into full-scale modern war, and no one gets away unscarred.
This is the pivotal story that drives Preacher towards its ultimate conclusion, and as you’d expect, Ennis amps up the action and delivers the most disturbing plot twist yet.
This volume also includes the origin story of Herr Starr, and even though the revelations make it clear that he’s always been a world-class asshole, you also understand why he turned out that way and what’s driving him to lead the Grail to global domination via religion. Surprisingly, he’s not out for power for himself, he’s trying to bring order to chaos. Starr could relate to Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible when he said, “The world’s a mess, and I just need to rule it.”
The voodoo encounter with the giant snake in New Orleans *shudder* gave Jesse some info from the Genesis entity that bonded to him, but he needs more if he’s going to track down God. The trio heads to Monument Valley in Utah so Jesse can score some peyote to go on a desert vision quest to see if he can get more clues as to the Good Lord‘s whereabouts.
Unfortunately, Herr Starr has figured out where Jesse is going and has used the Grail’s political influence to have the U.S. Army waiting for him, and the Saint of Killers is on the way to get Jesse to fulfill the bargain they struck in Proud Americans. Jesse is also unaware of tensions between Tulip and Cassidy that are threatening to boil over. When they all meet in John Wayne country, the ensuing battle escalates into full-scale modern war, and no one gets away unscarred.
This is the pivotal story that drives Preacher towards its ultimate conclusion, and as you’d expect, Ennis amps up the action and delivers the most disturbing plot twist yet.
This volume also includes the origin story of Herr Starr, and even though the revelations make it clear that he’s always been a world-class asshole, you also understand why he turned out that way and what’s driving him to lead the Grail to global domination via religion. Surprisingly, he’s not out for power for himself, he’s trying to bring order to chaos. Starr could relate to Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible when he said, “The world’s a mess, and I just need to rule it.”
October 28, 2012
If you were heating up a pot of water, War in The Sun would exist in that time frame seconds before the water boils over and soaks the stove.
Much like that water, tensions are beginning to rise. Cassidy and Tulip are teetering on the edge of mutually assured destruction, the Saint of Killers makes an appearance and Herr Starr is ready to unleash the big guns in his quest for power.
One of the characters we were still left in the dark about had been Herr Starr. Granted, we known bits and pieces of his back story but not the meaty parts. Starr's meteoric rise to power is showcased in an extensive flash back, giving the reader a chance to see how this man turned out so ruthless.
To say that a lot happens here would be an understatement. While Ennis throws quite a bit at the reader, the story still moves along at a brisk pace. If anything, this installment has me wanting to move on to the next volume more than any previous entry.
I wonder if Arseface's rise to fame and fortune as the front man of a grunge style band is some sort of commentary on Ennis' part regarding the state of rock in the 90s. A lot of those bands could easily be written off as just melodic noise with unintelligible lyrics and confusing popularity.
..Or maybe Ennis just thought it would be funny?
Much like that water, tensions are beginning to rise. Cassidy and Tulip are teetering on the edge of mutually assured destruction, the Saint of Killers makes an appearance and Herr Starr is ready to unleash the big guns in his quest for power.
One of the characters we were still left in the dark about had been Herr Starr. Granted, we known bits and pieces of his back story but not the meaty parts. Starr's meteoric rise to power is showcased in an extensive flash back, giving the reader a chance to see how this man turned out so ruthless.
To say that a lot happens here would be an understatement. While Ennis throws quite a bit at the reader, the story still moves along at a brisk pace. If anything, this installment has me wanting to move on to the next volume more than any previous entry.
I wonder if Arseface's rise to fame and fortune as the front man of a grunge style band is some sort of commentary on Ennis' part regarding the state of rock in the 90s. A lot of those bands could easily be written off as just melodic noise with unintelligible lyrics and confusing popularity.
..Or maybe Ennis just thought it would be funny?
May 15, 2021
Yine harikaydı. Üçüncü ciltten sonra serideki en iyi cilt buydu. Sonu üzdü, hikayenin o taraflara kaymasını pek istemiyorum aslında, göreceğiz bakalım ileriki sayılarda.
December 12, 2024
12 cilt Boys ve ardından 6 cilt Vaiz okuduktan sonra anladım ki Garth Ennis'in fikirleri bence harika olsa da hikaye anlatımı hiç bana göre değil. İki seride de iyi başlayan hikaye ilerleyen sayılarda saçma sapan, genel anlatıya hiçbir şey katmayan sayfalarla doluyor. Vaiz'i bitireceğim tabi, fakat bundan sonra uzun soluklu bir Ennis serisi okumak isteyeceğimi sanmıyorum.
June 25, 2016
Filled with blasphemy of all sorts and a handful of action and violence, War in the Sun delivers yet a satisfying chapter in Preacher. It felt like one explosive season finale.
This book proves that the Saint of Killers is literally a one man army, with possibly only Jesse Custer as the one who could beat him and Herr Starr as a literal prick/dickhead and Arseface as a rock star. Starr's origin story was told as well and it was dark and very twisted!
What I still don't buy is the love triangle between Cass, Tulip and Jesse. I hope this is resolved asap.
This book proves that the Saint of Killers is literally a one man army, with possibly only Jesse Custer as the one who could beat him and Herr Starr as a literal prick/dickhead and Arseface as a rock star. Starr's origin story was told as well and it was dark and very twisted!
What I still don't buy is the love triangle between Cass, Tulip and Jesse. I hope this is resolved asap.
April 23, 2018
The first part is actually really good with Starr and the Saint of Killers and the awesome showdown in the desert ...then the second half gets into the worst plot line in the entire series. Remember when this series was supposed to be about killing God? Once again Ennis has a great idea that falls apart periodically because of his own bullshit.
Also like ...pick a side re: human rights stuff because you can't have some douchebag who is clearly a far-right nutjob presented as being an asshole in one issue but then have your main characters spouting half the same shit an issue later but somehow it's okay this time? Or is it not okay and you're trying to make your main characters also be dicks? Because that's a valid writing choice but I JUST CAN'T TELL, ENNIS! I CAN'T TELL!! And it's quite frankly exhausting trying to figure out if me and people like me are the butt of your jokes.
Anyway, I totally don't remember how this series ends at all but I'd love to get back to the actual point of the whole thing. I was complaining about the glacial pace of the TV show last year but I guess I forgot that it's like that in the comics as well.
Also like ...pick a side re: human rights stuff because you can't have some douchebag who is clearly a far-right nutjob presented as being an asshole in one issue but then have your main characters spouting half the same shit an issue later but somehow it's okay this time? Or is it not okay and you're trying to make your main characters also be dicks? Because that's a valid writing choice but I JUST CAN'T TELL, ENNIS! I CAN'T TELL!! And it's quite frankly exhausting trying to figure out if me and people like me are the butt of your jokes.
Anyway, I totally don't remember how this series ends at all but I'd love to get back to the actual point of the whole thing. I was complaining about the glacial pace of the TV show last year but I guess I forgot that it's like that in the comics as well.
September 7, 2015
Herr Starr gets a full-blown origin story, plus some brilliant intrigues and quiet adventures. Best parts are the explicit evolution of a pervert, and the amazing way he acquired his eye scar.
Cassidy's running headlong into a big-ass betrayal/disappointment. What with hitting on his "best friend"'s girlfriend - repeatedly - last volume, and now turning it around/begging forgiveness/making grandiose promises...if I know anything about Ennis, he's going to enjoy the living fuck out of seeing how shit things turn when Cass inevitably blows it.
Ennis does a lot of things really well as a writer, and one of them is creating the quiet, tense buildup before an explosively violent action scene. This one's no slouch either - by the time shit flies fanwards, we're practically drooling for it.
The aftermath of this battle is even better - how the key players respond is definitely worth reading.
The Chunt Brothers. As if there haven't been enough deviant insanity in this book. It's like plot and character development are necessary burdens for Ennis' great love of thinking up nutty situations.
And Arseworld. Of course.
Cassidy's running headlong into a big-ass betrayal/disappointment. What with hitting on his "best friend"'s girlfriend - repeatedly - last volume, and now turning it around/begging forgiveness/making grandiose promises...if I know anything about Ennis, he's going to enjoy the living fuck out of seeing how shit things turn when Cass inevitably blows it.
Ennis does a lot of things really well as a writer, and one of them is creating the quiet, tense buildup before an explosively violent action scene. This one's no slouch either - by the time shit flies fanwards, we're practically drooling for it.
The aftermath of this battle is even better - how the key players respond is definitely worth reading.
The Chunt Brothers. As if there haven't been enough deviant insanity in this book. It's like plot and character development are necessary burdens for Ennis' great love of thinking up nutty situations.
And Arseworld. Of course.
October 1, 2019
This continues the story of our little triumvirate and their quest to find God. We also get an origins story of Herr Starr.
I wasn't a big fan of the last collection. Thankfully, this collection gets things back on track and is more of the norm from this series. The highlight of this collection is the origins story of Herr Starr. I did not know I needed that story and I am glad that the authors decided to give it to us. It was fantastic and a great exploration of the character. I also thought the rest of the collection was a nice look into characters as we deal with loss. Once again there is more gratuitous violence and one issue has non stop action.
This collection is more like it. I did think the last issue of the collection was just weird and I have a theory about it. Even though this series is bonkers and nothing is off limits, it does convey messages and I do enjoy my time with the characters.
I wasn't a big fan of the last collection. Thankfully, this collection gets things back on track and is more of the norm from this series. The highlight of this collection is the origins story of Herr Starr. I did not know I needed that story and I am glad that the authors decided to give it to us. It was fantastic and a great exploration of the character. I also thought the rest of the collection was a nice look into characters as we deal with loss. Once again there is more gratuitous violence and one issue has non stop action.
This collection is more like it. I did think the last issue of the collection was just weird and I have a theory about it. Even though this series is bonkers and nothing is off limits, it does convey messages and I do enjoy my time with the characters.
May 6, 2016
Now that is more like it!
Holy intense last half, Batman! As Cass would say, JAYSIS!
Holy intense last half, Batman! As Cass would say, JAYSIS!
November 2, 2020
I'm so in now that I'm retroactively upping my past rankings. I'm over my reservations. This is cruel, brutal, offensive and sacrilegious, but it is so dang good that it transcends and becomes it's own wholly unique piece of art. And I'll be damned if there isn't some serious truth about humanity woven into what Ennis and Dillon put into Preacher. This is an exaggerated reflection of our society that is actually an effective commentary on our culture. Especially right now.
September 17, 2022
Good as fuck.
December 10, 2024
"Just because you're an asshole doesn't mean you're wrong."
January 28, 2021
Ok that ending.....
July 14, 2020
The sun was at war...
June 30, 2014
After enjoying Vol 6 of the Boys so much, I jumped right into another Garth Ennis Vol 6.
Preacher finally shakes some things up here, but we start with the backstory for Starr, the new head of the Grail and how he ended up where we see him today. Equal parts badass and funny; a combo mastered by Ennis and few others.
We also see thing escalate to ridiculous levels, including Starr trying to nuke the Saint of Killers in Monument Valley..ya, that happened.
There's also a new development with the Custer-Tulip-Cass trio, and it might send things for a bit of a loop.
I think this is 3.5 stars, but the extra bump was because Ennis didn't just tease something, he went ahead and did it.
Preacher finally shakes some things up here, but we start with the backstory for Starr, the new head of the Grail and how he ended up where we see him today. Equal parts badass and funny; a combo mastered by Ennis and few others.
We also see thing escalate to ridiculous levels, including Starr trying to nuke the Saint of Killers in Monument Valley..ya, that happened.
There's also a new development with the Custer-Tulip-Cass trio, and it might send things for a bit of a loop.
I think this is 3.5 stars, but the extra bump was because Ennis didn't just tease something, he went ahead and did it.
October 1, 2015
Oh what a sinful delight !
April 12, 2023
Ne znam zašto sam prestala čitati u nekom trenutku, ovo je i dalje odlično (ili su mi samo nedostajali likovi). :D
July 14, 2016
Vuelve a ser brutal de nuevo!!
March 28, 2019
Reverend Jesse Custer, Tulip O’Haire, and Cassidy’s search for God continues in the Arizona desert, where the Grail leader Herr Starr and an entire army are waiting for them. Herr Starr’s rise to power within the Grail has been a long time coming, complete with backstabbing, politicking, and rubbing shoulders with the highest authorities. With complete control of this Christian shadow society, Starr’s power hungriness won’t end until Jesse Custer and the Patron Saint of Killers are both finally dead and buried in the desert sands. Will nuclear missiles, tanks, and machineguns be enough for these two powerful entities?
Yes, the Grail is a fictional religious entity that controls all of the world’s governments and corporations. But despite being fictional, their portrayal is brutally honest when it comes to how power is traded across entities. Conspiracy theorists would go nuts with this kind of material. The Grail moves the money, they keep world leaders under their thumbs, and they do it all in the name of God. Ordinary people don’t have access to that kind of power, so all they can do is protest peacefully and most of the time it’s not enough. If you’ve ever thought there was something out there holding you down and keeping you from advancing, this is the comic book for you. It won’t give you the strength you need to carry on, but it’ll be otherwise entertaining and slightly educational.
Another thing I enjoyed about this graphic novel was the continuation of the storyline between Tulip and Cassidy. If you remember from Volume Five (Dixie Fried), a drunken Cassidy confessed his love for Tulip behind Jesse’s back and that made Tulip despise the Irish vampire for it. While I won’t say how this storyline continues (you know, because of spoilers and all), it will reach its climax by the end of the book. Hearts will be broken, anger will be felt, and everybody comes out of it with sadness in their souls. Maybe your own heart will break alongside the three characters.
Of course, I’d be remised if I didn’t mention just how brutal and messed up everything in this comic book is, the violence not being the deadliest among them. Anybody can shoot a tank cannon or drop a missile with the press of a button. But can you dine on flesh like it’s Taco Tuesday? Can you make the strangest requests to prostitutes imaginable? Can you dive into an eight-hundred pound man’s belly and cause him to throw up? Can you stomach the inbreeding that goes on to keep the “true savior’s” blood pure? Can you listen to New Orleans tunes if they’re unintelligibly sung by a teenaged boy with a grossly deformed face? Garth Ennis has a vivid imagination and he’s not afraid to use it when penning copies of Preacher. That’s what I love about his work.
Another awesome volume of Preacher is in the books. Everything that made the previous volumes great is neatly packaged into this one as well. It makes me want to finish the final three volumes, which is what any book should be doing in the first place: making you hunger for more. Preacher is one of my all-time favorite comic book series and for that I’m giving this volume a passing grade. I anticipate more greatness in the volumes to come.
Yes, the Grail is a fictional religious entity that controls all of the world’s governments and corporations. But despite being fictional, their portrayal is brutally honest when it comes to how power is traded across entities. Conspiracy theorists would go nuts with this kind of material. The Grail moves the money, they keep world leaders under their thumbs, and they do it all in the name of God. Ordinary people don’t have access to that kind of power, so all they can do is protest peacefully and most of the time it’s not enough. If you’ve ever thought there was something out there holding you down and keeping you from advancing, this is the comic book for you. It won’t give you the strength you need to carry on, but it’ll be otherwise entertaining and slightly educational.
Another thing I enjoyed about this graphic novel was the continuation of the storyline between Tulip and Cassidy. If you remember from Volume Five (Dixie Fried), a drunken Cassidy confessed his love for Tulip behind Jesse’s back and that made Tulip despise the Irish vampire for it. While I won’t say how this storyline continues (you know, because of spoilers and all), it will reach its climax by the end of the book. Hearts will be broken, anger will be felt, and everybody comes out of it with sadness in their souls. Maybe your own heart will break alongside the three characters.
Of course, I’d be remised if I didn’t mention just how brutal and messed up everything in this comic book is, the violence not being the deadliest among them. Anybody can shoot a tank cannon or drop a missile with the press of a button. But can you dine on flesh like it’s Taco Tuesday? Can you make the strangest requests to prostitutes imaginable? Can you dive into an eight-hundred pound man’s belly and cause him to throw up? Can you stomach the inbreeding that goes on to keep the “true savior’s” blood pure? Can you listen to New Orleans tunes if they’re unintelligibly sung by a teenaged boy with a grossly deformed face? Garth Ennis has a vivid imagination and he’s not afraid to use it when penning copies of Preacher. That’s what I love about his work.
Another awesome volume of Preacher is in the books. Everything that made the previous volumes great is neatly packaged into this one as well. It makes me want to finish the final three volumes, which is what any book should be doing in the first place: making you hunger for more. Preacher is one of my all-time favorite comic book series and for that I’m giving this volume a passing grade. I anticipate more greatness in the volumes to come.
February 19, 2019
mám silný pocit, že to čítam skůr z povinnosti ako pre potešenie, ale well, dočítam to
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