Comments on: Preacher: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/ Guess what I'm reading? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michele http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-6095 Michele Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:02:27 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-6095 I love Preacher; so glad to find other romance readers who've read the series. I'm a fan of a lot of VERTIGO's stuff, including Sandman, Hellblazer, Lucifer, Preacher, and Fables. I agree that the heart of Preacher is Jesse and Tulip's love for each other, but I also really liked the friendship between Jesse and Cassidy, and how it turned out at the end. Loved the humor, too, though it is dark. I sometimes find Garth's females a little too bitchy -- felt that way about Kit from Hellblazer too -- but I can always count on him to provide a good, emotional story. Preacher and Hellblazer are pretty violent, but Sandman, Lucifer, and Fables are less so in that regard. Like any long-running series, these have their ups and downs, but overall I enjoyed the stories and characters. If one likes a little romance, Lucifer has Lucifer/Mazikeen and Rudd/Lys -- one of my favorite bits of dialog ever is <a href="http://www.inkalicious.com/__musings/wp-content/astrideme.jpg" rel="nofollow">this panel</a>. Those demon chicks and their hell-damned boytoys... Fables has lots of romantic subplots, too, and Prince Charming is (of course!) a charming bastard with three ex-wives. Love him; love all the characters in this series. I really enjoyed the new hardcover, 1001 Nights of Snowfall, especially seeing Snow White and Prince Charming early in their marriage, Frau Totenkinder's past, Ambrose's sad story, and the Three Blind Mice's antics made me laugh. Oh, and those who liked Preacher might also like the Korean manwha series Priest, by Min-woo Hyung. It doesn't have as much humor as Preacher, but it's a horror-western hybrid with fallen angels and zombies. The hero, Ivan, is a dead priest on a mission of vengeance, and there's even a smidgen of romantic stuff in it. Ivan's pretty hot, for a dead priest. I love Preacher; so glad to find other romance readers who’ve read the series. I’m a fan of a lot of VERTIGO’s stuff, including Sandman, Hellblazer, Lucifer, Preacher, and Fables. I agree that the heart of Preacher is Jesse and Tulip’s love for each other, but I also really liked the friendship between Jesse and Cassidy, and how it turned out at the end. Loved the humor, too, though it is dark.

I sometimes find Garth’s females a little too bitchy — felt that way about Kit from Hellblazer too — but I can always count on him to provide a good, emotional story. Preacher and Hellblazer are pretty violent, but Sandman, Lucifer, and Fables are less so in that regard. Like any long-running series, these have their ups and downs, but overall I enjoyed the stories and characters.

If one likes a little romance, Lucifer has Lucifer/Mazikeen and Rudd/Lys — one of my favorite bits of dialog ever is this panel. Those demon chicks and their hell-damned boytoys…

Fables has lots of romantic subplots, too, and Prince Charming is (of course!) a charming bastard with three ex-wives. Love him; love all the characters in this series. I really enjoyed the new hardcover, 1001 Nights of Snowfall, especially seeing Snow White and Prince Charming early in their marriage, Frau Totenkinder’s past, Ambrose’s sad story, and the Three Blind Mice’s antics made me laugh.

Oh, and those who liked Preacher might also like the Korean manwha series Priest, by Min-woo Hyung. It doesn’t have as much humor as Preacher, but it’s a horror-western hybrid with fallen angels and zombies. The hero, Ivan, is a dead priest on a mission of vengeance, and there’s even a smidgen of romantic stuff in it. Ivan’s pretty hot, for a dead priest.

]]> By: December Quinn http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5290 December Quinn Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:13:23 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5290 Comic shop or Amazon are probably the best places, since most B&N-type stores only have a limited section of graphic novels and Preacher's several years old at this point. Still worth a look, though. Comic shop or Amazon are probably the best places, since most B&N-type stores only have a limited section of graphic novels and Preacher’s several years old at this point. Still worth a look, though.

]]> By: rhian http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5272 rhian Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:01:23 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5272 huh. looks like i gotta stop beelining it for the erotica when i walk in a bookstore. graci for the link. You are such a goddess. huh. looks like i gotta stop beelining it for the erotica when i walk in a bookstore. graci for the link. You are such a goddess.

]]> By: bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5271 bam Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:57:09 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5271 Hey, Rhian, here you go: http://www.amazon.com/Preacher-Vol-1-Gone-Texas/dp/1563892618/sr=8-1/qid=1166579741/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7081748-7703822?ie=UTF8&s=books You can also find them (maybe) at your local comic bookstore or the comic section at Barnes & Noble or Borders. Anywhere where there's comics, really. Hey, Rhian, here you go:

http://www.amazon.com/Preacher.....38;s=books

You can also find them (maybe) at your local comic bookstore or the comic section at Barnes & Noble or Borders. Anywhere where there’s comics, really.

]]> By: rhian http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5270 rhian Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:54:01 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5270 Bam - yer killin me. You're the queen of blog links and i'm clicking all over the damn place and can't find who sells this, where to find it, blah blah blah. Grumble. Other than the graphic novels my son loans me, i don't have alot of experience in that genre and no freaking clue where to locate. Now my interest is slavering and I can't appease it. Double Grumble. I CAN tell ya they're not in the Sci-fi or erotica sections of the books store. Well except maybe at BooksA$$$ - have you noticed they've started carrying a Yaoi section the past 6 months? Ooops -tangent. Bam - where baby, where? Bam – yer killin me. You’re the queen of blog links and i’m clicking all over the damn place and can’t find who sells this, where to find it, blah blah blah.
Grumble.

Other than the graphic novels my son loans me, i don’t have alot of experience in that genre and no freaking clue where to locate. Now my interest is slavering and I can’t appease it. Double Grumble. I CAN tell ya they’re not in the Sci-fi or erotica sections of the books store. Well except maybe at BooksA$$$ – have you noticed they’ve started carrying a Yaoi section the past 6 months? Ooops -tangent.

Bam – where baby, where?

]]> By: December Quinn http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5265 December Quinn Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:19:34 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5265 Who, me? Who, me?

]]> By: Jackie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5260 Jackie Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:48:43 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5260 Have <i>no</i> idea what you're talking about, Bam... ;-) Have no idea what you’re talking about, Bam… ;-)

]]> By: bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5258 bam Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:29:33 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5258 Man... how did I <i>just</i> know that this post was going to turn into a goddamn geekgasm girlfest? :D Man… how did I just know that this post was going to turn into a goddamn geekgasm girlfest? :D

]]> By: Jackie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5256 Jackie Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:24:47 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5256 <i>If the movie hadn’t wimped out, it could have been great.</i> Oh, don't get me started on the movie. To this day, when Loving Husband wants to annoy me (on purpose), he'll innocently ask about Keanu Reeves playing Constantine. That always gets me on a five-minute rant about how the Real John Constantine is (A) Not Keanu Reeves (B) Not American (C) Not Brunette (D) Not A Black Trench Coat Wearer. Grrrrrr... Um. So, yeah, PREACHER kicks ass. In a HUGE way. :-) If the movie hadn’t wimped out, it could have been great.

Oh, don’t get me started on the movie. To this day, when Loving Husband wants to annoy me (on purpose), he’ll innocently ask about Keanu Reeves playing Constantine. That always gets me on a five-minute rant about how the Real John Constantine is (A) Not Keanu Reeves (B) Not American (C) Not Brunette (D) Not A Black Trench Coat Wearer.

Grrrrrr…

Um.

So, yeah, PREACHER kicks ass. In a HUGE way. :-)

]]> By: December Quinn http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5242 December Quinn Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:39:14 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/12/18/preacher-gone-to-texas-by-garth-ennis/#comment-5242 Absolutely was, Jackie. The best Hellblazer story ever, I think. If the movie hadn't wimped out, it could have been great. Absolutely was, Jackie. The best Hellblazer story ever, I think. If the movie hadn’t wimped out, it could have been great.

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