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I fucking hate Grandma.

Yeah, this is a real, quality-of-life improvement from the previous entry. The volume's composed of two story arcs, with Cass out of the picture, the first arc develops the relationship between Jesse and Tulip, and introduces us to Jesse's backstory. It's fantastic, you can tell right away that it's dealing with much heavier themes, and done so tastefully. This heavy theming portends to the second arc as well, where the two meet up with Cass again. And while I do love the volume's more serious tone, it still manages to keep up its goofy, light-hearted moments, showing how capable this volume is of producing such an eclectic range of emotions. But, none of this would've mattered if it weren't for its greatest achievement: the swearing. Oh sweet baby Jesus, I swear, it's like poetry now; Garth really knows what to say to touch a man's heart (and corrupt his soul a tidbit too.) So what can I say? I thought it was great. If you like the first volume, chances are you'll like this one too. ( )

It's hard not to be completely captivated by this volume, because it's so full of action and intrigue that you just can't look away.

The first half of this book takes us back to Angelville, the ancestral home of Jesse's family, that (let me assure you) is not full of angels. Instead, the place is populated by a violent sociopath and a redneck who will fuck anything, both of whom are under the dominion of Jesse's psychtic grandmother. All grandmother's have the tendency to be a bit scary somtimes (since they've had longer to perfect the mother stare and manipulation techniques), but this one is some other piece of work. I literally cheered when she (and the ancestral home) went up in flames! So long and good riddance, you crazy old bat!

The second storyarc sets us up for the next big adventure, with the introduction of a secret society who is in charge of protecting the Grail (ie the bloodline of Christ). Apparently they want Jesse to be the next messianic figure, since he actually has the power of God and the current offspring is somewhat of a disappointment. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they're practicing inbreeding as a means of keeping the bloodline "pure" again! Sometimes these fundamentalist types are just so stupid that it makes me laugh. ( )

Gets more and more depraved with every volume like I remembered. It will be curious to see what they take from this volume for Season 2 of the TV show. ( )

Hello Grandma!

A little of Jessie's childhood has come back to haunt him and a good little spanking, too. I love getting more of Tulip's history, too, but it's not quite up to levels I want just yet. Hit-Girl, eh? Just fine. :) But grandma the bible-thumper? Wow, what a nightmare she is.

Good thing we can put that thing in the coffin, now.

What I really liked most about this volume was the guest appearance of god. :) He sounded so scared... or was that really him? Who knows!?! Well... maybe me because I'll be continuing on right away. :) ( )

I enjoyed book two much more than book one because now I understand the story more fully.

I love the strong characters of Jesse Custer (the preacher), Tulip (Custer's girlfriend), and Cassidy (the Irish vampire). If you think that's a strange cast of characters, wait until you meet the others. In this book, I think the creepiest were Gran'ma (you have to grab this book to see what she looks like!) and Jesus de Sade. They are not only disgusting characters, but they are drawn to look as bad as they are. Wonderful artwork by Steve Dillon, including some individual covers by Glenn Fabry. Check it out.

A truly fun part of this series is the occasional laugh-out-loud one-liners that provide comic relief to an otherwise intensive dark story. Love it!

Moving on to book three of this series... ( )

Preacher can do no wrong. Seriously. It's the Tarantino of comic books, when that was still a compliment to pay. Preacher can imitate nothing but itself, and it is not even close to running the risk of being overly cliché.

I can't get enough of these things. ( )

I'd heard great things about this series, but this will be as far as I go with it. I was underwhelmed with the first volume and this second volume, whilst better, didn't do enough to grab me. ( )

I love this messed-up take on the Grail bloodline foofraw! Especially the family. Ridiculawesome. ( )

So what do you get if you lock Quentin Tarantino in an editing room with film spools from the Exorcist, Caligula, the Divinci Code and Deliverance - you guessed it - Preacher Volume 2. Sacrilegious, violent, depraved, and philosophical are a couple of words that describe it. But really if you're reading Volume 2, you don't really need a warning label.

The funny thing is through all that, one of the things that disturbs me the most is that all 3 main characters are chain smokers and they smoke everywhere. Sorry smokers, but it's just so nasty to think of people smoking inside a room or smoking and then kissing. I'm definitely old enough to remember when it was common, but I hated it back then too.

Anyway, rants aside, this is not totally my kind of thing, but I respect it for its originality and the author's willingness to follow the story wherever it takes him (and us). The dialogue is pretty hilarious and occasionally philosophically witty. It kinda strange that he somehow managed to fit a love story into the whole thing as well.

One thing I didn't like was Starr seemed like a complete badass at first but then turned out to be this kind of bumbling weak character. The alley scene just didn't make any sense to me. ( )

Mixed feelings about the subject mater. It's good though, if maybe a tad redundant to other vertigo titles I read. I will definitely be reading and researching more though. So far I'm really enjoying the contrast of the dark evil violence and the sweetness of Jesse and Tulip. ( )

In Until The End of the World, we learn a great deal more about the past of both Jesse and Tulip. Both are placed in a position where escape seems unlikely, therefore, what better time to unburden their past to one another? Ennis also gives a little more of an explanation to why Jesse is so desired by a secret religious organization and Cassidy jumps back into the story, playing a bigger role this time around.

Until The End of the World is a spectacular follow up to what we're presented with the first time around. I can easily say that this is every bit as good as it's predecessor, if not more. It's paced well and the violence and profanity is just as entertaining as before. I am patiently awaiting the return of ARSEFACE.

I'm seriously hooked on this series. I haven't really found anything to be overly negative on, which is a plus. Hopefully it doesn't peak early, I have a hard time believing that anyone is capable of maintaining a streak of greatness for this long without a bit of a dip. ( )

The first half of Volume Two of the Preacher series has Jesse return home at the behest of his grandmother, and it's not a happy go lucky return either. No, no, this is a violence laced reunion of the sort one should expect from these books. The second half has the introduction of a new enemy in the form of a secret society with its own corrupt agenda.

I enjoyed Volume Two so much more than Volume One. It's still full of an assortment of vile characters, but I was able to get a feel for Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy finally, which allowed me to care about what happened to them. The structure is cleaner and the art still fits nicely. A much more solid book, in my opinion and it has me wanting to pick up Volume Three just so I can find out what happens next. ( )

Volume 2 just gets darker and darker.

Jesse's home life, it's no wonder Genesis chose him as a host. These two apparently were made for each other. And the fact that Ennis isn't scared to just kill off a major character (although briefly) is the act of a madman (with a flash of genius), and unlike most comic book character revivals, this one makes absolute sense because it fits the ongoing plot.

And the Grail. These guys are not messing around. Once again, I cannot wait to see where this story goes next. ( )

The Preacher's tale rolls on and this time we get the true history of why Jesse dumped Tulip, the complete story of which involves Jesse's odd (to put it mildly) upbringing. His story is heartbreaking and the whole Angelville plot that makes up the first part of this volume is worth the price of admission. The second part of this volume brings our characters to San Francisco for a more humorous run-in with Jesus de Sade, sexual investigators Bob and Freddy, and the Grail. Good stuff. ( )

Some parts of the story can be completely cracked out. Love it! ( )

"Preacher" is a graphic novel series that follows the footseps of the three very different characters - Jesse Custer (a former Reverend and vassal of the mysterious entity Genesis, which may be more powerful than God), Tulip (once a flame of Custer's), and Cassidy (a vampire), as they get into adventures in Jesse's search to find God.

In Volume 2 of the series, Jesse's quest gets somewhat side-tracked - Jesse meets up with his fundamentalist religious family, and assists Cassidy after one of Cassidy's former lovers dies from a drug overdose. Jesse and his group also encounters a secret religious organisation that wishes to control Jesse Custer for their own purposes.

Violent, stylish, quite dark humour, and some interesting ideas in here. Probably not a book that would appeal to religiously-conservative people, or those that dislike explicit violence. However, I will definitely be reading the rest of this graphic novel series. ( )

Some parts of the story can be completely cracked out. Love it! ( )

Ennis gives us some background into Jessie's childhood...and it's far from pretty. Anything that one could imagine that crosses the line into abuse or strict religious upbringing is cranked up to 11. But even through this story of Jessie's awful family, we learn more about God's disappearance (he's around, he can intervene if he wants, he just doesn't want to be found) and we learn that Jessie's involvement is likely part of a much bigger destiny.

This is also the introduction of The Grail, a shadow organization who has also become very interested in Jessie. Things come to a head a party thrown by one Jesus de Sade - one that even Bacchus would find a bit over the top in terms of pure debauchery - where Ennis pushes the story a bit into "weekly adventure for good" territory, but still manages to move forward the main story. ( )

As Jesse's past is revealed, the story takes a few interesting turns... ( )

Uttelry absurd but gripping. Extremely sexually explicit and very horrible at times. Brilliant, however. A reverend merged with Gabrial and the power of 'the word'. Saints of killers after him. Horrible coffin scheme, family from hell. ( )

This second volume really fleshed the characters out, and introduced some great villains.

Very sordid stuff, I highly recommend it! ( )

what can i say.. i love it almost as much as sandman. ( )

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This volume has two separate stories; first our hero confronts his horrific relatives in Texas, then he and his friends find themselves disrupting a very debauched party in San Francisco. The first bit seemed to me a bit implausible even in the framework of the narrative so far; the nasty relatives turn out to be vulnerable to a few well-aimed punches and gunshots. The second bit seemed to me to gel better, despite the graphic violence there were actual moments of slapstick humour. ( )

Defintely lives up to the promise of the first story arc. This one made me laugh more than the first one -- I don't know if it's actually funnier, or if I'm just more inclined to find the bizarre violence and antics of Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy the Irish Vampire humorous now that I've gotten used to them. ( )