Though nowhere near as layered, definitely as compelling a graphic novel as Watchmen. Loved it!

Brilliant/edgy/dark

Enjoyed it, but not terribly attached to any of the characters.

This isn't a good comic. There are extremely few good comics. Despite all desperate claims to the contrary by authors, creative types and nerdy apologetics alike, comics are not aimed at a specifically 'young' audience so much as an immature audience. The young are included in their target audience by virtue of their age, but any under-developed man-child with a hero fantasy is shamelessly pandered to by the excruciating predictability, stubborn invariability and patently ridiculous patterns of human interaction of comic books. Preacher is the series which brought this cycle painfully to my attention, after a fortnight-long period where I foolishly believed comics were to be a hugely important part in my future literary consumption.

Filled with violence, sex, swearing and vampires, Preacher pushes all the buttons the modern man-child needs pushed to thrust him into the 'scream incoherent praise' stage of fanboyism, which seems to be all that proponents of this comic (and indeed most comics) can generate. It is the most base, primal platform from which one can live vicariously, showcasing the shallowest and most primitive aspects of testosterone. As a proud bearer of testosterone, I get a bit irate when somebody holds such goddamned ridiculous ideals about what the pinnacle of manhood 'should' be. According to Ennis and his deformed ideal, all problems can be solved through defiance of every form of authority at every turn and/or relentless violence. Ennis was either masturbating furiously and constantly as he wrote this drivel; or he was crying himself to sleep at night on a regular basis and crafted this as a means of escapism from this world to one where he so obviously belonged - Ennisland, where he reigns as an invincible warrior with the courage of a lion, the strength of a dozen men and the irresistible sexual prowess of a Johnny Depp.

This comic covers so much: the aforementioned masculinity, religion, real personal relationship situations, ethics, lesser of two-evils and much more, spread over 9 garish books. At no point does it begin to mature and confront these topics in anything other than in sensationalist, gore-splattered illustrations with explicit sexual deviancy, a multitude of expletives thrown in all wrapped around a transparent hero-fantasy. Nor does it offer any real message other than "Shoot cops! Swear a lot!". There are deep, complex and thematically fascinating topics - ethics, theology, spirituality, eschatology, existentialism - that are cast aside for shock and more swearing. It gets old fast.

Preacher is like bad sex: sure, it's great while you're doing it, but you feel unfulfilled afterwards.

Fucking great. Please have this never become a movie or tv show, or at least have Ennis run the thing if it does.

I went to Forbidden Planet in NYC and asked for a recommendation on what to read next, then walked out with this. Most excellent, but now I'm going to have to buy the rest of the series. Great art, great writing and amazing story.

It makes heaps of sense that I was into Marilyn Manson when I thought this was the best thing that happened in the history of subversion.

Intenso. Políticamente incorrecto. Moralmente ambiguo. Probablemente polémico. Ciertamente profano. Y aún así se las arregla para destacar por cualidades técnicas y de desarrollo de historia y personajes que van más allá del cómic "normal". Excelente guión, extraordinario arte. Leer con una mente abierta.