Hide this

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Preacher Vol. 1: Gone to Texas by Garth…
Loading...

Preacher Vol. 1: Gone to Texas

by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon (Illustrator)

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
1,687303,878 (4.13)37
Recently added byprivate library, eag369, adasfar, Joe_Beck, scgavin12, maribou, jen.e.moore, irrekset
(9) angels (18) comic (55) comic book (20) comic books (17) comics (179) DC (14) DC Comics (9) demons (16) Ennis (15) fantasy (55) fiction (83) Garth Ennis (15) God (10) graphic novel (300) Graphic Novels/Comics (8) horror (36) humor (16) preacher (72) read (41) religion (76) series (17) supernatural (14) Texas (28) to-read (9) tpb (9) vampires (46) Vertigo (66) violence (23) western (32)
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

English (29)  French (1)  All languages (30)
Showing 1-5 of 29 (next | show all)
Husband: "You should read Preacher, I think you'd really like it."
Me: "Oh yeah? What's it about?"
Husband: "...well, it's, uh, hmmm...it's a western?"
Me: "You can't blurb it for me?"
Husband: "Not really, no. Just read it."

A few hours later...

Me: "So lemme get this straight. We have Jesse Custer, the Preacher, who's been possessed by some sort of nigh-omnipotent heavenly power and has the spirit of John Wayne as his guardian angel, Cassidy, who's basically Shane McGowan the vampire, and Tulip, the mob-connected hit woman and Jesse's ex-girlfriend all off on a mission to literally find God?"
Husband: "Yup."
Me: "That's just insane."
Husband: "Maybe."
Me: "Be a dear and grab me volume two, if you would be so kind..." ( )
  Ridley_ | Apr 1, 2013 |
While I feel that this is extremely well executed and thought-provoking, this is definitely at the far violent and graphic edges of my taste. Foul language? Yep. Sex? Yep. Over-the-top violence? Yep. I read books with all of these things included, but in a graphic novel they have an even higher impact. A strong stomach and a tolerance for less than reverent depictions of religion are both needed, but if you can handle it, I would highly recommend this series. This first volume really sets the stage for the series as a whole and introduces us to the three main characters - Jesse, who has the Word of God on his side (sort of), Tulip his gun-toting ex-girlfriend, and Cassidy, an Irish vampire. Fun and funny in places as well. ( )
  JenJ. | Mar 31, 2013 |
I wasn't sure what to expect when I first picked up Preacher, I just knew that it was one of the Vertigo titles that everyone raved about and that the trade had Kevin Smith's recommendation right above the title. That was enough for me.

This book is fantastically written. There is so much dark humor, crass language, and graphic violence that I'm surprised I didn't hear more about it from the people who usually boycott things like that, especially in a comic book. Kudos to Garth Ennis for pulling off such a brilliantly dark book and to Steve Dillon for not holding back on the gory details.

I cannot wait to see where this is going. ( )
  regularguy5mb | Dec 8, 2012 |
One word: Beefybird ( )
  mortal90125 | Oct 2, 2012 |
As soon as I got wind of this series I knew I had to read it. A Texas preacher possessed by a supernatural entity wielding power to rival God himself, a snarky alcoholic Irish vampire, and a female contract killer named Tulip? And all three on the lamb! What's not to love? The whole cast of characters, major and minor, is wonderfully imagined and perfectly portrayed. The tone and content of this comic is so full of attitude, grit, vulgarity, and violence that it makes Frank Miller's Sin City look like Family Circus. Not to say that these elements are simply to shock and disgust. They come natural to the characters and the situations they find themselves in. There are good lowbrow laughs to be had as well. Some great one-liners. Ennis' dialogue is golden and makes you really hear the characters. I keep drooling about the writing, but not to discount Steve Dillon. His art is amazing. Almost twenty years later, I doubt half of the pencillers working today could deliver so perfect a compliment to story as Dillon does here. ( )
  poetontheone | Aug 26, 2011 |
Showing 1-5 of 29 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

» Add other authors (12 possible)

Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Garth Ennisprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dillon, SteveIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Series (with order)
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Awards and honors
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
It was the time of the preacher... ♫
Quotations
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Publisher series

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (2)

Book description
Haiku summary

No descriptions found.

Here's a book guaranteed to offend a bunch of people, not only because of its profuse profanity and graphic violence, but because it's the epitome of iconoclasm. Like a brutal accident, you can't watch but you can't turn away. The story follows an ex-preacher man, Jesse, who has become disgusted with God's abandoning of His responsibilities. So Jesse starts off into the wilds of Texas with his hitman girlfriend and new best friend (a vampire) to find God so that he can give Him a piece of his mind. Despite its superficial perversity, this book contains what may be the most moral character in mainstream comics. A cult hit in the making. Fans of Quentin Tarantino take note.--Amazon.com… (more)

» see all 2 descriptions

Quick Links

Swap Ebooks Audio
5 avail.
85 wanted

Popular covers

Rating

Average: (4.13)
0.5 1
1 4
1.5 3
2 17
2.5 6
3 57
3.5 24
4 166
4.5 26
5 187

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Contact | LibraryThing.com | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | Legacy Libraries | 81,991,833 books!