Preacher Vol. 6: War in the Sun

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. show more 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? show less

Nothing seems able to go right in this volume, from Herr Starr's plan to kidnap Tulip to Cass trying to stay sober and everything in between. By the end of the book everyone's gotten their own dose of crap, and a reckoning is sure to be coming before everything sorts itself out. The biggest upset isn't even the political machinations or Jesse's quest for God, but it's that Cass managed to hook up with Tulip while Jesse was out of commission. I guess it's not a good idea to fall out of a plane, but what can you do: sometimes this shit just happens...

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 show more here, and it's not just what's on the menu, either. show less

This was probably the most intense book of the series so far. The Chunt brothers creeped me out, Custer’s injury saddened me, Cassidy’s relationship with Tulip made me despair, and Arseface’s make-believe world seemed over-the-top. Can’t wait to read book seven!

Enjoyed the series overall, but it was uneven. Arseface seemed like a waste of time, and I only read those centric-episodes because I'm a completist. Would definitely recommend, because it raises some interesting questions, but I wasn't convinced the writer had 66 issues in him. Maybe 50.

Mi gran problema con la estructura de esta serie (al menos en estos volúmenes de tapa dura) sale a relucir de nuevo en este tomo 6. Los primeros tres o cuatro capítulos se dedican a la gran batalla entre Custer/Tulip/Cassidy, el Santo de los Asesinos, y Starr y el ejército, un acontecimiento épico cuya conclusión merecería ser el cliffhanger perfecto para el próximo tomo, pero no. Tenemos dos o tres capítulos más donde vemos a Starr vérselas con unos caníbales, a Custer tener un encuentro bastante innecesario con un astronauta frustrado, y a Cassidy intentando no aprovecharse de la fragilidad emocional de Tulip (y fracasando).

Este último arco argumental me saca de mis casillas, y supongo que acaba aquí de manera show more interesante cuando Custer finalmente lo descubre. Sin embargo, el cierre se reserva para una insustancial fantasía de un mundo lleno de caraculos que si tiene algún tipo de relevancia desde luego aquí no se muestra. Por esto es por lo que este tomo rompe la racha de cuatro estrellas. Una pena.

Starr tiene su momento de gloria con su propio especial, "One Man's War", bastante buena para recapitular todo lo que ha pasado con el Grial y para conocer a ese misterioso y sádico alemán que tanto queremos. Tal vez lo mejor de todo el tomo. show less

Now that I've watched the show I get confused about what happened in the comics versus the show. I like both a lot, mostly because of their originality, and of course Cassidy is awesome. This one seemed kinda like "more of the same" and though it was "out there" they didn't reach some of the peaks that were reached in earlier story arcs.