Preacher Vol. 3: Proud Americans

This was insane as usual. Gorey, irreverent, sacrilegious, perverted, and sometimes touching. Jessie Custer is a "simple man" and for me that makes him hard to relate to. He's a badass and an asshole, but a great friend if you can get on the "short list".

This collection was just as outrageous as the two before it, but there were 3 issues that were different. They flashed back for Jessie and then for Cassidy, and somehow they fit perfectly with the deviant sex and extreme torture of the other issues, showing that Ennis is more than a "shock" writer.

I'm really hoping the series stays this good.

Well, here we go.

We get the six part Crusader storyline (fat bastards, idiot saviors, and enough blood and guts to put one over) as well as Cassidy's origin story. What a way to go.

Preacher continues it's brilliant run with more mythos, more crass humor, and enough insults to turn Quentin Tarantino green. What else would you expect, though, really?

What a great series so far. This book starts off and ends up with very moving stories. The beginning story was about Jesse's dad's time in the army during the Vietnam war. The ending story was about Jesse's desertion of the Irish army and the start of his new life in America--in New York City, of course. I found that last chapter very sentimental and moving. Maybe that was because it had the Statue of Liberty pictured with her head erect (while she still had reason to keep it so) and the Twin Towers still gracing New York's skyline.

AS for the action in this book, there was plenty. In fact, there was so much that I had a hard time keeping the characters straight plus what they each wanted to do with and to each other. I plowed my way show more through all of that and felt satisfied when the story of the Grail reached its resolution.

Ever onward! I'm now ready for Book Four.

By the way, I adore the friendship between Jesse and Cassidy. In a rough world, it's friendship that truly counts. show less

Well now! It looks like Robert Langdon has nothing on Ennis! And Ennis beat him to the punch, no?

Pretty delicious! I'm probably gonna gorge myself on these comics until I get as big as that fat man with the idiot. :)

Seriously though, Cassidy makes for a wonderful damsel in distress and he sure can take a lot of punishment, too. Even better was the tiny guest appearances of god, this time moving on from Tulip and giving Cass a little ugly heart-to-heart. Beast! lol

All told, extremely entertaining and obviously nothing scares Ennis. Nothing at all. I'm loving it. Total no-holds-barred glorious shite. Starr was a hoot and a half. Never met a funnier villain.

Not for the faint of heart or those who regularly clean their tongues with bars show more of soap. :) show less

This volume was even more action packed than the previous one! The conflict between Jesse and the Grail comes to a bloody headm with a nice cameo from the angel who fathered the Genesis beast and a no-so-nice cameo entrance from the morbidly obese leader of the organization. The Lord also drops by long enough to tell Cassidy to tell Jesse to lay off (with the third time being the final straw). So far the Lord has spoken to both of Jesse's main companions, but he seems quite afraid to meet Jesse face to face, so I figure that something about getting the Lord and the Genesis being in the same room at the same time is going to cause some major magical problems. Obviously Jesse won't listen to anyone's warnings, so I'm anticipating a pretty show more big showdown next time (again). show less

Bookended by meh, the middle six-issue arc is one of the most blasphenomenally funny things I've seen since Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun, and puts the "mess" in "Messiah." Tee and also hee!