Customer Reviews
Amazing potential, not quite fulfilled. - By: J. Scott, 26 Sep 2007 
No spoilers.
I finished reading this series a short time ago, & after the initial excitement of the early volumes, I was so disappointed at the rest that I've finally decided to get it off my chestin a review.
The story gets off to a cracking start - I'd never seen a graphic novel like this before. The themes are awesome & cosmic. The violence is... violent & quite funny at times. It's shocking. If your jaw doesn't drop open a few times as you read it, you probably have tetanus. It has a few wonderful, memorable moments that you'll never forget.
But for me the whole thing has two major problems.
First - the pervy sex & cuss words,blasphemy, etc... I have no problem with these as such, but it's as if the writer got so excited about being able to do all that x-rated stuffin a comic book, that he just got carried away & *overdid* it. I mean to the point where it becomes a distraction from the story rather than something to carry it forward.
I kept thinking that it was like when a little kid discovers a cuss word, & keeps using it over & over - just because he can. It can be funny at first, but eventually it just gets intensely irritating. After the first few volumes, the Preacher series goes through a stage where it's almost a self-parody, putting the story on 'hold' & taking time out to be as shocking & offensive as possible, just for its own sake.
But my biggest beef with the series was how it all ended. Like I promised, there are no spoilers here - but I felt it just kinda fizzled outin a slightly-rushed, semi-resolved sort of way. Personally, I felt it was a far from satisfying ending, & haven't felt so cheated since I watched the final episode of the TV series 'Alias'.
If you're into graphic novels, you've probably GOT to read this. I don't regret the experience but didn't regard it as a keeper - I promptly sold all my copies, & it's VERY unusual for me to buy a graphic series & not keep it on my shelves.
One of the best comics ever. - By: Gordon Johnston, 02 Apr 2007 
This is a superb adult comic.
The characters are great & the humour is black.
I haven't completed the series but I am yet to be dissapointed.
If you are reading this then you are into this kind of thing. Don't delay any longer, dive right in.
One word.......WOW - By: Jade, 31 Mar 2007 Preacher is the most fantastic Graphic Novel I have EVER read. It is like the drug of the comic world- once youv'e had a taste you aint never going back! - you'll have to get all the othersin the series no matter what - its that addictive!
Dismiss any thoughts of the title meaning this is gonna be too religious or something. It isn't. It's characters (an Irish Vampire, a gun toting fiesty female, & a cussing, fist fighting Preacher) are strong & very well written. The storyline - smooth, well paced & imaginative. And its amusing (notin a comedic way, but twistedin such an imaginative way you cannot help but turn the page quicker every timein amazment).
I have never heard a bad word said about this novel by anyone who's read it & I would highly, highly recommend it to Everyone!
That fella's got a face like an... - By: , 07 Jan 2006 Recently I decided to check out some new comic titles - by "new" obviously meaning ones I haven't read yet, as Preacher ran from 1995 to 2000. While Preacher is of course a well-known title among comics/graphic novels, it was mostly a shotin the dark. Well, when I turned the light on, there was a big smoking bullet hole rightin the bullseye.
I started out skeptical. Take Cassidy: an Irish vampire. It felt pretty thrown together, but before long you're loving the guy for being such a reliable jerk. The craziest things happenin Preacher, butin the end all you can do is laugh your head off & turn the page.
Not that it's all smiles, of course. The sheer amount of flesh-rending gunshot woundsin the entire Preacher series is staggering. And pitting God Almighty as the antagonist is a pretty damn brave thing to do - we may livein a fairly liberal western world, but surely some things people still don't suffer to be taken lightly. Be warned, Jesse Custer is not strictly a moral man, & some may find offensein the comic's easily dispensed violence & unforgiving treatment of 'bad folks' (until they remember that it is, after all, just a comic, that is).
Preacher is a fresh take on the mythology of America, strong plot, surprises for even the most cynical among us, one-liners & panels that make you burst out laughing ("Paulie, you sure you're not just ****edin the head?"), strong characters (Tulip must be one of the toughest chicks ever seenin comic books), & no compromises. Pick up Gone To Texas & be assured that every issue after it is at least as good as the last.
To buy or not to buy - By: , 21 Jul 2005 Of course you have to buy Praecher but you cant buy just one you have to get them all. thestory is captivating the characters multilayered, each with a past that gets slowly revealed. the writing is quick & witty. the art is imaginative as well.
