Some seek God as a way to find yourself, there are those who seek God as an excuse to withdraw from the Madding Crowd there are even those who seek God to really discover the meaning of life, and then Jesse Custer is looking for God to break his face hosts. This is basically the premise of Preacher a story that includes a tough and independent woman, a vampire pimp, the spirit of John Wayne and that is the worst problabemente grandmother who has ever walked the planet Earth. An explosive cocktail that makes up the series rowdiest Vertigo, the label for adult readers of DC Comics.
Vertigo had become an instant hit with audiences since the first moment it was created. The truth is that it was relatively easy as the new publishing division was born grouping collections already in operation and were more profitable. series as Hellblazer, Swamp Thing, Doom Patro what Animal Man, that would be considered part of the Vertigo family afterwards, had created a brand image that will identify products online with deep stories, full of backgrounds philosophical, and usually asentandas in the horror genre. So that we understand by that time we believed that a Vertigo comic was a sort of hybrid between superheroes and the comic gafapasta.
By then the jewel in the crown, and that much had marked as the public image of the imprint, was Neil Gaiman's Sandman, a comic that raged between criticism (specialized or not) and age, a work that marked a before and after the publishing through stories moved among the popular fantasy tales, horror stories and urban narrative, all served with a cool atmosphere that made him a sort of comic book for intellectuals. But one day Sandman is over and, paradoxically, the public turned to a series that was the antithesis of what we thought back then was to be a Vertigo comic but which was to become the new flagship of the house.
And that, truth be told, the first information about the series coming not just aroused great expectations, we knew the series was named Preacher and starring in a priest armed with the voice of God (which would force allowed to follow his orders to all who hear him) so, perhaps influenced by the success of Hellblazer many thought that the comic would be a kind of copy of the adventures of John Constantine, or whether the protagonist go from place to place to face the forces of evil only by changing the figure of the English bastard by a priest with powers, and perhaps have a greater background in the struggle between angels and demons adventures Hellblazer. Equally clear that it was because at that time did not know Garth Ennis ....
Heaven can not wait
Have you ever seen an angel drunk? You know that Santa has to pray if you are a murderer? Can you list five reasons why it is not healthy to sleep with your close relatives but comes from a noble lineage? Do you know what modifications you can make your face very easily at home and allow you to become a music star covers of songs by Celine Dion? Yes? Then you do not understand wasting your time with this article. No? Well read that you still have many more surprises ...
The Preacher history begins with an angel and a devil came a day devoted to fuck like crazy, the two conceive a child, something new called Genesis, an entity that is bordered by the angel by divine command This fact in itself and unusual match an even more rare, God meets with His angels and tells them departs, leaving the business and that it is better not look. The thing could stay here but of course, then the same would not have history, so do not be surprised if I tell you Genesis escapes and comes into contact with a Texas preacher who say that drag a stormy past. The contact between the priest will make Jesse Custer know the truth of heaven and hell and INICE a journey in search of God with the good intention that will explain persomalmente Creator as he dared to leave abandoned to a planet that known for their ability to manage themselves in peace.
Hit the road Jack
The writer Garth Ennis takes this point of departure as an excuse to draw a road movie in which characters travel the United States found in the most politically incorrect that you can imagine. In fact as the story progresses the reader often called wide attention to the fact that the writer does not appear to do almost nothing to the hosts of hell (which follow the classical conception of argument should be interested in something like Genesis), and Ennis made at any time has no intention to delve into the nature of this hybrid of angel and devil, as we said earlier Preacher story is an excuse to accompany the characters on a journey through America as never seen before; although of course not going to give the impression that Preacher is a comic level, the characters will evolve, brilliantly, along the trip and will do so by the experiences they are living together as for the discovery of the secrets that are hidden from each other, and even the end (which for my taste it leaves some things to explain) contains a philosophical (the explanation of why it happens all) that seems very accurate.
In fact, if you ask in forums and lists that you find certain people who will tell you that Preacher is a hymn to friendship, to camadarería and other deep thoughts, but I, with all due respect, I have never found that facet (and I'm the only one in paper Jail think so.) More While I have seen a thug who makes a comic song about values \u200b\u200btaken from the western movies, praise of the American view of things that the French think they're all cocky, that eat horse meat should be punishable by jail, that the best way to remove a friend from depression is to take her drink and a beer before putting it in a good bar fight, and should give a lot of ass to communism. But I can also say that agree with the guys of Things Geeks Preacher that cool, really cool (one of the comics that the more I borrow my friends) and personally I think we all would be better if there more parents to tell their children that have to be good "because there are too bad."
edition in Spain
is a bit confusing because Preacher is published in Spain by Zinco, Standard and Metro. So if I have bitten by the bug you have several options for moving the collection, ruled out the option of zinc, which did not publish the entire series and who knows where those numbers are going to find now these are the three options you have.
1) THE MOST COMFORTABLE (Metro): Planeta de Agostini Comics has announced its intention to issue from the beginning, in similar format to Hellblazer or Doom Patrol the collection. It is true that now also Preacher revenue in volumes, but we've said Preacher is a journey, or a story from beginning to end, so start buying now I would do the volumes reach the film started and over the two volumes, in my humble opinion, rather bland series. However, if you start now the series in volumes you could always buy after you lack the numbers in the regular collection. The main problem is that this issue of Preacher not come out until next year.
2) THE SAFEST (Standard / Metro): If you are someone who can not wait for it to begin publishing next year the series or do not trust that the sales of a series published in Spain many times to maintain the complete series on the market, your valid option is to buy the three-volume compilation who edited Norma, in order of readings, Road to Texas, to the end of the Proud American and (what you would for about 52 euros) and then the editing reengancharte Planet by Ancient History Volume (where you will notice a significant drop in price).
3) the fastest (Standard / Planet / Standard): It is only strong or card pockets with payment by installments, is to buy the first three volumes of standard collections and complete the collection with discount packs, known as the discoplay packs, which took Norma and Ancient History Volume Metro has edited, with this combination and have everything you need to understand almost perfectly the story of Preacher but if you're a completist you know that you may have missed three special part edited by Norma in prestige: Cassidy: Blood and Wiskhey, Private War and Atop chair (and in case anyone is wondering, and I can remember these specials are integrated into the various TPBs USA that is now POA publishing).
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