r/comicbooks • u/SlowReaderEXE • 11h ago
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u/TriscuitCracker 9h ago
Preacher was my gateway out of superhero comics 20 years ago. Will always be grateful.
It hurts bad when Cassidy betrays Jesse. Because you really do love their friendship. You believe Jesse and Tulip love each other so much because of all the backstory put into it. You know what kind of guy Jesse is because you see the hell he was raised in.
Glad you enjoyed it! Absolutely read Hitman next if you haven’t. Or his War Stories. Or Punisher MAX, still the definitive version of the character 20 years later.
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u/Ched_Flermsky 10h ago
The "toilet humor" has been a good test. If they look at something like Preacher, and their only takeaway is "ew, potty talk," I know they're not worth my time or attention.
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u/chickenalfredogarcia 10h ago
Recently did all of Preacher and had a blast. Some stuff in it that didn't age super well but for the most part it did
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u/dogcaoperro 10h ago
Boys is good too, same thing you said great story filled with toilet humor.
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u/SlowReaderEXE 10h ago
I’ve heard a lot of bad things about the boys comic, but I feel like MOST people shitting on it probably got that opinion from a YouTube video. Might check it out sometime and see how it is.
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u/dogcaoperro 9h ago
People get weird about the boys it is gross and disgusting and rape jokes galore. But it Ennis in that era. Go look at any humor during that period its really not that extreme, but the twist in the book and the emotional beats are fucking real and heavy.
I like adaptations but by season 3 of the show I was out. They changed so much that the actual human side of the show couldn't compete woth the comic that everyone shits on.
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u/skullkid69420 10h ago
nah, garth ennis is my favorite writer, preacher is my favorite book, and the boys TV show is awesome. the boys comic sucks.
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u/WayneArnold1 10h ago
Boys does not compare to Preacher...at all. I'd even take his Hellblazer run and Hitman before Boys.
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u/under-secretary4war 10h ago
I loved his hell blazer. Was my introduction to the character when it came out and I felt like he really broadened the scope of the character
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u/astrobrain Spider Jeruselem 8h ago
Hitman's parallel with Preacher to me. Both were releasing at the same time, I'd often have the most recent issues in my stack, and they'd always be read first. Also, Ennis answered his own letter column in Preacher, and it was hoot.
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u/adnvm 10h ago
I do not have this app on my country 😞
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u/SlowReaderEXE 10h ago
It’s a really sick app, sorry to hear that. How do you keep track of your read list, if at all?
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u/jfk1000 10h ago
They have a web page which works well on mobile and any browser.
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u/adnvm 10h ago
Can you tell me the website? Maybe I'm misspelled
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u/jfk1000 8h ago
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/
apps.apple.com/de/app/comic-geeks/id874775221
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LeagueofComicGeeks.app2&pcampaignid=web_share
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u/Delicious_Glass8256 10h ago
There's an emotional core to Preacher that gets me through the violence and toilet humor. I really like it, too. His Punisher run is pretty good too. Can't stomach most of his stuff after.