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Post by berkley on Oct 22, 2017 19:35:53 GMT -5
Preacher is a great 8 issue character piece stretched into 60 issues of terrible shock humor. I've still yet to be able to finish the series. I've tried 3 or 4 times now and get bogged down and lose interest somewhere in volume 3 every time. -M My experience was something like the first time I tried it, but eventually I went back and finished it. The second time around I found that the long sequence where Jesse Custer goes back to his old home helped bring everything together for me and I was more motivated to keep going after that. I think the first time I stopped right before the beginning of that story, more just to take a break than because I was bored or anything, but as often happens with long series that I read in trade, if I lose that momentum it could be along time before I go back to it. I had the same thing happen with The Invisibles. |
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 22, 2017 20:38:27 GMT -5
Keeping with the Halloweeen spirit...Nightstalkers.
I think it could've been much better with a more capable writer. Chichester is just...meh.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 23, 2017 7:10:49 GMT -5
Preacher is a great 8 issue character piece stretched into 60 issues of terrible shock humor. You captured it perfectly. Yeah. I bought two TPB super cheap to give it a try. Got really invested in the first volume with Jesse and his backstory and family. And the story seemed to pick up. And then just like that somewhere in the second TPB it took a nose dive and became what you describe. Kinda of glad I only bought two volumes. |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 24, 2017 11:28:38 GMT -5
I loved it.
My dad is watching it now on AMC and really likes it
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Post by The Captain on Oct 24, 2017 12:51:41 GMT -5
Keeping with the Halloweeen spirit...Nightstalkers. I think it could've been much better with a more capable writer. Chichester is just...meh. I liked Nightstalkers to a point as well, but it seemed like they wasted the opportunity to play in the darker corners of the MU and wound up putting out a book that was way too tame and mainstream. |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 24, 2017 12:56:45 GMT -5
As well, I liked the concept behind Marvel's Darkhold book from the same era as Nightstalkers, but it too was never truly dark enough and also suffered by too often touching into the mainstream MU with guest appearances.
I would love to see what someone like Warren Ellis could have done with the book, taking it to creepy depths instead of just casting a little shadow on it as they wound up doing.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 24, 2017 13:24:40 GMT -5
I loved it. My dad is watching it now on AMC and really likes it I told my wife she should read it and if she liked more than we could buy some. She asked "why?" I said because "Preacher turned into exactly what Supernatural did". I like starting Supernatural episodes but then like Preacher took the whole heaven vs hell shtick writers like to do to make both sides look petty and bad. Maybe she'd like the show too. |
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