Preacher VOL 02: Until the End of the World

The first half of Volume Two of the Preacher series has Jesse return home at the behest of his grandmother, and it's not a happy go lucky return either. No, no, this is a violence laced reunion of the sort one should expect from these books. The second half has the introduction of a new enemy in

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the form of a secret society with its own corrupt agenda.

I enjoyed Volume Two so much more than Volume One. It's still full of an assortment of vile characters, but I was able to get a feel for Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy finally, which allowed me to care about what happened to them. The structure is cleaner and the art still fits nicely. A much more solid book, in my opinion and it has me wanting to pick up Volume Three just so I can find out what happens next.

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Defintely lives up to the promise of the first story arc. This one made me laugh more than the first one -- I don't know if it's actually funnier, or if I'm just more inclined to find the bizarre violence and antics of Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy the Irish Vampire humorous now that I've gotten used

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to them.

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Ennis gives us some background into Jessi's childhood...and it's far from pretty. Anything that one could imagine that crosses the line into abuse or strict religious upbringing is cranked up to 11. But even through this story of Jessie's awful family, we learn more about God's disappearance (he's

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around, he can intervene if he wants, he just doesn't want to be found) and we learn that Jessie's involvement is likely part of a much bigger destiny.

This is also the introduction of The Grail, a shadow organization who has also become very interested in Jessie. Things come to a head a party thrown by one Jesus de Sade - one that even Bacchus would find a bit over the top in terms of pure debauchery - where Ennis pushes the story a bit into "weekly adventure for good" territory, but still manages to move forward the main story.

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Some parts of the story can be completely cracked out. Love it!

The Preacher's tale rolls on and this time we get the true history of why Jesse dumped Tulip, the complete story of which involves Jesse's odd (to put it mildly) upbringing. His story is heartbreaking and the whole Angelville plot that makes up the first part of this volume is worth the price of

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admission. The second part of this volume brings our characters to San Francisco for a more humorous run-in with Jesus de Sade, sexual investigators Bob and Freddy, and the Grail. Good stuff.

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This second volume really fleshed the characters out, and introduced some great villains.

Very sordid stuff, I highly recommend it!

Volume 2 just gets darker and darker.

Jesse's home life, it's no wonder Genesis chose him as a host. These two apparently were made for each other. And the fact that Ennis isn't scared to just kill of a major character (although briefly) is the act of a madman (with a flash of genius), and unlike

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most comic book character revivals, this one makes absolute sense because it fits the ongoing plot.

And the Grail. These guys are not messing around. Once again, I cannot wait to see where this story goes next.

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In Until The End of the World, we learn a great deal more about the past of both Jesse and Tulip. Both are placed in a position where escape seems unlikely, therefore, what better time to unburden their past to one another? Ennis also gives a little more of an explanation to why Jesse is so desired

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by a secret religious organization and Cassidy jumps back into the story, playing a bigger role this time around.

Until The End of the World is a spectacular follow up to what we're presented with the first time around. I can easily say that this is every bit as good as it's predecessor, if not more. It's paced well and the violence and profanity is just as entertaining as before. I am patiently awaiting the return of ARSEFACE.

I'm seriously hooked on this series. I haven't really found anything to be overly negative on, which is a plus. Hopefully it doesn't peak early, I have a hard time believing that anyone is capable of maintaining a streak of greatness for this long without a bit of a dip.

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Mixed feelings about the subject mater. It's good though, if maybe a tad redundant to other vertigo titles I read. I will definitely be reading and researching more though. So far I'm really enjoying the contrast of the dark evil violence and the sweetness of Jesse and Tulip.

So what do you get if you lock Quentin Tarantino in an editing room with film spools from the Exorcist, Caligula, the Divinci Code and Deliverance - you guessed it - Preacher Volume 2. Sacrilegious, violent, depraved, and philosophical are a couple of words that describe it. But really if you're

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reading Volume 2, you don't really need a warning label.

The funny thing is through all that, one of the things that disturbs me the most is that all 3 main characters are chain smokers and they smoke everywhere. Sorry smokers, but it's just so nasty to think of people smoking inside a room or smoking and then kissing. I'm definitely old enough to remember when it was common, but I hated it back then too.

Anyway, rants aside, this is not totally my kind of thing, but I respect it for its originality and the author's willingness to follow the story wherever it takes him (and us). The dialogue is pretty hilarious and occasionally philosophically witty. It kinda strange that he somehow managed to fit a love story into the whole thing as well.

One thing I didn't like was Starr seemed like a complete badass at first but then turned out to be this kind of bumbling weak character. The alley scene just didn't make any sense to me.

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I love this messed-up take on the Grail bloodline foofraw! Especially the family. Ridiculawesome.

I'd heard great things about this series, but this will be as far as I go with it. I was underwhelmed with the first volume and this second volume, whilst better, didn't do enough to grab me.