Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas

English language

Published Oct. 12, 1996 by DC Comics.

ISBN:
978-1-56389-261-5
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3 stars (3 reviews)

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Review of 'Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I am one of those annoying people who has done things the wrong way around, I watched and loved the series before I found out it was a graphic novel and because of that there is no way of reading this volume without comparing it to what I saw on the TV.

I didn’t enjoy the graphic novel much, it feels very disjointed, more a collection of adventures there is no smooth transition between the events and for some reason things don’t seem to be explained very well. The spiritual force known as Genesis has escaped and some heavenly beings…not quite angels…are trying to get it back, they talk to a cowboy and then that’s them done for this volume….this left me thinking what’s the point? The characters on the TV were miles better, Tulip is rubbish, Ruth Negga truly made the character her own.

Jesse feels very whiney, Cassidy …

Review of 'Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

After having read and (as I recall) enjoyed volume 2 and 3 several years ago, I was a definitely underwhelmed when I finally decided to go back and read volume 1. Depending on how my second read through of volume 2 eventually goes, I might actually have to recommend that people just skip this first volume all together if they want to really enjoy this series.

First off, I really felt like the explanation behind how Jessie got his powers was really overdone and completely unnecessary. Unlike in the no doubt much compared Sandman, Ennis has decided to just make shit up as he goes along. Coming up with bogus angel categories (as far as I can tell, I've never really been much of an angels person but there is google) that are just close enough to actual names of angels to sound extra silly and uncreative. The incorporation of …