Product Description

The Reverend Jesse Custer continues on his outrageous mission in the second PREACHER collection. First Jesse heads south for a brutal confrontation with the demons from his past--a trio of white trash psychos, including Jesse's monstrous grandmother. The Jesse and company go west, only to crash a party of Babylonian proportions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23634 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-01
• Released on: 1997-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781563893124
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Amazon.com Review
In and of itself, the story of a man with one foot in Heaven and one foot in Hell is hardly original. But in the hands of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the story of Jesse Custer becomes a blasphemous masterpiece seething with originality. Custer is a former Texas minister who was joined with a spiritual being called "Genesis." Now Custer is on a journey to find God, but not in the traditional enlightenment sense. I mean track Him down and give Him a piece of his mind. Along for the journey are his gun-friendly girlfriend and his Irish punk vampire buddy. Until the End of the World starts with a flashback to Jesse's childhood, when he watched his father get shot in the head. That kicks off "All in the Family," the first of two stories in this collection. The second story, "Hunters," features the character Jesus de Sade. Yes, even if you've known for years how hip and cool comics are, you won't believe you're reading something this outrageous. And as Kevin Smith points out in his introduction, this is one book "that actually surpasses its hype." --Jim Pascoe

Customer Reviews

Incredible!
Being relatively new to the sordid world of comics, I happened upon this trade PB at a local comic book shop while desperately trying to find a couple of back issues of Strangers in Paradise (which, incidentally, I now own almost every one of.) I picked it up and flipped through it. The artwork was pretty darn good, and I really liked the quality, realistic coloring. Ooh, sacreligious ex-preacher guy, cool chick character, and a vampire too? Seemed almost too good to be true.

I sat down and read the thing all the way through, stopping occasionally to show my friends the delightfully disgusting portraits of "Grandma", and to quote the evil hill-billies. After I was done, my friends insisted I leave the book there so that they might read it as well. Cheez, three fans created by one purchase, so far.

The comic is very well done. The amount of sheer, graphic violence and disturbing subject matter (especially the forced sodomy and beastiality) will make this story difficult for "sensitive" readers. Many parts of this book were hard for me to stomach, and I think they were meant to be funny. This is *not* a comic for anyone under the age of 18, I think - these scenes are enough for an adult to handle.

So, disturbing matter aside, this is a damn fine story. You will find yourself dreaming about the heroic Custer and his love, the very bad-@$$ Tulip, hoping that they make it. I understand that the storyline is currently winding to a close. This is almost a relief to me, as I know that I now have to start collecting the entire series - I won't be stuck in a never-ending cycle of collection! (Like it's not bad enough that I own a collection of bagged-n-boarded comics in the first place. A friend comes over and looks at them, and I wring my hands over the darn things like they are sickly children.)

This book *will* make you re-think your concept of God, Jesus, the Afterlife, and everything in-between. It slips into your psyche like a spirit, and you begin to truly *care* about the characters. It takes a rare kind of artists to create people so complete that they are seem obviously real anytime one opens up a book. From what I have experienced in the comic industry, it's even more difficult to *draw* them, continue an engaging storyline, and make the reader *think*, all at the same time. "Preacher" manages to do all three, and I commend its creators, who breathe life into an idea, and allow us to live it as well. A storyline like this could either flop or succeed . In this case - well, you already know what I think, doncha? : ) Enjoy.

One of the best adult comics ever!
The second installement of the 9 volume Preacher series, Garth Ennis (Hellblazer, Punisher) and Steve Dillon (Punisher, Supreme Power:Nighthawk) has out done themselves again in this book. It's even better than the first vol., Gone to Texas.

This TPB is seperated into two story arcs, the first, "All in the Family" tells us of Jesse Custer's troubled past in Annville and why he left Tulip five years ago, and he also meets some familiar, but unwanted faces. This story arc introduces Jody and T.C., hitmen that work for Jesse Custer's dredded grandmother, who can be summarized as an evil, ugly, old hag. The second story arc is about Cassidy being taken by a powerful organization called Grail, and introduces Herr Starr, Hoover, and Featherspoon. Alot of sex and bizzare moments in this story arc. Anyways, the main plot of the whole series is about Jesse Custer looking for God, literally, that's because according to this book, God left his job and quits, and Jesse isn't just gonna just let God leave, he's gonna give him a peice of his mind. As if that's not enough, this book also say that maybe Jesus faked his death and ressurection, this book is bound to offend a lot of people, especially Catholics and Christians, but then again, I'm a Christian and I feel fine with it, but that's just me. Lots of violence as usual, the jokes are over the top, a lot of sex, and arguably the best adult comic out there today. Garth Ennis, basically an insane but genious Irish writer, is one of the best comic writers out there, and he continues to surprise his faithful readers with his trademark bizzareness and dark humor. He does some of the best work here in "Until the End of the World."

Let's not forget the art by Steve Dillon, Ennis's partner in crime. His work in the tade paperback is superb. Great details, especially in depicting faces and expression, and insane art when drawing the trademark gruesome violence of Ennis and Dillon, he doesn't hold back.

It's unbelievable how great these two gentlemen are, but they've definitely out done themselves this time. But if you can be offended by excessive violence, nudity and sexual themes, profanity, or just plain bizzareness, then don't even think about getting this book. But if you are not, my friends, then you better go get a copy now and be ready to be disturbed and entertained.

The best volume of the series!
With 8 volumes already out, and a 9th obviously on the way,"Until the End of The World" is my personal favorite. Welearn the horrible secrets of Jesse's past, why he left Tulip out of the blue five years ago, we meet Herr Starr and The Grail for the first time, "The Sexual Detectives", and of course Jesus De Sade and his...interesting party. I won't reveal anything else, because you'll be more shocked when you find out on your own!