So, I just finished reading Preacher by Garth Ennis.
WHY HAVE I NOT READ THIS BEFORE????????????????
What I was most surprised by was how ultimately moralistic the character of the three main protagonists are. When Preacher had been described to me, I was sure that they were going to be a bunch of amoral psychopaths on a mission to kill god. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesse's quest isn't ultimately about getting revenge on God, it's about holding him accountable for his actions and doing what is right by humanity. Just a phenominal series.
One little bugaboo, though, is the portrayal of gay characters in the comic. I know it's a product of its time, but the gay characters for the most part are all portrayed as sex perverts and/or psychopaths. I mean, I know that the characters themselves don't harbor homophobic tendancies, as they do TALK about gay people in some kind of positive light, but the author simply never actually presents any of those characters. I wouldn't even bring it up if so many characters in the comics weren't gay and bisexual.
WHY HAVE I NOT READ THIS BEFORE????????????????
What I was most surprised by was how ultimately moralistic the character of the three main protagonists are. When Preacher had been described to me, I was sure that they were going to be a bunch of amoral psychopaths on a mission to kill god. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesse's quest isn't ultimately about getting revenge on God, it's about holding him accountable for his actions and doing what is right by humanity. Just a phenominal series.
One little bugaboo, though, is the portrayal of gay characters in the comic. I know it's a product of its time, but the gay characters for the most part are all portrayed as sex perverts and/or psychopaths. I mean, I know that the characters themselves don't harbor homophobic tendancies, as they do TALK about gay people in some kind of positive light, but the author simply never actually presents any of those characters. I wouldn't even bring it up if so many characters in the comics weren't gay and bisexual.