Preacher

"Sky was the limit"

Cover Vol. 1

Story: Garth Ennis

Art: Steve Dillon

Volume 1: Gone to Texas (1996)

Volume 2: Until the End of the World (1997)

Volume 3: Proud Americans (1997)

Volume 4: Ancient History (1998)

Volume 5: Dixie Fried (1998)

Volume 6: War in the Sun (1999)

Volume 7: Salvation (1999)

Volume 8: All Hell's A-Coming (2000)

Volume 9: Alamo (2001)

Remember when you were a kid and someone ever asked "if you could choose a superpower, what would it be?". You thought being a wise ass when replying "the superpower of having all powers"! Alright, well, imagine that this actually happens to a random reverend in a small town in Texas... then you start to get an idea what Preacher is about.

Some series mark the comics industry and become classics, such is the case for Y: the Last Man, or The Walking Dead. It was the case for Preacher in the 90s, a rocking series published between 1996 and 2001, nowadays less of a blockbuster, but definitely a series that continues to shine, move readers and entertain them through nine 200-page volumes (pretty good job!!). Preacher is very western inspired, besides the fact that it mainly takes place in Texas, there are many references to the genre and to western movies - for example, the hero has the strange habit of asking a ghost of John Wayne what to do when he doubts. However, I don't really like westerns, I guess it's not my generation, yet I loved Preacher. Mmmmm how does that happen? What's it about this series that is so captivating? Preacher is provocative, fun, tabooless, and deals with topics anyone can relate to: beliefs, friendship, love and "doing the right thing".

Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights

"Thailand: 1 - Japan: 0"

Stories: Jonathan Vankin

Art: Seth Fisher (Tokyo Days), Giuseppe Camuncoli & Shawn Martinbrough (Bangkok Nights)

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As a kid I grew up watching Japanese cartoons on TV, from Saint Seyia to Dragonball. Japan has always been a little fascinating to me, and I hope I will go there one day. As an adult, I had the chance to spend some time in Thailand, involving a couple of epic nights out in Bangkok. So when I saw this book published by Vertigo, I thought it might be worth a shot reading a comic from an american writer on two mystic Asian cities, such as Tokyo and Bangkok. The book contains 2 separate stories, one called "Tokyo Days", the other "Bangkok Nights". I expected to have much more interest in the Tokyo story than in the Bangkok story, mostly because Tokyo sounds like a different world to me, and I was afraid that the Bangkok story would be full of clichets. Boy, I was surprised as I closed the book, things did not turn out as expected...


Here I'll write a quick review on Tokyo Days (TD) before touching upon Bangkok Nights (BN).