# Do comics get any better that Preacher? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789 "2004-05-18T16:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/21 "2004-05-19T13:12:22Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > MY BROTHER! > Have you read Point Blank yet? Nyet, but I had recently heard of its semi-relation to Sleeper! There’s a purchase that’s past due, oooh you betchee. And **Selkie** mentions the “imminent” publication of the second trade- would that be in the next couple months, I’m wondering? **Evil Death** - I suppose I should’ve said _story arcs_ instead of “runs,” and more specifically, the individual TPBs, which is generally the way I was introduced to the series. As evidenced by your list of story arcs, _Rake_ would indeed be one of the later ones, no? ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/22 "2004-05-19T13:49:48Z")
**Moody Bastard** , per [Amazon’s website](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1401202888/qid=1084974284/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6089143-0986424?v=glance&s=books), the release date for **Sleeper: All False Moves** is July 1. IIRC, that’s timed to coincide, more or less, with the release of the first issue of Season 2 in singles. I second Big Bad Voodoo Lou’s recommendation of **Point Blank**. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Although I don’t think it’s _as_ good as Sleeper, it’s excellent in its own right and well worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/23 "2004-05-19T13:55:04Z")
Much obliged, Selkie! (as you can see, I’m also known as Lazy Bastard) :o ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/24 "2004-05-19T15:00:11Z")
I loved Preacher too but the ending did suck. I’m reading Sandman now and really enjoying it. I’d probably go with Sandman next but it really depends on what you specifically liked about Preacher. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/25 "2004-05-19T17:41:03Z")
> [@Selkie](#): > > I second the recommendation of the Ennis **Hellblazer** issues, but I personally would recommend starting with **Dangerous Habits** (illustrated by William Simpson, IIRC) before reading **Rake at the Gates of Hell** (which Dillon illustrated). Picked up the very first TBP at lunch, _Original Sins._ (The comics store I was in didn’t have _Dangerous Habits_ and I figured I might as well check out the very beginning.) Please tell me this one’s a worthwhile read, too (?) ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/26 "2004-05-19T18:02:29Z")
I have good news and bad news… _Original Sins_ is my personal favorite TPB of Hellblazer. I love the story to death. However, **Hellblazer** has an unusually strange collection history. Exhibit A is _Original Sins_, which reprints the first nine issues of a ten-to-twelve (depending on where you choose to say it ends) story arc. The remaining issues are uncollected at this point, although DC has promised a new Delano Hellblazer TPB that will come out in the fall that presumably provides the missing issues. The next TPB is _Dangerous Habits_, which begins at issue 41. Go figure. There’s a ton of really good Hellblazer material that hasn’t been collected, and one can only hope that the release of the movie will encourage DC to reprint it sooner rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/27 "2004-05-19T18:11:15Z")
Really! I did not know that, as Johnny Carson would say. Well… as long as it’s a good ‘un, I can stand to be left hanging on the actual conclusion for now. If I can dig C.S. Lewis’ The Dark Tower when it’s basically a novel _fragment_. . . (Doh. This means I may be buying the _Original Sins_ story twice. Yep. Should’ve checked with you first.) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/28 "2004-05-19T18:51:27Z")
> [@Moody Bastard](#): > > (Doh. This means I may be buying the _Original Sins_ story twice. Yep. Should’ve checked with you first.) :smack: I can’t imagine DC will re-reprint the first nine issues, so you’ll just be getting the _Original Sins_ arc spread over two volumes - _Original Sins_, containing issues 1 - 9, and _As Yet Unnamed TPB_, containing 10 through ??? It’s actually a difficult arc to pin down a specific “ending” for. Issue 10 is crucial, 11 and 12 really are part of the arc but are more disconnected from the main action. Mind you, it’s all conjecture at this point that the new TPB will contain the end of _Original Sins_. As far as I know, no formal announcement as to what specific issues it will contain has been forthcoming, other than that they will be from Jamie Delano’s run. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789/29 "2004-05-20T00:15:15Z")
So, am I the only person who thought the end of _Preacher_ was fantastic? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comics-get-any-better-that-preacher/245789.md?page=1)