BADASS Comic Friday: Preacher

There’s plenty of badassness in Preacher, the story of a preacher on a quest to kill God. The concept itself is pretty badass. I may revisit Preacher in the future for multiple reasons. Today, I’m going to be talking about one character and one scene featuring this character. If you haven’t read the series than you might want to skip this post and then go out and read Preacher.

The character the Saint of Killers is based on Clint Eastwood in his various cowboy roles. He basically kills everything he comes into contact with. Most of the heads that get blown apart in the series are due to him. If that was it, then he would just be a violent freak. And not all that entertaining to read about. I gave up on Ennis’s punisher after only two volumes. But there’s so much more that makes the Saint cool.

The scene that may personify his badassness the most is when another character drops a nuclear bomb on the Saint. The mushroom cloud goes up and messes up a lot of other characters. The bomb hits the Saint directly and all he says is “Not enough gun.” That’s badass.

I think that sums up the series too. Incredibly ridiculous and absurd but also badass and cool.