PREACHER FEATURE!
Posted 3:34 PM by AD in Labels: comic books, garth ennis, grievous head wound, preacher, steve dillon
I've been sorely neglecting this blog in favour of my work stuff and I've been hating myself because of it, and for that, I've decided to do a regular feature that I'll only do in this blog, something related to my ongoing reread of the Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon epic Preacher: I plan to count all the books' grievous head wounds.
I admit that this is not a new project: back when I was reading the books in singles - thirteen years ago, more or less - there was a Preacher fansite that basically did this very thing, count each and every grievous head wound in the books as they came out month in month out. It was one of the most pointless things I've ever seen anyone do, and due to my wanting to do something truly utterly wastefully brainless for once, and due to the fact that that little legendary website is now defunct, I've decided to count each and every grievous head wound in the books as I read them.
A few rules:
1) I define "head" as the parts of the body upwards from the neck;
2) I define "wound" as any sort of wound that draws blood, so the head wounds in this count will not necessarily be "grievous," although I must say that eight out of ten head wounds in Preacher can be described as nothing short of "grievous;" and
3) I will only count the grievous head wounds that appear on the pages, in the panels, either as they happen or as evidence of what had happened, meaning, I will not count threats of head wound as a head wound, or even implications of head wounds if they don't show even a drop of blood, ie, a first-person POV of a shooter shooting the viewer presumably between the eyes, meaning, there has to be a direct visual evidence of the grievous head wound for it to be counted as such.
And so, to get things started, here is the total number of grievous head wounds in Preacher, from issue number 1 to number 26, ie, a little more than two years' worth of singles, as published in Preacher Book One: Gone To Texas, Preacher Book Two: Until The End Of The World, and Preacher Book Three: Proud Americans -
Total number of grievous head wounds: 110
(the first ever grievous head wound being a decapitated seraphi angel)
Total number of grievous head wounds dealt by the Saint of Killers: 24
(the first victim being an adephi angel shot through the right eye)
Total number of grievous head wounds dealt on animals: 1
(the first being baby Custer's dog nailed to the fence through the head thanks to Jody)
Next: Preacher Book Four: Ancient History, which I think will add a lot to the tally, as this book features the origin of the Saint of Killers, a slapstick send-up of Chuck Norrisy-Steven Seagaly action movies starring Jody and TC, and the origin of Arseface - all grievous head wound stories.
I admit that this is not a new project: back when I was reading the books in singles - thirteen years ago, more or less - there was a Preacher fansite that basically did this very thing, count each and every grievous head wound in the books as they came out month in month out. It was one of the most pointless things I've ever seen anyone do, and due to my wanting to do something truly utterly wastefully brainless for once, and due to the fact that that little legendary website is now defunct, I've decided to count each and every grievous head wound in the books as I read them.
A few rules:
1) I define "head" as the parts of the body upwards from the neck;
2) I define "wound" as any sort of wound that draws blood, so the head wounds in this count will not necessarily be "grievous," although I must say that eight out of ten head wounds in Preacher can be described as nothing short of "grievous;" and
3) I will only count the grievous head wounds that appear on the pages, in the panels, either as they happen or as evidence of what had happened, meaning, I will not count threats of head wound as a head wound, or even implications of head wounds if they don't show even a drop of blood, ie, a first-person POV of a shooter shooting the viewer presumably between the eyes, meaning, there has to be a direct visual evidence of the grievous head wound for it to be counted as such.
And so, to get things started, here is the total number of grievous head wounds in Preacher, from issue number 1 to number 26, ie, a little more than two years' worth of singles, as published in Preacher Book One: Gone To Texas, Preacher Book Two: Until The End Of The World, and Preacher Book Three: Proud Americans -
Total number of grievous head wounds: 110
(the first ever grievous head wound being a decapitated seraphi angel)
Total number of grievous head wounds dealt by the Saint of Killers: 24
(the first victim being an adephi angel shot through the right eye)
Total number of grievous head wounds dealt on animals: 1
(the first being baby Custer's dog nailed to the fence through the head thanks to Jody)
Next: Preacher Book Four: Ancient History, which I think will add a lot to the tally, as this book features the origin of the Saint of Killers, a slapstick send-up of Chuck Norrisy-Steven Seagaly action movies starring Jody and TC, and the origin of Arseface - all grievous head wound stories.
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