- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (20 Mar 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1606902644
- ISBN-13: 978-1606902646
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 17.1 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 704,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
10 volumes in & we finally learn the nitty-gritty about Butcher. There aren't a huge number of surprises as we've been told a lot of it already, albeit mostly through hints. A bad lad from the East End who escapes to the army, his world comes crashing down when the woman he loves is destroyed by the whim of an uncaring 'super hero'. What is amazing is that Ennis makes it utterly convincing & actually succeeds in making a Butcher a sympathetic character. He tortures & murders the 'supes' at any given opportunity & yet comes across here as utterly justified; unpalatable, unfortunate but justified.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that despite being a spin-off, it was beautifully illustrated by Darick Robertson. That combined with Ennis' superb writing make this one of the best volumes yet. I was particularly impressed by Ennis' unflinching depiction of unpalatable deeds, such as the horrific side of warfare & domestic violence. Deeds which ARE inflicted on the deserving & undeserving alike on a regular basis but which most writers sanitise or glamourise. And these deeds will continue to be inflicted while they are glossed over or hidden under the carpet, so more power to writers who follow Ennis' example & depict them as being as grubby as they really are. Ennis comes across as somebody with deep insight into how the world really works behind the scenes & an unparalleled gift to portray it in an entertaining fashion.
Highly recommended - I feel guilty for only giving the previous volume 3 stars now!
I was pleasantly surprised to see that despite being a spin-off, it was beautifully illustrated by Darick Robertson. That combined with Ennis' superb writing make this one of the best volumes yet. I was particularly impressed by Ennis' unflinching depiction of unpalatable deeds, such as the horrific side of warfare & domestic violence. Deeds which ARE inflicted on the deserving & undeserving alike on a regular basis but which most writers sanitise or glamourise. And these deeds will continue to be inflicted while they are glossed over or hidden under the carpet, so more power to writers who follow Ennis' example & depict them as being as grubby as they really are. Ennis comes across as somebody with deep insight into how the world really works behind the scenes & an unparalleled gift to portray it in an entertaining fashion.
Highly recommended - I feel guilty for only giving the previous volume 3 stars now!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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17 Mar 2012
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As much as I love Garth Ennis' The Boys, I'll be the first to admit that the past couple volumes of the series haven't been as great as the first few of the series. All that being said, Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker is a spectacular read, and a brilliant origin story of Billy Butcher. Collecting the six-issue mini-series, this volume details the tragic early youth and soldier years of the future leader of The Boys, leading up to meeting his eventual wife Becky, and the horror to unfold in the years afterwards. Like the series has pretty much always been, Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker is a bloody, brilliant, and darkly hilarious trip. Darick Robertson's artwork is still bloody brilliant as well, but it's Ennis' trademark writing and fully fleshing out the Butcher we all know and love that really makes this a winner. Oh yeah, the final panels of this collection make it worth picking up in itself.
Great edition - getting better and better
10 April 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This series is getting better and better, this one is all about teh back story to Butcher, no spoilers but if you are up to date with the series you can kinda guess what happens in the end. But it does a good job of showing a gentle side to him and then why he is the way he is. Like most of the back stories though, the edition is not as long as the main story editions.
Its kicking off though...
Its kicking off though...
And who do you think they be?
5 April 2012
Format:Paperback
This book is Butcher's origin story, starting with his childhood and his violent upbringing leading to joining the Royal Marines and fighting in the Falklands, to falling in love and then losing his wife. He meets Mallory who explains who's responsible and the two start what will become The Boys.
Before reading this I wasn't sure that Butcher's origin story needed to be an entire book (after all the others were contained within Vol 6: The Self-Preservation Society and Hughie's was a brief few pages in Vol 1), but having read it I can see why Garth Ennis took the time to go deep into Butcher's background.
Butcher's life is riddled with tragedy and it turns out that despite his disgusting father being at the root of some of them, the supes also played a big part. At the end of the book I felt a real sense of anticipation for a showdown between Butcher and the Seven, something the last book "The Big Ride" failed to do at nearly twice the length of this book.
Well written with some excellent set pieces and an overriding sense of darkness throughout, this is the kind of book that made "The Boys" such a fiery series to begin with. Great to see Darick Robertson return and see Ennis find the tone of the books again as it draws to a close. Definitely worth a read.
Before reading this I wasn't sure that Butcher's origin story needed to be an entire book (after all the others were contained within Vol 6: The Self-Preservation Society and Hughie's was a brief few pages in Vol 1), but having read it I can see why Garth Ennis took the time to go deep into Butcher's background.
Butcher's life is riddled with tragedy and it turns out that despite his disgusting father being at the root of some of them, the supes also played a big part. At the end of the book I felt a real sense of anticipation for a showdown between Butcher and the Seven, something the last book "The Big Ride" failed to do at nearly twice the length of this book.
Well written with some excellent set pieces and an overriding sense of darkness throughout, this is the kind of book that made "The Boys" such a fiery series to begin with. Great to see Darick Robertson return and see Ennis find the tone of the books again as it draws to a close. Definitely worth a read.
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