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The Boys, Vol. 9: The Big Ride (The Boys #9)
by
Garth Ennis ,
Russ Braun , John McCrea
The Boys Volume 9 collects three separate story arcs, including the momentous issue #50, with bonus pin-ups and interviews In issues #48-51: "Proper Preparation and Planning" - With Hughie absent, Butcher re-examines the Boys'' first encounter with the Seven, trying to figure out what went wrong. But first there''s some disquiet in the ranks to be dealt with, not to mentio...more
Paperback, 276 pages
Published
November 22nd 2011
by Dynamite Entertainment
(first published August 1st 2011)
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Garth Ennis is one of my favourite writers and I’ve been loving this series. The Boys is about a world where superheroes exist and they’re a bunch of dangerous, narcissistic prima donnas and The Boys exist to keep them in line. If you like your graphic novels to be powerful, irreverant, digusting, offensive, thought-provoking and just downright fucking brilliant, you should read The Boys. In fact, you should read everything by Ennis. And volume 9 knocked me sideways. The end of the book just tak...more
Note: the one star rating doesn't reflect this particular book, but rather this one particular issue I'm discussing here, in this piece of my multi-part review.
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There is a problem with this series. The portrayal of women. There's no sense dancing around it or trying to soft-peddle it. Women.
You could give Ennis the same pass that a lot of people give Tolkien. You can claim that he's writing a story in keeping with a tradition that marginalizes women, and so to do otherwise would be contrary...more
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In the first storyline, it moves along at a tight clip, and I felt quite anxious as I read it. There's a lot of cryptic information flying at us and it's hard to keep a balanced view of where the action is soon to head - who's going to get awas of whom.
Escalation. That's the name of the game in Volume 9. And history lessons. Pull us into old conflicts, which have a nasty habit of highlighting the tensions of the current ones.
Ennis takes the story - not very subtly - down an historical road right...more
Escalation. That's the name of the game in Volume 9. And history lessons. Pull us into old conflicts, which have a nasty habit of highlighting the tensions of the current ones.
Ennis takes the story - not very subtly - down an historical road right...more
Apr 29, 2013
Meran niCuill
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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graphic-novels,
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horror,
politics,
science-fiction
I know that other reviewers have given this volume very low ratings. I very much disagree with them.
This whole series is about petty, vengeful, broken people. Which are shown pretty baldly in all their disfunctional glory. It's also been mentioned that their are no "strong women" in it. Well, duh. Those depicted are just as broken as the men, nay, more, because their spirits are shattered. So, I'm glad there aren't many women in it! (And bringing in some "strong women" would skew the story, make...more
This whole series is about petty, vengeful, broken people. Which are shown pretty baldly in all their disfunctional glory. It's also been mentioned that their are no "strong women" in it. Well, duh. Those depicted are just as broken as the men, nay, more, because their spirits are shattered. So, I'm glad there aren't many women in it! (And bringing in some "strong women" would skew the story, make...more
Two for two; going with Sam Quixote on this one - he says everything I wanted to. File under good but treading water a bit. Lots of interest, lots of intrigue, interesting new character, but it doesn't really get us any further forward (although the last issue was unexpectedly moving... I think that image of Terror and The Female is one of my favourites in the whole series). Probably most interesting for fleshing out Mallory, some nice artwork (but was missing Robertson terribly - nobody else re...more
I get the feeling Garth Ennis is a bit tired of this series and if he isn't, I think I am. If you're reading this then you'll have read what came before so I can tell you that what went before goes for one more cycle in this book too. More "Homelander is a psycho" stuff, more "Vought American are evil" stuff, more "supes doing banal hedonism" stuff, more of Wee Hughie and Starlight's tired relationship navigating the rocks of their revelations stuff, and maybe worst of all, the putting off, once...more
I get the feeling Garth Ennis is a bit tired of this series and if he isn't, I think I am. If you're reading this then you'll have read what came before so I can tell you that what went before goes for one more cycle in this book too. More "Homelander is a psycho" stuff, more "Vought American are evil" stuff, more "supes doing banal hedonism" stuff, more of Wee Hughie and Starlight's tired relationship navigating the rocks of their revelations stuff, and maybe worst of all, the putting off, once...more
Love all of the background in this one. It really added another dimension to the overall plot of the series. I think that Ennis shows why he is one of the best comic book writers out the right now in this volume. He can give you gore. He can give you graphic sexual pervosity. And then he comes in and hits with some really deep well thought out back story, character development and overall depth. He hits in all cylinders.
I rarely cry over a comic, but when (view spoiler) I cried big, fat, sloppy tears. As Hughie said, (view spoiler). I did enjoy seeing some of the backstories of a few of the characters and the endearing interactions between The Frenchman and The Female. It's one of the wordier trades of The Boys, but also one of my favorites.
Garth Ennis - writer
Russ Braun, John McCrea, Keith Burns - artists
5/5 stars
The Boys have a new director who has it out for Butcher. Huey visits the mysterious Mallory, who tells his story and of his falling out with Butcher. The Seven and The Boys are on a collision course and before the end blood will be spilled on both sides. More intense action from superscribe Ennis.
Russ Braun, John McCrea, Keith Burns - artists
5/5 stars
The Boys have a new director who has it out for Butcher. Huey visits the mysterious Mallory, who tells his story and of his falling out with Butcher. The Seven and The Boys are on a collision course and before the end blood will be spilled on both sides. More intense action from superscribe Ennis.
The background history of Mallory and the creation of The Boys is typical Ennis, mixing his concept with real world history, closely following the wars fought by the US during the last century.
The last storyline, "The Big Ride", clearly indicates that the book is approaching its climax.
The last storyline, "The Big Ride", clearly indicates that the book is approaching its climax.
A collage of three very different storylines, "The Big Ride" is perhaps the most balanced volume in the series yet. In "Proper Preparation and Planning" we get set-up for the clearly approaching confrontation between The Boys and The Seven. In "Barbarry Coast" we revisit Hughie's dismantled condition and discover the secret backstory of the organization he now contemplates returning to. "The Big Ride" gets us again deeper into the main story arch and remembers to keep the characters in the cente...more
This is the best so far in this series, and I really like the direction the story is taking. The gratuitous and senseless violence of the first couple of volumes gave place to well though and necessary instances of violence. It has a meaning, a purpose. The last part of this volume was really heartbreaking. I really think the next volume will be amazing.
The artwork is really good, what I came to expect from this series. Really enjoyed it.
The artwork is really good, what I came to expect from this series. Really enjoyed it.
These guys started to lose me a little bit in the last volume as they slogged through Wee Hughie's relationship problems, but they brought me back in volume 9 with proto-supes versus nazis. How can that fail to please? I ask you.
The Boys, Vol. 9: The Big Ride (Titan, pb, c.276pp), by Ennis, Russ Braun, John McCrea and Keith Burns collects issues 48 to 59 of the main series, where we learn more about what happened the first time The Boys went toe-to-toe with The Seven, and see them prepare for the inevitable second confrontation while investigating the murder of a transsexual at the brothel of Doctor Peculiar, the prime suspect being Jack from Jupiter. It was good, but I’m slowly being driven mad by “discreet” being spel...more
Not bad; not as good as the rest of the series, but there's a lot of exposition to get through, and apparently more forthcoming action to set up.
I just really have a lot of feelings about everything and I think my final review of this series will be long and full of feelings. LOL.
Feels like this is the beginning of the build up to the end game. Also some Boys origins back story. Ending's a big time bummer though.
Oct 08, 2011
Alex Sarll
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I can't quote the (repeated) last line, because spoilers, but this one is harrowing.
Overall, the volume was pretty good - explanations were made, progressions were taken. My only complaint was the density of the middle of the three story arcs. Can't wait for more!
And all of the sudden, things just stop and start to drag. Here's hoping things up again in the next edition.
I love The Boys storyline but more than any of the other books this seemed the most chaotic and all over the place.
i'll still be reading the rest of the series but this was probably my least favourite of them all (and thats including the whiney Wee Hughie book previously)
i'll still be reading the rest of the series but this was probably my least favourite of them all (and thats including the whiney Wee Hughie book previously)
As an arc, as a collected group of issues, this isn't really great. It's a lot of mini arcs, some of which are better than others, but it's only in the actual "Big Ride" arc that we really move things forward in a meaningful way.
Being toward the end of the story (with three more trades to go), it seems like we'll get a race toward the end, but I'm not really sure entirely where this will end up.
Being toward the end of the story (with three more trades to go), it seems like we'll get a race toward the end, but I'm not really sure entirely where this will end up.
Brought me to tears, first comic to do that in awhile.
I don’t know if I have anything to add… The summary is great. I love this series. And the war is coming… It’s the calm before the storm. The tension is mounting. When I finished this volume, I think my mouth was hanging open for at least a minute before I recovered. I am at the edge of my seat just waiting for the next volume to be published.
There's a lot of good emotional stuff here, but for the quantity of text here, nothing really happens that should've. One more volume is all this series needs, and that'd better be it.
Full of back-story brilliance :)
It got better, but really not the best.
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Ennis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting ch...more
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