Good book. I hope that future trades are a meatier, as my biggest complaint was that this first book left far too much unresolved, but I did enjoy everything else.Cloonan's art is terrific and expressive (better when she inks herself, but Jim Rugg does a fine job), and Seagle's scripts really bring the characters to life. It's easy to caricature somebody like Adam (or even Cyndi), and Seagle doesn't do that at all. Adam's sympathetic, emotional, complex and believable. Very strong work. (Mamie c...

How can you immidiately go to Africa without months of vaccines and preparations for it? Ok, whatever, lol.I really liked the artstyle. It had its hiccups, but I liked it.I also see what they were trying to do with the story, but... With a cover like this? With a plot such as this?? Im curious what happens next, but not enough to buy next volume.

Adam Chamberlain is a virgin who preaches abstinence. He has promised himself to Cassie but when she is murdered in Africa he must travel there to find her killers.

Steven T Seagle's very dark and very funny, dark comedy about a young evangelical superstar Adam's fight to stay on the spiritual and holy path after some awful experiences. Some how Seagle manages to blend terrorism, religion, love and a world tour into a pretty good book! 7 out of 12.

Could have been sexy, sophisticated and exciting but is more often cliched and shallow.

I've been interested in reading this comic for years, even before I was really into comics, mainly because I come from a similar fundamentalist background. I remember the "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" and "Wait for Me" movements that were popular when I was a young woman, which are echoed here.And so far, the series is interesting. It's not groundbreaking and it's not exceptionally deep, but the story kept me turning the pages. Adam Chamberlain, a young man who is a virgin and believes that everythi...

The story barely begins at this point. The main character intends to discover the truth behind the brutal murder of his fiancee, even though his faith in God and his Western views will be challenged by the South African way of life. If only the artwork helped to make this story more enjoyable. Still, might as well see where this leads.Adam is a virgin and proud of it. His mother intends to promote his pledge to remain pure to the whole country, to make him into a simbol for the new generation to...

Jolly good drama... Narrative is fast paces...

Five for art, three for story. Would love for the story to be a four. Religion in the comic sphere should be a perfect fit.

This graphic novel was so weird I don't know how to rate it. I'm giving it 2.5 stars because for some reason I needed to find out what happens at the end, but.... I just don't get it.Adam is a 21 year old Christian virgin. He preaches to the young to save themselves until marriage. He makes them take an oath and he signs the members Pledge Card whenever he has an audience. Adam's mother and step father are evangelists, pretty much milking their charismatic son. Enjoying the cash flow that he bri...

We start the comic as our hero is giving a seminar on the virtue of being virgin till you get married to the one you love. And then he hear that his girlfriend has been murdered in Africa where she was doing volunteering work. And the roller coaster ride begins.I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic com...

Unbelievable story. Terrible unredeemable characters. Trite and mean spirited towards religion and humanity. The only thing this graphic novel does well is its ability to make me hate all the characters in it. Some nice art though.

Annoying premise, annoying characters, mediocre writing and drawing. I guess it's aimed at a younger age group than me, but it's not much of an excuse for how obnoxious it is.

I thought this one was a bit meh. Aims to explore themes of religion and sexuality, with a smattering of geopolitics thrown in but fails on many levels due to a rather uninformed and juvenile approach.

So absurd and the main character was insufferable. Finished BC it was so short.

Youth minister Adam Chamberlain, founder of the "national virginity movement," thinks God speaks to him. Slinging trite platitudes in midair from the saddle of his BMX bike, Adam effortlessly converts the sinfully slutty. He's not selling Jesus so much as abstinence. Even though God has fixed up Adam with a totally hot girlfriend, he's going to keep it in his relaxed-fit jeans. Adam's going to wait for sex until Cassie returns from her noble Peace Corps work in Africa and they're married. And he...

As a ride-or-die Becky Cloonan fan, I've been aware of this book for a long time. I saw her post about it on her now defunct DeviantArt page... I'd come across it in the library from time to time... For some reason I never picked it up.I haven't (to my recollection) read any of Seagle's work, but the writing here is hit or miss. The pacing feels very rushed and the dialogue is rather clunky at times. The story has a good premise, but its execution isn't the best. The way it points out the absurd...

Steven Seagle's religious/profane dramedy "American Virgin" treads a very fine line of genre: on one hand it's a seriocomic exploration of the line between faith and repression, belief and bigotry, but on the other it's a gritty hard-boiled revenge tale. The balance isn't always right in this first volume, which sometimes takes itself too seriously and sometimes doesn't take itself quite seriously enough. But the bones of a great, compelling, weird series are here to be sure.

It's not poorly written, and definitely not poorly drawn. It's just not very good. Lackluster plot ultimately.

(Zero spoiler review)Man, Vertigo titles used to be synonymous with quality, boundary pushing mature content. But the only thing this pushes is my patience. I remember seeing this book advertised in the old Vertigo singles. The titled piqued my interest, although I knew nothing about it going in. It's lucky I didn't, because the premise for this book is god awful, pun definitely intended. If you are going to base your novel on a teen-evangelist who goes around preaching abstinence and religion,