The first half of this has to do with Jesse's backstory, which leads to their current predicament, being held by his evil Grandmother. I never quite understood what Jody and T.C.'s relation is, whether they are uncles or just hired hands or what. They certainly have their devotion to Angelville. What a wretched place, and I can't imagine that coffin as a punishment. Nasty. 
 Speaking of nasty, the next section with Jesus de Sade is a different sort of vile. Everyone in these stories are awful. This also brings in the Grail organization. 
 The writing continues to be great. There is probably more bad stuff going on in this volume than the first one. This one also includes some (fairly minor) nudity. The violence gets pretty intense at times. 
 The art continues to be great as well. Glenn Fabry's covers are seriously intense with some heavy contrast. Dillon's panels are fantastic.