{"id":4418,"date":"2003-09-06T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2003-09-06T16:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2003-09-06T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2003-09-06T16:15:32","slug":"preacher_man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/06\/preacher_man.html","title":{"rendered":"Preacher Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Just got finished rereading (again) the Preacher <\/i>series, by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.<\/p>\n

I don’t agree with the theology, but I love the mythology. <\/p>\n

And while the profanity and blowing apart of skulls and vomit and kinky sex gets a bit repetitively over-the-top in the course of the nine TPBs (et al.) — and probably intentionally so — the underlying narrative, the relationships and art, remain strong and solid through the full run. <\/p>\n

Preacher<\/i><\/a>, remains a fine example of what a “mature” comic can be — and a hell of a story, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just got finished rereading (again) the Preacher series, by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. I don’t agree with the theology, but I love the mythology. 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