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Originally Posted by Bradylama

A lot of what made Preacer tolerable and humorous was that the comic format gave it a cartooney feel. The entire presentation and art style drove home the fact that Preacher was a comic to be enjoyed and not absorbed.

That's often the case for comic books and animated material, I'd say. I'm not disagreeing, I'm just saying that often the subject matter for other comic books/manga/anime would be a little too much if attempted in live action.

I'm not going to exclude the possibility that this could be good, but it will require a certain genius to bring the proper feel to the project, because it is supposed to be fun. I've always thought of it as a kind of satire... or something like that. It is meant to be taken seriously, but at the same time... not too seriously.

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Turning it into a miniseries, no less an HBO miniseries is probably going to make the whole thing more creepy than fun.

I can't wait to see Arseface, though. Just to see how they do it in live action. I'm sure they can, because SFX makeup has done incredible things. It's still going to be an interesting face to see on the TV though.

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My fears could be entirely unfounded, but the way HBO keeps trying to "up the ante," making a show about attempting to hold a negligible egomaniac God accountable and a massive subplot surrounding the inbred descendants of Jesus Christ sounds like the kind of stuff that would set the Evangelical community on fire.

I guess so. Was there any notable reaction to the comic book in the Christian community, or did it fly under their radar? I didn't notice any, but then I read the books a while after the initial publication, so I wouldn't have noticed.

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Originally Posted by Bradylama

They had busts and molds for the arseface character that was going to be used in the botched Preacher movie, I think.

EDIT: Here you go.

Say, that's not bad. It has the right look, and is suitably unpleasant. I'm not surprised, as such. I know they can do great things these days....

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Comics aren't exactly mainstream media. It's easy for something like hentai manga, for instance, to fly completely under the radar of any watchdog group.

Well this is what I figured, but I don't know for sure how much more mainstream comics are in the US. I also don't know how much more watchful your guardians of morality are.

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Also, the Evangelical Community at the time Preacher was being published wasn't nearly as loud-mouthed as it is nowadays.

So true... it's easy to forget, now that they are such a powerful voice.

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Originally Posted by LuckyEight

I don't even remember seeing anymore Spawn comics after the show was taken off air. Its like everyone in the world suddenly realized that Spawn sucked and no longer wanted anything to with him.

The first couple of dozen issues of Spawn really didn't suck, though. It just started sucking when it became obvious that McFarlane had no idea where he wanted to take the story. I really enjoyed Spawn at first, and I was so dissapointed when it started to go downhil so badly.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Merv Souffle

I'd say that's an eventuality with any comic that goes on for X amount of time. It's part of the reason for my love-hate relationship with comics, because on one hand I love the idea of a persistent and sustained world, but on the other, the well starts to run dry when they run out of excuses to put the main character up against his nemesis of choice.

That's why I tend to prefer comics that don't run forever. Stuff that runs for a limited number of issues, and tells a story with a beginning, middle and an end... that's better than just dragging it out, for my tastes.

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