You kin talk the talk

One real good comic was published by DC/Vertigo tween 1995 and 2000. Preacher. You might remember the bushbeating from last years when HBO couldn't make a straight decision? It seems American Beauty director Sam Mendez is still trying to go big screen with the results. Now let's see ya walk the walk.

Preacher was written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Steve Dillon it was kind of obvious that it'd make it for great success, even among the so-cal critics. Ennis and Dillon had been working together with Jimmy Palmiotti (who is also behind the inking of Ghost rider) on Punisher [Punisher again]. Palmiotti is also involved in the writing of a US version of Vampire Hunter D. American Wasteland is the title.

Looking back on Dillon, he's done some real good works, among them most notably Hellblazer. For most of you outside the world of comics the movie "Constantine" starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz might be somewhat familiar? It's based on Hellblazer, and the main protagonist with the same name as the movie. As common in the comic world, Hellblazer has been having a lot of different writers and graphic artists. Among the writers is the perhaps more commonly known Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman is perhaps known to you for his fantasy novels but to me he is mainly the creator of Sandman, a classic among comics. Those days one of his works even runs on the silver screens - go get a ticket for Coraline. Don't forget to read the novel first though. I guess the movie's kinda... childified. Hopefully some of Gaimans darker sides shines (if darkness can shine) through all the streamlining from Movieindustry Inc.

And so into the core - the text by Ennis. He's done quite a lot, so I'll just sum up something and you'll go to his Wikipedia article to find out what more there is to read. Ennis is born in Ireland, ironically in Holywood (he's known for his sinister violence, dark humor, general aversion against religion and protagonists being quite the anti-heroes). One of his lighter series is Chronicles of Wormwood. Check it out and get a copy.