Before he was Marvel Comics' Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso worked for DC
where amongst other titles he edited Vertigo's Preacher, written by Garth Ennis
with art by Steve Dillon. Now speaking to Comic Book Resources Alonso offered
his thoughts on the upcoming tv adaptation of the comic series.
"Love it [that AMC is moving forward]. It's long overdue. I miss
editing that book. Don't miss wondering if I still had a job after an issue
came out, though. [Laughs] Yeah, it's been talked about for some time -- both as a feature film and
TV series, which it's much better suited to. I'm really curious to see how the
story gets adapted, because there's only so much that you can tone down the
source material before you destroy it. On the surface, it's a macabre spaghetti
western, but it's got a lot to say about the society, organized religion, and
just how plain #$%#$ed up people can be. The network that
does it needs to be brave."
And that's the question isn't it? How much of what made Preacher so great
is the network willing to keep?
What do you think?
Source - CBR
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