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Comics artist Steve Dillon has enjoyed a long and storied career, stretching back to his much-beloved work onU.K.
(Well, that’soneof the 17,053 things it’s about, anyway.)
Credit: AMC
The issue is also available to read for free via DC’s digital channels.
Below, Dillon talks about creatingPreacher and his return to the scene ofso manyfictional crimes.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was it like revisiting and reinterpreting thePreachercharacters for the new cover?
STEVE DILLON:It was interesting… but a bit strange.
I’d drawn those characters for six years and now they had different faces.
What did you think when Garth first spoke with you aboutPreacher, back in the day?
As we talked it over, I thought it was a great idea for a story.
As it turned out, DC, and Vertigo’s Karen Berger in particular, were great.
Preacheris such a strange, unique comic.
What kind of reactions did you get from readers?
Luckily, enough readersdidget it and realized where we were coming from with it.
We had a strange mix of letters coming in.
Everything from “Wow!
This iscrazystuff, man!”
to long, well-thought-out analysis of each issue.
We also had a fair number of letters from guys locked up in jail.
What do you recall about designing if that is the right term the look ofArseface?
I remember thinking that I couldn’t make him totally gross.
There had to be something a bit “cuddly” about him or it wouldn’t work.
Maybe I have a strange idea about what’s “cuddly” though.
Myself and Garth have always thought that Preacher would work best as a TV show.
It’s great that this is finally happening and I’ve really liked what I’ve seen so far.
I hope fans of the book will like it too.
Preacherpremieres on AMC on May 22 at 10 p.m. it’s possible for you to see a trailer for the show below and more ofEW’sPreachercoverage here.
