Preacher Coming to HBO!!!

This is just incredible news. One of my favorite works in comics, "Preacher" by Garth Ennis, is coming to Cable TV. I'm totally, totally psyched for this. I think I'm gonna start marketing "Fuck Communism" Zippo lighters now. Let the fanboy dream casting begin! The thought of Jesse Custer, Tulip O'Hare, and Cassidy's, ultra-violent escapades every Sunday Night on HBO gives me the chills. All the great characters like, Jody, Hoover, Saint of All Killers, and Herr Starr are zooming through my head so fast, I can't stand it. I'm pulling the first trade paperback from the Tortilla Chips and Milk library right now. If you don't own them, I recommend you head to your nearest bookstore and buy them or camp in the aisle and read 'em! Here's the article from the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900139.html
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO has seen the light and is bringing "Preacher" to the small screen.

The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on the popular Vertigo comics series.

"Preacher," which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Given immense powers, the preacher teamed with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set out on a journey across America to find God -- who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven -- and hold him accountable for his negligence.

The series -- which developed a rabid fan base -- was known for tackling religious and political issues, its dark and violent sense of humor and its observations of American culture. It also was one of the series that helped define Vertigo, the adult-oriented line of comics from DC Comics.

There have been several attempts to bring the comic to the screen, whether big or small, but nothing stuck. A movie version, to have been produced by Kevin Smith's View Askew production company, among others, got to the casting stage, with James Marsden attached for the title role and a reported budget of $25 million.

The series was created by Irish-born writer Garth Ennis and British artist Steve Dillon. Mark Steven Johnson, the writer-director behind comic adaptations "Daredevil" and the upcoming "Ghost Rider," is writing the pilot, while Howard Deutch is attached to direct. Johnson also wrote "Grumpier Old Men," which Deutch directed.