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"The Metaphor of the Superhero": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'The Boys' Writers

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Television creator Eric Kripke had been a longtime fan of Garth Ennis' comic books —The Boys among them — but it was his love of another one of Ennis' properties, Preacher, that paved the path to his eventual Amazon show.

When he heard that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were turning Preacher into a television series at AMC, Kripke was filled with envy, he recalled during a recent THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media.

So when Kripke eventually sat down with one of the show's producers,Ori Marmur, he deadpanned his reason for meeting: "I mostly just wanted to say 'fuck you' for giving Preacher to somebody else." But what was intended as a joke turned into an unexpected job opportunity. "Well, we're about to close on The Boys.

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