It’s not easy being a Southern preacher with a vampire sidekick. Just ask Jesse Custer, whose trials and tribulations was originally supposed to be a TV show from Mark Steven Johnson on HBO, but that fell through. (Some, especially non-fans of Mark Steven Johnson, would say it was for the best.)....

You can’t keep an alcoholic Texas preacher and an Irish vampire down. After getting unceremoniously dumped by HBO via a proposed 1-hour TV show, Garth Ennis’ “Preacher” comic book is now being aimed at the big screen by none other than “American Beauty” director Sam...