# Preacher -- The New Show / Old Comic Now Airing on AMC

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**Created:** [May 22, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-the-new-show-old-comic-now-airing-on-amc/755371 "2016-05-22T16:15:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-the-new-show-old-comic-now-airing-on-amc/755371/29 "2016-05-24T19:30:46Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Exactly. Why are very minor, obscure comics being made into shows? \*the characters were all smokers in the comics.
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> Funded by Big Tobacco.

Provide a cite that the TV show Preacher is funded by Big Tobacco, or shut the fuck up.

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