Editing Preacher (comics) (section)

==Legacy==
[[Stephen King]] has said that his comic book series ''[[The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born]]'', based on his ''[[The Dark Tower (series)|The Dark Tower]]'' series of novels, was influenced by ''Preacher''.<ref>King's afterword to ''[[The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born]]''</ref>

The character Yorick from ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'', has a Zippo lighter with the words "Fuck Communism" engraved, identical to the one owned by Jesse Custer in ''Preacher''. When asked about it he says it is "from this book I read once... a graphic novel. You know, like a comic book." The phrase originated as a 1963 satirical poster produced by ''[[The Realist]]'' magazine's [[Paul Krassner]].<ref>"Realist Archive Project", http://www.ep.tc/realist/fuckcommunism/</ref> This lighter appears later in the series when Yorick and Agent 355 are being held by Russian agents at gunpoint, who find the lighter and take offense to it.<ref>[[Brian K. Vaughan|Vaughan, Brian K.]]; and [[Pia Guerra|Guerra, Pia]]; [[Goran Sudžuka|Sudžuka, Goran]]; [[Paul Chadwick|Chadwick, Paul]]. [[Y: The Last Man|''Y: The Last Man'' #55]] (May [[2007 in comics|2007]]) [[Vertigo Comics]].</ref>

In February 2009, an older now-human [[Proinsias Cassidy]] appears in a [[epilogue]] [[Cameo appearance|cameo role]] in the fourth volume of [[Garth Ennis]]' first ongoing comic book series after ''Preacher'', the [[DC Comics]] ([[WildStorm]])/[[Dynamite Entertainment]] series ''[[The Boys (comics)|The Boys]]'' – "[[We Gotta Go Now]]" – in the twenty-seventh issue overall, depicted as a former friend and [[twelve-step program#Sponsorship|sponsor]] of [[Billy Butcher]] working as a [[bartender]], clearing out his bar on [[St. Patrick's Day]] so that Billy can drink in peace while waiting for [[Hughie Campbell|Wee Hughie Campbell]].<ref>[[Garth Ennis|Ennis, Garth]]; [[Darick Robertson|Robertson, Darick]]. [[The Boys (comics)|''The Boys'' #27]] (February [[2009 in comics|2009]]) [[Dynamite Entertainment]].</ref>

[[IGN]] declared ''Preacher'' the third-greatest Vertigo comic, after ''[[The Saga of the Swamp Thing]]'' and ''[[The Sandman (comic book)|The Sandman]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/677/677353p5.html|title=The 25 Best Vertigo Books|author=Hilary Goldstein|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

Jesse Custer was ranked the 11th Greatest Comic Book Character by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine.<ref>[https://www.empireonline.com/50greatestcomiccharacters/default.asp?c=11 Jesse Custer], "The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters", ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'', accessed April 26, 2011.</ref> The Saint of Killers was ranked at number 42 on the same list.<ref>[https://www.empireonline.com/50greatestcomiccharacters/default.asp?c=42 The Saint of Killers], "The 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters", ''Empire'', accessed April 26, 2011.</ref>