[Ennis] predicted the world we are now living in, Kripke tells EW.

I dont think the worlds improved.

In come The Boys.

“The Boys” Ep101 D22Photo: Jan Thijs 2018

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If you just want to watch a shocking superheroes-behaving-badly show, you’re free to.

The superhero metaphor turned out to be endlessly durable the more we explored it.

The problem was sometimes the original material proved to betootimely.

So, weve had to erase stories cause reality outdid us in how insane things are.

Part of that meant recognizing when the original material didnt hold up now, more than a decade later.

You approach something like that with an incredible amount of thought and conversation, he says.

Sunlight, he adds, is the best disinfectant.