Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 108 - "El Valero" (w/ Trevor Reece)

CROSSOVER EPISODE! This week, with Travis purifying himself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, I'm joined by Trevor Reece of the 'Podcast of Two Worlds'!  We talk about the insightful and detailed Flash coverage he does with partner in crime Chris Fimbres, his love of the source material, and of course, his adoration of 'Preacher'.  He picks a great week to stalk stylized ultraviolence, as Jesse fends off the Quincannon boys with Karate, Choppers and Molotov cocktails!  Blood will be shed and penises will be lost (no, really, shot smooth off)!  We see the accident that causes Quincannon's change of heart, Donnie finds a way to circumvent Jesse's gift, and Tulip goes pup hunting!  Eugene's back, Eugene's gone, Genesis is gone, Genesis is back... and Miles finally shows his hand.  All this, a potential God run-in, and much more on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 107 - "He Gone"

This week, I spend some time telling you that if you think diversity in comics is "PC", you're a piece of s**t.  No, seriously, I do.  And if you think that, you are.  We talked about it, and I felt it was wrong to have  platform like this and not talk race in America in the wake of what's been happened around us, well, all our lives.  We touch on some things, and welcome feedback.  However, the meat of this episode is the FANTASTIC follow up to the best 'Preacher' show so far.  In "He Gone"... he gone! "He" is most notably Eugene, who was wished away to Hell (seriously) after a heated conversation with Jesse, who's more focused on putting butts in the seats than really helping people.  A healthy heaping on flashbacks take place, as we see the incidents that brought Jesse and Tulip together, and at times set them apart.  Cassidy struggles to find the good in Jesse, and takes drastic measures to bring it out of him.  Tulip proves to be a world class athlete and a bottom shelf cook in the same day, Emily is the most down ass woman living, and Quincannon has a surprise for Jesse he can't quite accept!  We find out Eugene's real crime (and why he's not behind bars maybe) and talk some Old Testament justice!  All this, and Travis finds a way to hate on the greatness of Wally West newly unveiled "Kid Flash" costume on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 106 - "Sundowner"

PANTHEON EPISODE ALERT!  Even though it's been a short run, THIS IS the episode of 'Preacher' you go and show your friends not familiar with the material.  In "Sundowner", Jesse's arrogance (and maybe guilt?) reaches new heights, Cassidy struggles w/ the "homies over heauxs" conundrum (a phrase, not an indictment), and Eugene's newfound friendships help him give him some clarity in a world quickly falling apart. Angels fighting vampires fighting martial artists?  Check.  Piles of bodies filling hotel rooms?  Check.  People quite literally going to Hell?  Check.  Skinny guys doing laundry in their underpants?  DOUBLE CHECK.  The war between Heaven and Hell seems to have some very clear lines, and when those are crossed? Well, we get a TV show!!!  I tell you about the audio that'll NEVER see the light of day, Travis tells us about the time he was STABBED FOR WEARING JEANS TO A BASKETBALL GAME, and I tell you how a 3 hours cut of 'Batman V. Superman' was just an excuse for more bathroom breaks on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 105 - "South Will Rise Again" (w/ Bruce Mitchell)

After a few bumps in the road, we're here at the halfway point of the inaugural season of 'Preacher'!  We start off celebrating the news of the show's early renewal, then meet this week's guest, Senior Columnist (and my personal favorite podcaster) Bruce Mitchell from the Pro Wrestling Torch!  Bruce takes us to school on 'Preacher', Garth Ennis, ultra violence in comics and maintaining the soul of the art in the transition from page to screen.  We take turns yelling at Travis for being a terrible, terrible advice taker, and have some extended time discussing 'Lucifer', 'Rebirth' and 'Watchmen'.  This week's episode, "South Will Rise Again", gives us peak arrogant Jesse, Tulip buying the most expensive item on the menu, and Cassidy capitalizing on said item.  We have another extended "Saint" flashback, talk about the terrible children that love Native scalps, the old western trope of shooting people in the hand, and maybe bringing your dying child medicine instead of doing other stuff.  We find our weekly Easter Egg, and try our best to keep our wives from screwing Russell in Accounting!  All this, and Wade Keller's Curry 2 Lows, on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 104 - "Monster Swamp" (w/ Dani Lipari-Mareth)

Fan... X Fan... X Fan!  After Travis and I give our just due to the NBA Finals, and one of the most jam packed Sunday nights in recent memory, we welcome in our guest Dani Lipari-Mareth, fellow Texas Ex and avid 'Preacher' fan.  We talk about her adoration for the source material, have the very necessary "they didn't do that in the books!" conversation, and talk Annville vs. the open road.  On this week's episode, "Monster Swamp", we find our townsfolk involved in a few... wait for it... shi**y situations! (couldn't resist)  We've got the hooker paintball challenge, the cheeto dust conundrum, and the flatscreen for your shame giveaway!  Quincannon continues to be my favorite, the Mayor is somewhere between the friend zone and the g spot, and Cassidy eviscerates himself into a kiss from Tulip!  Trav very appropriately calls out Jesse's Hubris, a few flashbacks take me back to my Sunday school secretary/ usher days, and Dani waits for the writers to put their foot on the gas on this week's Fan X Fan ... X Fan Show!