Happy 4th of July Friday Nighters! In what has become a sort of tradition for the JAFN podcast we wanted to cover an American story that represented America to us. In the past we've covered The Punisher tale BORN about Frank Castles' apparent deal with The Devil. This year we are using really 2 great issues by one of our very favorite writers Garth Ennis, who also wrote BORN. And it comes from CM Chucks' favorite comic book story PREACHER. In what really begins in issue #18 "Texas and the Spaceman" and concludes essentially in issue #50 "The Land of Bad Things" are tales of our primary characters father John Custer - one Double A's all time favorite characters and easily one of comics if not all literatures great dads. A United States Marine in Vietnam has some thoughts on why he's there and what America is supposed to mean. For a story written by an Irish author it is a tale that stands up even today. So before the fireworks and hot dogs, hamburgers, and apple pie crack a cold beer with us and let's celebrate the U.S.A. together.