🥣 Season 13, Episode 9

Remember your first happy hour? Saturday mornings — when you’d wake up with the sun, grab a bowl of chocolatey cereal, and lose yourself in a world of cartoons, commercials, and pure, unfiltered joy. We’re still chasing that feeling, one episode at a time.

This week, we’re honored to welcome legendary comic writer Garth Ennis to the breakfast table.

From Preacher and The Boys to his latest fantasy epic, Babs: The Black Road South, Ennis has spent decades redefining what comics can be. But for one of us, there’s one character that rises above them all.

The Punisher.

In a conversation years in the making, we ask the question we’ve always wanted answered: What is Garth Ennis’ lasting contribution to Frank Castle? Together, we explore how his celebrated run transformed Marvel’s most dangerous vigilante, why those stories continue to influence adaptations today, and how a writer approaches leaving his mark on a character he knows will outlive him.

Along the way, Garth reflects on adapting comics for television, why he’s remarkably pragmatic about Hollywood borrowing from his work, which live-action Punisher surprised him the most, and why he believes Frank Castle is both one of comics’ simplest and most misunderstood characters.

Whether you’ve followed Ennis since Hitman, discovered him through The Boys, or, like Marke, found your way back to comics through his unforgettable Punisher stories, this is a conversation about storytelling, legacy, and why great characters continue to evolve with every generation.

No spoilers. Just one fascinating conversation with one of comics’ most influential voices.

Pour yourself one more bowl and join hosts Dan “Grim” Shea, Marke (proud caretaker of a CGC-slabbed Punisher first appearance Amazing Spider-Man #129), Johnny Heck, and Jimmy “The Gent” Leszczynski as they welcome legendary comic writer Garth Ennis for a conversation that spans Babs: The Black Road South, Punisher MAX, and the stories that proved comics could grow up right alongside their readers.

🥣 Stay crunchy, my friends.

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