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Irish Characters

Monday, March 17th, 2008 – running time 03:04
Almost in time for St. Patrick's Day, Josh goes over a few notable Irish comic book characters, on the first iFanboy Mini.

Irish comic book characters aren't too hard to come by, in both super hero and non-super hero books alike. Banshee from the X-Men and Cassidy from Preacher are well known, but have you ever heard of The Gay Ghost?

Highlights
Irish Americans ( 0:35, 0:35 ) St Patrick Day ( 0:29, 0:29 ) X-Men ( 1:36, 1:36 ) DC comics ( 2:17, 2:17 ) Irish Americans ( 0:35, 0:35 ) St Patrick Day ( 0:29, 0:29 ) X-Men ( 1:36, 1:36 ) DC comics ( 2:17, 2:17 )

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" I'm Josh welcome to I've -- when need be he short form. -- tit bit of a show. That that where we will answer. -- emails and questions and talk but the pick the week of the shipping -- where the possibilities staggering. You can still get the full life and what show every Saturday your vision three dot com. Today being the first episode I thought we should make it timely and you'll note that today is St. Patrick's day so of course we should talk about. Not what characters there are a lot of there's an Irish Americans Matt Murdoch comes to mind he's got a lot of Irish Catholic guilt is a lot of things he's he's inconsolable but I thought -- stick to actual. People from the land. Right okay so the first one that comes to mind for me is always going to be Cassidy in preacher Cassidy is a vampire. And he was born in Ireland in the early twenty century he fought in the Irish revolution and then shortly after that he was bit by -- vampire. -- he became one himself. -- fled to America where he was generally a bastard. -- Garth Ennis who is also Irish wrote the character and he put a lot of really sort of typically Irish charm. And and and we instantly and -- despite being just kind of horrible. Person vampire. He still incredibly likeable so -- the character. After educated to the superhero characters the mainstream stuff. And there are not a lot. The first guy comes to mind -- sort of the main -- BG or Shaun Cassidy from the pages of the X-Men his power is a garish we ugly cost him with a collar."

" And chest hair thing."

" And apparently screens and lots and he's dead it doesn't matter."

" But living on and instead is his daughter siren or Teresa she is in the pages of X factor and she's in a three way sort of love triangle."

" And so she's a slot. But they -- still Irish. After that there is is -- few other characters -- strike from storm watch and then there's. -- shamrock. Which I don't mean I refuse to acknowledge because it's just it's sleazy. What there's also the -- ghost. -- He's not that kind of day he was in DC comics in 1942 for showed up he was the Earl -- here. And he was killed and enjoying the lover and everything."

" And any kind of disappeared and it was brought back in 1990 by grant Morrison in in the brilliant in -- issue 25 and the character said."

" You know what don't bring me back I don't want to bring me back because the meaning of -- changed and it's just weird for now."

" That is not."

" Anyway if you've got indicators are -- have any questions you -- right to contact and I envoy dot com. You can go to in what dot com check out all the content discussion there or go to revision three dot com slash I've been waiting for links to more video shows. And -- the forums and it's just more on the you can possibly handle so thanks very much NC tomorrow."

" I'm Josh welcome to I've -- when need be he short form. -- tit bit of a show. That that where we will answer. -- emails and questions and talk but the pick the week of the shipping -- where the possibilities staggering. You can still get the full life and what show every Saturday your vision three dot com. Today being the first episode I thought we should make it timely and you'll note that today is St. Patrick's day so of course we should talk about. Not what characters there are a lot of there's an Irish Americans Matt Murdoch comes to mind he's got a lot of Irish Catholic guilt is a lot of things he's he's inconsolable but I thought -- stick to actual. People from the land. Right okay so the first one that comes to mind for me is always going to be Cassidy in preacher Cassidy is a vampire. And he was born in Ireland in the early twenty century he fought in the Irish revolution and then shortly after that he was bit by -- vampire. -- he became one himself. -- fled to America where he was generally a bastard. -- Garth Ennis who is also Irish wrote the character and he put a lot of really sort of typically Irish charm. And and and we instantly and -- despite being just kind of horrible. Person vampire. He still incredibly likeable so -- the character. After educated to the superhero characters the mainstream stuff. And there are not a lot. The first guy comes to mind -- sort of the main -- BG or Shaun Cassidy from the pages of the X-Men his power is a garish we ugly cost him with a collar."

" And chest hair thing."

" And apparently screens and lots and he's dead it doesn't matter."

" But living on and instead is his daughter siren or Teresa she is in the pages of X factor and she's in a three way sort of love triangle."

" And so she's a slot. But they -- still Irish. After that there is is -- few other characters -- strike from storm watch and then there's. -- shamrock. Which I don't mean I refuse to acknowledge because it's just it's sleazy. What there's also the -- ghost. -- He's not that kind of day he was in DC comics in 1942 for showed up he was the Earl -- here. And he was killed and enjoying the lover and everything."

" And any kind of disappeared and it was brought back in 1990 by grant Morrison in in the brilliant in -- issue 25 and the character said."

" You know what don't bring me back I don't want to bring me back because the meaning of -- changed and it's just weird for now."

" That is not."

" Anyway if you've got indicators are -- have any questions you -- right to contact and I envoy dot com. You can go to in what dot com check out all the content discussion there or go to revision three dot com slash I've been waiting for links to more video shows. And -- the forums and it's just more on the you can possibly handle so thanks very much NC tomorrow."