iFanboy - Comic Books

August 26, 2012 – With Josh Flanagan possibly dead on a mountain bike trail somewhere in the northeast, Paul Montgomery returns begrudgingly to the mic to join Ron Richards and Conor Kilpatrick to discuss the dueling picks of the week, as we honor the end of a legacy and the continuation of another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 19, 2012 – It’s iFanboy in the Morning! With a groggy Conor and Ron, Josh extolls the virtue of near comics perfection with both the pick of the week and the book of the month. It’s so much good comics, that we’re running out of adjectives. PLUS – Conor put Ron out to to dry in advance of the impending 350! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 12, 2012 – With Ron Richards somewhere up in the clouds, the internet’s Paul Montgomery steps in to join Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan to talk comics, adult video storage, and beards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 5, 2012 – The original iFanboy Trilogy is back in full effect. Then things get dirty really fast, but that’s because of a dirty, dirty POW. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 29, 2012 – Ron and Conor are gone. They’re just gone. Josh brings in Paul Montgomery and Timmy Wood from the iFanboy.com staff, and we trudge forward bravely. By the end, we’ve come up with a sit-com based on the Falcon. So it went fine, clearly. There was some Jar Jar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 22, 2012 -Thanks to the double combination of recovering from the San Diego Comic-Con and the late night Dark Knight movie experience, Josh, Conor and Ron are overtired and a bit punchy, but you know that’s just when things get interesting and a bit wacky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 22, 2012 - Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman trilogy comes to an end with The Dark Knight Rises! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 15, 2012 – It’s that time again, time for the San Diego Comic-Con. Coming at you sorta live, from our hotel room in San Diego, Ron, Josh and Conor struggle to keep their voices and tell you about some of the comics they read this week as well as some quick reflection from the con. Unfortunately, no time for show notes this week but that gives you more reason to listen to hear what’s discussed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 8, 2012 – I am Adam, Prince of Eternia, Defender of the Secrets of Castle Greyskull. This is Kringer, my fearless friend. Fabulous, secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said: “By the Power of Greyskull! … I have the comics!” Kringer became the mighty BattleCat and I became He-Man, the most powerful man in the Universe! Only three others share this secret… Our friends Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards. Together we defend Castle Greyskull from the evil forces of Skeletor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 8, 2012 - You may not have understood why Sony rebooted the franchise so soon, but regardless, The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone was released nationwide this past week. A new origin, mechanical webshooters, a new uniform and a new rogue in The Lizard give Josh, Conor and Ron enough to talk about. Stay gold, Ponyboy. Check out the full discussion on The Amazing Spider-Man as well as Paul Montgomery’s review of the movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 1, 2012 – Summertime is here. The heat is rising and having it’s affect on the podcast as tensions are high. Listen, it’s a thing. Also San Diego looms as does script sabotage, but nothing will stop Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick and Ron Richards from talking comics. Well maybe not nothing, rebar would stop us for sure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking for a new super hero comic with a strong female lead? It-Girl from Image Comics may be the one you’re looking for. Writer Jamie S. Rich and artist Mike Norton come together to further the adventures of It-Girl, who you may know as a Mike Allred creation from the Madman universe. In this edition of Talksplode, we chat with Jamie S. Rich and Mike Norton about the project, how it came to be, what we can expect from it and what it’s like to work on a character from one of comics’ greats, Mike Allred. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 24, 2012 – Guess what? It’s HOT again! Ron Richards, Conor, Kilpatrick, and Josh Flanagan cover a lot of ground, and even manage to escape without heatstroke. Good books, bad books, and some stuff that just doesn’t make any sense, as the show goes off script, and then back on, awaits the listener! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 17, 2012 – You know, Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick and Ron Richards have been thinking about comics lately. And I mean REALLY thinking about comics, like for hours. Just, you know, mulling over comics and what they could be. Like realllllly thinking about them…. t Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 17, 2012 - The call has gone out and the iFanboy Animation Brain Squad has reconvened to discuss the latest DC Universe Animated Original Movie, Superman vs. The Elite.What was the comic book climate that lead to this story of Superman taking on new and edgy superheroes? And does the adaptation live up to what many call the best single issue Superman comic book of all time? Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, Chris Neseman, and Ryan Haupt have some thoughts. Plus! It’s time to express some hopes, fears, and doubts about the next film: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Part One! And Paul reveals a deep dark secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chew has been a long running top quality book and a favorite at the iFanboy offices. We caught up with writer John Layman to discuss why they're re-printing Chew #27, which was released out of order a year ago, and what fans can expect from this second printing aside from a different cover. We also discuss what the creative process on Chew is as Layman works with creative partner Rob Guillory and get some insight into how an issue of Chew comes together. AND Layman makes a stunning prediction about an upcoming issue of Chew and the iFanboy Pick of the Week. In addition to Chew #27, we take the opportunity to talk about the phenomenon of Secret Agent Poyo and what we can expect from the upcoming oneshot. Layman describes the Secret Agent Poyo as his Amy Racecar, the oneshots that David Lapham used to do in the Stray Bullets universe. In addition to Chew and Secret Agent Poyo, Layman fills us in on some of his other upcoming work, including a project with artist Sam Kieth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 10, 2012 – We need to have a talk about flippancy on this week’s podcast as Josh Flanagan is joined by Conor Kilpatrick and Ron Richards for yet another chapter in the ongoing tale of the pick of the week podcast, filled with bias. GO SCREW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 10, 2012 - In space no one can hear you… podcast? One of the most anticipated films of 2012 is finally here: Prometheus! It’s director Ridley Scott’s prequel to his 1979 sci-fi classic Aliens, and reactions have certainly been mixed. Join Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Mike Romo as they attempt to suss out what went right and what went wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just such a nightmare is chronicled in Mulholland Book’s Alpha, the first in a series of Jad Bell novels by master tactician Greg Rucka. Paul joins Greg Rucka on a free-wheeling tour of WilsonVille, the fictitious theme park at the center of this tremendous thriller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 03, 2012 – Ron Richards returns and promptly Josh Flanagan disappears so Ron and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by the Internet’s Paul Montgomery as the deftly avoid the news of the day to break it down on this week’s comic books during a dreaded 5th week, which seems like some sort of time paradox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve got a special Talksplode for you today, featuring two fantastic cartoonist/graphic novelists, talking about their career and making comics, and doing all ages and historical comics.Chris Schweizer is the creator of the Crogan’s series of books, and the recent third volume, Crogan’s Loyalty about a branch of the Crogan family during the American Revolutionary War. Scott Chantler is a Canadian writer and artist with a fantastic body of work from Northwest Passage to Two Generals to the Three Thieves series of all-ages adventure books, as well as others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 2012 – A technical SNAFU cripples Conor Kilpatrick’s microphone… Ron Richards has gone mysteriously missing… who will step in to save the day and join Conor and Josh Flanagan to talk about the week that was in comic books? Super scientist Ryan Haupt to the rescue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 24, 2012 - Tim Seeley has made a name for himself in comics in a very different way than a lot of creators. Starting off at Devil’s Due, he made a big impact with Hack/Slash, his creator owned ode to slasher movies, showing the way for genre diversification in comics. At the same time, he can work as a writer, artist, or both, and has around plenty of Marvel and DC books. These days, Seeley can be found writing a whole bunch of books. Hack/Slash continues monthly from Image Comics, as will the mystery Revival with his friend and collaborator Mike Norton. Meanwhile, Tim has taken over as the regular writer on Witchblade for Top Cow, and with what time is left over he’s co-created and drawing Exsanguine for Dark Horse with Josh Emmons. Oh yeah, and he’s also writing Bloodstrike for the relaunched Extreme line of Rob Liefeld comics. It’s a lot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 2012 – Once again, Conor Kilpatrick, Ron Richards, and Josh Flanagan gather to talk about the week in com– OHMYGOD! IT’S THE BELL! SCATTER! FLEE! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 18, 2012 - This past Monday, Earth-2 Comics in Northridge, CA hosted “Independent Voices in Comics: New Stories and How To Sell Them”, a panel discussion about the current state of independent comics, moderated by Conor Kilpatrick of iFanboy. Topics included the work that must be done after making your comic book, the difficulty in getting distribution, the importance of owning your own ideas, the retail perspective on independent comics, and… Dunkin Donuts in Los Angeles? The panelists included: Jim McCann – The Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia), Mind The Gap (Image Comics) Dave Accampo and Jeremy Rogers – Sparrow and Crowe: The Demoniac of Los Angeles (Hermes Press) Ed LaRoche – Almighty and Waveform (Self-Published) Darren Thomas – Manager of Earth-2 Comics (Northridge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 2012 – We admit we’re at a little bit of a loss to explain this one, and if you didn’t watch the Real World Seattle in 1998, you might get a little lost too, but what you need to know is that we think it’s very funny, and we can’t help ourselves. Besides that, we promise we actually talk about comics too, and look, it went longer than normal. WE’RE GIVING YOU EVERYTHING! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 2012 – Mark it in the books! The first podcast of 2012 to include a complaint about the heat! You’ll have to guess who’s complaining though as Josh, Conor and Ron gather on the eve of the Avengers movie opening to talk about this week’s comics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 2012 - And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Josh Flanagan, Ron Richards, and Conor Kilpatrick found themselves united to talk about the most anticipated film of the summer. On that day, iFanboy was born—to talk about the films no single ordinary podcast could withstand! Through the years, their roster has prospered, changing many times, but their glory has never been denied! Heed the call, then—for now, the iFanboys Assemble! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 29, 2012 – Gather ’round, kids, as Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, Ron Richards talk the week in comics, Ron’s inability to say certain words in a non-sexy way, and general comic book fatigue. Pew! Pew! Stormtroopers are hitting the floor all over this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 26, 2012 - Sean Murphy has been kicking around comics for quite a while, but it was really in 2010 that he came to prominence, as the artist for Joe the Barbarian, written by Grant Morrison. He followed that up with Hellblazer and American Vampire miniseries, and is now poised to release his 6 issue Punk Rock Jesus, which he both wrote and drew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 22, 2012 – Trading Places? Freaky Friday? NO! It’s the weekly breakdown between Josh, Conor and Ron of this week’s comics. New ideas, classic action, tributes and good comics done right. Damn, it’s good to be a comic fan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 15, 2012 – Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards return to the show just in time to go from the wheelhouse to the sphere of excitement. Also, SECRETS, a legacy of beards, and a surprise cameo! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 8, 2012 – It’s the annual iFanboy.com Staff Writer show! With Ron, Josh and Conor off stuffing their faces with Cadbury eggs, Ryan Haupt, Mike Romo, Ali Colluccio and Jim Mroczkowski step in to discuss the week’s comics! Plus, a very special announcement for loyal iFanboy listener SSG Jonathan Castillo. Mrs. Castillo has asked as to relay whether their forthcoming baby is an iFanboy or iFangirl, and we’re pleased to oblige. Place your bets now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 1, 2012 – Ron is back! Just before he heads out of town again for Emerald City Comic-Con in Seattle! But in the meantime, we manage to fill the time with talk about comic books and the spoiler of talking about those comic books, and how the book spoils itself when read. There’s no escape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 25, 2012 – With Ron Richards on a plane somewhere overhead, Paul Montgomery steps in to join Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick to chat about the week of comics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 18, 2012 – The return of one of comics’ best writers is cause for celebration and discussion as Conor KIlpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards pour over the week that was in comic books. Also! The fall of Unsolved Mysteries and the best way to drive from New York City to Ithaca. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 16, 2012 - On this follow up edition of of iFanboy Talksplode, we talk with some more of the folks behind the Justice For Hire comics and the Justice For Hire Free for All Event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 11, 2012 – Rebar and Symbotay are the words of the day, and also the two completely unexpected tangents we travel on. One is terrifying, and t’other makes no sense t’all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 11, 2012 - Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Ali Colluccio gather together for this special edition podcast to discuss everything John Carter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 4, 2012 – Sometimes, “it was a good book” is all you can manage, and that’s cool. Sometimes. This week, we go through the books, and say what was right about a lot of them, and what was wrong with the rest. We have some character growth as well, which helps our individual arcs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 1, 2012 -The iFanboy Animation Braintrust–Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, Chris Neseman, and Ryan Haupt–has reconvened to discuss the latest DC Universe Animated Original Movie, Justice League: Doom. How does the adaptation of Mark Waid and Howard Porter’s 12 year old “Tower of Babel” storyline from JLA stand up to the other Justice League movies in the series? Opinions are mixed. Plus! The Braintrust talks about the legacy of Dwayne McDuffie, the elevation of Cyborg, and how the animated redesigns trump those in the New 52. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 26, 2012 – With Ron Richards off covering Image Expo 2012, Paul Montgomery steps in to join Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan to talk all things comics… and all things nautical? Also, who is this Tim Drake person that everyone keeps going on about? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 23, 2012 - On this edition of iFanboy Talksplode, we chat with the folks behind the Justice For Hire comics and the Justice For Hire Free for All Event. Justice for Hire is an exciting, independent comic book combining the world of mixed martial arts with action comic books. We chatted with Justice For Hire creators Jan Lucanus and Jan C. Childress, a father and son writing duo. Jan Lucanus is director, co-creator and co-writer of Justice For Hire and his father, Jan C. Childress has a long history of working in comics, most notably with Jim Shooter in the 1990s. In addition we chat with Zach Shelton, the Justice For Hire Lead Animator and Founder of Willow Road Animation and John Martin, a VP at Reallusion, the company behind the animation program Crazy Talk. You can read Justice for Hire #0 for free at Graphicly And find out about the Justice For Hire Free for All Event where you can enter your animation and be judged by Neal Adams, Ahmed Best and other celebrity judges! Full details available on the Justice for Hire Facebook page! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 19, 2012 – It’s a comic book jamboree this week as we wonder what’s the deal with all the moloids and other burning questions about the world of comics, like how many point one issues can one publisher print?. And other hits including: Always provide a glossary, bonus points for maps and building cutaways, and Josh’s love for greek mythology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 19, 2012 - Who would be brave (or foolish) enough to head to the multiplex to endure Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance? Who would endure the sequel to that awful 2007 movie starring Nick Cage? Who would weather a 90 minute cinematic penance stare and then come back and tell the world about it? Ron Richards and Conor Kilpatrick, that’s who. iFanboy: Seeing The Movies So You Don’t Have To. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 12, 2012 – It’s an extended edition of the podcast this week as Josh, Conor and Ron dive deep into the turbulent waters of comics this week. From the grizzly end of The Punisher MAX with issue #22 to the crisis of faith in collecting comics. It’s a long one, but worth listening to… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 12, 2012 - It’s time for the iFanboy three to close the book on a legendary chapter in their lives. That’s right, we saw, and are now talking about, for what is destined to be the last time, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D. Josh, Ron, and Conor have a long history with Star Wars, and this movie takes them back to another time. Does the revisitation reveal anything unexpected about the much maligned movie, or is it as bad as expected. Or is it worse. We try to be more positive than Captain Panaka, which isn’t very hard. We also have no army. Put on your 3D glasses, and sit back. We’re talking about Episode I. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 05, 2012 – We don't seem to remember why, but this weeks comics are highlighted by the ALL TOM Feedback section towards the end of the podcast. Because we're crazy like that. Plain and simple. So crazy that in this edition we celebrate the use of a double negative. Plus, a comparison of a comic creator to a legendary punk band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 29, 2012 – We introduce you to Pepper, Cap’n and Ron this week on the Pick of the Week Podcast. We also find out how little the guys know about 1800s Europe and wonder how they even graduated high school in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 22, 2012 – Josh has somewhere to be. He was ready, and just wants to get to the damn show! So let’s get on with it. It’s a twisty-turny Pick of the Week, and you shouldn’t drink the water. Eventually the talk turns to how to pass the time in solitary, and everyone gets along again. Plus we talk about gifts we got! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices