iFanboy - Comic Books

August 8, 2010 - All together now! Conor Kilpatrick, Ron Richards, and Josh Flanagan are all crammed into one hot room to talk about the week in comics, the Book of the Month, random objects in Conor's bedroom and Step Up 3D! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 1, 2010 - The guys have returned from San Diego, intact. Mostly. Maybe a little loppy. This week, Ron Richards, Conor Kilpatrick, and Josh Flanagan take a look at books from a wider than normal slice of the industry, with books from six different publishers making the show. There's also a brief foray into Jerry Bruckheimer and Pearl Harbor. You know how these things go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 29, 2010 - Conor Kilpatrick and staff writers Paul Montgomery and Ryan Haupt break down the latest DC Universe Animated Original film - Batman: Under The Red Hood! They discuss everything from the next short film Showcase: Jonah Hex, the movie itself, the extras, the Robins, it's all here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 25, 2010 - The San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing, but that doesn't stop Conor from picking Brightest Day #6 as the pick of the week, and Josh and Ron join in the fun to discuss the books they loved and hated from this week. Recorded under guerilla conditions in their hotel room, the sound quality isn't so great and the show is a bit short, but we hope you enjoy it. We'll be back to full strength (hopefully) next week! (No show notes this week due to lack of time! We'll get them updated later in the week after we return from SD) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 18, 2010 - San Diego looms on the horizon as the iFanboy gents gather to discuss Josh's pick of the week and fend off the madness that is the San Diego Comic Con for just a few more days. Luckily there are lots of comic books to distract them from all the laundry and prep work that still needs to be done before they reach the sunny shores of San Diego. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 14, 2010 - Andy Schmidt is here again! The senior editor from IDW is still at the helm of GI Joe, Transformers and other books, but he's also the writer of a new 5 issue series called 5 Days to Die, coming out weekly in September. Andy also teaches folks how to make comics like professionals do with Comics Experience. They've got a huge slate of star studded panels planned for San Diego Comic-Con. Plus, we're answering your questions! It's a giant show, and there's plenty to talk about, so dig in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 11, 2010 - A rare daytime recording, record temperatures in New York City, and a Thursday from hell means a groggy Conor Kilpatrick, a frazzled Ron Richards, and a really quite well-composed Josh Flanagan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 7, 2010 - Chris Samnee has come a long way, and impresses comic fans with every page he puts out. Now, as a regular artist at Marvel and other publishers, as well as one of the Comictwart group, fans have seen a lot of wonderful art from Samnee. Chris Neseman and Josh Flanagan talked with Chris about his work on this week's Thor: The Mighty Avenger, written by Roger Langridge, Vertigo's Area 10 written by Christos Gage, Siege: Embedded, The Mighty, the forthcoming Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale, and way back to Capote in Kansas. Is Samnee the hardest working man in comics, and will he draw until he drops? Is there such a thing as too much coffee? We all hope not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 4, 2010 - A very special Independence Day edition! Josh is off, so Jim Mroczkowski steps in to join Ron Richards and a cold medicine addled Conor Kilpatrick to try and navigate around the elephant in the room, dressed in pants and laugh in the face of the "Marvel bias". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 27, 2010 - They got mixed up! Conor's in San Francisco! Josh is... home! Ron is, well you don't want to know what Ron is doing. Things are hot, the hosts are beaten, and we all agree that some things are awesome, some things are awful. Consensus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 20, 2010 - Another week, another batch of comics and this time around, we nearly had a spit-take within the first 5 minutes, which really sets the tone when you're discussing the weeks comics, your favorite creators and breaking up with you comic book store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 20, 2010 - Josh, Conor and Ron went to go see Jonah Hex and well, it's important to remember that this movie has nothing to do with the excellent comic books about Jonah Hex being published today. What did they think about the movie? Well, let's just say there were some...issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 17, 2010 - Josh Flanagan talks to IDW senior editor Bob Schreck about the upcoming Jurassic Park: Redemption, the first comic he's actually scripted after years as a comics editor. Bob talks about his time as an editor at Comico and Dark Horse Comics, as well as Oni Press, a company he co-founded. Then we talk about his working relationship with such industry giants as Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker and more, and his time at DC Comics where he edited projects like Dark Knight Strikes Again, Batman, Detective Comics, All-Star Superman, All-Star Batman and Robin, and more amazing comics, as well his his move to Vertigo, and eventual dismissal from DC Comics, to where he is now at IDW. Bob Schreck has had a hand in so many of the best comics to come out in the last 20 years, and he's still at it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 13, 2010 - Ron's back from vacation and just in time to join Josh and Cono in discussion of this week's comics as well as the Book of the Month: Wednesday Comics. So what does all that have to do with Vaudeville, Baron Zemo and Casey Kasem? Well, you'll have to listen to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 13, 2010 - In 2010, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... iFanboy. This week Ron Richards and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at Joe Carnahan's The A-Team! Does it do justice to a beloved 80s TV classic? Find out now! As always, from here on out, in the podcast and comments, you have been spoiler-warned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 10, 2010 - Josh Flanagan, Tom Katers, and Jim Mroczkowski tuck in for a nice long discussion on Marvel's Invincible Iron Man. The first Omnibus covers the first 19 issues of the impressive run by writer Matt Fraction and artist Salvador Larroca. The discussion covers the characterization of Tony, as well as the inclusion of major storylines involving Pepper Potts, and her 'Rescue' armor, and the once maligned Maria Hill. Even Norman Osborn came out OK in this one. This story is certain to be essential Iron Man reading as the movies continue to total ever higher box office receipts, and the book does it without Robert Downey Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 6, 2010 - With Ron Richards at the beach this week, Conor Kilpatr4ick and Josh Flanagan are joined by iFanboy staff writer Paul Montgomery who returns to the the show with a list of movies. Why? You'll have to listen to find out! Also, with the temperature rising the guys get a little loopy and take the converation in some strange and unexpected directions. Cap'n Steve? Conor's equipment? Mark Wahlberg? This week's show got it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 3, 2010 - Chris Neseman welcomes Mike Perkins to Talksplode for a discussion on his current work on Stephen King's The Stand and much more. Mike's career has taken him from his home in England to Poland and finally the wilds of Florida. Listen in to hear about Mike growing up on 2000 AD and Doctor Who. Mike was also a part of the fantastic work coming out of both Caliber and Cross Gen. Find out more about the creative environment and work process of both companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 30, 2010 - With Josh Flanagan out lobstering in Maine (and possible harvesting sea urchins), the hardest working staff writer in comics, Paul Montgomery stepped up to join Conor Kilpatrick and Ron Richards for comic book fun time talk. And boy, did he pick a doozy of a week, with two big Avengers launches and one of the weirdest books that anyone has heard of in a long time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 2010 - iFanboy favorite Rick Remender checks in to talk about the final arc of Fear Agent, which is coming out in July and features a 5 issue arc to finish out the series. Rick also confirms the Fear Agent Omnibus and lays out the schedule for that and some shocking Fear Agent merchandise coming our way soon. In addition to Fear Agent, Rick discusses his upcoming work on X-Force for Marvel and his continuing saga on The Punisher with Franken-Castle. We also get an update on the Last Days of American Crime and finally, Rick answers many of your questions as polled from Twitter. It's always a blast to chat with Rick, so sit back and be prepared to enter the weird world of Remender! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23 2010 - It's an iFanboy miracle as Conor has returned from his travels! And we welcome him with a mirthful, chaotic episode of the Pick of the Week podcast filled with mispronunciations, disagreements, and some down right creepy talk. This is what iFanboy is all about! So sit back, grab a drink and be prepared for at least 2 spit takes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 16 2010 - It's one for the ages here folks, as Conor is still on vacation and Tom Katers joins Ron and Josh to tackle the tremendously large stack of comics for the past week, including the end to The Sentry saga which also may be the worst comic book printed, ever. We're not kidding here folks, this is one to remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 12, 2010 - For the past year or so, Marvel has been producing and releasing motion comics to the public. These slightly animated adaptations of popular works have been much discussed by fans and discovered by non-fans alike. The latest entry is Iron Man: Extremis, adapting Warren Ellis and Adi Granov's classic story. We spoke with Ruwan Jayatilleke, a VP at Marvel, about Iron Man: Extremis, the various motion comics from Marvel, what the difference between a motion comic and animation is, as well as some speculation over future motion comics from Marvel for Captain America and Thor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick can't escape international extradition laws, so Ron Richards and Josh Flanagan welcome Evie Nagy of Awesomed By Comics to fill the big man's chair. Evie brings a biting wit and an appreciation of Gail Simone to the show, and boy do the sparks fly as she and Josh become enemies and then frenemys. Running Time: 01:02:25 Pick of the Week: 00:02:16 - Ron was surprised to be picking Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1. Comics: 00:11:29 - Uncanny X-Men #524 was close to being the Pick until the end and Wolverine's reaction. 00:18:29 - Evie drops some knowledge on Secret Six #21. 00:26:35 - Josh found the art choices on Batman & Robin #12 interesting. 00:31:48 - For 1 dollar, you can't go wrong with Mike Allred's art on iZombie #1. 00:33:44 - It doesn't get better than Hellboy in Mexico. 00:36:40 - We all think that there are just too many characters in Brightest Day #1. 00:38:20 - Finally! Astro City: The Dark Age, Part Four #4 ends this ongoing saga! 00:40:30 - Demo, Vol. 2 #4 continues be great, with this issue featuring some very Manga-esque art from Becky Cloonan. User Reviews: 00:43:00 - dworden is really digging Spider-Man Fever #2. 00:44:30 - Zombox thought War of the Super-Men got off to a good start. E-Mail: 00:47:19 - Gary L. has some thoughts about the death of Nightcrawler and what it means for comics. Voicemail: 00:50:25 - John from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has an idea about getting sketches at cons. Etc.: • Go subscribe to iFanboy: Don't Miss to hear a preview of a book coming out this week. This week we've got Jeph Loeb talking Hulk #22 • Josh spoke to Joe Kubert in our latest Talksplode, you don't want to miss this one • Iron Man 2 came out this week and Josh and Ron have opinions of it! • Go listen to Evie on Awesomed By Comics and follow Evie on Twitter! Brought to You By: • Triptych Books - Go donate to Triptych's Kickstarter project to help their comic, Trigger Men, become a reality! • Discount Comic Book Service and Summit City Comic Con - Get great prices on all sorts of trades, hardcovers and collections! Music: "The High Road" Broken Bells Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9, 2010 - The anticipated sequel, Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Mickey Rourke, and Scarlett Johannsen hit theaters this weekend and Josh and Ron gather to discuss. Did it surpass the original movie? Did the various things like Whiplash, Black Widow and War Machine work or not so much? Is Robert Downey. Jr the coolest thing since sliced bread? Or maybe Sam Rockwell is. What was the easter egg at the end of the movie's credits? All this and more on this spoiler-rich discussion of Iron Man 2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 6, 2010 - Joe Kubert, creator of our Book of the Month for May, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965, has been working in comics since before his voice changed. He's seen the industry in all its various forms, writing and drawing comics like Tor and Our Army at War, with Sgt. Rock. More recently, he found acclaim with his graphic novels Fax from Sarajevo and Yossel: April, 19, 1943. He also started the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art to train young comics artists for work in the world comics. Today, at 83 years old, he's still working, still drawing, and knows how lucky he is for it. Josh Flanagan had a conversation with Joe about his career and his new graphic novel. If this doesn't make you love comics, then nothing will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 2, 2010 - Some wiseguys named Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards are back together talking about comics! Ron's true accent comes out, Josh reveals a bias, and Conor gets a little bit too personal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 25, 2010 - While Ron was still trapped in Chicago, the show must go on, so it's only appropriate that Chicago's own Chris Neseman stepped up to yak about this week's comics with Josh and Conor. Coincidence? Give us back our side-burned friend, Neseman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 25, 2010 - The second comic book movie of 2010, and one of the most anticipated in the iFanboy offices, The Losers came out this weekend. Josh, Ron and Conor gather to discuss the film adaptation of Andy Diggle and Jock's work, which was published by Vertigo/DC Comics. Did the cinematic feel and high action of the comic translate to the big screen? What did the filmmakers get wrong or go to far with? And most importantly, would Ron's dad like this movie? You'll have to listen to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 18, 2010 - With Conor supposedly en route to some or other comic convention, we learn once more than Tom Katers wasn't doing anything, and was free to join Josh and Ron to talk about this week's books, which is apropos, since he's kinda got a thing for Flash comics. Get out your checklists, or don't if that's your thing, but there are a lot of comics to cover here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 16, 2010 - The comic book from Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. was mightily F'ed up, and now it's time to see if the movie version lives up to that same standard. Kick-Ass hits theaters today, with Matthew Vaughn directing, and Josh, Ron, and Conor all saw it, and figure out if it does indeed kick ass. Featuring Nic Cage, and young female actress with the most permissive parents in the history of cinema, it is time for Kick-Ass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 11, 2010 - Hey, they're back! After handing off the show to the writers, Josh Flanagan, Ron Richards, and Conor Kilpatrick have returned in the first heat-influenced show of the year! Plus, the language gets super salty when discussing one particular book, Conor reveals the uncomfortable origins of his Power Pack problem and Josh still has a Tom Katers complex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 08, 2010 - John Romita Jr. has been an A-list artist for the past 30 years. Primarily known for his work at Marvel Comics with legendary runs on Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor and many other projects like World War Hulk, The Sentry, The Punisher: War Zone and more, Romita Jr. has followed in the footsteps of his father, John Romita Sr., making great Marvel Comics. Recently, his foray into creator owned work with Mark Millar gave us Kick-Ass, the realistic/hyper violent tale of a kid who becomes a super hero. As we all know, Kick-Ass has been adapted into a movie by Matthew Vaughn and is set to be released next week. Josh Flanagan and Ron Richards jumped at the chance to chat with John Romita Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 4, 2010 - The animals have overtaken the zoo for the second annual iFanboy.com Staff Writer POW show! Paul Montgomery, Jim Mroczkowski, and Mike Romo take to the mic and talk about all of their favorite books of the week. Well, part of the time, anyway. There's also some griping. Don't worry though. They let Josh out of the meat freezer for a few minutes so he can talk about his pick, the landmark Blackest Night #8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 28, 2010 - The results of the voicemail contest are in and we've got an extra long show so we can bring you the Top Five Voicemails from the deluge that we received this week! Were you the winner? Also, we love My Blue Heaven and Ron has no idea what day it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 25, 2010 - We're back on the horse people! After a long hiatus, Booksplode has returned, to talk, in depth about a particularly good graphic novel or comic collection, and now we're doing Starman Omnibus Vol. 2 with Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and Paul Montgomery. This book continues the stories set up by James Robinson back in the first volume, and expands Jack Knight's world and relationships exponentially. With regular art by Tony Harris, at the top of his game, and guest art from luminaries like JH Williams III, Chris Sprouse, Guy Davis, and more, this book is a joy to behold on almost every page. Get ready for a whole lot of praise for a whole lot of good comics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 21, 2010 - A great week of comic books makes Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards jovial! The Pick of the Week allows for a lot of giddy catharsis, one very long e-mail allows for introspection, and an old nemesis returns! All of this and a new giveaway open to everyone! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 14, 2010 - 2 of 3 are off to Seattle for Emerald City Comicon, but still, a show gets made! Thrill to the sounds of Conor's smooth and jazzy voice, and listen as we try to dole out more comic book related wedding advice. Also, the art sucked. Which art? How much time do you have? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 10, 2010 - Jim McCann is a longtime fan of Hawkeye and Mockingbird, and writer of the just announced ongoing series, Hawkeye and Mockingbird from Marvel Comics! Fellow Clint Barton fan, Josh talks to Jim about the famed archer and his wife, the return to the purple costume, the roots of his affection for the characters, and his still young writing career. We also talk about McCann's upcoming original graphic novel with Archaia Studios Press, Return of the Dapper Men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 7, 2010 - Josh Flanagan is back! And boy his arms are tired. His arms, and everything else. He joins Ron Richards and Conor Kilpatrick to talk about this week's comics, get really touchy about the whole Tom Katers lovefest, and possibly fall asleep during the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 28, 2010 - With Josh Flanagan still out on paternity leave, Tom Katers returns to join Conor Kilpatrick and Ron Richards to discuss the new comics of the week, drug dependency, alcohol abuse, and the ways that Atlantians show affection. Plus, Conor completely blanks on the name Luna Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 25, 2010 - Worlds collide as Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Chris Neseman gather to discuss the seventh DC Universe animated original movie, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. When Lex Luthor shows up on the Justice League's orbiting watchtower claiming to be the last surviving member of an alternate Earth's JLA, will anyone believe him? Does the League have any chance against the nefarious Crime Syndicate? Does Ultraman wear Queens pants in his off time? How does it all stack up against the other projects produced under Bruce Timm, and what does the future have in store for animated comic book adaptations? More importantly, does Conor have a sinister plan to exterminate humanity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 21, 2010 - We celebrate the arrival of Baby Flanagan with an extra long show! And sitting in for the new dad is infamous recluse Tom Katers! With Conor having had a few celebratory cocktails and Tom hopped up on pain pills for a bad back, this episode started out with one foot in the danger zone! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 14, 2010 - We're all in house, talking about a big load of comics, giveaways, and our usual diversions. Come for the comics talk. Stay for the uncomfortably pregnancy jokes. New York was snowed in, but like the postal service, you can't stop comics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 7, 2010 - February 7, 2010 - The gang's all here as Conor Kilpatrick, Ron Richards and Josh Flanagan gather together after a long day of work to babble about the week's comics. And not just some of the comics. In a special one-time only event, the iFanboys break format and talk about ALL of the comics that they read from the past week. Who's idea was this? They don't know but they'd like to find him or her and kick their ass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 4, 2010 - Brian Wood is stranger to the iFanboy Talksplode, but we've never had more to talk about than what Brian's got going on this month. With Demo #1 by Wood and artist Becky Cloonan coming out in comic stores yesterday, 6 years after volume 1 starts, and DMZ #50 coming out next week with an all star collection of artists, and Northlanders #25 later this month continuing the best arc of the series yet AND DV8 #1 finally coming out in April, Brian's been a busy guy. On top of all that, he also has been working on getting the next volume of the New York Four rolling with Ryan Kelly, so we're flattered that he found an hour to chat with us about his books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 31, 2010 - Something was in the air this week, maybe it was the crap ton of comics that came out this week, that lead Josh to pick Detective Comics #861 as the pick, and Ron and Conor to go a little insane on the show this week. And perhaps the dorkiest joke ever made occurred. All in all, a good time when it comes to talkin' comics while wearing an ascot and Richard Dreyfuss makes an appearance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 24, 2010 - This week on the iFanboy Pick of the Week Podcast: Conor gushes about his favorite book of the week, an innocuous e-mail leads to a long and wide ranging discussion about hoarding media, and hey, hide the booze and the porn and cancel the strippers -- who let the kid in here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 21, 2010 - Scott Allie is the managing editor at Dark Horse Comics, where he edits many of the most successful comics at Dark Horse, like Hellboy, The Goon and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. In addition to his editing duties, he is also an accomplished writer. Well versed in the horror genre, Allie's latest work came out this past Wednesday, Solomon Kane: Death's Black Riders #1. He also published an original graphic novel last fall called Exubria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January 17, 2010 - Things settle back to normal, or as close to normal as they can get as the discussion of Ron's pick of the week of S.W.O.R.D. #3 devolves into 90210 discussion and crazy fandom, as well as other trips down distraction lane, ending with a hard look at Josh's personal relationships. Oh yeah, we talk about comic books too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices