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Conor’s back and he and Josh have a lot of catching up to do! Also, comic book talk this week is often interrupted by the telling (or re-telling) of old stories and a lot of it is about meat (and also pie). Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:15:31 Pick of the Week: 00:03:42 – DC vs. Vampires #8 Comics: 00:16:21 – Batman: Killing Time #6 00:23:48 – Iron Man #22 00:28:49 – The Scumbag #14 00:36:13 – Stillwater #14 00:39:38 – Golden Rage #1 00:42:34 – Frankenstein: New World #1 00:47:18 – The Closet #3 Patron Pick: 00:51:44 – The New Champion of Shazam! #1 Patron Thanks: 00:57:43 – William White Quick Aside: 00:59:16 – DC’s tribute to Neal Adams. Audience Questions: 01:00:36 – Jason M. is feeling “Marvel and DC characters always reset” ennui. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got twelve designs! Music: “Snake Farm” Ray Wylie Hubbard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A solo jamoke is joined by an overeager attendant. Their mission? Discuss the week's comics, have some laughs, and get "occasionally" sidetracked. Will they succeed? You'll have to listen yourself to find out! Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:21:11 Pick of the Week: 00:03:03 - Superman: Space Age, Book One Comics: 00:17:14 - Ant-Man #1 00:24:14 - Public Domain #2 00:33:13 - Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel #1 00:39:27 - Batman: One Dark Knight, Book Three 00:43:00 - I Hate This Place #3 00:46:10 - Wolverine: Patch #4 Star Wars Corner: 00:47:35 - Star Wars: Obi-Wan #3 Patron Pick: 00:55:47 - Superman: Space Age, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:59:18 - keyOps 01:00:36 - Jonathan Holland Audience Questions: 01:06:40 - Robert Wendt from Parts Unknown asks us to assemble a custom team of Avengers and pick a creative team to tell their story. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Summer of '69" Bryan Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Rainbow Rowell is well known to her Young Adult and prose fans, but when her name showed up on the first issue of the new Runaways series, we wondered where this fully formed comic book writing had come from. Josh talks to Rainbow about where she came from, and how she got to comics. You're going to hear a woman who has a deep love for comics as a medium, and for many of the characters she's gotten to write, and more she's hoping to create for. Total Running Time: 01:14:29 For more on Rainbow Rowell, go here. Music: “Rainbow in the Dark" Dio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the semi-annual solo Josh show! The management would like to apologize for this. With Conor out somewhere, and no one else wanting to talk to him, Josh will, as always, talk to himself. Great comics helped a lot. You'll have to make your own call. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 00:52:12 Pick of the Week: 00:01:59 - Batman: The Knight #7 Comics: 00:07:40 - DC vs. Vampires: All Out War #1 00:13:21d - Alien Annual #1 00:16:11 - Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #1 00:19:19 - Maestro: World War M #5 00:21:17 - The Rocketeer: The Great Race #4 00:23:18 - Silver Coin #12 Patron Pick: 00:25:53 - Dark Spaces: Wildfire #1 Patron Thanks: 00:34:55 - Rafael Hernandez 00:36:03 - Joey Fry Listener Questions: 000:36:39 - Ryan wants to know about the media input systems. How do we keep up, find new things, and not get lost? 000:42:25 - Rashaad wonders about first contact in comics. Josh doesn't have a great answer, but the record button was activated, so here we are. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Magic" The Cars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor is (possibly) galavanting on the high seas, (allegedly) performing acts of piracy, and rabble rousing. Or he's not. We have no way to know for sure. But in the meantime, we have our good pal, Jim Viscardi from comicbook.com on the mic to talk about this week's books. And Moon Knight. Always Moon Knight. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:22:55 Pick of the Week: 00:01:49 - Rogues, Book Three Comics: 00:10:48 - Fantastic Four #690 00:20:44 - Captain Marvel #173 00:26:07 - Moon Knight #3 00:39:07 - The Punisher #4 00:43:22 - Impact Winter #1 00:45:11 - Daredevil #649 Patron Pick: 00:50:41 - X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 Patron Thanks: 01:03:07 - Jimmy Heating 01:05:11 - Raja Perumal Listener Questions: 01:06:21 - Eric F. wants to know, if Batman, why not Aquaman? Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Lowdown Monkey Blues (feat. Tom Waits)" The Replacements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan gather at Omnipodcast City to discuss the 29th MCU film: Thor: Love and Thunder! Running Time: 00:35:40 Music: "November Rain" Guns N' Roses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rough week. Rough, rough week. But at least we had great comics and the show to make us laugh. Plus pizza, ice cream, and white chocolate. And sharks. Always, sharks. Porkers, Mr. Hooper? Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:06:07 Pick of the Week: 00:01:58 - Batman #125 Comics: 00:12:13 - Batman: Killing Time #5 00:17:39 - That Texas Blood #15 00:23:49 - The Amazing Spider-Man #899 00:32:59 - The Closet #2 00:36:50 - Strange Academy #18 00:39:23 - King Conan #6 Patron Pick: 00:43:30 - Starhenge, Book One: The Dragon & The Boar #1 Patron Thanks: 00:49:53 - Jim Herne 00:52:11 - Nick Maynard Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "It's All Going to Pot" Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:00:00 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:37 - Josh has been watching The Bear and listening to Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle. 00:05:43 - Conor has been watching The Orville: New Horizons and Only Murders in the Building and watched Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Father of the Bride, and Fire Island. 00:08:55 - Josh's wife has been watching way more of The Bear than she was supposed to. 00:09:17 - Ron saw Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain and Elvis. Mail Bag: 00:16:06 - Dan from Baltimore, Maryland asks about how to decide between director's cuts vs. theatrical cuts when choosing to watch a film. 00:19:43 - Ken from The Great White North wants to know what constitutes a gangster film and which are the greatest of all time. 00:27:01 - Cory from Cleveland, Ohio wants to know how The Pacific stacks up against Band of Brothers. 00:29:44 - Adrian Z. asks which type of media the guys would give up if they had to give up one. 00:35:40 - Patrick W. wants to know what everyone thought of season three of Barry. 00:39:05 - Greg M. from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania asks about Star Wars toys. 00:43:27 - Adam from Chicago, Illinois has an unusual way of eating a slice of pizza. Game Time: 00:48:06 - The guys play the new game that's sweeping the nation: "Who Should Tom Hanks Play?" SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "That's All Right" Elvis Presley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's all spills, no thrills in this word of technological marvels still somehow susceptible to the unsuspecting application of liquids, but at the end of the day we still have comics, and those comics are in need of discussion, so we persevere for the people. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:11:40 Pick of the Week: 00:03:06 - Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Old Man Whittier Comics: 00:09:21 - Batman/Catwoman #12 00:17:01 - The Avengers #57 00:21:08 - A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #9 00:28:36 - Public Domain #1 00:34:12 - Sins of the Black Flamingo #1 00:36:43 - Iron Cat #1 00:40:14 - What's the Furthest Place From Here? #7 Patron Pick: 00:42:58 - The Variants #1 Patron Thanks: 00:50:33 - Doug Mossengren 00:52:10 - Logan Jacobs 00:53:32 - AshingKushner Audience Questions: 00:58:24 - Scott H. from Portland, OR wants to know what the major Easter Egg landmarks would be in a fictionalized iFanboy City. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Gives You Hell" The All-American Rejects Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Mahmud Asrar came from Turkey to make a big name for himself in mainstream comics, and he paid his dues. He got started in America with Jay Faerber on Dynamo 5, and moved along quickly from there, notching runs on Supergirl, Uncanny X-Men, and more, most recently with Jason Aaron on Conan the Barbarian, and King Conan. We talk about his work, and he got from a kid scrounging comics wherever he could to fan favorite artist doing his dream job. Total Running Time: 01:05:56 Follow Mahmud on Instagram, and Twitter. Music: “Skin 'O My Teeth" Megadeth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comics have delivered a nostalgic dusting of classic creators and stories and these old men are here for it. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:10:13 Pick of the Week: 00:02:34 - Maestro: World War M #4 Comics: 00:12:21 - Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen's Boss Perry White #1 00:18:27 - Black Adam #1 00:24:12 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1 00:30:06 - The Lonesome Hunters #1 00:31:59 - Immortal X-Men #3 and X-Men #11 00:35:01 - The Silver Coin #11 00:39:04 - Silver Surfer: Rebirth #5 Patron Pick: 00:40:36 - New Fantastic Four #1 Patron Thanks: 00:48:50 - Charles Rose 00:51:49 - Ryan A Abcede Audience Questions: 00:53:24 - Jack from London, England has been wondering about story formats and lengths, and which writers are best at which kinds of series. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Punch Me Harder" Superchunk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:54:21 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:07 - Key Parties and Throuples 00:02:02 - Conor watched the first season of Gaslit, is watching Dark Winds and The Old Man, and went to see Steve Martin and Martin Short live. 00:10:10 - Josh watched Pistol. 00:14:24 - A brief digression to lament the untenable state of the Age of Too Much Television™. 00:16:48 - Ron finished the first season of The Offer and watched Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. Discussion: 00:23:45 - Top Gun (1986) 00:31:21 - Top Gun: Maverick SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Top Gun Anthem" Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mortality. The iFanboy No-Prize. Comics. The usual! Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:06:00 Pick of the Week: 00:02:51 - Do A Power Bomb #1 Comics: 00:13:39 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - Saturday Morning Adventures #3 00:21:16 - Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1 00:30:17 - Eight Billion Genies #2 00:37:01 - The Best Archie Comic Ever! #1 00:38:14 - Seven Sons #1 00:41:17 - Batman: Urban Legends #16 00:45:19 - The Marvels #11 00:46:32 - A Calculated Man #1 Patron Pick: 00:49:15 - Do A Power Bomb #1 Patron Thanks: 00:49:49 - Comic Addiction 00:52:21 - Ben Stanley Audience Questions: 00:53:55 - Kevin M. from Seattle, WA has a question about the ER-inspired video show opening. In Memoriam: 00:56:28 - Tim Sale (1956-2022). Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Pour Some Sugar on Me" Def Leppard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Ryan Haupt — discuss the latest release from the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line... DC Showcase: Constantine - The House of Mystery plus the other shorts in this collection: Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, The Losers, and Blue Beetle! Running Time: 00:28:10 Music: "The Mystery Zone" Spoon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Threats of lawsuits and the grim return of eugenics suffuse this show, but we are (semi) professionals and press on. It's a sparse week of comics, but that can, and thankfully does, lead to good examinations of what did get released. Plus look at all those n0n-Big 2 books we have in the list! Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:19:52 Pick of the Week: 00:02:03 - The Amazing Spider-Man #897 Comics: 00:10:20 - Thor #752 00:16:13 - That Texas Blood #14 00:23:01 - Dogs of London #2 00:36:17 - The Ward #1 00:39:36 - The Lion and the Eagle #4 00:43:37 - Afterschool #1 Patron Pick: 00:48:50 - Aquaman: Andromeda, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:58:31 - Daniel Phillips 01:00:30 - Tyler Owings Audience Questions: 01:03:02 - Scott H. remembers when comic prices went up, and wonders what it will look like going forward. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "United in Grief" Kendrick Lamar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and special guest Paul Montgomery take a look at... Superman For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Bjarne Hansen, Richard Starkings, Jose Villarrubia, & Mark Chiarello! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:43:49 Music: "Theme from Superman" John Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a hard day's night, and we've been reading comics all week long, but when it gets time to pick, we find the things that we do to make us feel alright... about comics. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:10:23 Pick of the Week: 00:02:42 - Avengers Forever #6 Comics: 00:17:11 - Action Comics 2022 Annual #1 00:23:10 - Captain Marvel #38 00:27:47 - A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance #8 00:31:24 - What's the Furthest Place From Here? #6 00:34:22 - Once & Future #26 Patron Pick: 00:39:31 - The Closet #1 Patron Thanks: 00:48:51 - Dylan Cook 00:50:06 - Brian Ingram 00:52:38 - Bearded Comic Bro Audience Questions: 00:53:55 - David from Houston, TX is dealing with Spawn overload and wants to know what's the deal with Spawn?! 01:00:04 - Zach, also from Houston, TX asks for a breakdown of the Hemsworth brothers as Robins. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Ends of the Earth" Lord Huron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Uvalde to Ukraine to historic drought to inflation to Ray Liotta it was a terrible week to be living on this planet. Would comics save the day? Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:04:19 Pick of the Week: 00:02:04 - Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: Night of the Cyclops Comics: 00:13:17 - Devil's Reign: Omega #1 00:18:44 - DC vs. Vampires: Hunters #1 00:21:43 - Punisher #3 00:29:08 - Batman: Fortress #1 00:31:54 - Stillwater #13 Patron Pick: 00:35:09 - Pearl III #1 Patron Thanks: 00:42:43 - Bryan Rosenberg 00:44:43 - Tom B. Audience Questions: 00:47:37 - Rashaad B. wonders if it's 1955 in the current Marvel Universe. 00:52:55 - Cory T. from Cleveland, OH looks back at Big Two creators who worked for both companies and then signed exclusive contracts and wonders "What If...?" Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Rags to Riches" Tony Bennett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There have been updates in pizza depiction, and it's going in the right way. There's a lot of talk about composition, and lettering, and coloring and all the components that make a comic really work. Also, the normal dumb stuff we talk about. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:17:11 Pick of the Week: 00:01:27 - Batman: The Knight #5 Comics: 00:17:23 - Nightwing #92 00:26:55 - Fantastic Four #688 00:30:52 - I Hate This Place #1 00:41:47 - Fables #151 00:46:39 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #3 00:48:20 - Joe Hill's Rain #5 Patron Pick: 00:50:46 - Savage Avengers #29 Patron Thanks: 01:00:12 - Greg Rhinehart 01:01:35 - Ryan Mount Audience Questions: 01:05:52 - Steve has been wondering about pizza balls, and what that means to us. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Knights" Minus the Bear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:48:45 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Discussion: 00:01:14 - In the '90s Ron used to record and catalogue every episode of The Simpsons... just in case. What We've Been Enjoying: 00:02:17 - Ron watched Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and The Offer. 00:09:47 - Conor watched Law & Order and EuroVision Song Contest. 00:16:20 - Josh has been watching the NBA Playoffs. Discussion: 00:22:43 - Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Season 1 SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "My Favorite Mutiny" The Coup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There comes a time in every Jamoke's life, when he has to choose between a time-displaced son or having a tough heart-to-heart with a man dressed like a bat. This is one of those times. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:21:03 Pick of the Week: 00:01:34 - Time Before Time #12 Comics: 00:10:52 - Superman: Son of Kal-El #11 00:16:01 - Eight Billion Genies #1 00:22:33 - Love Everlasting #3 00:29:59 - Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War Alpha #1 00:34:27 - Grim #1 00:36:34 - Batman: Urban Legends #15 00:38:24 - Shang-Chi #12 Patron Pick: 00:43:20 - The Jurassic League #1 Patron Thanks: 00:52:05 - Joe Bowen 00:53:15 - Al Foulger 00:56:28 - Bryan Stenberg In Memoriam: 00:57:35 - The life and careers of comics legends Neal Adams (1941-2022) and George Pérez (1954-2022). Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan are joined by their former co-host Paul Montgomery to discuss the 28th MCU film: Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness! Running Time: 00:48:52 Music: "Jumper" Third Eye Blind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We haven't had this many technical difficulties while recording in a long time so if the normal madcap comic book rhythm seems off, we apologize. Also, the Cobra agent who we called Water Moccasin is actually named Copperhead. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 00:57:06 Pick of the Week: 00:03:03 - Maestro: World War M #3 Comics: 00:10:07 - Friday #5 00:12:54 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - Saturday Morning Adventures #3 00:20:28 - Dogs of London #1 00:23:02 - Batman: Killing Time #3 00:24:33 - Deadly Class #52 00:25:48 - One-Star Squadron #6 Star Wars Corner: 00:28:21 - Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi #1 Patron Pick: 00:31:22 - Twig #1 Patron Thanks: 00:41:22 - David Starnes 00:42:24 - Matthew Rosenhagen Listener Mail: 00:43:15 - Nick S. wonders why the pairing of Daniel Warren Johnson and Beta Ray Bill was so much more magical than his other books we've reviewed. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "One Hundred Million Years" M. Ward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We don't talk about pizza at all this week. And sometimes that has to be enough. We do talk about a lot of Joshua Williamson books, it turns out. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:16:00 Pick of the Week: 00:01:15 - Rogues, Book Two Comics: 00:11:45 - The Amazing Spider-Man #895 00:21:54 - Dark Knights of Steel #6 00:26:07 - Thor #750 00:32:40 - Action Comics #1042 00:34:38 - Newburn #6 00:39:15 - Silver Surfer: Rebirth #4 00:42:25 - Robin #13 Patron Pick: 00:44:39 - Justice League #75 Patron Thanks: 00:57:03 - Kyle Firestine 00:57:51 - Luke CJ Smith Listener Mail: 01:00:50 - The great questioner, Ken, asks about what iFanboy moments we would like to relive, or just forget. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "The Way You Used to Do" Queens of the Stone Age Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and special guest Ryan Haupt take a look at... A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories: A Graphic Novel by Will Eisner! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:34:02 Music: "I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams" Bing Crosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Balls. Pizza. Comics. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:09:53 Pick of the Week: 00:01:48 - The Flash #781 Comics: 00:14:23 - Nightwing #91 00:19:07 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #2 00:22:19 - Captain America #0 00:35:54 - The Avengers #755 00:39:07 - Dark Beach #1 00:42:55 - The Good Asian #10 00:46:43 - Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines #4 Patron Pick: 00:49:37 - The Secret History of the War on Weed Patron Thanks: 00:54:34 - David Newton 00:56:02 - Edward Byrd Listener Mail: 00:57:36 - Pete D. doesn't understand why the print run of the new JLA/Avengers collection was so limited. 01:01:54 - Zach W. has a question about preferences for being carried by a Flash. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:52:00 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:24 - Josh is deep into his third go-round on ER. 00:07:54 - Conor finished Killing Eve. 00:10:57 - A brief digression into Nazi villainy in TV and film. 00:13:34 - Ron is reveling in The Drop Out. Game Time: 00:15:02 - It's time for the inaugural edition of The TV Show Game! SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Wolf Like Me" TV on the Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Two Jamokes turn their heads and cough when Dr. Ryan joins to help diagnose this week in comics! Running Time: 01:14:22 Pick of the Week: 00:02:20 - She-Hulk #166 Comics: 00:13:59 - Batman: Killing Time #2 00:18:50 - Spider-Punk #1 00:24:41 - Black Widow #55 00:33:10 - Moon Knight #10 00:35:06 - The Thing #6 00:36:58 - Batman Beyond: Neo Year #1 00:37:43 - Devil's Reign #6 Patron Pick: 00:39:57 - The Rocketeer: The Great Race #1 Patron Thanks: 00:50:02 - Stu Wars 00:52:55 - Joe Christensen 00:57:45 - Kevin 0Buckley Audience Question: 01:00:14 - Smasher wants to know who the best characters to Freaky Friday between Marvel and DC. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Hit The Road Jack" Ray Charles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Artist and Writer Daniel Warren Johnson (Beta Ray Bill, Murder Falcon, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth) is one of the most exciting and unique creators to show up in comics over the last few years. Starting in webcomics, doing indie books and Big 2 books, he's able to work in any part of comics, and all the work features the same dynamic and totally original art style. Josh talks to Dan about his background and career and how he got from there to here, as well as his new book, a love letter to pro wrestling and action stories, Do a Powerbomb, available in June 2022, from Image Comics. Total Running Time: 01:31:34 Follow Daniel on Instagram, and Twitter. Music: “Chicago Piano" Jawbox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got our good pal, Jim Viscardi of comicbook.com in to talk comics and some industry talk, and he's very good at both. It was a small group of comics this week, but there were so many fun books, we didn't miss a thing. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:09:39 Pick of the Week: 00:03:02 - The Human Target, Book Six Comics: 00:19:43 - Wolverine: Patch #1 00:25:29 - X Deaths of Wolverine #5 00:29:36 - Maestro: World War M #2 00:35:16 - Love Everlasting #2 00:36:34 - Action Comics #1041 00:38:01 - Iron Man #643 Patron Pick: 00:40:05 - Rogues, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:47:39 - Lanny Barr 00:49:00 - Al Fouger 00:50:29 - Mike Bloomrose TOPICS!: 00:51:59 - Jim brings his knowledge to another discussion about Amazon and Comixology and what it might mean to digital comics. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Cold Shot" Live At Carnegie Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:53:56 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:43 - Ron finished Around the World in 80 Days, listened to Where It Went, and watched Riot on the Dance Floor: The Story of Randy Now & City Gardens. 00:07:49 - Conor is reveling in the rebirth of Sunday night TV and has been watching The Gilded Age. 00:16:47 - Josh has been watching Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Discussion: 00:25:02 - Ranking the 2022 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees 00:33:32 - Picking Our Favorite Film of 2022 and The Overall State of the Movies Listener Mail: 00:44:20 - Steve from Maryland wants to know who would win a very unusual fight. 00:46:42 - Ken J. from The Great White North makes the iFanboys rank their of their favorite films. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "He Took Her to a Movie" Ladytron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are fewer books this week and yet the show still ran its normal length and this is mostly due to problems with furniture, clothes, and hair in one particular comic book. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:02:52 Pick of the Week: 00:02:53 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1 Comics: 00:13:28 - Reckoning War: Trial of The Watcher #1 00:16:28 - What's the Furthest Place From Here? #5 00:21:48 - Nightwing #90 00:31:26 - Stillwater: The Escape #1 00:36:14 - X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #26 00:37:53 - The Silver Coin #10 Patron Pick: 00:41:08 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1 Patron Thanks: 00:43:26 - Joshua Fisher 00:45:16 - Simon Listener Mail: 00:47:12 - Jack R. from Durham, NC has a lot of questions about Wonder Woman, "Trial of the Amazons," and comic book advertising. 00:52:56 - Randy R. from Ozark, MO is going to be visiting New York City and is looking for suggestions of what to see and do. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOYPOD • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Drunken Lullabies" Flogging Molly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Ryan Haupt — discuss the latest release from the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line... Catwoman: Hunted! Plus looking forward to Constantine: The House of Mystery, Green Lantern: Beware My Power, and Battle of the Super Sons! Running Time: 00:33:30 Music: "They Call Her the Cat" Elton John Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Two Jamokes are joined by Ryan "From Santa Cruz" Haupt and things get spicier than a British taco as the comics of the week are tackled with gusto. Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:20:56 Pick of the Week: 00:05:22 - Captain Carter #1 Comics: 00:15:41 - King of Spies #4 00:19:35 - Superman: Son of Kal-El #9 00:28:36 - Thor #749 00:36:02 - Norse Mythology III #2 00:38:11 - Devil's Reign: Moon Knight #1 00:43:26 - Naomi, Season Two #1 00:48:47 - Mighty Morphin' #17 Patron Pick: 00:50:18 - Punisher #1 Patron Thanks: 01:04:57 - Sea Bear 01:06:13 - Jonathan Breen 01:07:52 - Liam Landrum Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "The Captain" Guster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick needed some help to discuss The Batman so he activated the Batsignal and Mike Romo and Henry Nasserbakht answered the call! It's a deep dive into the latest adventures of the Dark Knight Detective as well as poor theater behavior post-pandemic lockdown! Running Time: 00:53:58 Music: "Something in the Way" Nirvana Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a tough world, we're thankful for this oasis of entertainment discussion with a good friend. Plus, if you love orbs, this is the show for you. If you don't see why it was a disaster to edit, now you can appreciate how hard we work. For you. Running Time: 01:12:00 Pick of the Week: 00:01:44 - Spider-Woman #115 Comics: 00:08:43 - Strange #1 00:12:22 - Newburn #4 00:17:35 - Batman: Killing Time #1 00:21:33 - Dark Knights of Steel #5 00:26:28 - What If... Miles Morales #1 00:30:42 - Rogue Sun #1 00:32:22 - Alien #10 00:34:57 - Crossover #12 Patron Pick: 00:37:41 - Radio Spaceman #1 Patron Thanks: 00:47:34 - Brandon Daniels 00:49:43 - Craig Karst Audience Questions: 00:51:45 - Shane C. wants to know great comic book endings. They're hard. 00:59:05 - Rashaad B. thinks digital comics might be over. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Hard Headed Woman" Cat Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at… The New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract by Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, Dick Giordano, Mike DeCarlo, Romeo Tanghal, Adrienne Roy, Anthony Tollin, Ben Oda, John Costanza, Todd Klein, Bob Lappan! What’s a Booksplode? It’s a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don’t have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:42:04 Music: “Bad Reputation” Freedy Johnston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. That makes an even 100 episodes, and there is no way to make an episode more special than just having another great comics with a professional who's spent his whole career in comics, like editor, Will Dennis. When last we spoke, in Talksplode #99, Will and Josh talked about the Vertigo years from start to end. With DC moving to Los Angeles, Will was forced to reevaluate his work in comics and start from scratch. We talk about the changes and challenges that went along with that move, and it's more of what you liked in the first part. For anyone into the business of comics, it's invaluable listening. Total Running Time: 01:24:07 Follow Will on Instagram, and check out his professional website for Bespoke Comics. Music: “An End Has a Start" Editors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One could describe this episode as "rollicking", which is another way of saying "unfocused", but at least Josh had fun, and his second pick in a row. We pour one out for the state of digital comics and we like a lot of things in comics this week. Were you looking for some World War 2 history lessons from less than qualified podcast hosts? Well, strap in. Running Time: 01:10:43 Pick of the Week: 00:02:45 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 Comics: 00:15:15 - Nightwing #89 00:21:35 - Batman: The Knight #2 00:25:11 - X-Men #8 00:28:28 - Fantastic Four #680 War Corner: 00:32:41 - The Lion and the Eagle #1 Patron Pick: 00:40:02 - G.I. Joe: Saturday Morning Adventures #1 Patron Thanks: 00:54:15 - Owen McNestry 00:55:56 - Nariman Shariat Audience Questions: 00:57:08 - Ethan J. wants to know if there are any alternatives to Comixology. We don't have great news. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Knowledge" Operation Ivy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:01:50 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:02 - Catching up on the Best Picture nominees. (And the problem with the second half of Will Smith's career.) 00:10:00 - Conor re-read The Great Gatsby and watched Reacher. 00:12:58 - Josh listened to the audio book of Led Zeppelin: The Biography. 00:18:28 - Ron watched The Expanse and Cobra Kai. Review: 00:22:32 - The Book of Boba Fett, Season 1 Listener Mail: 00:47:20 - James W. has a problem with something Josh said during the discussion of The Beatles: Get Back. 00:56:59 - Kevin M. wants to know which Neal Stephenson book is the best. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Immigrant Song" Led Zeppelin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*WHISTLE* There's a penalty on the podcast. Delay of internet, 10 second penalty, replay discussion of comics. Running Time: 01:12:23 Pick of the Week: 00:02:30 - Justice League 2022 Annual #1 Comics: 00:11:39 - Hawkeye: Kate Bishop #4 00:15:26 - Maestro: World War M #1 00:22:32 - Superman: Son of Kal-El #8 00:31:28 - The Avengers #753 00:35:32 - Batman/Catwoman #10 00:39:51 - Batgirls #3 00:43:46 - Mighty Morphin #16 Patron Pick: 00:46:55 - The Secret X-Men #1 Patron Thanks: 01:00:45 - Sam du Rose 01:02:48 - Mesa called Micah, mesa your humble Patron! 01:05:52 - Raul Peterson Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Ain't Nobody's Problem" The Lumineers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen, we’re all getting older and we’re all going to die one day and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. This week’s show, as it is with every week’s show, is about the inexorable march of time and our helplessness in the face of it. And also comic books. Running Time: 01:02:36 Pick of the Week: 00:03:13 – The Scumbag #12 Comics: 00:10:58 – Love Everlasting #1 00:16:14 – Fantastic Four: Life Story #6 00:20:51 – Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha #1 00:29:00 – Monkey Prince #1 00:32:44 – New Masters #1 00:34:44 – Geiger 80-Page Giant #1 Patron Pick: 00:38:33 – The X-Cellent #1 Patron Thanks: 00:46:33 – Shaun Moats 00:47:35 – Tom Cornell Listener Mail: 00:48:41 – Jimi L. pines for the Marvel glory days of the early 2000s. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got twelve designs! Music: “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Simon & Garfunkel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan go through various flights of artistic appreciation fancy, and Conor's lucidity comes and goes with the winds. The revolution continues with correct comic numbering, but the revolutionaries do have some stumbles. Plus you get a bonus comic TV reviews and 2 classic rock stories. Running Time: 01:20:23 Pick of the Week: 00:01:24 - Iron Man #641 (16) Comics: 00:10:27 - The Human Target #4 00:23:01 - The Death of Doctor Strange #5 00:28:13 - Batman/Catwoman Special #1 00:35:36 - Detective Comics #1050 00:38:53 - Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace #1 00:41:46 - Superman '78 #6 00:43:10 - Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 Patron Pick: 00:46:36 - Saga #55 Patron Thanks: 00:59:30 - Dan Prosser 01:01:12 - Jonathan Moran Listener Mail: 01:02:41 - Ken J. from the Great White North asks which of the Big Two "won" the last few decades. 01:06:43 - Brad G. from California brings up Calvin and Hobbes. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eleven designs! Music: "Older Gods" Wu-Tang Clan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan finally made their way to the theater to see Spider-Man: No Way Home and now they can finally talk about it! Also Venom, No Time To Die, and Euphoria. Just a little bit. Running Time: 00:41:00 Music: "Dr Strangeluv" Blonde Redhead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh is keeping a seat open for Conor but in the meantime Ryan Haupt is here to talk about this week's comics, and by Crom do they talk about them! Running Time: 01:13:37 Pick of the Week: 00:02:58 - King Conan #57 Comics: 00:13:31 - Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #1 00:18:47 - Joe Hill's Rain #1 00:25:23 - Robin & Batman #3 00:36:09 - Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes #1 00:38:31 - Fantastic Four #684 00:41:42 - The Thing #3 Star Wars Corner: 00:44:47 - Star Wars #20 Patron Pick: 00:50:12 - Savage Avengers #28 Patron Thanks: 00:57:16 - Divi Vilanui 00:58:25 - Trevor Williams Listener Mail: 01:00:10 - Blake C. from Chicago, IL wants to know if we've ever had to stop consuming certain media to preserve our mental health. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eleven designs! Music: "Little King" Robbie Fulks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:08:00 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We Watched Over the Holidays: 00:01:47 - Josh watched Queer Eye and F is For Family. 00:07:42 - Ron caught up on The Flash, is watching Around the World in 80 Days, and went to see West Side Story. 00:14:31 - Conor watched Queer Eye, Letterkenny, Don't Look Up, The Wheel of Time, and Reservation Dogs. Television: 00:19:14 - Is anyone watching The Book of Boba Fett? 00:21:11 - Succession, Season 3 00:35:13 - The Beatles: Get Back SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Get Back" The Beatles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have returned, and we've solved the metaphor running across the history of Thor comics. Mark Russell is pondered once more, and we've been doing all of this for far too long. Too long to stop now, obviously. We're like the letterers. We don't go anywhere. We also repeated some patron powers, so... bonus powers. Note: Timecodes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:10:43 Pick of the Week: 00:03:57 - Thor #746 (20) Comics: 00:10:47 - The Amazing Spider-Man #885 (84) 00:18:27 - Dark Knights of Steel #3 00:24:03 - Detective Comics #1047 00:31:19 - Not All Robots #5 00:34:23 - Inferno #4 00:36:30 - One-Star Squadron #2 00:40:56 - Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal #8 Patron Pick: 00:43:52 - Wastelanders: Doom #1 Patron Thanks: 00:53:11 - Cody (again) 00:55:07 - Charles Phillips (again) Listener Mail: 00:56:42 - Zack is looking for the original art hookup. 01:00:48 - Rashaad is thinking about the relative value of backup stories. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "Divine Hammer" The Breeders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the sixteenth annual iFanboy All Media Year End Roundup! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in this, the weird year that was 2021. Movies, television, music, books, and comics — it’s all here! (Disclaimer: Ron Richard’s opinions are his own and do not represent Marvel Entertainment or the Walt Disney Corporation.) Note: Timecodes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 02:28:20 Movies: 00:02:32 – Licorice Pizza 00:05:52 – The French Dispatch 00:08:13 – Stillwater 00:10:27 – Dune 00:13:43 – No Time to Die 00:15:27 – Together Together 00:17:52 – The Sparks Brothers 00:21:20 – Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself 00:23:06 – The Mitchells vs. The Machines 00:24:40 – Annette 00:26:48 – tick, tick… BOOM! 00:29:33 – The Harder They Fall 00:32:22 – Zola 00:35:55 – The Fast Saga 00:39:07 – The current state of the movies Television: 00:40:26 – Only Murders in the Building 00:42:47 – Ted Lasso 00:43:39 – Swagger 00:46:25 – Scenes from a Marriage 00:47:52 – Billons 00:49:17 – Mare of Easttown 00:50:46 – Gossip Girl 00:54:27 – Lupin 00:56:15 – Foundation 00:58:27 – The Expanse 01:02:02 – DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 01:04:11 – Dopesick 01:10:18 – The Beatles: Get Back 01:17:20 – Yellowstone 01:18:42 – Succession Books: 01:28:13 – “Termination Shock: A Novel” by Neal Stephenson 01:32:04 – “Project Hail Mary: A Novel” by Andy Weir 01:34:11 – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel” by Quentin Tarantino 01:36:14 – “The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles” by Gary Krist 01:37:55 – “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)” by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 01:40:32 – “The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood” by Sam Wasson 01:41:52 – “The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Verse, Violence and the Art of Forgery” by Simon Worrall 01:43:01 – “Truman” by David McCullough 01:45:49 – “Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas” by Glenn Kenny 01:47:29 – “The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel” by Richard Osman 01:48:50 – “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz 01:51:17 – “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” by John le Carré Music: 01:52:48 – “Distant Populations” – Quicksand 01:54:50 – “El Camino 10th Anniversary” – The Black Keys 01:56:14 – “Drives Out East” – Koyo 01:57:20 – Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real at the El Rey in Los Angeles 01:58:59 – The “Distortion” Sets – Bob Mould 02:02:27 – My Bloody Valentine Reissues 02:06:22 – “Hit the Breaks” – PLOSIVS 02:07:10 – “Glow On” – Turnstile Comics: 02:08:30 – The mini-series is back! 02:09:15 – Nightwing 02:10:22 – Fantastic Four 02:11:11 – Beta Ray Bill 02:11:56 – King in Black: Thunderbolts 02:13:28 – Rorschach 02:14:31 – Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 02:15:32 – Haha 02:16:56 – Karmen 02:18:02 – Maestro: War and Pax 02:19:17 – Kang The Conquerer Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got TWELVE designs! For More Ron Richards… • Watch All About Android! • If you’re into pinball, check out Scorbit! Music: “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” Slowey and The Boats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Just in time to fulfill his yearly Talksplode obligation, Josh has a great conversation with longtime editor, Will Dennis. Will was working at Vertigo Comics in the late 90s and early 2000s, which was one of the most fertile times for the publisher, when they introduced many of the creators who would become the superstars of comics today. Will talks about his work as an editor and how he approaches it as a job and a career. It's a side of comics production we still don't talk about enough, it's an entertaining and enlightening talk. Total Running Time: 01:11:20 Follow Will on Instagram, and check out his professional website for Bespoke Comics. Music: “Everyone Needs an Editor" Mates of State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the jam-packed final Pick of the Week show of the year! Comics are discussed! A robot's need to eat is debated! Memory lane is heavily trod! It's all here and it's all happening! Note: Timecodes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:05:04 Pick of the Week: 00:02:01 - Batman #118 Comics: 00:11:39 - Fantastic Four: Life Story #5 00:15:47 - Devil's Reign #1 00:20:28 - Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1 00:26:10 - Made in Korea #6 00:29:06 - Crossover #10 00:29:50 - Amazing Fantasy #5 00:31:42 - The Good Asian #7 Year End Statistics: 00:34:46 - Picks of the Week: By The Numbers! Patron Pick: 00:38:01 - One-Star Squadron #1 Patron Thanks: 00:46:29 - Cody 00:47:41 - Charles Phillips Listener Mail: 00:49:13 - Mike from Buffalo, NY asks about the iFanboy Handbook. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs! Music: "A Willie Nice Christmas [feat. Willie Nelson]" Kacey Musgraves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices