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Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:01:43 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: 00:01:05 - Conor has been watching American Rust. (Which is on Showtime, not Starz.) 00:04:42 - Ron has been watching 30 For 30: Once Upon a Time in Queens. 00:06:51 - Josh listened to the audio version of The Given Day: A Novel by Dennis Lehane. Reviews: 00:10:01 - The Many Saints of Newark 00:32:32 - Ted Lasso, Season 2 Listener Mail: 00:48:52 - John V. from Brooklyn, NY notes that it's the 6th anniversary of Goodfellas Minute and asks for the guys to look back on the show and also list their Top 3 Martin Scorsese 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: "Woke up This Morning (The Sopranos Mix)" Alabama3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back to normal, with 800 episodes behind us. There's good talk about what makes stories and comics good, but that's kind of every week. There's karaoke memory time, and there's talk of gardening and landscaping. There's men who can't remember the word they want to use. It's what you expect. Running Time: 01:13:33 Pick of the Week: 00:01:31 - Captain Marvel #33 Comics: 00:10:10 - Hey Kids, Comics! V2 #6 00:19:44 - The Amazing Spider-Man #75 00:28:13 - Last Flight Out #2 00:36:57 - The Worst Dudes #5 00:39:22 - Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 00:45:21 - The Me You Love in the Dark #3 Patron Pick: 00:48:21 - Chicken Devil #1 Patron Thanks: 00:55:30 - Adam Steen 00:57:03 - Juan Ramirez 00:59:20 - Craig Smith 01:00:49 - Alex Mansfield Listener Mail: 01:06:57 - Dan is concerned about Ryan. Brought To You By: • Second Print Comics Podcast - The world of comics, characters, and universe shattering continuity can get a little complicated, so where’s the best place to start? Our friends at the Second Print Comics podcast have you covered. • 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 nine designs! Music: "Different Names for the Same Thing" Death Cab for Cutie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iFanboy celebrates its 800th episode with a triple-sized all listener e-mail spectacular! Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and Ryan Haupt asked you, the iFanbase, to send them e-mails... and you delivered! Running Time: 03:20:18 Pick of the Week: 00:03:13 - Batman/Superman #22 Patron Pick: 00:14:06 - Inferno #1 Audience Questions: 00:23:19 - The tradition continues as we field questions from the loyal iFanbase for over three hours! Listen as the hosts slowly fall apart, either from drink or exhaustion -- for one it's both! -- talking comics and ephemera to the very bitter end. Patron Thanks: 02:10:56 - Alex Trembley 02:11:54 - Craig Karst 02:13:02 - Richard Luong Brought To You By: • Second Print Comics Podcast - The world of comics, characters, and universe shattering continuity can get a little complicated, so where’s the best place to start? Our friends at the Second Print Comics podcast have you covered. • 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 nine designs! Music: "Back and To The Left" Texas is the Reason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor is finally embarking on his vision quest in the high desert, and our pal Jim Viscardi (comicbook.com) joins Josh, and makes his first Pick of the Week ever. We're told he considers it the greatest moment in his entire life. Two friends get talking and the show goes long and we're all the better off for it. It turns out that we really like a lot of the books that came out this week. Also TV and video games habits, at the end, for quite a while. Running Time: 01:22:39 Pick of the Week: 00:05:11 - Moon Knight #3 Comics: 00:15:07 - Fantastic Four #36 00:21:09 - Alien #7 00:26:28 - The United States of Captain America #4 00:34:21 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #4 00:37:46 - Frontiersman #1 00:40:48 - Nightwing #84 Patron Pick: 00:43:45 - The Death of Doctor Strange #1 Patron Thanks: 00:53:31 - Matt Colbert 00:54:14 - Bryan Davis 00:55:55 - Douggie Sharpe 00:56:46 - Chris McClelland Listener Mail: 01:02:58 - Anthony wonders where the hell we find the time. Brought To You By: • Second Print Comics Podcast - The world of comics, characters, and universe shattering continuity can get a little complicated, so where’s the best place to start? Our friends at the Second Print Comics podcast have you covered. • 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 nine designs! Music: "Moonshadow" Cat Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Finally. Yes, I know. Matthew Rosenberg is back on the show to talk about his new Image book, What's the Furthest Place from Here?, with co-creator Tyler Boss, with whom he also did 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank. He's rolling out a whole project with special vinyl records that you can only get in comic shops, and it's worth looking into. We also touch on the stellar King in Black: Thunderbolts mini-series he did with Juan Ferreyra, and The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox, both fun, and very different types of comics. Follow Matt on Twitter! Total Running Time: 01:23:12 Music: “Future Mix Tape for the Art Kids" Beach Slang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is solace in a reliable, dependable comic book that gives you what want and what you need. What does Justin Timberlake have to do with any of this? We can't be sure that it's not nothing, but it's probably nothing. We make underwear suggestions, outside the confines of our regular underwear spokespersons. Also, more uniformed physics discussions! Running Time: 01:14:05 Pick of the Week: 00:01:55 - Usagi Yojimbo #22 Comics: 00:11:24 - Rorschach #12 00:19:51 - Fantastic Four #35 00:33:01 - Spider-Woman #15 00:35:08 - Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #5 00:38:57 - Titans United #1 Patron Pick: 00:44:29 - Primordial #1 Patron Thanks: 00:50:29 - Wayne Murphy 00:52:18 - George Crawford 00:53:36 - Justin 00:54:33 - Ahron Reinhard Listener Mail: 00:58:41 - Bobby wonders if it's better to Pym yourself big or small. 01:00:54 - Andrew M. (NOT Anthony) is confused about what's going on with the Distinguished Competition. 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 nine designs! Music: "Brass in Pocket" The Pretenders 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: 00:57:45 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: 00:01:57 - Conor is almost finished with the Fast and the Furious Saga, and has been watching Heels and McCartney 3, 2, 1 (while Josh has been watching Watch the Sound) and Only Murders in the Buil-- 00:08:24 - Josh listened to the audio version of Jaws by Peter Benchley and is listening to the Band of Brothers Podcast. 00:15:29 - Ron has been watching season two of Ted Lasso, Only Murders in the Building, and finds himself excited for Fall TV again. Discussion: 00:24:22 - Disaster Movies 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: "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" R.E.M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to another edition of the book-based podcast in which two guys, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick, talk about some of the books they read the previous week as well as answer some emails that are ultimately also book-based. What we're saying is this is a book-based show. They will also spend too much time talking about Josh's car in college and their iFanboy merch preferences. That merch is ultimately book-based as well. How Josh's college car related directly, or indirectly, to books remains, as of now, a mystery. Running Time: 01:04:00 Pick of the Week: 00:02:00 - Mazebook #1 Comics: 00:09:05 - Infinite Frontier #6 00:13:00 - Last Flight Out #1 00:17:48 - Not All Robots #2 00:25:29 - Green Lantern 2021 Annual #1 00:26:57 - The Amazing Spider-Man #73 00:28:01 - The Nice House on the Lake, Book Four 00:29:48 - Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1 Patron Pick: 00:32:09 - Mazebook #1 Patron Thanks: 00:32:50 - Tom Coldrick 00:33:37 - Nick Vitanza 00:37:43 - Natalya Bruner 00:39:26 - Adam Knadler Listener Mail: 00:41:05 - Jason M. sees similarities in the DC Comics tenures of Jack Kirby and Brian Michael Bendis. 00:48:27 - Jimi L. doesn't understand why Conor thinks Peter Parker shouldn't grow and change. 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 nine designs! Music: "Black Sheep" Metric (featuring Brie Larsen) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh has figured out the system, aligning Pick of the Week and Patron Pick, and with a low turnout of actual comics this week, we have time for some good listener email. We have a hard time pronouncing words, but the show went well enough, and Tom Taylor does what he does. Running Time: 01:08:04 Pick of the Week: 00:02:42 - Dark Ages #1 Comics: 00:15:59 - The Avengers #48 00:20:05 - Geiger #6 00:24:04 - Captain Marvel #32 00:32:59 - The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox #7 00:34:52 - Midnighter 2021 Annual #1 00:37:41 - Batman/Superman 2020 Annual #1 00:41:03 - Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Patron Pick: 00:44:01 - Dark Ages #1 Patron Thanks: 00:44:52 - Jon Morris 00:45:37 - Jason Smalling 00:46:18 - Ben Christian 00:46:50 - Robert Sheridan Listener Mail: 00:47:42 - Brandon D. needs clarification on the G.O.S.H./Electro convergence. 00:48:55 - Ethan J. from Virginia asks about the general iFanboy distaste for the horror genre. 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 nine designs! Music: "When the Lights Go Out" The Black Keys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick and Paul Montgomery, minus the intrepid Dr. Ryan Haupt — discuss the latest release from the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line... Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two! Plus Blue Beetle and looking forward to Injustice! Running Time: 00:26:55 Music: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" Dean Martin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Josh Flanagan awaits his bail hearing, former co-host Paul Montgomery grabs the mic to join Conor Kilpatrick to talk about a very strange week of comics, the problems with The Great Gatsby characters' hair colors, and dive deep on the science of speedsters. Running Time: 00:55:00 Pick of the Week: 00:01:31 - Amazing Fantasy #2 Comics: 00:11:05 - Avengers Annual #1 00:15:26 - Superman '78 #1 00:17:59 - Thor #16 00:24:25 - The Great Gatsby #2 00:27:11 - Winter Guard #1 00:29:50 - Superman: Son of Kal-El #2 00:33:52 - Strange Academy #12 Patron Pick: 00:35:42 - Echolands #1 Patron Thanks: 00:41:06 - Neato Bazzeato 00:41:38 - Daniel Vroman 00:42:15 - Chris Wig 00:42:40 - Sam Conte Listener Mail: 00:43:29 - Patrick K. from North Carolina thinks that speedsters are jerks. 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 nine designs! Music: "Fantasy" Mariah Carey 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: 00:49:56 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: 00:00:54 - Ron has been listening to the return of Mike and Tom Eat Snacks, watching Behind the Attraction and At the Matinee, and finished reading The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood. 00:07:39 - Conor watched The Olympics and Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump, and is reading The Good Shepard: A Novel. 00:11:04 - Josh went and saw John Mulaney perform live, is watching Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus, is reading Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, listened to the audio version of Project Hail Mary: A Novel, and is listening to Reckless: My Life as a Pretender. Old Men on Old Movies: 00:18:55 - American Graffiti (1973) 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: "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kang is Kang, which is how Kang should be, for he is Kang, now and forever, as he wills it to be so. Some strong G.O.S.H.*, and good feelings about comics leave us with a nice, tight show, and we even get to some great emails. It's smiles all around. *Good Ol' Super-Heroes Running Time: 01:10:04 Pick of the Week: 00:01:21 - Kang The Conqueror #1 Comics: 00:13:48 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #3 00:18:23 - Nightwing #83 00:23:33 - Superman and the Authority #2 00:27:34 - Lazarus Risen #6 00:35:40 - Serial #6 00:37:48 - Time Before Time #4 00:40:11 - Superman: Red and Blue #6 Patron Pick: 00:43:41 - Kang The Conqueror #1 Patron Thanks: 00:44:21 - Chandler Cook 00:45:10 - Robert Blackley 00:45:29 - Tharanga Basnayake 00:47:12 - Tristan Walsh Listener Mail: 00:49:13 - Joe P. wants to know why comics are not sold much more ubiquitously. 00:56:35 - Zach C. wants to know why Conor doesn't like some replacement characters, but is OK with others. 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 eight designs! Music: "Divide and Conquer" Hüsker Dü 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... True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman! 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. In this case it's our first prose book! Running Time: 00:46:00 Music: "I Believe" Chris Isaak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The show always goes long but we don't know what happened this week. There was just a lot to talk about! Plus Billy Dee Williams and slightly more about bookmarks than anyone was expecting. Also, we’d like to apologize to Germans. Running Time: 01:08:16 Pick of the Week: 00:02:49 - Rorschach #11 Comics: 00:13:53 - Fantastic Four: Life Story #3 00:18:41 - Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow #5 00:23:25 - Runaways #38 00:26:03 - Batman: Urban Legends #6 00:41:20 - The Unbelievable Teens: From The World of Black Hammer #1 00:42:22 - The Silver Coin #5 00:44:32 - Pennyworth #1 00:47:31 - Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #3 Patron Pick: 00:50:45 - Batman '89 #1 Patron Thanks: 00:57:37 - Chris Sibona 01:00:00 - Stephen Kushner 01:00:53 - Jackie Tam 01:01:48 - Dallas Taylor 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 eight designs! Music: "Partyman" Prince Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iFanboy assembled its own crack squad of movie reviewers -- Conor Kilpatrick, Ryan Haupt, Paul Montgomery, and Mike Romo -- to discuss James Gunn's crossing the aisle in his sequel/remake -- The Suicide Squad! Running Time: 00:46:00 Music: "Sucker's Prayer" The Decemberists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a rough week of alright comics, but as always, one shines above, and that one also happens to be dark. It's in the title! No bell this week, because there weren't enough books to do it. Also, if your name is Synmar, we'd like to apologize. Running Time: 01:13:12 Pick of the Week: 00:02:10 - The Me You Love in the Dark #1 Comics: 00:13:46 - Geiger #5 00:19:11 - American Vampire 1976 #10 00:25:06 - Justice League #66 00:36:35 - X-Men #2 00:40:01 - Lucky Devil #1 00:42:00 - Silk #5 00:44:21 - Not All Robots #1 Patron Pick: 00:50:27 - The Me You Love in the Dark #1 Patron Thanks: 00:51:29 - Jason Ziemann 00:52:27 - Aaron Miller 00:54:27 - Matthew Killion 00:55:02 - Jay Batzner Audience Question: 00:56:20 - Scott H. from Portland, OR is missing Skottie Young's interiors, and wonders if there's even been another A-List artist who transformed primarily into a writer. 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 NINE designs! Music: "I'll Follow You Into the Dark" Death Cab for Cutie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick is back! And so is The Bell because every comic book came out this week! Running Time: 01:09:42 Pick of the Week: 00:02:51 – Beta Ray Bill #5 Comics: 00:14:19 – Action Comics #1033 00:19:42 – Superman: Son of Kal-El #1 00:24:31 – The United States of Captain America #2 00:30:01 – That Texas Blood #8 00:34:05 – Strange Adventures #11 The Bell: 00:41:39 – The Bell is back! 00:42:58 – Groo Meets Tarzan #1 00:43:20 – Robin #4 00:43:48 – Avengers: Mech Strike #5 00:44:09 – Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #5 00:44:34 – Shang-Chi #3 00:44:56 – Batman/Superman #20 00:45:22 – Icon & Rocket: Season One #1 00:45:44 – Batman: Reptillian #2 00:46:09 – The Scumbag #9 00:46:31 – Usagi Yojimbo: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy #2 00:46:53 – The Blue Flame #3 00:47:18 – Made in Korea #4 00:47:43 – Black Cat #8 00:48:07 – Daredevil #32 00:48:30 – Shadow Doctor #5 00:48:53 – The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #4 00:49:17 – Fantastic Four #34 00:49:41 – Symbiote Spider-Man: Crossroads #1 Patron Pick: 00:50:37 – Amazing Fantasy #1 Patron Thanks: 00:55:25 – Juan Ponce 00:56:45 – Kid Keith 00:57:30 – John Costello 00:58:39 – Off-White Saviour Audience Question: 00:59:33 – Paul P. has been doubling up on his reading and wonders if that might benefit the iFanboys. 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 eight designs! Music: “Dear Mr. Fantasy” Traffic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Conor locked in a closet, Josh has taken over the show all on his own, recording late at night and talking for an hour straight. You get all the same stuff you do on the regular show, but with only one point of view. That can't be better, can it? Running Time: 01:00:37 Pick of the Week: 00:02:02 - Superman: Red and Blue #5 Comics: 00:07:43 - Moon Knight #1 00:11:44 - Superman and the Authority #1 00:15:19 - Captain Marvel #30 00:18:48 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #2 00:25:49 - Shadecraft #5 00:27:43 - Thor Annual #1 00:30:06 - Alien #5 Patron Pick: 00:32:21 - Blue and Gold #1 Patron Thanks: 00:39:15 - Jeff 00:40:10 - Brian Mulhollon 00:40:37 - Torrey Gordan 00:41:16 - James Vallentgoed Audience Question: 00:43:05 - Rashaad asks, like Zuul, are you a god? 00:44:37 - Matt wonders about power inconsistency. 00:48:06 - John is not happy with Josh's response to the Black Widow movie. 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 eight designs! Music: "I Wanna Be Your Dog" The Stooges 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: 00:56:45 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:04 - Josh has been watching Dr. Death, finished Justified, and checked out Clarkson's Farm. 00:09:05 - Conor finished Schitt's Creek, has watched Making the Cut, Making It, and Lupin, is rewatching the first season of Ted Lasso, and thinks that maybe a deep dive into The Fast & The Furious franchise is next. 00:13:33 - Ron watched No Sudden Move and Punk, and has been watching Atlantic Crossing and Gossip Girl. 00:21:05 - Also, when Conor was sick recently he spent an entire day on the couch watching Van der Valk. Listener Mail: 00:21:50 - Brad P. from Canada knows that the guys are big J.K. Simmons fans and wants to know if they've seen Counterpart. 00:24:51 - Adam from Orlando, FL takes issues with Conor taking issue with the idea that movies from the 90s are old. 00:38:52 - Terrence F. from Fort Worth, TX wants the guys to pick their TV doctor all-star squad. 00:44:09 - Tom L. from Arnold, MD wants to know if Josh and Ron have plans to see live music this year. 00:47:49 - Steve B. from Maryland watches a Keeping the Faith all the time and wants to know if that's normal. 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: "Panic Switch" Silversun Pickups Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weeks where the Pick is a more elusive choice often lead to more thoughtful conversation. We also spend some time talking about books we aren't talking about. That's new. Finally, we'd like to apologize to Italians. Running Time: 01:13:43 Pick of the Week: 00:02:05 - Man-Eaters: The Cursed #1 Comics: 00:11:01 - Thor #15 00:16:37 - Batman: Urban Legends #5 00:21:17 - Savage Hearts #1 00:24:10 - The Flash 2021 Annual #1 00:30:47 - Spider-Woman #13 00:33:50 - Norse Mythology II #2 00:35:50 - X-Corp #3 00:38:14 - Sinister War #1 Patron Pick: 00:44:46 - Ninjak #1 Patron Thanks: 00:52:46 - Daniel 00:53:44 - Ryan Williams 00:54:29 - Stephen Hereford 00:55:18 - Christopher Nickols Audience Question: 00:57:52 - The Commandant wonders, "What about exclusive 1 of 1 prints from digital only comic book artists?'. 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 eight designs! Music: "Send Me a Postcard" Bob Mould 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... Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One! Plus The Losers and looking forward to Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two! Running Time: 00:37:34 Music: "A Long December" Counting Crows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sure it's fun now but what's it gonna be like when the Jamokes are 75 years old and still doing a podcast about comics? Running Time: 01:01:05 Pick of the Week: 00:01:44 - X-Men #1 Comics: 00:10:51 - Karmen #5 00:14:28 - The Nice House on the Lake, Book Two 00:21:15 - The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 00:29:26 - Justice League Infinity #1 00:30:45 - The Avengers #46 00:32:30 - Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 2 #3 00:36:40 - Serial #5 Patron Pick: 00:38:41 - Skybound X #1 Patron Thanks: 00:45:30 - Matt Huber 00:47:02 - Case Aiken 00:47:55 - Bailey Simone 00:49:22 - Barry Currey II Audience Question: 00:50:21 - Ethan J. is a big DC fan who was out of comics in the mid-2000s and is looking for recommendations. 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 eight designs! Music: "July, July!" The Decemberists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a movie about family we brought some of the iFanboy family together -- Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, Paul Montgomery, and Mike Romo -- to bicker and talk over each other in the raucous review of Black Widow, the (year-delayed) latest (flashback) chapter from the Marvel Cinematic Universe! They talk about the film as well as their hopes and fears for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hey! The movies are back! Running Time: 00:xx:xx Music: "Sisters" Rosemary Clooney with Betty Clooney & Paul Weston & His Orchestra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That is a hell of a long title, for a hell of a long book, and it's all very much worth it. Josh has returned with only superficial injuries, and hasn't had the best effect on his ability to produce the show this week. Nevertheless, the show goes on. Running Time: 01:07:18 Pick of the Week: 00:01:52 - Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Comics: 00:23:47 - Beta Ray Bill #4 00:26:32 - Eternals #5 00:29:59 - Crossover #7 00:33:51 - The United States of Captain America #1 00:41:23 - Made in Korea #2 00:43:55 - That Texas Blood #7 00:46:04 - Shang-Chi #2 00:47:49 - Black Cat Annual #1 Hellfire Gala Corner: 00:50:00- X-Factor #20 Patron Pick: 00:52:02 - Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1 Patron Thanks: 00:53:02 - Duke White 00:53:59 - Mike Cutler 00:55:07 - Brad Schauer 00:56:25 - Jim Hearne Audience Question: 00:57:45 - Dallas T. wonders what the seminal work, the magnum opus of King Kirby would be. 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 eight designs! Music: "José González" Broken Arrows 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: 00:58:47 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... What We've Been Enjoying: 00:01:23 - Conor is watching the final season of Schitt's Creek, and watched In the Heights, The Friends Reunion, and Below Deck: Sailing Yacht. 00:09:17 - Josh is rewatching Justified, and has found himself suddenly obsessed with the NBA playoffs. 00:16:34 - Ron has been watching I'll Be Gone in the Dark and 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything. Television: 00:25:36 - Mythic Quest, Season Two Listener Mail: 00:42:08 - Eric S. from Sweden is thinking about reading some Star Wars novels and wants to know which are 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: "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go go Dr. Ryan Haupt! With Josh Flanagan away risking life and limb in the frantic pursuit of adventure, the good doctor steps in to join Conor Kilpatrick to chat about the week that was in comics. Running Time: 01:07:35 Pick of the Week: 00:02:00 - Fantastic Four: Life Story #2 Comics: 00:10:55 - Checkmate #1 00:15:36 - Batman/Superman #19 00:19:31 - Infinite Frontier #1 00:27:02 - Batman: Reptilian, Book One 00:30:47 - Power Rangers #8 00:35:11 - Wonder Woman Black & Gold #1 Star Wars Corner: 00:38:12 - Star Wars: Darth Vader #13 Hellfire Gala Corner: 00:42:08 - Wolverine #13 / Way of X #3 / S.W.O.R.D. #6 Patron Pick: 00:44:50 - Black Hammer: Reborn #1 Patron Thanks: 00:51:16 - Trent Deckard 00:52:45 - Evan Cisneros 00:53:24 - Jason Martinez 00:55:02 - Jeremiah Dunham Audience Question: 00:56:23 - Betsy needs some recommendations for comics to stock in her classroom library. 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 eight designs! Music: "I Am Woman" Helen Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know all of the members of the Fantastic Four? You will. And the company that will bring it to you is iFanboy. Plus an old voice makes a surprise appearance! Running Time: 01:04:20 Pick of the Week: 00:01:54 - Fantastic Four #33 Comics: 00:13:29 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 00:20:25 - The Flash #771 00:24:30 - Jupiter's Legacy: Requiem #1 00:32:53 - Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology II #1 00:35:46 - Compass #1 Hellfire Gala Corner: 00:38:00 - New Mutants #19 / X-Corp #1 / Planet-Size X-Men #1 Star Wars Corner: 00:40:56 - Star Wars #14 Patron Pick: 00:43:57 - Static: Season One #1 Patron Thanks: 00:53:16 - Seth Johnson 00:54:20 - Khalid Mallassi 00:55:51 - James Decker 00:57:02 - Casey Lemke 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 eight designs! Music: "I Never Cared For You" Willie Nelson 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... Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One - The Complete Collection by Tom Taylor, Jheremy Raapack, Mike S. Miller, Bruno Redondo, Axel Gimenez, David Yardin, Tom Derenick, Marc Deering, Diana Egea, Kevin Maguire, Neil Googe, Xermanico, Jonas Trindade, Andrew Elder, Alejandro Sanchez, Ikari Studio, David Lopez & Santi Casas, Rosemary Cheetham, & Wes Abbott! 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: 00:40:00 Music: "The Final Countdown" Europe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is beauty in comics and even more so in original pages. These are lessons you can learn in this episode. That, and Namor has sexy asshole pants, and is mostly hairless. Plus you have the lightbulb talk to look forward too. You read that right. Running Time: 01:15:33 Pick of the Week: 00:02:17 - Strange Academy #11 Comics: 00:12:23 - The Secret Land #1 00:17:15 - Karmen #4 00:23:17 - Batman: Urban Legends #4 00:35:17 - Birthright #50 00:37:55 - Wonder Woman #773 00:39:45 - Batman: The Detective #3 Hellfire Gala Corner: 00:42:40 - X-Men #21 / Excalibur #21 Patron Pick: 00:47:15 - The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton Patron Thanks: 00:55:11 - Tristan 00:55:57 - Matthew Anderson 00:56:33 - Zack Walton 00:51:38 - James A. Carlson Audience Question: 01:00:53 - Scott is wondering about best editors of the modern era. 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 eight designs! Music: "High School" MC5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ON THIS EPISODE OF IFANBOY THERE ARE DRAGONS AND OLD SEA CAPTAINS AND TENTATIVE TRIPS DOWN MEMORY LANE. ALSO, COMICS. THIS IS MY BROADCAST VOICE. Running Time: 01:05:36 Pick of the Week: 00:01:41 - Fire Power #12 Comics: 00:11:55 - Black Cat #7 00:17:16 - Green Lantern #3 00:20:03 - Serial #4 00:23:33 - The Amazing Spider-Man #67 00:25:21 - Non-Stop Spider-Man #3 00:29:57 - Nocterra #4 00:31:57 - Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 00:33:27 - Iron Man Annual #1 Hellfire Gala Corner: 00:36:55 - Marauders #21 / Hellions #12 / X-Force #20 Patron Pick: 00:40:46 - The Nice House on the Lake, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:48:27 - Jorge Lopez 00:49:30 - Eric Zuern 00:51:11 - Reggie Zimmerman 00:51:38 - George Sullivan Audience Question: 00:53:12 - Craig from Houston, TX wants to know how often the iFanboys look back... at themselves. Brought To You By: • Macroverse - Get on board with the next generation of comics by downloading Macroverse today! Available on iOS and Android! • 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 eight designs! Music: "Never In" The 101 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Doctor?" "Doctor." We get deep into the mysteries of this week's Pick, and are starting to find some other gems in the further reaches of mainstream comics. Who would have guessed it was the clown book? But the superhero books rate high on the G.O.S.H.* scale, which gets better every time. Also, two old men expound on something. *Good Old Super Heroes Running Time: 01:14:07 Pick of the Week: 00:01:43 - Strange Adventures #10 Comics: 00:15:22 - Haha #5 00:20:05 - Shadow Doctor #4 00:27:11 - Made in Korea #1 00:31:49 - Maestro: War and Pax #5 00:39:08 - Robin #2 00:40:29 - Alien #3 00:42:29 - Stargirl: Spring Break Special #11 Patron Pick: 00:46:51 - The Blue Flame #1 Patron Thanks: 00:54:01 - Michael Sturgeon 00:54:58 - Jenn Perretta 00:55:55 - Deezer Irons 00:57:04 - Guisseppe Buttici Audience Question: 00:58:44 - Andy B. wants to know if NFTs are the future of original art. 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 eight designs! Music: "Strange Times" The Black Keys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Jack Kirby has been an integral part of Tom Scioli's career all along. After winning a Xeric Grant for his original comic, The Myth of 8-Opus, he became more widely known for his collaboration with Joe Casey, Gødland, which was an unapologetic love letter to cosmic Kirby style. He then spent some time writing and drawing Transformers vs. G.I. Joe for IDW, and most recently Scioli gained critical acclaim with his comic book biography, Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics. (You can hear our podcast on it here.) Josh talked to Tom about his career and the King himself. Follow Tom on Twitter, as well as his Patreon. Total Running Time: 01:13:03 Music: “Happy Jack" The Who Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have books that are built in a lab for Conor Kilpatrick, Dick Cavett, dress shoe problems, Josh Flanagan's comic convention illnesses, and the whole show derails with an email probably meant for the Mediasplode asks about the best New York City films. Running Time: 01:09:05 Pick of the Week: 00:02:05 - Nightwing #80 Comics: 00:11:32 - Fantastic Four: Life Story #1 00:17:19 - Radiant Black #4 00:22:18 - The Scumbag #8 00:26:06 - The Flash #770 00:31:16 - Wonder Girl #1 00:32:18 - Runaways #36 00:33:56 - Daredevil #30 00:36:14 - Shang-Chi #1 Patron Pick: 00:38:43 - Red Room #1 Patron Thanks: 00:46:50 - Tony Capo 00:48:50 - Fernando Carreon 00:49:50 - Thomas Allen 00:50:50 - Peter Vaeth Audience Question: 00:51:24 - Chris P. submits a formal complaint. 00:54:20 - Dallas is moving to New York City and needs some NYC film recommendations. 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 eight designs! Music: "Welcome to New York" Taylor Swift 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: 00:59:00 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick (who has had a few cocktails) are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Entertainment: 00:01:02 - Conor has been watching Mare of Easttown. 00:09:19 - Josh rewatched Do The Right Thing and watched When the Garden Was Eden and is watching Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies and listening to Death at the Wing. 00:15:28 - Ron has been watching season two of Mythic Quest and watched This is A Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist and WeWork: The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn and, after the death of Peter Ventantonio AKA Jack Terricloth, has been listening to a lot of music by The World/Inferno Friendship Society. Movies: 00:20:56 - Tenet 00:47:21 - Everyone picks their Top 3 Christopher Nolan Films Listener Mail: 00:49:14 - Patrick K. from North Carolina wants to know which is best in life: a streaming service dropping all of a series episodes at once or releasing them weekly. 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: "If I Could Turn Back Time" Cher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A surprise revelation at the beginning show leads into the realization that it was a fine week of comics, as time travel takes the double prize. Why are some comics numbered weird and named differently than the regular books? Doesn't matter if they're good. Many great G.O.S.H. contenders, and a terrible old man song earworm wraps the whole thing up. Running Time: 01:10:51 Pick of the Week: 00:02:38 - Time Before Time #1 Comics: 00:12:59 - Giant Size Amazing Spider-Man: King's Ransom #1 00:22:05 - Geiger #2 00:27:06 - Batman: The Detective #2 00:29:36 - Fantastic Four #32 00:39:01 - Karmen #3 00:42:07 - Justice League: Last Ride #1 00:45:04 - Rorschach #8 Patron Pick: 00:48:56 - Time Before Time #1 Patron Thanks: 00:52:27 - Alexander Lampe 00:53:34 - Matteo Arena 00:54:15 - Maximo Vega 00:54:46 - Adam Grainger Audience Question: 00:56:03 - Chris A. is looking for help with his son's art career. 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 eight designs! Music: "Funny How Time Slips Away" Willie Nelson 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... Justice Society: World War II! Plus Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth and looking forward to Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One! Running Time: 00:45:17 Music: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About three quarters of the way through this episode the energy gets weird. Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan are not sure why. They are never sure why. Running Time: 01:05:21 Pick of the Week: 00:02:15 - The Good Asian #1 Comics: 00:12:00 - Strange Academy #10 00:18:04 - Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 2 #1 00:25:49 - Green Lantern #2 00:34:20 - America Chavez: Made in the USA #3 00:35:34 - Heroes Reborn #1 00:37:25 - Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal #1 Star Wars Corner: 00:39:59 - Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1 Patron Pick: 00:46:39 - The Good Asian #1 Patron Thanks: 00:47:34 - Addison Works 00:49:01 - Jeff Ellerbach 00:49:57 - Douglas Arias 00:51:08 - John Hibbs Audience Question: 00:53:09 - Zack W. wants to know why DC has had it out for Nightwing in the past. 00:56:29 - Ryan W. has been thinking about capes. 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 eight designs! Music: "Smuggler's Blues" Glenn Frey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick and Paul Montgomery — and special guest Josh Flanagan discuss the first season of the new animated series that has taken the world by storm, Invincible! Running Time: 00:50:40 Music: "Invincible (Remastered)" Pat Benatar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It helps to have good friends. Like this show, and like Bill and Skurge. And more talk about characters eating foods in comics, and what seminal hardcore band is Captain Marvel into? Then there's a big diversion of inkers and inking and digital production. Spoiler: we're big fans of inkers. Running Time: 01:18:43 Pick of the Week: 00:01:40 - Beta Ray Bill #2 Comics: 00:14:08 - The Marvels #1 00:22:07 - Fantastic Four #31 00:26:08 - Batman/Superman #17 00:38:47 - Savage Avengers #20 00:40:43 - Black Widow #6 00:42:54 - Shadecraft #2 00:44:11 - The Comic Book History of Animation #5 Patron Pick: 00:46:12 - Robin #1 Patron Thanks: 00:57:40 - Steve Sousa 00:58:26 - Steven Schmelling 00:59:45 - Matt Pfaff 01:01:07 - Rachel Cutler Audience Question: 01:04:48 - Dan wants to know if the high concept style of story themes is hurting the quality of comics. Brought To You By: • Macroverse - Get on board with the next generation of comics by downloading Macroverse today! Available on iOS and Android! • 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 eight designs! Music: "Once Again (Here to Kick One For You)" Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X 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: 00:49:50 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick (who has had a few cocktails) are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Entertainment: 00:01:04 - Conor has been watching Young Rock. 00:05:07 - Ron has been watching Hemingway: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. 00:08:17 - Josh has been watching Loudermilk. Movies: 00:11:29 - Ranking the 2021 Academy Award Best Picture Nominees and Picking Our Favorite Film of 2021 Discussion 00:19:29 - A Repeat Viewing of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade leads to... Fanservice: A Debate! Plus, a brief discussion of The Last Crusade and Josh ranks the Star Wars movies (again). Listener Mail: 00:42:22 - Steven B. from Maryland wants to know if the guys watched Vinyl. 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: "Life on Mars?" Trey Songz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick dive into the deep end with this week's new comics, plus what hurts, more adventures in food eating in comics, expensive hams, surprise page counts, and... just what is TikTok? Running Time: 01:07:12 Pick of the Week: 00:03:05 - Nightwing #79 Comics: 00:14:49 - The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #1 00:19:20 - The Mighty Valkyries #1 00:23:48 - Red Baron, Vol. 1: The Machine Gunner's Ball 00:30:51 - Spider-Woman #11 00:32:44 - Captain Marvel #28 00:34:38 - Radiant Black #3 00:37:42 - Justice League #60 Patron Pick: 00:42:32 - Way of X #1 Patron Thanks: 00:47:37 - James Reardon 00:48:49 - Ryan Howard 00:50:01 - Chris Hunter 00:51:58 - Martin Gray 00:54:17 - Chris Hunter (Reprise) Audience Question: 00:55:05 - Scott H. from Portland, OR wants to know why comics critical culture differs so much from that in other popular media. Brought To You By: • DC Universe Online - DC Universe Online, the popular Super Hero MMO just released their new expansion, World of Flashpoint. Inspired by the events of DC’s Flashpoint storyline, you can download and play it free today on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch! • 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 eight designs! Music: "Tik Tok" Kesha Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a dead naked lady, Frank Miller, The New Frontiersman, a scumbag, and a What If that isn't a What If. Running Time: 01:11:48 Pick of the Week: 00:02:03 - Karmen #2 Comics: 00:14:10 - Rorschach #7 00:25:46 - Batman: The Detective #1 00:28:54 - The Scumbag #7 00:39:41 - Superman #30 00:42:14 - Sweet Tooth: The Return #6 00:43:40 - Home #1 00:45:13 - Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow #1 00:49:05 - Lock & Key / The Sandman: Hell & Gone #1 Patron Pick: 00:52:51 - Darkhawk: Heart of the Hawk #1 Patron Thanks: 01:01:34 - Scott Ricketts 01:02:32 - Patrick Foley 01:03:20 - Lukas Mucke 01:05:02 - Stuart Condie Brought To You By: • DC Universe Online - DC Universe Online, the popular Super Hero MMO just released their new expansion, World of Flashpoint. Inspired by the events of DC’s Flashpoint storyline, you can download and play it free today on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch • 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 eight designs! Music: "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" Radiohead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a light (and weird) week of books and yet Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick couldn't keep their yaps shut about the week that was in comics, memories of comic book prices increases, physics, alien anatomy, Christopher Walken, and tacos. Running Time: 01:07:00 Pick of the Week: 00:03:40 - Avengers: Mech Strike #3 Comics: 00:18:44 - The Silver Coin #1 00:22:41 - King in Black #5 00:28:54 - Green Lantern #1 00:38:11 - America Chavez: Made in the USA #2 00:41:11 - Nocterra #2 00:42:46 - Friday #3 Patron Pick: 00:44:16 - Geiger #1 Patron Thanks: 00:51:51 - Hans Gougar 00:52:57 - David Gilman 00:53:42 - Nicholas Allen 00:54:34 - Andy Mulder Audience Questions: 00:55:55 - Jason F. has transitioned over to reading his Marvel and DC books through their unlimited apps and has some questions. 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 eight designs! Music: "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" DMX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's hear it for a convergence in Picks, and a celebration of another comic creator with 3 names, the last being Johnson. It's an unanimous week, and sometimes fate gives you a comic book that is perfect for it. Praise Bill. Running Time: 01:08:35 Pick of the Week: 00:01:24 - Beta Ray Bill #1 Comics: 00:13:26 - The Flash #768 00:19:01 - The Other History of the DC Universe, Book Three 00:23 :27 - The Union #4 00:30:25 - Strange Adventures #9 00:35:36 - Silk #1 00:238:20 - Shadecraft #1 Patron Pick: 00:41:12 - Beta Ray Bill #1 Patron Thanks: 00:43:32 - Lars Pedersen 00:45:18 - Kevin Krull 00:46:03 - Mason Kerr 00:47:28 - Charlie Oliver Audience Questions: 00:52:06 - Matthew is wondering about the ebbs and flows and ups and downs of comic book quality. Brought To You By: • Macroverse - Get on board with the next generation of comics by downloading Macroverse today! Available on iOS and Android! • 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 eight designs! Music: "Sick of Myself" Matthew Sweet 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... Avengers West Coast: Vision Quest by John Byrne, Mike Machlan, Paul Becton, Bob Sharen, Bill Oakley! 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: 00:45:53 Music: "California" Tom Petty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pick of the Week causes college flashbacks and everything is just groovy. Running Time: 01:01:45 Pick of the Week: 00:02:33 – Batman/Superman #16 Comics: 00:15:13 – Taskmaster #5 00:19:46 – Shadow Doctor #2 00:26:27 – The Scumbag #6 00:33:23 – Die!Die!Die! #14 00:35:53 – Miles Morales: Spider-Man #24 00:38:13 – Haha #3 00:40:27 – Crimson Flower #3 Patron Pick: 00:42:26 – Alien #1 Patron Thanks: 00:50:44 – Jason Muhr 00:51:37 – Stephen Landry 00:52:42 – Jimmy Hollenbeck 00:53:40 – The Disastrous DaveBoy Audience Questions: 00:54:31 – Wes A. from Fridley, MN wants to know what happened to the good half of The New Gods. 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 eight designs! Music: “World is Static” Jimmy Eat World 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: 00:53:45 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick (who has had a few cocktails) are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Entertainment: 00:01:15 - Conor has been watching Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. 00:05:53 - Ron has been watching Staged. 00:12:10 - Josh has been watching every Denzel Washington movie he can find. Movies: 00:16:03 - The 2021 Academy Award Nominations and the Weird Year for Movies 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: "Let's Go to the Movies" The Cast of Annie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick comes in hot out of the gate, and the Pick should have been his. But the comics of the 70s are triumphant! Josh Flanagan missed reading several books he should have known about, and he's very sorry about that. "Listen..." Running Time: 01:12:59 Pick of the Week: 00:01:56 - Marvel #6 Comics: 00:12:49 - Nightwing #78 00:19:12 - Superman Red & Blue #1 00:24:08 - Captain Marvel #27 00:26:25 - Thor #13 00:34:14 - Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #1 00:37:20 - Justice League #59 00:41:14 - Spider-Woman #10 00:43:30 - Radiant Black #2 Patron Pick: 00:47:56 - Orphan and the Five Beasts #1 Patron Thanks: 00:53:59 - David Newton 00:54:53 - Patrick Williams 00:55:46 - Bo Conroy 00:56:55 - Kevin Crotty Audience Questions: 01:00:45 - Andrew from MN wants to know if we can think of any sleepers in comics, that come on strong later. We don't do great. 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 eight designs! Music: "Against the 70's" Mike Watt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Ibrahim Moustafa has made a very cool career in comics over the last decade. As a kid very into breakdancing in the Pacific Northwest, he decided to make a go at being a comics artist. Since that time, he has drawn for Marvel and DC, been nominated for an Eisner for High Crimes, created several of his own stories, written and drawn James Bond comics, culminating in the recent release of the graphic novel, Count, from Humanoids. The first of a three book deal from Humanoids, it's a sci-fi reimagining of the classic The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas. It's a fantastic success story in comics, and there's even some iFanboy history in there as well. Follow Ibrahim on Twitter. and Instagram, as well as his website. Total Running Time: 01:23:07 Music: “Friends" Whodini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices