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The iFanboy.com Comic Book Podcast is a weekly talk show all about the best new current comic book releases. Lifelong friends, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan talk about what they loved and (sometimes) hated in the current weekly books, from publishers like Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW, Aftershock, Valiant, and more. The aim is to have a fun time, some laughs, but to also really understand what makes comic books work and what doesn’t, and trying to understand the craft of this great, often under appreciated art form. Sometimes they agree, and sometimes… they don’t. With decades of experience talking about comics, interacting with comic book professionals, this is all about the love of an art form. If the names Brian Michael Bendis, Amanda Conner, Geoff Johns, Gene Luen Yang, Donny Cates, Jason Aaron, Kelly Thompson, David Marquez, Kelly Sue de Connick, Kieron Gillen, Charles Soule, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Scott Snyder, Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Esad Ribic, Rick Remender, Nick Spencer, John Ridley, Skottie Young, Chip Zdarsky, Jöelle Jones, David F. Walker, Grant Morrison, and Darwyn Cooke get you excited, then this is the place for you. This podcast is so good, you don’t even need to read comic books or graphic novels to enjoy it, but it’s a lot better if you do.

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Latest Episodes:

Pick of the Week #946 – The Tin Can Society #1 Sep 22, 2024

Show notes

Off-the-rails and spicy right off the bat? It’s one of those shows this week, as Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan talk about the week that was in comics.

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Running Time: 01:04:38

Pick of the Week:

00:04:13 – The Tin Can Society #1

Comics:

00:12:34 – G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #310

00:18:49 – Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #31

00:22:24 – The Avengers #784 (18)

00:26:17 – Wonder Woman #13

00:28:31 – Helen of Wyndhorn #4

00:31:03 – The Masked Macher #1

Star Wars Corner:

00:33:32 – Star Wars: Darth Vader #50

Patron Pick:

00:39:28 – The Moon is Following Us #1

Patron Thanks:

00:46:34 – Trent Himes

Listener Mail:

00:49:45 – Brandon Y. has had his faith in the comic book audience shaken by the cancelation of Rainbow Rowell’s She-Hulk book.

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Music:

The Avett Brothers

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Mediasplode #51 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the 2024 Emmys Sep 19, 2024

Show notes

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another episode of Mediasplode!

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Running Time: 00:56:45

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:

00:01:22 – But first, a brief The Lord of the Rings tangent.

00:03:51 – Ron (and Conor) have gotten into Industry.

00:12:46 – Conor (and Ron) have been watching English Teacher and Bad Monkey.

00:18:57 – Josh (and Ron) went to see Alien: Romulus.

TV Review:

00:26:08 – The 2024 Emmy Awards

Film Review:

00:33:30 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

What We’ve Been Enjoying (Redux):

00:51:13 – Conor went to 4K restoration screenings of Chinatown and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as a screening of Stagecoach.

00:52:40 – Josh just finished reading Shōgun.

00:53:47 – Ron saw Pulp at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn (and Josh went to see The Saviors Tour — featuring Green Day, Rancid, The Smashing Pumpkins, and The Linda Lindas — at Fenway Park in Boston).

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:

“New Noise”

Refused

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Pick of the Week #945 - Fantastic Four #718 Sep 15, 2024

Show notes

Again with this Fantastic Four mishegoss? Yes, again with it. And it is weird, wild stuff. There are several "surprisingly good" books in the discussion this week, which is always a good thing. Step up, hold the hand, or whatever, of your favorite non-humanoid sweetie, and enjoy.

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Running Time: 01:13:00

Pick of the Week:

00:01:57 - Fantastic Four #718

Comics:

00:13:37 - Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #1

00:13:37 - Wolverine #393 (1)

00:25:33 - Geiger #6

00:30:20 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2

00:33:43 - Red Before Black #2

00:36:29 - The Domain #3

00:39:06- Green Lantern #15

Patron Pick:

00:43:19 - Star Wars #50

Patron Thanks:

00:56:24 - Andrew Warmington

In Memoriam:

00:58:28 - Comics lost a modern legend in John Cassaday this week. You can see our brief interview with Cassaday from 2010 below.

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Music:

The Pixies

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Pick of the Week #944 – Plastic Man No More!, Book One Sep 08, 2024

Show notes

This week, there’s a Heat Dome over LA and Conor Kilpatrick is melting. Also, Josh Flanagan has entered his Fun Era™ so take your sad boy comics and stuff ’em! Honestly, the show is not as grumpy as all that would make it seem.

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Running Time: 00:55:30

Pick of the Week:

00:01:56 – Plastic Man No More!, Book One

Comics:

00:09:56 – Scarlett #4

00:12:35 – The Ultimates #4

00:17:06 – The Penguin #12

00:24:55 – Duck and Cover #1

00:27:25 – Exceptional X-Men #1

00:29:24 – Public Domain #8

Patron Pick:

00:33:18 – Minor Arcana #1

Patron Thanks:

00:39:43 – Etan Greenbaum

Listener Mail:

00:41:49 – Scott H. from Portland, Oregon asks about becoming a new fan of veteran artists.

00:46:46 – Aaron H. from Houston, Texas has a follow-up to his previous email about QR codes.

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Music:

“Working Class Hero”

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

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Pick of the Week #943 - Aliens vs. Avengers #1 Sep 01, 2024

Show notes

Instantly this week, we jump into books that weren't even on the list. It's never happened. Comics cannot be stopped. Comics finds... a way. What other surprises could find their way into this dusty format? Maybe a couple things, actually. In the meantime, more of Josh's Aliens thing.

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Running Time: 01:15:06

Pick of the Week:

00:05:01 - Aliens vs. Avengers #1

Comics:

00:19:33 - Fantastic Four #717 (24)

00:27:18 - Zero Hour 30th Anniversary Special #1

00:34:25 - Batman: The Dark Age, Book Five

00:30:37 - Archie: The Decision #1

00:44:49 - Grommets #4

00:48:14 - The Sacrificers #11

00:50:46 - Convert #1

00:52:27 - Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1

Patron Pick:

00:55:19 - Aliens vs. Avengers #1

Patron Thanks:

00:56:33 - Daniel Sullivan

Listener Mail:

00:58:29 - r3v wants to add a THIRD question to the Patron Pick segment. Insanity!

01:00:31 - Drew doesn't care about these new fangled superhero versions! But how to deal with it?

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Music:

Pennywise

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Booksplode #63 – Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus, Vol. 1 Aug 29, 2024

Show notes

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another Booksplode!

This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at…

Lone Wolf & Cub, Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, Dana Lewis, & Digital Chameleon! (They also spend more time than they, and probably you, were expecting to talk about Josh’s former roommates when he lived in Los Angeles. But it’s contextual!)

Running Time: 00:34:30

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.

Music:

“Hey Mando!”

Ludwig Göransson

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Pick of the Week #942 – Namor #2 Aug 25, 2024

Show notes

The Two Jamokes™, joined by Dr. Ryan Haupt, manage to stay on target with the week in comics while also answering the age-old question: what happens if you add a saxophone to punk music?

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Running Time: 01:19:37

Pick of the Week:

00:01:47 - Namor #2

Comics:

00:11:54 - Wolverine: Revenge #1

00:18:00 - Standstill #1

00:23:52 - Nightwing #117

00:30:37 - Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter #2

00:33:37 - Usagi Yojimbo #279: The Crow #5

00:36:19 - Redcoat #5

00:39:21 - Huge Detective #1

Star Wars Corner:

00:43:19 - Star Wars #49

Patron Pick:

00:46:21 - Jenny Sparks #1

Patron Thanks:

01:00:53 - Dungeon Miller

Listener Mail:

01:04:34 - Wes from Fridley, Minnesota wants to know why there haven't been any animated adaptions of characters from CW's Arrowverse, Wildstorm, or Vertigo series?

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Music:

"The Rascal King"

The Mighty Mighty BossTones

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Pick of the Week #941 – DC vs. Vampires: World War V #1 Aug 18, 2024

Show notes

This week, Josh Flanagan cracks Vietnam-era writer psychology wide open, while Conor Kilpatrick fails a Star Wars test… or does he? What he definitely does is totally lose his mental facilities by the end of the show. Los Angeles wasn’t built for this kind of prolonged heat! Finally, it’s important to note that despite what these Two Jamokes say on the show, Ravage is a cat and not a dog. But the joke is funny and they stand by it.

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Running Time: 01:02:26

Pick of the Week:

00:02:26 – DC vs. Vampires: World War V #1

Comics:

00:12:37 – Babs #1

00:15:12 – The Sensational She-Hulk #188 (10)

00:22:29 – Transformers #11

00:31:36 – Batman: Gotham By Gaslight: The Kryptonian Age, Book Three

00:34:06 – Gilt Frame #1

00:35:17 – Action Comics #1068

Star Wars Corner:

00:40:01 – Star Wars: Darth Vader #49

Patron Pick:

00:43:04 – X-Factor #1

Patron Thanks:

00:50:27 – David Caswell

Listener Mail:

00:51:51 – Bob B. from Dacula, Georgia asks about coming to appreciate a comic book decades after first reading it.

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Music:

“Another One Bites the Dust”

Queen

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Mediasplode #50 – House of the Dragon and The Bear (and Twisters!) Aug 15, 2024

Show notes

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another episode of Mediasplode!

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Running Time: 01:01:46

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:

00:02:42 – Conor is obsessed with The Paris 2024 Olympics and saw Twisters (Josh did too) — and there are spoilers in this discussion!

00:12:11 – Josh listened to Michael Richards read his new book, Entrances and Exits.

00:17:53 – Ron watched the latest season of The Boys, finally completed John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A., and finished Presumed Innocent (Conor did too).

Reviews:

00:22:40 – The Bear (Season 3, Part 1)

00:38:49 – House of the Dragon (Season 2)

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:

“Wilbury Twist”

The Traveling Wilburys

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Pick of the Week #940 – Red Before Black #1 Aug 11, 2024

Show notes

We've got a unique and sizable group of books, and sign of what's going well in comics at the moment. If you are an astronomer, you will hear scientific mistakes regarding light speed.

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Running Time: 01:08:53

Pick of the Week:

00:01:19 - Red Before Black #1

Comics:

00:10:52 - Public Domain #7

00:19:25 - The Uncanny X-Men #701 (1)

00:24:58 - The Avengers #783 (17)

00:29:22 - Lester of the Lesser Gods #3

00:31:05 - Cruel Universe #1

00:34:09 - Gotham City Sirens #1

00:35:17 - Doctor Strange #444 (18)

00:38:21 - Absolute Power #2

Patron Pick:

00:40:59 - The Power Fantasy #1

Patron Thanks:

00:50:51 - @wormhearts

Listener Mail:

00:52:50 - Kane wants to know what we'd do about issue per arc if WE were in charge. It serves as a takeoff point.

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Music:

"Maxwell Murder"

Rancid

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