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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.

Copyright: © Great Northern Media, LLC

Latest Episodes:

Pick of the Week #781 - Nightwing #80 May 23, 2021

Show notes

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.

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Music:

"Welcome to New York"

Taylor Swift

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Mediasplode #14 - 'Tenet' and Binge Viewing vs. Weekly Viewing May 20, 2021

Show notes

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

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Pick of the Week #780 - Time Before Time #1 May 16, 2021

Show notes

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.

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Music:

"Funny How Time Slips Away"

Willie Nelson

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Special Edition - Justice Society: World War II May 14, 2021

Show notes

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"

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Pick of the Week #779 - The Good Asian #1 May 09, 2021

Show notes

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.

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Music:

"Smuggler's Blues"

Glenn Frey

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Special Edition - Invincible, Season 1 May 06, 2021

Show notes

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

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Pick of the Week #778 - Beta Ray Bill #2 May 02, 2021

Show notes

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.

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Music:

"Once Again (Here to Kick One For You)"

Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X

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Mediasplode #13 – Debating Fan Service, Ranking the Best Picture Nominees, and Looking Back at ‘Vinyl’ Apr 30, 2021

Show notes

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

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Pick of the Week #777 - Nightwing #79 Apr 25, 2021

Show notes

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.

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• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!

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Music:

"Tik Tok"

Kesha

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Pick of the Week #776 - Karmen #2 Apr 18, 2021

Show notes

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

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