iFanboy - Comic Books

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.Listeners might be sick of hearing about Josh being sick, but a conversation with a great comic creator is always the thing to perk one up. Sina has had a varied career in comics, starting as a Top Cow intern, working in comic shops, making his own indie comics like Not My Bag, Lil' Depressed Boy, and more. He became the first editor for Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment, eventually ending up telling Bobby Drake's story in Iceman, and has just now released a stellar YA Graphic Novel, Superman: The Harvests of Youth. There's no one like Sina, in comics, and we're all better off for it.Total Running Time: 01:24:43Music:“Sheena is a Punk Rocker"The Ramones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite dual sickness and the Kindle app’s best efforts at sabotage, our stalwart Jamokes power through to talk about comics, as they must, as ever, in this, the final Pick of the Week show of the year!Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:02:23Pick of the Week:00:02:06 – X-Men #29Comics:00:10:18 – The Invincible Iron Man #66300:13:58 – Bloodrik #100:19:52 – Petrol Head #200:23:55 – Shazam! #600:25:15 – The Hunger and the Dusk #400:30:00 – Hellboy: Winter Special – The Yule Cat00:32:29 – Creepshow Holiday Special 2023 #1Patron Pick:00:35:27 – Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1Patron Thanks:00:42:31 – Brent EcenbargerLooking Back at 2023:00:50:12 – Picks of the Week… By the Numbers!Brought To You By:• Better Help – This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ifanboy and get on your way to being your best self.• 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:“Someday at Christmas”Stevie Wonder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Limping and wheezing into the end of the year, nothing can stop the mail. Slightly more can stop the Pick of the Week, but not this week. Plus we raise a glass to the sunsetting digital comics solution.Production Note: while our editing management department (eastern branch) did its level best, working day and night to eliminate all coughs, sniffles, dog barks, and other grunt-isms, we cannot guarantee the remnants of previous have not escaped the watchful editing of our dedicated staff. You have our apologies.Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:13:58Pick of the Week:00:02:56 - The Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War First Strike #1Comics:00:14:02 - Spider-Woman #100:20:40 - The Penguin #400:25:25- Batman: The Brave and the Bold #100:34:58 - Quest #400:37:36 - Crave #100:40:18 - What's the Furthest Place from Here? #1600:41:36 - Local Man #7Patron Pick:00:44:18 - Howard the Duck #1Patron Thanks:00:52:26 - Mike CartwrightAudience Questions:00:55:54 - Robert W. is wondering about retcons, then Conor gets bogged down in the literal interpretation of the term "retcon" and Josh starts crying. Again.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:"Fairytale of New York"The Pogues 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…Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Books I, II, III, IV by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Dave Sim and Gerhard, Michael Dooney, Ryan Brown, Ken Feduniewicz, Jim Lawson, Janice Cohen, & Steve Lavigne!!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: 00:41:17Music:“Christmas in Hollis”Run-DMC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lock yourself in a bathroom to avoid family long enough to enjoy a rundown of the week in comics!Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:03:16Pick of the Week:00:03:22 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #21Comics:00:09:33 - Batman: Off-World #100:13:29 - The Sensational She-Hulk #180 (2)00:18:44 - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #11400:21:50 - Wonder Woman #803 (3)00:27:41 - Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1Patron Pick:00:30:38 - The Holy Roller #1Patron Thanks:00:39:24 - ViewerBAudience Questions:00:42:05 - Greg M. from Philadelphia, PA wants to know the criteria that make for a really good villain?00:51:23 - Patrick K. from NC is perplexed by haphazard trade release schedules. Is there an ideal window for released collected editions?Brought To You By:• Uncommon Goods - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. They have the most meaningful, out-of-the-ordinary gifts anywhere. Go to uncommongoods.com/ifanboy for 15% off your next gift.• Better Help - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ifanboy and get on your way to being your best self.• 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:"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"Darlene Love  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With only four shows left this year, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan are going to make you wait for the good stuff because first they have to tell stories that they’ve never told before (spoiler alert: one of them possibly admits to a felony).Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:02:42Pick of the Week:00:04:13 – G.I Joe: A Real American Hero #301Comics:00:18:11 – Fantastic Four #706 (13)00:23:01 – Danger Street, Book Eleven00:28:45 – Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #200:35:01 – Big Game #500:37:07 – WildC.A.T.S. #1200:38:36 – Capwolf & The Howling Commandos #2Star Wars Corner:00:40:01 – Star Wars: Dark Droids #4Patron Pick:00:42:40 – Outsiders #1Patron Thanks:00:52:16 – Kyle Wade00:54:22 – Consider donating to T. Scott Benefield’s GoFundMeAudience Questions:00:55:27 – Kane T. asks how opinions have changed over the life of the show.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 thirteen designs!Music:“Logistics”Stefanie Joosten (feat. Giorgio Moroder) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe rolls on with the sequel (to a movie and two TV shows) that was four years in the making… The Marvels! Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and The Internet’s Paul Montgomery tell you all about it! Plus, the overall state of the MCU!Running Time: 00:46:27Music:“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”Elton John Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Superb Hearing Allows Zany Audio Manifestations… SHAZAM! Or how to stop letting pantheons run your body and get your life back on track with this week’s rundown of comics!Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:05:10Pick of the Week:00:02:34 – Shazam! #5Comics:00:14:33 – Superman ’78: The Metal Curtain #100:17:42 – Punisher #100:25:31 – Batman #904 (139)00:33:15 – Thanos #100:35:16 – Transformers #200:41:07 – The Enfield Gang Massacre #400:45:02 – Groo in the World #400:46:42 – The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1200:47:39 – The Amazing Spider-Man #931 (37)Patron Pick:00:48:15 – Petrol Head #1Patron Thanks:00:58:02 – Keith RobinsonBrought To You By:• Uncommon Goods – This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. They have the most meaningful, out-of-the-ordinary gifts anywhere. Go to uncommongoods.com/ifanboy for 15% off your next gift.• Better Help – This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ifanboy and get on your way to being your best self.• 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:“Lightning Strikes”Aceyalone 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: 01:00:00This 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:00:01:32 – Ron watched Flora and Son, and is watching The Gold, and Lessons in Chemistry.00:08:02 – Conor has started Lawmen: Bass Reeves, finished the third season of Lupin, and listened to Strike Force Five.00:11:09 – Josh also listened to Strike Force Five, and is rewatching The Sopranos, and rewatched The IT Crowd and Black Books.Mail Bag:00:18:03 – Owen M. from Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland wants to know what the guys think about “Now and Then.”00:23:14 – Scott H. from Portland, Oregon is looking to identify the titles in the iFanboy Film Canon.00:26:49 – John-Joseph J. from Brooklyn, New York is curious about Josh’s return to skateboarding.00:30:18 – Nick B. from Melbourne, Australia is dipping his toe into David Lynch fandom.00:33:04 – Ryan S. from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania wonders if iFanboy was to ever do another movies by minute podcast, what would the movie be? And also what are the guys’ Top 3 Scorcese pictures?00:35:56 – Marcus V. has been trying to watch Once Upon a Time in America but is stuck in the middle and doesn’t know if he should finish.00:37:01 – Aaron A. from Houston, Texas doesn’t understand why the guys love Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood so much.00:41:45 – Brian C. from Cincinnati, Ohio is exasperated with how Disney has been managing The Muppets and thinks the solution for success is obvious.00:45:05 – Greg M. from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania wants to know which other holiday classic film should get the Muppet treatment.00:47:08 – Dave C. from Buffalo, New York has a grab bag of holiday media (and non-media) questions.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.Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Music:“Rainbow Connection”Kermit the Frog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where one is for, another is against. A Jamoke House™ divided against itself cannot stand! That's not actually true. It was fine. No trigger warning needed for this week's Patron Power and the indie books make their presence known.Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:11:03Pick of the Week:00:01:27 - The Space Between #1Comics:00:13:19 - Ultimate Universe #100:20:52 - X-Men #2800:25:58 - The Return of Superman: 30th Anniversary Edition #100:33:20 - Red Light #100:35:47 - The Sacrificers #400:26:09 - Traveling to Mars #9Patron Pick:00:41:51 - Canary #1Patron Thanks:00:52:40 - MattAudience Question:00:55:47 - Scott H. is wondering about modern creators who push the form of the comic book page.01:00:40 - Jimi John L. asks if Damian Wayne is acceptable in the Morrison Batman and Robin form.Brought To You By:• Uncommon Goods - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. They have the most meaningful, out-of-the-ordinary gifts anywhere. Go to uncommongoods.com/ifanboy for 15% off your next gift.• 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 and Space"Turnstile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices