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Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode!Running Time: 01:02:38This 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:00:03:02 - Ron finished Reboot and is watching Poker Face.00:06:28 - Conor watched Narcos, Narcos: Mexico, rewatched the first two seasons of Justified, and is watching the Night Court reboot.00:14:58 - Josh finished Fleishman Is in Trouble and is watching The Last of Us.Discussion:00:20:22 - Ranking the 2023 Academy Award Best Picture NomineesListener Mail:00:44:28 - Adam from Orlando, Florida wants to know why Ron despises Superman.00:46:03 - Matt W. wants to know why Ron despises Steven Spielberg, Josh despises M. Night Shyamalan, and wants to know who Conor despises.00:56:48 - Matt L. from Dayton Ohio thinks that the biggest reason that Josh and Conor would enjoy Andor has yet to be mentioned.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:"Californication"Red Hot Chili Peppers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Step aside, Clint Barton, Josh has a new favorite comic book character!Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:01:12Pick of the Week:00:02:12 - Namor, The Sub-Mariner: Conquered Shores #5Comics:00:08:59 - Joe Fixit #200:14:45 - Gotham City: Year One, Book Five00:20:21 - Secret Invasion #400:25:58 - Batman & The Joker: The Deadly Duo, Book Four00:28:58 - The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #500:31:03 - The Amazing Spider-Man #91300:33:37 - Space Job #1Patron Pick:00:37:38 - Monarch #1Patron Thanks:00:46:07 - DacianDynamoAudience Question:00:48:44 - Robert A. drops a fun fact on us and then asks about a comic book quirk that has been plaguing Conor for years.00:50:54 - Dave G. from Niagara, Canada thinks that current comic book writers are doing Steve Rogers dirty.Brought To You By:• MacroVerse - MacroVerse is proud to share their new comic book series in wide release, DARKLAND. Head over to their website for more info or go to Webtoons and search for DARKLAND!• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got twelve designs!Music:"The Joker"The Steve Miller Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Light content warning: A short stack of comics leads to chaotic content on this week's show. Listener discretion is advised, especially if you're Bruce Willis.Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:22:21Pick of the Week:00:02:12 - Moon Knight #20Comics:00:12:18 - The Avengers #76500:17:18 - Blood Tree #100:22:30 - Scarlet Witch #200:28:00 - DC's Harley Quinn Romances #100:30:54 - Young Hellboy: Assault on Castle Death #400:33:30 - Silver Surfer: Ghost Light #100:36:55 - Black Tape #100:39:11 - Briar #3Patron Pick:00:42:09 - Where Monsters Lie #1Patron Thanks:00:48:53 - Chris CulhaneAudience Question:00:52:20 - Zach (Snyder?) from Virginia wants to know our thoughts on James Gunn bringing Damian Wayne into the newly revitalized DC Cinematic Universe?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:"Behind The Moon"Matt Costa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We learn the difference between canny and uncanny. We celebrate an actor who can write a hell of a comic book script, and most of the time, we're thinking about tacos, even if we're not saying it. This week's book reviews are sandwiched by "Vs." books.Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:11:50Pick of the Week:00:02:20 - DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of Death #5Comics:00:11:49 - The Amazing Spider-Man #91200:16:01 - Action Comics #105100:26:10 - The Human Target, Book Eleven00:34:45 - Justice Society of America #200:37:54 - Junkyard Joe #400:41:54 - Damn Them All #400:44:53 - X-Terminators #5Patron Pick:00:47:24 - Archie vs. The World #1Patron Thanks:00:54:41 - Helen SpieringAudience Question:00:57:22 - Kane T. wants to know if certain kinds of stories work better in comics than other media.Brought To You By:• Cedar Draw Cider – The next time you’re in Buhl, Idaho, be sure to visit them and enjoy their European-style dry cider made with fruit from old-growth orchards in the Pacific Northwest!• 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:"Bells of War"Wu-Tang Clan 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: 01:03:41This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss...Television:00:02:09 - Andor00:09:49 - Cobra Kai00:16:04 - Slow Horses00:20:21 - The White Lotus00:22:20 - Kaleidoscope00:25:12 - Mythic Quest00:29:45 - Fleishman is in TroubleMovies:00:32:11 - Babylon00:38:27 - The Fabelmans00:50:02 - Avatar: The Way of Water00:56:33 - The MenuSPOILERS 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:"Almost Cut My Hair"Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One host is tired and a little hungover and the other is raring to go! Which one will survive the upcoming human-robot war?Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 00:57:55Pick of the Week:00:02:03 – Nightwing #100Comics:00:13:12 – Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1100:15:59 – Strange #1000:19:57 – Namor, The Sub-Mariner: Conquered Shores #400:24:17 – Batgirls #1400:25:02 – Hulk #77800:28:12 – The New Champion of Shazam! #4Patron Pick:00:30:45 – Immortal Sergeant #1Patron Thanks:00:40:45 – Sal D.Audience Question:00:42:41 – Billy L. from Los Angeles, California is looking to make the switch to digital and needs advice.00:47:03 – Ben F. is getting back into comics and wondering about the staying power of these “next generation” characters.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:“You’re The Best”Joe “Bean” Esposito 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...Blacksad: They All Fall Down, Part One by Juan Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Diana Schutz, Brandon Kander, Tom Orzechowski, & Lois Athena Buhalis!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: 00:25:30Music:"Stray Cat Strut"The Stray Cats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Captain Voodoo or Dean Voodoo? Vintage comic boots! Photon or Spectrum? Burchielli or Federico? There are so many questions!Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:15:46Pick of the Week:00:01:44 - The Avengers: War Across Time #1Comics:00:17:19 - Danger Street, Book Two00:22:48 - Monica Rambeau: Photon #200:28:22 - Daredevil #65600:36:21 - The Ones #300:39:24 - X-Men #1800:42:05 - Predator #600:44:19 - Lazarus Planet: Alpha #1Patron Pick:00:46:50 - Black Cloak #1Patron Thanks:00:55:04 - PatrickAudience Question:00:57:29 - Scott H. from Portland, Oregon wants us to expand on how the different publishers operate, as in Image Comics compared to BOOM!.01:06:16 - Daniel C. from Garland, Texas from Texas is wondering about our most preferred collected issue format.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:"Old to Begin"Pavement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two Jamokes and a doctor walk into a podcast, will all three walk out? Don't touch that dial to find out the stunning conclusion of the first Pick of the Week show of 2023!Note: Time codes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 01:08:18Pick of the Week:00:02:49 - Fantastic Four #696Comics:00:13:18 - Gotham City: Year One #400:18:54 - Dark Knights of Steel #900:23:03 - Batman #13100:27:08 - Joe Fixit #100:32:12 - Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings #14500:35:29 - Mosely #1Star Wars Corner:00:43:07 - Star Wars #30Patron Pick:00:45:26 - Scarlet Witch #1Patron Thanks:00:55:51 - Moni SinghAudience Question:00:57:49 - Aaron T. from England (at the moment) helps his fiancé fall asleep with comic book origin stories but now she wants to know how Scott 'Cyclops' Summers manages his everyday life (showering, sleeping, etc.) without blasting everyone all the time.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:"Head Is a Flame (Cool With It)"Portugal. The Man Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the seventeenth annual iFanboy All Media Year End Roundup! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards (who was battling a cold) discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in this, the weird year that was 2022. Movies, television, music, books, games, and comics -- it's all here!(Disclaimer: Ron Richard's opinions are his own and do not represent Marvel Entertainment or the Walt Disney Corporation.)Note: Timecodes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.Running Time: 02:41:08Movies:00:02:06 - Top Gun: Maverick00:04:36 - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery00:07:43 - Don't Worry Darling00:09:32 - Everything Everywhere All At Once00:11:57 - The Fabelmans00:14:32 - The Outfit00:16:01 - Armageddon Time00:18:27 - The Banshees of Inisherin00:20:15 - Bullet Train00:22:21 - See How They Run00:23:54 - Devotion00:28:06 - Moonfall00:29:27 - Confess, Fletch00:32:32 - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story00:37:11 - HustleTelevision:00:39:17 - Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty00:42:08 - Only Murders in the Building00:44:02 - The Crown00:45:46 - The Bear00:49:37 - The Offer00:53:47 - The Good Fight00:56:06 - The Gilded Age00:58:35 - The Vow01:00:25 - Yellowstone / 188301:03:43 - For All Mankind01:05:01 - Better Things01:07:09 - Atlanta01:09:29 - The Sandman01:11:41 - Welcome to Wrexham01:16:48 - Reservation DogsBooks:01:20:52 - "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald01:23:05 - "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk" by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain01:25:36 - "The Devil May Dance: A Novel" by Jake Tapper01:27:10 - "Leviathan Falls" by James S.A. Corey01:29:06 - "Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty" by Patrick Raddon Keefe01:32:11 - "Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City" by K.J. Parker01:34:33 - "Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers" by James Andrew Miller01:37:13 - "The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down" by Colin Woodard01:39:01 - "Five Decembers" by James Kestrel01:40:09 - "The Wright Brothers" by David McCullough01:41:52 - "Amoralman: A True Story and Other Lies" by Derek DelGaudio01:43:17 - "Cinema Speculation" by Quentin Tarantino01:44:43 - "Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks" by Chris HerringMusic:01:47:12 - "Plosivs" by Plosivs01:49:01 - Bob Dylan at The Hollywood Pantages Theatre01:50:49 - The Wedding Present Singles01:53:18 - Sunny Day Real Estate at House of Blues01:55:56 - Jackson Browne at The Santa Barbara Bowl01:57:12 - "Repair and Reward" by Lincoln01:59:30 - First Six Dischord Records02:00:48 - "A Light for Attracting Attention" by The Smile and live at Roadrunner02:03:06 - "Autofiction" by Suede and live at Kings Theatre02:08:03 - Bleached at Lodge Room02:09:39 - Weird Al Yankovic at Chevalier TheatreGames:02:12:20 - Marvel SNAP02:19:42 - Return to Monkey Island02:20:27 - Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag, and Origins02:21:39 - Kingdom Rush, Frontiers, Origins, and Vengeance02:23:17 - NBA 2K22Comics:02:25:36 - The Human Target02:26:46 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow02:27:36 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest02:28:29 - That Texas Blood02:29:19 - Do A Powerbomb!02:30:01 - Eight Billion Genies02:30:48 - She-Hulk02:31:33 - Fantastic Four02:32:22 - Nightwing02:33:11 - DC vs. VampiresBrought To You By:• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got TWELVE designs!For More From Ron Richards:• Visit Marvel.com!• Watch All About Android!• If you're into pinball, check out Scorbit!Music:"Jingle Bells"Frank Sinatra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices