iFanboy - Comic Books

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: 01:04:00Pick of the Week:00:02:00 - Mazebook #1Comics:00:09:05 - Infinite Frontier #600:13:00 - Last Flight Out #100:17:48 - Not All Robots #200:25:29 - Green Lantern 2021 Annual #100:26:57 - The Amazing Spider-Man #7300:28:01 - The Nice House on the Lake, Book Four00:29:48 - Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1Patron Pick:00:32:09 - Mazebook #1Patron Thanks:00:32:50 - Tom Coldrick00:33:37 - Nick Vitanza00:37:43 - Natalya Bruner00:39:26 - Adam KnadlerListener 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: 01:08:04Pick of the Week:00:02:42 - Dark Ages #1Comics:00:15:59 - The Avengers #4800:20:05 - Geiger #600:24:04 - Captain Marvel #3200:32:59 - The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox #700:34:52 - Midnighter 2021 Annual #100:37:41 - Batman/Superman 2020 Annual #100:41:03 - Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1Patron Pick:00:44:01 - Dark Ages #1Patron Thanks:00:44:52 - Jon Morris00:45:37 - Jason Smalling00:46:18 - Ben Christian00:46:50 - Robert SheridanListener 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: 00:26:55Music:"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: 00:55:00Pick of the Week:00:01:31 - Amazing Fantasy #2Comics:00:11:05 - Avengers Annual #100:15:26 - Superman '78 #100:17:59 - Thor #1600:24:25 - The Great Gatsby #200:27:11 - Winter Guard #100:29:50 - Superman: Son of Kal-El #200:33:52 - Strange Academy #12Patron Pick:00:35:42 - Echolands #1Patron Thanks:00:41:06 - Neato Bazzeato00:41:38 - Daniel Vroman00:42:15 - Chris Wig00:42:40 - Sam ConteListener 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: 00:49:56This 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-HeroesRunning Time: 01:10:04Pick of the Week:00:01:21 - Kang The Conqueror #1Comics:00:13:48 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #300:18:23 - Nightwing #8300:23:33 - Superman and the Authority #200:27:34 - Lazarus Risen #600:35:40 - Serial #600:37:48 - Time Before Time #400:40:11 - Superman: Red and Blue #6Patron Pick:00:43:41 - Kang The Conqueror #1Patron Thanks:00:44:21 - Chandler Cook00:45:10 - Robert Blackley00:45:29 - Tharanga Basnayake00:47:12 - Tristan WalshListener 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: 00:46:00Music:"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: 01:08:16Pick of the Week:00:02:49 - Rorschach #11Comics:00:13:53 - Fantastic Four: Life Story #300:18:41 - Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow #500:23:25 - Runaways #3800:26:03 - Batman: Urban Legends #600:41:20 - The Unbelievable Teens: From The World of Black Hammer #100:42:22 - The Silver Coin #500:44:32 - Pennyworth #100:47:31 - Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #3Patron Pick:00:50:45 - Batman '89 #1Patron Thanks:00:57:37 - Chris Sibona01:00:00 - Stephen Kushner01:00:53 - Jackie Tam01:01:48 - Dallas TaylorBrought 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: 00:46:00Music:"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: 01:13:12Pick of the Week:00:02:10 - The Me You Love in the Dark #1Comics:00:13:46 - Geiger #500:19:11 - American Vampire 1976 #1000:25:06 - Justice League #6600:36:35 - X-Men #200:40:01 - Lucky Devil #100:42:00 - Silk #500:44:21 - Not All Robots #1Patron Pick:00:50:27 - The Me You Love in the Dark #1Patron Thanks:00:51:29 - Jason Ziemann00:52:27 - Aaron Miller00:54:27  - Matthew Killion00:55:02 - Jay BatznerAudience 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