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Conor is finally embarking on his vision quest in the high desert, and our pal Jim Viscardi (comicbook.com) joins Josh, and makes his first Pick of the Week ever. We're told he considers it the greatest moment in his entire life. Two friends get talking and the show goes long and we're all the better off for it. It turns out that we really like a lot of the books that came out this week. Also TV and video games habits, at the end, for quite a while.Running Time: 01:22:39Pick of the Week:00:05:11 - Moon Knight #3Comics:00:15:07 - Fantastic Four #3600:21:09 - Alien #700:26:28 - The United States of Captain America #400:34:21 - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #400:37:46 - Frontiersman #100:40:48 - Nightwing #84Patron Pick:00:43:45 - The Death of Doctor Strange #1Patron Thanks:00:53:31 - Matt Colbert00:54:14 - Bryan Davis00:55:55 - Douggie Sharpe00:56:46 - Chris McClellandListener Mail:01:02:58 - Anthony wonders where the hell we find the time.Brought To You By:• Second Print Comics Podcast - The world of comics, characters, and universe shattering continuity can get a little complicated, so where’s the best place to start? Our friends at the Second Print Comics podcast have you covered.• 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:"Moonshadow"Cat Stevens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Finally. Yes, I know.Matthew Rosenberg is back on the show to talk about his new Image book, What's the Furthest Place from Here?, with co-creator Tyler Boss, with whom he also did 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank. He's rolling out a whole project with special vinyl records that you can only get in comic shops, and it's worth looking into. We also touch on the stellar King in Black: Thunderbolts mini-series he did with Juan Ferreyra, and The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox, both fun, and very different types of comics. Follow Matt on Twitter!Total Running Time: 01:23:12Music:“Future Mix Tape for the Art Kids"Beach Slang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is solace in a reliable, dependable comic book that gives you what want and what you need. What does Justin Timberlake have to do with any of this? We can't be sure that it's not nothing, but it's probably nothing. We make underwear suggestions, outside the confines of our regular underwear spokespersons. Also, more uniformed physics discussions!Running Time: 01:14:05Pick of the Week:00:01:55 - Usagi Yojimbo #22Comics:00:11:24 - Rorschach #1200:19:51 - Fantastic Four #3500:33:01 - Spider-Woman #1500:35:08 - Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #500:38:57 - Titans United #1Patron Pick:00:44:29 - Primordial #1Patron Thanks:00:50:29 - Wayne Murphy00:52:18 - George Crawford00:53:36 - Justin00:54:33 - Ahron ReinhardListener Mail:00:58:41 - Bobby wonders if it's better to Pym yourself big or small.01:00:54 - Andrew M. (NOT Anthony) is confused about what's going on with the Distinguished Competition.Brought 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 nine designs!Music:"Brass in Pocket"The Pretenders 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: 00:57:45This 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:00:01:57 - Conor is almost finished with the Fast and the Furious Saga, and has been watching Heels and McCartney 3, 2, 1 (while Josh has been watching Watch the Sound) and Only Murders in the Buil--00:08:24 - Josh listened to the audio version of Jaws by Peter Benchley and is listening to the Band of Brothers Podcast.00:15:29 - Ron has been watching season two of Ted Lasso, Only Murders in the Building, and finds himself excited for Fall TV again.Discussion:00:24:22 - Disaster MoviesSPOILERS 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:"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"R.E.M. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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