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"Doctor?""Doctor."We get deep into the mysteries of this week's Pick, and are starting to find some other gems in the further reaches of mainstream comics. Who would have guessed it was the clown book? But the superhero books rate high on the G.O.S.H.* scale, which gets better every time. Also, two old men expound on something.*Good Old Super HeroesRunning Time: 01:14:07Pick of the Week:00:01:43 - Strange Adventures #10Comics:00:15:22 - Haha #500:20:05 - Shadow Doctor #400:27:11 - Made in Korea #100:31:49 - Maestro: War and Pax #500:39:08 - Robin #200:40:29 - Alien #300:42:29 - Stargirl: Spring Break Special #11Patron Pick:00:46:51 - The Blue Flame #1Patron Thanks:00:54:01 - Michael Sturgeon00:54:58 - Jenn Perretta00:55:55 - Deezer Irons00:57:04 - Guisseppe ButticiAudience Question:00:58:44 - Andy B. wants to know if NFTs are the future of original art.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:"Strange Times"The Black Keys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.Jack Kirby has been an integral part of Tom Scioli's career all along. After winning a Xeric Grant for his original comic, The Myth of 8-Opus, he became more widely known for his collaboration with Joe Casey, Gødland, which was an unapologetic love letter to cosmic Kirby style. He then spent some time writing and drawing Transformers vs. G.I. Joe for IDW, and most recently Scioli gained critical acclaim with his comic book biography, Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics. (You can hear our podcast on it here.) Josh talked to Tom about his career and the King himself.Follow Tom on Twitter, as well as his Patreon.Total Running Time: 01:13:03Music:“Happy Jack"The Who Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 01:09:05Pick of the Week:00:02:05 - Nightwing #80Comics:00:11:32 - Fantastic Four: Life Story #100:17:19 - Radiant Black #400:22:18 - The Scumbag #800:26:06 - The Flash #77000:31:16 - Wonder Girl #100:32:18 - Runaways #3600:33:56 - Daredevil #3000:36:14 - Shang-Chi #1Patron Pick:00:38:43 - Red Room #1Patron Thanks:00:46:50 - Tony Capo00:48:50 - Fernando Carreon00:49:50 - Thomas Allen00:50:50 - Peter VaethAudience 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.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:"Welcome to New York"Taylor Swift 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: 00:59:00This 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 - Tenet00:47:21 - Everyone picks their Top 3 Christopher Nolan FilmsListener 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 01:10:51Pick of the Week:00:02:38 - Time Before Time #1Comics:00:12:59 - Giant Size Amazing Spider-Man: King's Ransom #100:22:05 - Geiger #200:27:06 - Batman: The Detective #200:29:36 - Fantastic Four #3200:39:01 - Karmen #300:42:07 - Justice League: Last Ride #100:45:04 - Rorschach #8Patron Pick:00:48:56 - Time Before Time #1Patron Thanks:00:52:27 - Alexander Lampe00:53:34 - Matteo Arena00:54:15 - Maximo Vega00:54:46 - Adam GraingerAudience Question:00:56:03 - Chris A. is looking for help with his son's art career.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 eight designs!Music:"Funny How Time Slips Away"Willie Nelson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 00:45:17Music:"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 01:05:21Pick of the Week:00:02:15 - The Good Asian #1Comics:00:12:00 - Strange Academy #1000:18:04 - Hey Kids! Comics! Vol. 2 #100:25:49 - Green Lantern #200:34:20 - America Chavez: Made in the USA #300:35:34 - Heroes Reborn #100:37:25 - Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal #1Star Wars Corner:00:39:59 - Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1Patron Pick:00:46:39 - The Good Asian #1Patron Thanks:00:47:34 - Addison Works00:49:01 - Jeff Ellerbach00:49:57 - Douglas Arias00:51:08 - John HibbsAudience 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.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:"Smuggler's Blues"Glenn Frey  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 00:50:40Music:"Invincible (Remastered)"Pat Benatar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: 01:18:43Pick of the Week:00:01:40 - Beta Ray Bill #2Comics:00:14:08 - The Marvels #100:22:07 - Fantastic Four #3100:26:08 - Batman/Superman #1700:38:47 - Savage Avengers #2000:40:43 - Black Widow #600:42:54 - Shadecraft #200:44:11 - The Comic Book History of Animation #5Patron Pick:00:46:12 - Robin #1Patron Thanks:00:57:40 - Steve Sousa00:58:26 - Steven Schmelling00:59:45 - Matt Pfaff01:01:07 - Rachel CutlerAudience Question:01:04:48 - Dan wants to know if the high concept style of story themes is hurting the quality of comics.Brought To You By:• Macroverse - Get on board with the next generation of comics by downloading Macroverse today! Available on iOS and Android!• 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:"Once Again (Here to Kick One For You)"Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X 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: 00:49:50This 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 2021Discussion00:19:29 - 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices