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It's possible even we are getting tired of talking about Tom Taylor's work, but when you're on a roll, you're on a roll. Plus, the death of comics events, and Josh completely blanking on a Patron Power, with Conor swooping in for the rescue.Running Time: 01:09:57Pick of the Week:00:02:53 - Hellblazer: Rise and Fall, Book OneComics:00:13:47 - Empyre #600:24:43 - Shazam! #1400:32:20 - Black Widow #100:39:48 - Young Justice #1800:42:24 - DCeased: Dead Planet #300:45:57 - Injustice: Year Zero #500:47:40 - Fire Power #3Patron Pick:00:50:54 - Spy Island #1Patron Thanks:00:57:36 - Harley Ashley00:59:04 - Mark MinettAudience Questions:01:00:49 - Ryan in Cincinnati wonders if he should revive an old iFanboy ritual. (He shouldn't.)dBrought 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:"F**k Armageddon...This Is Hell"Bad Religion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are here to talk comics and, because of technical difficulties, record part of the show twice.Running Time: 01:0x:xxPick of the Week:00:02:30 – Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #1Comics:00:09:41 – John Constantine: Hellblazer #900:15:49 – DCeased: Hope at World’s End #800:18:08 – Legion of Super-Heroes #800:23:23 – Billionaire Island #500:27:17 – Empyre: Captain America #300:30:06 – The Amazing Spider-Man #47Patron Pick:00:32:23 – Batman: Three Jokers, Book OnePatron Thanks:00:43:42 – Amir Malekpour00:45:20 – James LonanoAudience Questions:00:46:14 – Karl C. writes in, just a few weeks late, about the editorial changes at DC Comics.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:“Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured”Arctic Monkeys 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 Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki!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: 00:25:05Music:"Robot Factory"Jimmy Eat World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another light week, not full of standouts. We do learn that the Joker is much more woke than we thought, and that's not nothing. Come enjoy the comics talk with a side of Marinara Trench. Also, we had no control over that dog across the street.Running Time: 01:01:34Pick of the Week:00:02:10 - Thor #6Comics:00:12:44 - Injustice: Year Zero #400:16:19 - Wonder Woman: Dead Earth Book 400:21:52 - Wolverine #400:26:59 - A Man Among Ye #200:29:16 - G.I. Joe #700:32:07 - Batman: The Adventures Continue #10Patron Pick:00:34:50 - Maestro #1Patron Thanks:00:43:03 - Brad Garver00:44:05 - Michael CurtisAudience Questions:00:46:41 - Former iFanboy writer doesn't listen to the show, but wants us to summarize for him. Fine!00:50:27 - Ryan has subjected the listeners to our thoughts on vinyl pressings, and Taylor Swift. Really.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:"Old Man Winter"Gas Huffer 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: 00:56:59This month, Josh "Blue Balls" Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss...Things We Miss:00:01:02 - Going to the MoviesQuarantine Streaming:00:08:20 - Conor watched Sex and the City and Unstoppable (a lot).00:13:24 - Josh watched Trust and The Banker.00:19:22 - Ron watched Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, Muppets Now, and The Speed Cubers.Television:00:25:42 - Perry MasonGrab Bag Questions:00:42:05 - Josh and Ron are put on the spot by ConorSPOILERS 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:"Theme from Perry Mason"Fred Steiner&"End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 1)"Terence Blanchard  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a rough week in the world of comics but Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan persevere, not knowing what lies ahead. That doesn't make them heroes but then again, it doesn't not make them heroes. They will leave it to history to decide.Running Time: 01:10:09Pick of the Week:00:01:45 - Hawkman #26Comics:00:13:35 - The Flash #75900:16:07 - The Green Lantern: Season Two #600:20:16 - The Amazing Spider-Man #4600:28:38 - Big Girls #100:31:16 - Empyre: Captain America #2 / Empyre #500:34:45 - Marauders #1100:36:29 - Wonder Woman #760Patron Pick:00:37:59 - Seven Secrets #1Patron Thanks:00:44:20 - Kyle Behymer00:47:02 - AnonymousAudience Questions:00:50:00 - Scott from Portland, OR wants to talk about The State of the Comics Industry™... from a creative perspective... but the Jamokes have to start by talking about the recent layoffs at DC Entertainment.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:"Learning to Fly"Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are many many good things in comics to talk about this week, and of course we went long talking about the thing we talked about already, but better. Also, Josh can't remember if he's talking about Sardath or Zardoz. That'll happen in this comics talk game.Running Time: 01:14:30Pick of the Week:00:01:28 - Injustice: Year Zero #1Comics:00:15:51 - DCeased: Dead Planet #200:19:13 - Strange Adventures #400:31:24 - Dr. Strange #600:37:43 - The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #200:39:23 - Captain America #2100:42:36 - Empyre #4Patron Pick:00:46:29 - Fire Power #1Patron Thanks:00:58:31 - Jose A. De La Torre00:59:13 - Peter GardnerAudience Questions:01:02:32 - Rob from York, England discovers a new mate and countryman in John Constantine.Brought To You By:• Audible Original: The Sandman - Listen to the new Audible Original: The Sandman, based on the best-selling DC graphic novels by Neil Gaiman!• 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:"Maybe Partying Will Help"Minutemen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.We have been fans of Steve Lieber for a long time, and in that time, he's only gotten better. We talk about his life in comics from falling in love with the art form, to the Kubert school, Whiteout, Superior Foes of Spider-Man, and all the way up though the most recent, and brilliant Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen, with collaborator, Matt Fraction. He's a man who puts storytelling first, and apparently didn't even know he could draw funny until he was. And yes, he's working on art while we talk, and you hear it, and that's just fine.Follow Steve on Twitter!Total Running Time: 01:22:37Music:“Color Me Impressed"The Replacements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen... it was not a great week of comics. It wasn't outright bad, but there are quibbles, there are sticking points, there are moments that didn't lead to full fledged joy. How many times will Josh add a superfluous "you knows" while searching for the words his haggard mind needs? (A: you'll never know, because of the assiduous editing of the program.) Then it all comes together in the end.Running Time: 01:04:35Pick of the Week:00:01:20 - Usagi Yojimbo #10Comics:00:10:57 - Empyre #200:14:04 - X-Men/Fantastic Four #400:18:04 - Batman #9500:22:47 - Middlewest #1800:28:47 - Billionaire Island #300:32:04 - Daredevil #2100:36:09 - Action Comics #1023Patron Pick:00:39:08 - Chu #1Patron Thanks:00:47:37 - Nathaniel Booth00:49:42 - Justin CresswellAudience Questions:00:52:36 - Rashaad B. has a great idea for a TV show that will never happen.Brought To You By:• Audible Original: The Sandman - Listen to the new Audible Original: The Sandman, based on the best-selling DC graphic novels by Neil Gaiman!• 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:"Rabbit In Your Headlights"Unkle (feat. Thom Yorke) 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: 00:55:38This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards (and, for a while in the beginning, his air conditioner) to discuss…Quarantine Streaming:00:01:38 – Greyhound00:11:05 – Palm Springs00:15:17 – HamiltonStreaming Services:00:25:23 – Peacock launches!Movies:00:26:23 – Midnight Run00:52:01 – 1988: One of the All-Time Best Movie YearsSPOILERS 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:“Guns and Ships”Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices