iFanboy - Comic Books

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.Sometimes, with a little bit of effort, a little bit of luck, and a heck of a comedic and dramatic voice, you can build yourself a career in comics. That's how Kyle Starks did it. You might know him from Rick and Morty, Sexcastle, Rock Candy Mountain, Assassin Nation, or Mars Attacks. Currently, he's running a Kickstarter campaign on his newest project, Old Head. It's about basketball and vampires and it's kind of weird. Josh talks to the writer/artist about how he got here, how he works, a lot of other stuff in between.Follow Kyle on Twitter!Total Running Time: 01:04:59Music:“Big Rock Candy Mountain"Tex Ritter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, plans go awry, a Patron gets his fourth (?!) power, and an old friend stops by for a quick visit.Running Time: 01:03:47Pick of the Week:00:01:52 - Batman: Universe #4Comics: 00:09:35 - Superman #1600:14:08 - Event Leviathan #500:18:40 - Wonder Twins #800:25:55 - The Amazing Spider-Man #3100:27:12 - Usagi Yojimbo #500:28:27 - The Batman's Grave #1Patron Pick:00:31:59 - Doctor Doom #1Patron Thanks:00:37:24 - Blast It or Stash It00:38:59 - Austyn Riley (Yep)00:40:28 - Jonathan Wilbur00:41:12 - Matthew GlennState of the X-Men with Ron Richards:00:42:30 - Our original co-host Ron Richards drops in to discuss Powers of X #6 and the current state of the X-Men.Brought To You By:• eero - Never think about WiFi again - Get $100 off the “Eero base unit and 2 beacons package,” and 1 year of eero Plus, visit eero.com/ifanboy and at checkout enter 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 seven designs!Music:"Hard to Kill"Bleached Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick is sleepy and his allergies are killing him and he can't remember anything this week. Josh Flanagan keeps moving his mic around or something and it sounds weird sometimes. At least an email leads to fun memories of our old co-host Ron Richards in college.Running Time: 00:56:42Pick of the Week:00:01:11 - DCeased #5Comics:00:10:28 - House of X #600:16:39 - Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #200:19:36 - Runaways #2500:25:27 - Young Justice #900:27:20 - Lois Lane #400:28:55 - Old Man Quill #1000:30:38 - Doctor Strange #20Patron Pick:00:32:48 - Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1Patron Thanks:00:41:21 - John Timothy Watt00:43:04 - Erik Seales00:43:46 - James Thomas00:44:41 - Jason DonoghueAudience Questions:00:46:51 - Zack W. is looking for our favorite Flash moments and stories.00:50:39 - Brad G. from Exeter, CA needs Hellblazer recommendations.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 seven designs!Music:"Will the Circle Be Unbroken"Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan are joined by former columnist Mike Romo to discuss Joker, the stand alone period piece origin film that is generating wildly disparate reactions in the general movie-going public ... but how will our hosts react? One thing's for sure -- it certainly triggers some memories for three guys who all have lived in New York City.Running Time: 00:42:00Music:"That's Life"Frank Sinatra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode!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.This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at Sleeper: Book One by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Colin Wilson, Tony Avina, Janet Gale, Randy Mayor, Jimmy Betancourt, Rob Leigh, Kenny Lopez, Bill Oakley, & Richard Starkings!Running Time: 00:30:41Music:"The Devil Never Sleeps"Iron and Wine  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor thinks Josh is tired. He did yawn. The number of times is in dispute. Also, there's some disagreement on what comics were good and which weren't this week. But they manage. Somehow.Running Time: 01:08:23Pick of the Week:00:01:22 - Harleen #1Comics:00:12:30 - The Avengers: Loki Unleashed #100:18:25 - The Avengers #2400:22:37 - Detective Comics #101200:25:24 - Black Science #4300:34:25 - Powers of X #500:35:58 - Criminal #800:37:29 - The White Trees #200:39:00 - Batman/Superman #2Patron Pick:00:41:48 - The New Mutants: War Children #1Patron Thanks:00:47:55 - Jack Scott00:48:47 - Alex Herrera00:49:30 - Luis Recio00:50:35 - BListener Mail:00:52:24 - Bryan from Chicago, IL wants to know about the state of new IP over at the Distinguished Competition.00:57:44 - Nick from New Jersey wants to know why we're all about that Kang.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 seven designs!Music:"No Children"The Mountain Goats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Josh Flanagan loved reading his comics… when they weren’t making him really grumpy. This is what Conor Kilpatrick has had to deal with for like 22 years.Running Time: 01:09:27Pick of the Week:00:01:48 – Superman #15Comics:00:14:40 – Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #300:18:53 – Spider-Man #100:27:24 – House of X #500:34:07 – G.I. Joe #100:45:04 – Black Hammer: Age of Doom #1200:46:37 – Flash Forward #100:47:51 – Archie 1955 #100:49:39 – Lex Luthor: Year of the Villain SpecialPatron Pick:00:50:17 – Inferior Five #1Patron Thanks:00:58:44 – Joe Koranda01:00:59 – Matt Bona01:01:44 – Eric Federspiel01:02:54 – Jordan ThomasBrought To You By:• Harry’s – Go to Harrys.com/ifanboy right now to get your trial shave set!• 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 seven designs!Music:“You Might Think”The Carsand“Take Me Home Tonight (w/Ronnie Spector)”Eddie Money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iFanboy celebrates its 700th episode with a triple-sized all listener e-mail spectacular! Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and special guest Ryan Haupt asked you, the iFanbase, to send them e-mails… and you delivered!Running Time: 03:19:31Pick of the Week:00:03:57 - Event Leviathan #4Comics:00:12:34 - Conor talks briefly about Pick of the Week runner-ups: The Amazing Spider-Man #29, Black Cat #4, Batman: Universe #3, and The Riddler: Year of the Villain Special.Patron Pick:00:13:56 - Moon Knight Annual #1Audience Questions:00:25:37 - The tradition continues as we field questions from the loyal iFanbase for over 3 hours! Listen as this iFanboy trio slowly fall apart, talking comics and ephemera to the very bitter end.Patron Thanks:01:40:07 - Peter Stonecipher01:41:32 - Ben Gosney01:42:21 - Brandon Jared01:43:26 - Mik GuevarraBrought 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 seven designs!Music:"Back and To The Left"Texas is the Reason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.Already a successful author, Brad Meltzer made a big splash in comics after taking over Green Arrow from Kevin Smith, and following that up with the Identity Crisis mini-series, with Rags Morales, a story that is still talked about today. Then he won an Eisner Award for his work on Justice League, along with Gene Ha. Then he became a TV host, in addition to still churning out his best selling books. In recent years, along with collaborator, cartoonist Chris Eliopoulos, Meltzer has released 19 historical children's books in the Ordinary People Change the World series, the two most recent being I Am Walt Disney and I Am Marie Curie, both out now.You can follow Brad on Twitter, and visit BradMeltzer.com.Total Running Time: 00:42:44Music:“Writer's Cramp"Hüsker Dü Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We get Conor up early, Josh will brook no more of Todd's behavior, and we diagram the names of the Seaver family as best we can.Running Time: 01:18:25Pick of the Week:00:02:33 - Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1Comics:00:13:50 - Fantastic Four #1400:20:56 - Lois Lane #300:23:52 - DCeased: A Good Day to Die #100:29:44 - Doomsday Clock #1100:40:05 - Agents of Atlas #200:41:24 - Sea of Stars #300:43:38 - Battlepug #300:47:00 - Usagi Yojimbo #400:48:08 - Superman: Up In The Sky #3Patron Pick:00:50:39 - Spawn #300Patron Thanks:01:04:06 - Joseph M. Irwin01:05:09 - Brice Bridges01:06:22 - Andrew Funk01:07:40 - Julien BouskilaAudience Question:01:08:42 - We don't really take James' real question, but we do discuss cookies.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 seven designs!Music:"The Legionnaire's Lament"The Decemberists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices