iFanboy - Comic Books

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.Brian Edward Hill became quite prolific in comics over the past couple of years. After a long run on Top Cow's Postal, he started to get some jobs with the big two, including Michael Cray, Detective Comics, and Killmonger. Then there's his original Vertigo series, American Carnage. Plus, he's a series writer on the Titans TV series. He keeps busy is what we're saying.You can follow Bryan on Twitter.Total Running Time: 01:29:50Music:“Writer's Cramp"Hüsker Dü Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Flanagan is out this week and so Ryan Haupt is back to reveal more scary science history that will keep Conor Kilpatrick up at night! (And wreck the Patron Powers paradigm.)Running Time: 01:00:00Pick of the Week:00:01:24 - Superman #7Comics:00:08:26 - Marvel Comics Presents #100:14:18 - Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter #100:18:39 - Hawkman #800:22:19 - Conan The Barbarian #200:26:46 - Mars Attacks #400:30:53 - Fantastic Four #600:34:46 - Catwoman #700:36:23 - James Bond: Origin #500:38:44 - The Amazing Spider-Man #1300:41:36 - Black Widow #1Patron Pick:00:44:15 - Invaders #1Patron Thanks:00:50:08 - Martin Hoecker-Martinez00:51:15 - Scott Thornton00:53:00 - Chris Marino00:53:53 - Robert CammarataBrought To You By:• Harry's - Go to Harrys.com/iFanboy right now to get a $13 trial set that comes with everything you need for a close, comfortable shave!• 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:"Carry on Wayward Son"Kansas  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in talking comics, Conor Kilpatrick's loopy and Josh Flanagan's grumpy and we all learn something about John Ostrander.Running Time: 01:07:54Pick of the Week:00:01:41 - Young Justice #1Comics:00:14:33 - Criminal #100:19:56 - Batman #6200:24:01 - The Green Lantern #300:29:09 - Captain Marvel #100:41:36 - Green Arrow #4800:43:15 - Turok #100:44:53 - DIE #200:48:07 - Aliens: Dust To Dust #400:50:14 - Bully Wars #5Patron Pick:00:51:36 - Young Justice #1 (Ratings!)Patron Thanks:00:54:17 - Philip Robey00:55:48 - Bryan Pittard00:56:34 - Brian00:57:44 - Tim OstranderAudience Question:01:00:21 - Pete S. from Washington Heights, NYC wants to know why old comic scripts don't get redrawn by modern artists.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:"To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)"Ryan Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's 2019, the 19th year of iFanboy, and Josh can't say Conan without saying Thor first. But we're back, and very happy to be here. "It's like a hoedown, but with comics." Strap in, and prepare for that familiar comfort that you've been missing so much.Running Time: 01:03:38Pick of the Week:00:03:40 - Conan The Barbarian #1Comics:00:12:48 - Action Comics #100500:15:46 - Strangers in Paradise XXV #900:21:27 - Detective Comics #99500:25:58 - Crowded #600:32:58 - Wonder Woman #6100:35:13 - Archie 1941 #400:37:45 - Runaways #1700:39:14 - Scarlet #5Patron Pick:00:47:14 - Conan The Barbarian #1 (Ratings!)Patron Thanks:00:45:51 - Heath Wolfield00:46:58 - Luke Pearsons00:48:14 - Andrew Norris00:49:28 - Ken KowalczykAudience Question:00:50:50 - Steve wants to know where this mythical Hawkeye of the past can be found.00:54:32 - Cale wants to know how we approach the order of the books discussed in the show.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:"On An Edge"Cloud Nothings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the thirteenth (twelfth?) annual iFanboy All-Media Year End Round-Up! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in 2018. Movies, television, podcasts, books, music, games, and comics--it's all here!Running Time: 03:10:10Movies:00:02:28 - A Star is Born00:07:07 - A Quiet Place00:09:17 - Bohemian Rhapsody00:17:52 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout00:21:43 - Rampage00:24:57 - Christopher Robin00:28:56 - Won't You Be My Neighbor?00:33:16 - Teen Titans Go! To The Movies00:35:33 - Eighth Grade00:39:17 - The Old Man & The Gun00:41:40 - The Death of Stalin00:44:22 - Mid90s00:49:05 - Crazy Rich Asians00:51:43 - Tag00:54:08 - Juliet, NakedTelevision:01:00:53 - Game of Thrones*01:02:49 - A Very English Scandal01:05:45 - The Deuce01:09:34 - The Americans01:10:58 - The Romanoffs01:15:42 - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel01:18:47 - The Good Fight01:21:10 - Godless01:23:36 - Cobra Kai01:29:11 - Roseanne / The Conners01:32:59 - Queer Eye01:36:38 - Barry01:39:17 - Riverdale01:41:33 - Atypical01:44:17 - The Toys That Made UsGames:01:46:28 - Red Dead Redemption 201:49:21 - Dreadnought01:50:54 - Assassin's Creed: Origins01:52:56 - Deadpool PinballMusic:01:53:35 - She and Him01:56:03 - Superchunk01:58:33 - Somerset Thrower02:00:14 - Willie Nelson02:01:26 - The Decemberists02:03:34 - Jeff Rosenstock02:06:12 - Death Cab For Cutie02:08:39 - Hot Snakes02:11:29 - The Messthetics02:13:52 - Nothing My Bloody Valentine02:14:31 - Nothing02:15:39 - Radiohead02:18:22 - Guided by VoicesBooks:02:19:48 - "Persepolis Rising" by James S.A. Corey02:22:24 - "In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin" by Erik Larsen02:24:48 - "I'm Keith Hernandez" by Keith Hernandez02:26:36 - "The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neill's America" by Joe Posnanski02:29:05 - "Johnny Carson" by Henry Bushkin02:31:07 - "Dream It! Do it! My Half-Century Creating Disney's Magic Kingdoms" by Marty Sklar02:33:49 - "Hope Never Dies" by Andrew Shaffer02:35:52 - "Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker (33 1/3)" by Joe Gross02:37:41 - "Straight Edge: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History" by Tony Rettman02:39:33  - "Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walter02:40:39 - "In the Distance" by Hernan DiazPodcasts:02:44:15 - "Serial" with Sarah Koenig02:46:03 - "Bear Brook" with Jason Moore and New Hampshire Public Radio02:48:06 - "You Must Remember This" with Karina Longworth02:49:11 - "Broken Record" with Malcolm Gladwell and Rick Rubin02:51:27 - "The Trap Set" with Joe WongComics:02:52:24 - Batman02:53:19 - Mister Miracle02:54:12 - Superman / Action Comics02:54:56 - Old Man Hawkeye02:55:55 - The Amazing Spider-Man02:56:44 - Strangers in Paradise XXV02:57:23 - Ms. Marvel02:58:08 - Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles02:59:21 - Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden03:00:36 - Moon KnightBrought 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:"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"The Platters*Whoops! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick blows on his conch shell and Paul Montgomery and Ryan Haupt answer the call to discuss Aquaman! Does the film sink or does it swim?Running Time: 00:37:11Music:"Beyond the Sea"Bobby Darin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ryan Haupt gather like a bunch of far-flung Spider-People to discuss the film debuts of Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Ham, and more in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!Running Time: 00:35:24Music:"Sunflower"Post Malone & Swae Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the final show of the year and it's a long one! With much consternation, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick discuss the week's comics. But that's not all! Conor goes through some extended "state of DC" therapy while Josh goes down cartoon memory lane! All this and the gain on Conor's mic was set too high which is the perfect send-off for a year full of dumb technical glitches!Running Time: 01:21:59Pick of the Week:00:02:20 - Martian Manhunter #1Comics:00:13:43 - Doomsday Clock #800:21:45 - Shazam! #100:26:00 - Prodigy #100:28:59 - Marvel Knights: 20th #300:34:23 - The Green Lantern #200:37:05 - The Last Siege #700:38:58 - Winter Soldier #100:41:08 - Namor: The Best Defense #100:42:56 - The Merry X-Men Holiday Special #1Star Wars Corner:00:44:46 - Star Wars #58Patron Pick:00:47:14 - DIE #1Patron Thanks:00:56:14 - Isaac Person00:58:17 - KJ Eldridge00:59:36 - Colin Adams01:00:36 - Peter ShevenellPicks of the Week - By The Numbers:01:02:05 - Conor breaks out his spreadsheets to run down the stats on this year's Picks.Audience Question:01:08:32 - Dan from Baltimore, MD is looking for comic book criticism resources.Brought To You By:• Harry's - Go to Harrys.com/ifanboy right now to Harry’s to give you $5 off ANY shave set, including our limited-edition holiday sets, when you go to Harrys.com/ifanboy. Plus, you’ll get FREE shipping through December 12! This offer is for new AND returning customers and is only available for the holidays!• 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:"Run Run Rudolph"She and Him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The name of the game is agreement, and Conor and Josh are getting good at it. Not about the Pick, or really about the other book in the lineup, but it's agreeable at the least. Oh and fun. It's pretty fun and we make a merlock sound at one point.Running Time: 01:09:57Pick of the Week/Patron Pick:00:01:44 - The Amazing Spider-Man #10Comics:00:08:45 - Action Comics #100500:12:53 - Heroes in Crisis #300:17:34 - Old Man Hawkeye #1100:23:07 - Marvel Two-In-One #1200:28:35 - Daredevil #61200:31:42 - Books of Magic #200:32:50 - Man-Eaters #300:35:25 - Ironheart #1Patron Pick:00:38:30 - DC's Nuclear Winter Special #1Patron Thanks:00:48:13 - Samuel Weiss00:49:37 - Jeevan Devassy00:51:07 - Jack Window00:52:00 - Joe StertzAudience Question:00:54:50 - Ryan from Philly asks what the best superhero title would be to read, from start to finish.01:00:09 - Scott in Florida wants to know who the greatest living comic creator is, and the essential Dick Grayson stories.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 Eeero Plus, visit eero.com/ifanboy and at checkout enter IFANBOY.• Molekule - The only air purifier that actually destroys pollutants. For $75 off your first order, visit molekule.com and enter IFANBOY at checkout. • 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:"Merry Something to You"Devo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special post-Thanksgiving episode, Ryan Haupt steps in for Josh Flanagan and both he and Conor Kilpatrick are exhausted. But things pick up by the end and there's way more dinosaur wang talk than one would normally expect from this show.Running Time: 01:00:00Pick of the Week/Patron Pick:00:02:08 - American Carnage #1Comics:00:09:17 - Batman #5900:13:53 - Nightwing #5300:17:22 - Marvel Knights: 20th #200:20:25 - Archie #70000:27:20 - Mars Attacks #200:28:54 - Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive #200:31:56 - Uncanny X-Men #200:36:51 - Middlewest #1Star Wars Corner:00:39:40 - Star Wars #57Patron Thanks:00:44:35 - Ellen Jurczak00:46:32 - Ethan Dezotelle00:47:13 - Ross Fenion00:48:36 - DaredevolAudience Question:00:50:07 - Ken from the Great White North needs an update on the dinosaur genitalia situation from last week's episode.Here's the information on the Story Collider event in Washington, D.C. in which Ryan Haupt will be appearing on December 13.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:"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"Darlene Love  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices