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The iFanboy.com Comic Book Podcast is a weekly talk show all about the best new current comic book releases. Lifelong friends, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan talk about what they loved and (sometimes) hated in the current weekly books, from publishers like Marvel, DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, IDW, Aftershock, Valiant, and more. The aim is to have a fun time, some laughs, but to also really understand what makes comic books work and what doesn’t, and trying to understand the craft of this great, often under appreciated art form. Sometimes they agree, and sometimes… they don’t. With decades of experience talking about comics, interacting with comic book professionals, this is all about the love of an art form. If the names Brian Michael Bendis, Amanda Conner, Geoff Johns, Gene Luen Yang, Donny Cates, Jason Aaron, Kelly Thompson, David Marquez, Kelly Sue de Connick, Kieron Gillen, Charles Soule, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Scott Snyder, Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Esad Ribic, Rick Remender, Nick Spencer, John Ridley, Skottie Young, Chip Zdarsky, Jöelle Jones, David F. Walker, Grant Morrison, and Darwyn Cooke get you excited, then this is the place for you. This podcast is so good, you don’t even need to read comic books or graphic novels to enjoy it, but it’s a lot better if you do.
Episodes
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Jun 2, 2013 • 1h 4min
iFanboy.com Pick of the Week #388 - The Wake #1
The Mercury is through the roof up in this podcast (at least for 33.3% of the crew)! Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery and Josh Flanagan pant over the week's hottest comic book titles as one NCIS: Los Angeles star waxes poetic on mutated sharks. Dive in for the commentary, stick around for the heat crazies! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 26, 2013 • 59min
iFanboy.com Pick of the Week #387 - Daredevil #26
In week where one comic book really showed the rest how it's done, another one ended an epic run, and a third began an unwelcome crossover, Conor Kilpatrick worked blue, Josh Flanagan was sleepy, and Paul Montgomery espoused some... interesting ideas about population control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 23, 2013 • 45min
Talksplode #64 - Glen Weldon of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography
Seventy-five years ago, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster ushered an orphan son of Krypton through the fields of Kansas and up, up and away to the height of popular acclaim. These days, you'd be hard pressed to find someone unaware of Superman or his mild-mannered counterpart Clark Kent, but NPR's Glen Weldon knows the character better than most. Thankfully, he's sharing history and insight in the pages of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography. We spoke with the author at length about the best and worst iterations of the storied hero, from comics to radio to film and even the Broadway stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2013 • 1h 9min
iFanboy.com Pick of the Week #386 - Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher #1
This week? This was not our kind of week. That’s not to say comics were bad, but we had to work to find the standouts. And yet, it wasn’t impossible. Still, by the end of the overlong episode, there were script problems, and mean things are said to each other. Forget it. We’re gonna go play Warcraft III. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 18, 2013 • 54min
iFanboy.com Special Edition Podcast - 'Star Trek Into Darkness'
It's time to boldly go back where... well, where many have been before! Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Mike Romo have gathered to talk about Star Trek Into Darkness! Where did everyone's Star Trek fandom begin? How did the sequel stack up against the first film that they loved so much? What about the villain? Where can the story go in a third film? How does Robocop fit into all of this? It's a wide-ranging discussion that covers A LOT of ground! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 12, 2013 • 1h 6min
iFanboy.com Pick of the Week #385 - Thor: God of Thunder #8
The three iFanboys reunite to herald the coming of space sharks! This week, Paul Montgomery, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick sail the solar winds from the ruined shores of future Asgard to the interior of Deadpool's head and the tumult of modern Riverdale! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 9, 2013 • 26min
iFanboy.com Special Edition Podcast - 'Superman: Unbound'
With Professor Ryan Haupt once again M.I.A. due to important matters of science, 75% of the iFanboy Animation Brain Trust reconvenes to discuss returns to discuss the latest from the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line: Superman: Unbound! It’s the first film not produced by Bruce Timm, and one that Warner Bros. hopes will capitalize on the buzz around Man of Steel, this summer’s live action return to the screen for Superman. Is it successful? Is it fun? Is it really a Supergirl and Lois Lane movie? Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Chris Neseman talk it out.Plus! We look ahead to Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, return to discussing the uncertain future of the line, and wonder if there could possibly be any stories from The New 52 that could receive the animated treatment? (Spoiler alert: Not many.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 5, 2013 • 1h
iFanboy.com Pick of the Week #384 - Animal Man #20
Ryan Haupt Week concludes as he steps in for an absent Josh Flanagan to talk the week that was in comics alongside Paul Montgomery and a sleepy Conor Kilpatrick! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 4, 2013 • 46min
iFanboy.com Special Edition Podcast - 'Iron Man 3'
Hold on to your giant plush rabbits and watch out for that underwater rebar! It's time to talk about Iron Man 3! Join Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery and Scientist Supreme Ryan Haupt for a spoiler-laden examination of all things Extremis and 1999 party playlists! Does Marvel Studios' first post-Avengers outing succeed? Does incoming director Shane Black capably step into armor once tailored to Jon Favreau? Just who is Trevor Slattery? And is it worth sticking around past the credits? Find out in the latest iFanboy Special Edition Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 1, 2013 • 57min
Booksplode #9 - Mind MGMT, Vol 01: The Manager
Who is Henry Lyme? Join Paul Montgomery and Scientist Supreme Ryan Haupt as they bend spoons in an effort to unravel the mysteries of Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT! Why did the passengers and crew of Flight 815 (no, not that Flight 815) lose their memories up there in the clouds? What's up with Ewan McGregor's accent in 2009's Men Who Stare at Goats? What does heterochromia mean? What other easter eggs lay hidden throughout this, our May 2013 Book of the Month? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
