Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another Booksplode!

This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at…

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neill, Ben Dimagmaliw, & Bill Oakley!

Running Time: 00:39:20

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.

Music:

“More Adventurous”

Rilo Kiley

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If a sloth farts in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? No, and you’ll learn why that is as you also learn about this week in comics!

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Running Time: 01:06:58

Pick of the Week:

00:02:20 – Batman #149

Comics:

00:12:23 – Nightwing #115

00:15:17 – The Invincible Iron Man #669 (19)

00:20:06 – Self Help #1

00:24:22 – The Sensational She-Hulk #187 (9)

00:28:20 – Uncanny Valley #3

00:30:13 – Destro #1

00:33:50 – Batman/Superman: Worlds Finest #28

Patron Pick:

00:38:07 – Uncle Scrooge and the Infinity Dime #1

Patron Thanks:

00:51:56 – Joe Burkel

Listener Mail:

00:53:38 – Jordan B. was excited that The Bell came back in episode 926! But can one have too much of a good thing? (Yes.)

00:57:41 – Morgan B. wants to know the dirty secret about sloth farts (or lack there of).

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Music:

“Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)”

The Treniers

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Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode!

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Running Time: 01:16:28

This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss...

What We've Been Enjoying:

00:01:43 - Ron's enthralled by LOLLA: The Story of Lollapalooza and Ripley. But Star Wars: The Acolyte?

00:12:54 - Josh managed to catch a rare cinematic showing of Frank Miller: American Genius, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Movie.

00:26:21 - Conor headed back north for a revisit of Northern Exposure. and then over to Presumed Innocent.

Appetizer of Current Movies:

00:32:49 - Ron saw Hit Man. Conor saw everything.

Old Men on Old Movies:

00:43:19 - Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

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:

"Peggy Sue"

Buddy Holly

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It's... it's not great, Bob. It's so not great that we achieve the mythic four-email-scenario. Honestly, we can hardly believe it ourselves. And yet, a good time was had, and heartily so.

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Running Time: 01:09:55

Pick of the Week:

00:02:20 - The Avengers #781 (15)

Comics:

00:11:28 - Fantastic Four #714 (21)

00:18:02 - G.O.D.S. #8

00:23:59 - Lawful #1

00:26:54 - Ultimate X-Men #4

Patron Pick:

00:29:32 - Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #1

Patron Thanks:

00:40:27 - Sheldon Antle

Listener Mail:

00:42:54 - Aaron from Houston, Texas wants some QR code recaps.

00:47:02 - Bob from Dacula, Georgia is thinking about long publishing gaps.

00:51:42 - Cory from Cleveland, Ohio asks about 100 page spectacular issues, but the whole thing morphs.

00:55:50 - Ken from the Great White North brings it home with old comics mail order inquiries.

Listen to Conor talk about one of his all-time favorite films on Movie of the Year: 1984 - Ghostbusters!

Listen to Ron talk about his career (including iFanboy) on Techsploder with Jason Howell!

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Music:

"Just Like Frank"

Less Than Jake

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This week saw a high profile story end and several new stories begin, but really the biggest excitement came around having to say “Arashikage” out loud for the first time ever. Plus, Gary? Who’s Gary?

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Running Time: 00:56:30

Pick of the Week:

00:01:55 – Scarlett #1

Comics:

00:09:00 – Uncanny X-Men #700 (X-Men #35)

00:18:23 – Falling in Love on the Path to Hell #1

00:25:49 – Beyond the Pale #1

00:28:59 – The Amazing Spider-Man #945 (51)

00:31:46 – Love Everlasting #15

Patron Pick:

00:33:46 – The Ultimates #1

Patron Thanks:

00:40:27 – Reece Stankiewicz

Listener Mail:

00:42:54 – Alex C. from Wellington, New Zealand does some John Romita Jr. math and the results are pretty impressive

00:46:55 – Khalid M. has trouble following his favorite writers to books with art he doesn’t like.

Listen to Conor talk about one of his all-time favorite films on Movie of the Year: 1984 – Ghostbusters!

Listen to Ron talk about his career (including iFanboy) on Techsploder with Jason Howell!

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Music:

“The Lady in Red”

Chris De Burgh

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Many divergences show up early, but professionals keep it tight. We talked to some, and they walked us through it. The week's release list was short, but not on content. Plus, there's the elasticity of time, and how it vexes us.

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Running Time: 01:11:27

Pick of the Week:

00:02:29 - Death Ratio'd

Comics:

00:14:58 - Avengers: Twilight, Book Six

00:19:28 - Batman: Dark Age, Book Three

00:24:04 - Grommets #1

00:34:55 - Drawing Blood #2

00:39:43 - Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt #1

00:42:26 - Pine & Merrimac #5

00:44:39 - Friday #9

Patron Pick:

00:48:27 - William of Newbury #1

Patron Thanks:

00:54:51 - Danro

Listener Mail:

00:56:56 - Morgan wants to clear up the Anti-Shorts agenda question

01:01:42 - Doug, the Alarm Raiser™, wants to know if comic readers would be more or less freaked out by a real manifestation of super powers.

Listen to Conor talk about one of his all-time favorite films on Movie of the Year: 1984 - Ghostbusters!

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Music:

"Don't Do Me Like That"

J. Mascis

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Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another episode of Mediasplode!

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Running Time: 00:50:20

This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss…

What We’ve Been Enjoying:

00:02:40 – Josh has been watching nothing but the NBA playoffs. (And Conor and Ron have been watching baseball.)

00:08:08 – Ron watched Bronx Zoo ’90: Crime, Chaos, and Baseball and Fallout.

00:13:59 – Conor has been enjoying this season of Survivor and played the Pilot Challenge.

Discussion:

00:17:34 – Remembering Steve Albini (1962-2024)

iFanboy at the Movies:

00:29:03 – Civil War

00:32:37 – Challengers

00:38:39 – The Fall Guy

00:45:01 – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

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:

“Squirrel Song”

Shellac

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Much like Norman Osborn Josh lets his alts out to help The Jamokes™ and itinerant Dr. Haupt discuss this week in comics as quickly as possible!

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Running Time: 01:18:34

Pick of the Week:

00:01:39 – The Amazing Spider-Man #944 (#50)

Comics:

00:12:39 – The Sensational She-Hulk #186 (#8)

00:18:31 – Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #6

00:23:30 – Nightwing #114

00:27:32 – Cobra Commander #5

00:32:04 – Blood Hunt #2

The Bell:

00:39:18 – The Bell Returns!

00:41:45 – The Bat-Man: First Knight, Book Three

00:42:05 – Predator: The Last Hunt #4

00:42:27 – Void Rivals #9

00:42:43 – Union Jack: Ripper – Blood Hunt #1

00:43:01 – The Holy Roller #6

00:43:18 – X-Men ’97 #3

00:43:36 – Sanction #1

00:43:55 – Blow Away #2

00:44:11 – Ultimate Black Panther #4

00:44:29 – Wonder Woman #9

00:44:47 – Black Widow & Hawkeye #3

00:45:04 – The Butcher’s Boy #1

00:45:22 – Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #27

00:45:40 – Blue Book: 1947 #4

00:45:57 – Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers #120

Comics:

00:46:33 – Black Widow & Hawkeye #3 (Redux)

Patron Pick:

00:47:12 – Archie Comics: Judgement Day #1

Patron Thanks:

00:55:35 – Joe Cannon

Listener Mail:

00:58:11 – Patrick from Maine wants to know what happened to Free Comic Book Day?

01:03:45 – Sam P. from South London, England has issues with Free Comic Book Day and wants to know if creative teams transitioning to event books are exciting or nerve-wracking?

Check out Conor on Movie of the Year: 1984 discussing Ghostbusters!

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Music:

“Best”

Gracie Abrams

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Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.

Your old pal and ours, superstar writer and OG iFanbase member, Tom King comes back to talk about comics. No real specific comics, mind you. But Josh and Tom did talk on and on. If you're a fan of the man's writing and the love of the craft, you're in for a treat. Plus there's a nice Alex Toth lesson included.

Oh yeah, Tom is currently writing a lot of comics, like Wonder Woman, Animal Pound, Helen of Wyndhorn, Penguin, and even an Archie book.

Total Running Time: 01:43:10

Music:

“Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out"

The Replacements

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It's a weird week! Not a lot of books leads to an unusually superhero-lite rundown. Plus, about half way through the show one of the hosts starts to lose his voice! All that plus a Dreadnok Diversion! Balls.

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Running Time: 00:54:20

Pick of the Week:

00:02:58 - Uncanny Valley #2

Comics:

00:10:38 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #306

00:18:13 - Alien: Black, White and Blood #4

00:21:25 - Aliens: What If...? #3

00:22:36 - Redcoat #2

00:26:48 - Dark Ride #12

00:29:29 - Briar #5

00:31:39 - The Displaced #4

Patron Pick:

00:34:00 - Doom #1

Patron Thanks:

00:39:35 - Tom Rose

News:

00:40:53 - 2024 Eisner Award Nominations

Audience Question:

00:44:30 - Tim Y. has a very technical and specific question about the G.I. Joe theme song.

00:47:56 - Tom D. from Vermont has a correction for the latest Booksplode.

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Music:

"On the Road Again (Live)"

Willie Nelson

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