Rough week. Rough, rough week. But at least we had great comics and the show to make us laugh. Plus pizza, ice cream, and white chocolate. And sharks. Always, sharks. Porkers, Mr. Hooper?
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Running Time: 01:06:07

Pick of the Week:
00:01:58 - Batman #125

Comics:
00:12:13 - Batman: Killing Time #5
00:17:39 - That Texas Blood #15
00:23:49 - The Amazing Spider-Man #899
00:32:59 - The Closet #2
00:36:50 - Strange Academy #18
00:39:23 - King Conan #6

Patron Pick:
00:43:30 - Starhenge, Book One: The Dragon & The Boar #1

Patron Thanks:
00:49:53 - Jim Herne
00:52:11 - Nick Maynard

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Music:
"It's All Going to Pot"
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
 
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Pick of the Week #837 - Batman #125

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.

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Conor Kilpatrick’s back! Again! This week Josh Flanagan thinks they won’t have enough to talk about in the listener mail segment but you’d think after all of these years he’d know better. Plus, there was a major flukey technical screw-up that nearly derailed the show near the end but through the magic of editing you won’t hear it. But they will always remember it.

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Running Time: 01:00:40

Pick of the Week:
00:03:04 – Fantastic Four #712

Comics:
00:12:19 – Action Comics #1064
00:16:36 – Transformers #7
00:21:50 – Dark Spaces: Dungeon #5
00:26:17 – Green Lantern #10
00:29:12 – Napalm Lullaby #2
00:32:00 – The Amazing Spider-Man #941
00:35:08 – Alien: What If…? #2

Patron Pick:
00:38:02 – Uncanny Valley #1

Patron Thanks:
00:46:43 – Alan Alvarez

Audience Question:
00:48:32 – Peter S. from Cape Coral, Florida asks about all-time G.O.S.H.-iest comic book series.

Notes:
Watch Josh and Conor discussing how to podcast and the history of iFanboy on the OpenWater webinar:

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“My Hero”
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Pick of the Week #923 – Fantastic Four #712

Left alone, Josh takes the wheel, and goes a little bit mad. So many forgotten details, and lessons given, but in the end, he still manages to go long with the show. He cannot help but speak. Conor even makes a guest appearance. Sort of.

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Running Time: 01:15:05

Pick of the Week:
00:01:53 - Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1 (#275)

Comics:
00:10:21 - Star Wars #45
00:16:46 - Alien: Black, White & Blood #3
00:21:40 - Void Rivals #8
00:27:02 - X-Men #33
00:32:50 - Captain America #758
00:34:37 - Crave #5
00:37:46 - Geiger #1
00:43:05 - Rook: Exodus #1

Patron Pick:
00:48:06 - Redcoat #1

Patron Thanks:
00:55:22 - Tom Mikulski

Audience Questions:
00:57:17 - Anonymous Canadian asks about a mid life creative crisis.

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Music:
"Milktoast"
Helmet
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Pick of the Week #922 – Usagi Yojimbo #275

Conor’s back! But for how long? Plus, somehow a listener question about double-page spreads leads to a deep rabbit hole about old TV watching.

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Running Time: 01:07:40

Pick of the Week:
00:02:27 – The Amazing Spider-Man #940

Comics:
00:12:36 – Ultimate Spider-Man #3
00:16:25 – Duke #4
00:20:06 – The Goon: Them That Don’t Stay Dead #1
00:29:46 – G.O.D.S. #6
00:32:39 – Thunderbolts #4
00:35:15 – Newburn #16
00:38:25 – Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #5

Patron Pick:
00:40:48 – Batman: Dark Age, Book One

Patron Thanks:
00:46:59 – Don Mynack

Audience Questions:
00:49:21 – Dan B. has a big problem with digital double-page spreads.
00:57:03 – Ben H. makes a Booksplode request.

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Music:
“Centerfield”
John Fogerty
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Pick of the Week #921 – The Amazing Spider-Man #940

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

This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at…
Homicide: The Graphic Novel, Part One (and Part Two) by Phillipe Squarzon, based on the book by David Simon.

Running Time: 00:26:56

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:
“Homicide: Life on the Street Theme Song”
Lynn F. Kowal
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Booksplode #60 – Homicide: The Graphic Novel, Part One (and Two)

While Conor is on an apparent rumspringa, cousin Jim Viscardi from comicbook.com comes to visit. The two inveterate soda addicts try to figure out just what is so good, or what is so not good, about a bunch of weekly comics. 

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Running Time: 01:18:54

Pick of the Week:
00:02:37 - Dutch #2

Comics:
00:13:11 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #305
00:18:17 - X-Men Forever #1
00:25:07 - The Invincible Iron Man #666
00:30:40 - Vengeance of the Moon Knight #3
00:34:35 - Superman #855
00:38:03 - Wonder Woman #807
00:40:09 - Nacelleverse #0

Patron Pick:
00:47:37 - Man's Best #1

Patron Thanks:
00:55:39 - Joseph Israel

Audience Questions:
00:58:56 - Jordan from Alabama wonders if there are creators you don't love who did something you love.
01:06:02 - Jason wants to know if comic reading conditions affect comic enjoyment.

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Music:
"Antioch Waltz"
Joe Casey
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Pick of the Week #837 - Batman #125

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