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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.

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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.

    Booksplode #61 – Avengers: Kree/Skrull War

    Booksplode #61 – Avengers: Kree/Skrull War

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

    This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at...
    Avengers: Kree/Skrull War by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, Sal Buscema, John Buscema, Tom Palmer, Sam Gainger, George Roussos, Alan Weiss, Sam Rosen, Art Simek, & Mike Stevens. (Art & Color Reconstruction in the Gallery Edition by Tom Mullin, Michael Kelleher, Wil Glass & All Thumbs Creative.)

    Running Time: 00:48:55

    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:
    “Changes”
    Jimi Hendrix
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    • 50 min
    Pick of the Week #926 – X-Men #34

    Pick of the Week #926 – X-Men #34

    This week it’s an early morning record time and words are sometimes hard to come by. Plus, it was a weird week of comics.

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    Running Time: 01:03:28

    Pick of the Week:
    00:03:00 – X-Men #34

    Comics:
    00:13:50 – Blood Hunt #1
    00:23:52 – Superman: House of Brainiac Special #1
    00:32:12 – Crave #6
    00:33:55 – Space Ghost #1
    00:35:34 – Harley Quinn 2024 Annual #1

    Patron Pick:
    00:36:28 – Get Fury #1

    Patron Thanks:
    00:43:26 – Kal Lis

    Listener Mail:
    00:45:03 – Brad P. thinks that the listener mail segment deserves more respect.
    00:53:14 – Dan C. from New Jersey is being driven mad by the usage of “bi-monthly.”

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    Music:
    “Scat Sandwich”
    Space Ghost, Brak, and Zorak
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Pick of the Week #925 – Ultimate Spider-Man #4

    Pick of the Week #925 – Ultimate Spider-Man #4

    It’s a “yes and” kind of show, or will the “no buts” finally have their day in iFancourt? Tune in and find out along with this week in comics!

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    Running Time: 01:17:41

    Pick of the Week:
    00:03:04 – Ultimate Spider-Man #4

    Comics:
    00:17:12 – Batman: Dark Age, Book 2
    00:24:25 – Drawing Blood #1
    00:30:59 – The Avengers #779
    00:43:02 – Duke #5
    00:46:59 – Blade #10
    00:50:25 – Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers #119

    Patron Pick:
    00:54:05 – Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! #1

    Patron Thanks:
    01:03:18 – Jarrod Patrick

    Brought To You By:
    • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!
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    Music:
    “Elevate [feat. Denzel Curry & YBN Cordae & SWAVAY & Trevor Rich]”
    DJ Khalil
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    • 1 hr 19 min
    Pick of the Week #924 – Avengers: Twilight, Book Five

    Pick of the Week #924 – Avengers: Twilight, Book Five

    It's time for that G.O.S.H.* feeling, as the onslaught of beautifully crafted comics wash over us just in time for our weekly comic book/self-care/therapy hour (and change) show. Conor manages to swing a couple shows together and we're back on track. Will they get pizza right in comics this week? You know we'll explore it.
    *Good Old Super Hero
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    Running Time: 01:13:02
    Pick of the Week:
    00:02:30 - Avengers: Twilight, Book Five
    Comics:
    00:15:18 - The Fall of the House of X #4
    00:19:05 - John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America, Book Four
    00:25:24 - Wonder Woman #8
    00:30:55 - Batman: Offworld #4
    00:35:30 - Black Widow & Hawkeye #2
    00:38:57 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #26
    00:42:02 - Helen of Wyndhorn #2
    00:44:47 - Nightwing #300
    Patron Pick:
    00:55:02 - Blow Away #1
    Patron Thanks:
    01:03:11 - Jeff Shay
    Brought To You By:
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    Music:
    "Spit on a Stranger"
    Pavement
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    • 1 hr 15 min
    Mediasplode #46 – Dune: Part Two and the What Should We Watch Next Challenge

    Mediasplode #46 – Dune: Part Two and the What Should We Watch Next Challenge

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

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    Running Time: 00:54:52

    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:
    00:01:06 – Ron and Josh have been watching Shōgun and Manhunt. (And Josh just started Franklin.)
    00:10:26 – Josh finally watched Baby Driver.
    00:13:47 – Conor went to the revival theater see Holiday and watched the finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

    The “What Should We Watch Next?” Challenge:
    00:18:42 – Last month, two of the hosts picked a show for the third to watch from their “to watch” list. Now everyone reports back!

    Review:
    00:34:55 – Dune: Part Two.

    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:
    “I Get Around”
    The Beach Boys
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    • 56 min
    Pick of the Week #923 – Fantastic Four #712

    Pick of the Week #923 – Fantastic Four #712

    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:

    Brought To You By:
    • Better Help – This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ifanboy and get on your way to being your best self.
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    • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got thirteen designs!

    Music:
    “My Hero”
    Foo Fighters
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    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
139 Ratings

139 Ratings

Mr F Teacher ,

Great Show

These guys have become friends. Buff said.

thomasjetf16 ,

An amazing listening experience!

First podcast I listen to every week, nuff said!!! Seriously though, an amazing show for comics fans. Conner and Josh’s interplay and insights are fantastic and have hugely enhanced my comic reading experience, while the various other guests, such as Ryan, never fail to please when they make an appearance. I subscribe to a vast number of podcasts but if I had to sacrifice all of them bar one, iFanboy would be the one I kept!

Give a listen, enjoy, then subscribe - oh and maybe go become a patron too and get a superpower to boot (skin that can’t be affected by friction over here 😀)

GOAT PODCAST ,

My favourite podcast

Greatest to ever do it! I love the podcast and really look forward to it dropping every week.

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