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Star Wars is known for its groundbreaking visual and special effects. Join American Innovations as they dive into what it took to make these visual marvels a reality! Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/AIFanboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The show goes long (what else is new) when a long anticipated prestige book is finally released and Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick just can't keep their yaps under control. Also, there's a lot of Back to the Future in this episode where things are... interesting. Running Time: 01:19:15 Pick of the Week: 00:01:11 - Superman: Year One #1 Comics: 00:19:54 - Middlewest #8 00:23:35 - The War of the...

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Back when we relaunched the regular Talksplode episodes almost exactly 3 years ago, Tom King and Mitch Gerads were my first guests. His Batman run was just about to start, today a whole lot of comics have come out of Tom's head. He's still working on Batman, wrapped up the amazing Mister Miracle, also with Mitch. Mr. King is back, and we go deeper t...

It's an event named Event! Conor and Josh do their damnedest to keep the show shorter than an hour. It doesn't quite work. But that only works out for you, dear listener. Yes, we know Conor sounds a little weird. You'll get used to it. Also, the movie we couldn't remember was 1985's Brewster's Millions. Paging Doctor Quass, This fall on CBS! TOTAL REFRESHMENT! Running Time: 01:01:22 Pick of the We...

It's a surprise Pick from unexpected corners of the comic world. It's also a completely expected complaint about the overall ambient temperature, just to level things out. We do our damnedest to go on just long enough, instead of last week's shambling tirades. Plus, so much event talk that the show itself is an event. Running Time: 01:20:01 Pick of the Week: 00:02:10 - DCeased #2 Comics: 00:11:45...

Conor Kilpatrick and Paul Montgomery drew the short straws so it's up to them to wrap up the 19 year X-Men saga (unless The New Mutants actually comes out... a big unless). Plus: Ron Richards releases his official statement on the film! Running Time: 00:38:15 Music: "You're a God" Vertical Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a fifth week, and though Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan were hoping for a comic book reprieve, a whole passel of big books (literally and figuratively!) from DC means they went long again. Running Time: 01:11:33 Pick of the Week: 00:02:49 - Doomsday Clock #10 Comics: 00:16:50 - Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1 00:23:20 - Heroes in Crisis #9 00:30:50 - Superman: Leviathan Rising Special #1...

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! 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. This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, Chris...

Heroes, villains, action... all set in a galaxy far, far away.  Join Inside Star Wars and go behind the camera and find out how one of the most iconic series in film history came to be.  Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/ISWED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Flanagan is back after an unexpected absence, as he and Conor Kilpatrick search for an oasis of calm in comics, while existing in a turbulent world. It was a great week with some stand out books, and Josh will fight going off on a tangent with every single sentence he starts. Also, it's a week of genuine inkers, and we think we like it. Running Time: 01:14:59 Pick of the Week: 00:02:59 - The...

This week, Ryan Haupt jumps into the show at the last minute to help Conor Kilpatrick talk about comics while weathering the onslaught of Conor's allergies and outside construction noise. Running Time: 01:01:36 Pick of the Week: 00:02:07 - Ironheart #6 Comics: 00:10:15 - Daredevil #5 00:14:15 - Spider-Man: Life Story #3 00:18:59 - Naomi #5 00:22:15 - The War of the Realms #4 00:26:57 - Batman #71...

The Patron Powers take a dark turn this week. Running Time: 01:05:26 Pick of the Week: 00:01:46 - Excellence #1 Comics: 00:12:30 - Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6 00:18:25 - The Flash #70 00:23:10 - Detective Comics #1003 00:26:15 - Batman and The Outsiders #1 00:34:28 - Deadly Class #38 00:36:46 - Captain America #10 00:39:11 - Wonder Twins #4 00:41:29 - Invaders #5 Patron Pick/Star Wars Corn...

Conor Kilpatrick is back and he's all in on The War of the Realms but feeling a lot of angst about the future of DC. Josh? He's just happy to have his co-host back. Running Time: 01:10:20 Pick of the Week: 00:01:42 - The War of the Realms #3 Comics: 00:11:00 - The War of the Realms: Strikeforce - The Dark Elf Realm #1 00:14:57 - Young Justice #5 00:19:17 - DC's Year of the Villain 25-Cent Special...

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Last time we did this, we talked to a letterer, and this time, we're talking to Jordan Boyd, a colorist on many titles you've probably read. Josh and Jordan have some history, but in the intervening years, Jordan's gone on to build a great career in making comics. We talk about his origins, and his work now, as well as some of the things a colorist...

Josh brings in the reserve jamoke, Ryan to fill in for a vacationing Conor. We deal with a tragic (?) turn for a beloved character, and share some deep truths. Plus, rudimentary science questions from a moron (Josh) to a bonafide scientist (Ryan). Running Time: 01:00:15 Pick of the Week: 00:02:20 - Action Comics #1010 Comics: 00:10:46 - Heroes in Crisis #8 00:18:13 - The Wild Storm #22 00:22:31 -...

This is the end, the final curtain, the big show. Josh Flanagan and Ryan Haupt got together, and talked about the bathroom situation and other facets from this biggest of superhero movies. What was good, what was bad, and what else can we pull out of this three hour extravaganza of superhero gluttony? The time is now. It's the big one, so if you made it through the movie, you can handle this espec...

Conor's on vacation and Josh is some sort of podcasting masochist and turns in this semi-annual solo extravaganza. Settle in, and listen for the creeping fatigue. Running Time: 01:00:15 Pick of the Week: 00:03:10 - Middlewest #6 Comics: 00:10:35 - Farmhand #7 00:14:11 - Assassin Nation #2 00:15:21 - Oliver #3 00:15:51 - The Amazing Spider-Man #19.HU 00:17:28 - Avengers: No Road Home #10 00:19:50 -...

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Ryan Haupt — discuss the latest DC Universe Animated Original Movie... Justice League vs. The Fatal Five! Plus, Green Lantern continuity in the Timmverse and a look ahead to Batman: Hush! Please note that there were construction workers outside of where Conor was recording and Paul was having oversensitive microphone issues...

Josh Flanagan is joined by... well, here's the thing about that. Sometimes you need to do the thing because the thing needs to be done. Hellboy is a reboot of the film franchise based on the groundbreaking comics from Mike Mignola, which anyone reading this knows about. But Josh gives his thoughts on the movie, which as well as we can determine is... a movie. About Hellboy. And it's not a long sho...

It's another light week that's not that strong and once again Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick struggle to find enough books to talk about. And boy are they grumpy about it! But at least there's an adorable audio cameo from George Clooney The Dog to lighten the mood. Come for the grumpy comics talk, stay for the show to go completely off-the-rails at the end. Running Time: 01:10:19 Pick of the W...

It's a weird, light week of comics and Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick struggle to find enough comics to talk about. But soldier through they do, proving once again that they can and will flap their gums on just about any subject for about an hour. Running Time: 01:00:59 Pick of the Week: 00:01:46 - Red Sonja #3 Comics: 00:09:00 - The War of the Realms #1 00:14:25 - The Immortal Hulk #16 00:18:...

Conor Kilpatrick is joined by Paul Montgomery to discuss the newest DC film ... Captain Mar-- I mean... Shazam! Come for the superhero film discussion, stay for the examination of Philadelphia geography, Dr. Sivana/Lex Luthor parallels, and the power in embracing superhero tropes. Running Time: 00:39:26 Music: "We Are Family [Expanded]" Sister Sledge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Books! Dissent in the ranks! Disagreement at the highest fundamental levels! However, coupled with a mutual respect for divergent views, the show soldiers on, unsullied. While it's a big milestone for the big comic this week, we've still got a job to do, and that job is comics. Are you supposed to put a comma in 1000 if it's on a comic cover? Did the CCA handle these things? Running Time: 01:17:53...

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition podcast 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. This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at JLA: New World Order (DC Essential Edition) by Grant Morrison...

This week, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan have a lot of comics books to talk about while delving into story telling mechanics, a debate on the overall level of quality of comic book creators, and a history of Wildstorm. Running Time: 01:15:35 Pick of the Week: 00:01:30 - Batman #67 Comics: 00:13:53 - Spider-Man: Life Story #1 00:20:16 - Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter #3 00:23:55 - The Wild Sto...