iFanboy - Comic Books

Conor Kilpatrick can't escape international extradition laws, so Ron Richards and Josh Flanagan welcome Evie Nagy of Awesomed By Comics to fill the big man's chair. Evie brings a biting wit and an appreciation of Gail Simone to the show, and boy do the sparks fly as she and Josh become enemies and then frenemys. Running Time: 01:02:25 Pick of the Week: 00:02:16 - Ron was surprised to be picking As...

May 9, 2010 - The anticipated sequel, Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Mickey Rourke, and Scarlett Johannsen hit theaters this weekend and Josh and Ron gather to discuss. Did it surpass the original movie? Did the various things like Whiplash, Black Widow and War Machine work or not so much? Is Rober...

May 6, 2010 - Joe Kubert, creator of our Book of the Month for May, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965, has been working in comics since before his voice changed. He's seen the industry in all its various forms, writing and drawing comics like Tor and Our Army at War, with Sgt. Rock. More recently, he found acclaim with his graphic novels Fax from Sarajevo and Yossel: April, 19, 1943. He also started the Joe...

May 2, 2010 - Some wiseguys named Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards are back together talking about comics! Ron's true accent comes out, Josh reveals a bias, and Conor gets a little bit too personal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 25, 2010 - While Ron was still trapped in Chicago, the show must go on, so it's only appropriate that Chicago's own Chris Neseman stepped up to yak about this week's comics with Josh and Conor. Coincidence? Give us back our side-burned friend, Neseman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 25, 2010 - The second comic book movie of 2010, and one of the most anticipated in the iFanboy offices, The Losers came out this weekend. Josh, Ron and Conor gather to discuss the film adaptation of Andy Diggle and Jock's work, which was published by Vertigo/DC Comics. Did the cinematic feel and high action of the comic translate to the big screen? What did the filmmakers get wrong or go to...

April 18, 2010 - With Conor supposedly en route to some or other comic convention, we learn once more than Tom Katers wasn't doing anything, and was free to join Josh and Ron to talk about this week's books, which is apropos, since he's kinda got a thing for Flash comics. Get out your checklists, or don't if that's your thing, but there are a lot of comics to cover here! Learn more about your ad c...

April 16, 2010 - The comic book from Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. was mightily F'ed up, and now it's time to see if the movie version lives up to that same standard. Kick-Ass hits theaters today, with Matthew Vaughn directing, and Josh, Ron, and Conor all saw it, and figure out if it does indeed kick ass. Featuring Nic Cage, and young female actress with the most permissive parents in the histo...

April 11, 2010 - Hey, they're back! After handing off the show to the writers, Josh Flanagan, Ron Richards, and Conor Kilpatrick have returned in the first heat-influenced show of the year! Plus, the language gets super salty when discussing one particular book, Conor reveals the uncomfortable origins of his Power Pack problem and Josh still has a Tom Katers complex. Learn more about your ad choic...

April 08, 2010 - John Romita Jr. has been an A-list artist for the past 30 years. Primarily known for his work at Marvel Comics with legendary runs on Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor and many other projects like World War Hulk, The Sentry, The Punisher: War Zone and more, Romita Jr. has followed in the footsteps of his father, John Romita Sr., making great Marvel Comics. Recently, his fora...

April 4, 2010 - The animals have overtaken the zoo for the second annual iFanboy.com Staff Writer POW show! Paul Montgomery, Jim Mroczkowski, and Mike Romo take to the mic and talk about all of their favorite books of the week. Well, part of the time, anyway. There's also some griping. Don't worry though. They let Josh out of the meat freezer for a few minutes so he can talk about his pick, the la...

March 28, 2010 - The results of the voicemail contest are in and we've got an extra long show so we can bring you the Top Five Voicemails from the deluge that we received this week! Were you the winner? Also, we love My Blue Heaven and Ron has no idea what day it is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 25, 2010 - We're back on the horse people! After a long hiatus, Booksplode has returned, to talk, in depth about a particularly good graphic novel or comic collection, and now we're doing Starman Omnibus Vol. 2 with Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and Paul Montgomery. This book continues the stories set up by James Robinson back in the first volume, and expands Jack Knight's world and relat...

March 21, 2010 - A great week of comic books makes Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards jovial! The Pick of the Week allows for a lot of giddy catharsis, one very long e-mail allows for introspection, and an old nemesis returns! All of this and a new giveaway open to everyone! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 14, 2010 - 2 of 3 are off to Seattle for Emerald City Comicon, but still, a show gets made! Thrill to the sounds of Conor's smooth and jazzy voice, and listen as we try to dole out more comic book related wedding advice. Also, the art sucked. Which art? How much time do you have? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 10, 2010 - Jim McCann is a longtime fan of Hawkeye and Mockingbird, and writer of the just announced ongoing series, Hawkeye and Mockingbird from Marvel Comics! Fellow Clint Barton fan, Josh talks to Jim about the famed archer and his wife, the return to the purple costume, the roots of his affection for the characters, and his still young writing career. We also talk about McCann's upcoming...

March 7, 2010 - Josh Flanagan is back! And boy his arms are tired. His arms, and everything else. He joins Ron Richards and Conor Kilpatrick to talk about this week's comics, get really touchy about the whole Tom Katers lovefest, and possibly fall asleep during the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 28, 2010 - With Josh Flanagan still out on paternity leave, Tom Katers returns to join Conor Kilpatrick and Ron Richards to discuss the new comics of the week, drug dependency, alcohol abuse, and the ways that Atlantians show affection. Plus, Conor completely blanks on the name Luna Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 25, 2010 - Worlds collide as Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Chris Neseman gather to discuss the seventh DC Universe animated original movie, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. When Lex Luthor shows up on the Justice League's orbiting watchtower claiming to be the last surviving member of an alternate Earth's JLA, will anyone believe him? Does the League have any chance against...

February 21, 2010 - We celebrate the arrival of Baby Flanagan with an extra long show! And sitting in for the new dad is infamous recluse Tom Katers! With Conor having had a few celebratory cocktails and Tom hopped up on pain pills for a bad back, this episode started out with one foot in the danger zone! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 14, 2010 - We're all in house, talking about a big load of comics, giveaways, and our usual diversions. Come for the comics talk. Stay for the uncomfortably pregnancy jokes. New York was snowed in, but like the postal service, you can't stop comics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 7, 2010 - February 7, 2010 - The gang's all here as Conor Kilpatrick, Ron Richards and Josh Flanagan gather together after a long day of work to babble about the week's comics. And not just some of the comics. In a special one-time only event, the iFanboys break format and talk about ALL of the comics that they read from the past week. Who's idea was this? They don't know but they'd like...

February 4, 2010 - Brian Wood is stranger to the iFanboy Talksplode, but we've never had more to talk about than what Brian's got going on this month. With Demo #1 by Wood and artist Becky Cloonan coming out in comic stores yesterday, 6 years after volume 1 starts, and DMZ #50 coming out next week with an all star collection of artists, and Northlanders #25 later this month continuing the best arc...

January 31, 2010 - Something was in the air this week, maybe it was the crap ton of comics that came out this week, that lead Josh to pick Detective Comics #861 as the pick, and Ron and Conor to go a little insane on the show this week. And perhaps the dorkiest joke ever made occurred. All in all, a good time when it comes to talkin' comics while wearing an ascot and Richard Dreyfuss makes an appe...

January 24, 2010 - This week on the iFanboy Pick of the Week Podcast: Conor gushes about his favorite book of the week, an innocuous e-mail leads to a long and wide ranging discussion about hoarding media, and hey, hide the booze and the porn and cancel the strippers -- who let the kid in here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices