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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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Music:
“My Hero”
Foo Fighters
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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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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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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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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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Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.
Your patience will be rewarded with a fantastic conversation with comic book writer, Rob Williams. Most recently, Rob and Pye Parr have been building glorious and run worlds of race car robots, with Petrol Head from Image Comics. 2000 A.D. fans will surely recognize Rob's name from his work with Judge Dredd over the last couple of decades, among many many other series from the major publishers.
Josh and Rob talk about how this comics career came to be, and how the writer develops his sense of story and the craft of storytelling in the comic book context.
Find out more at Rob's website.
Total Running Time: 01:14:04
Music:
“Killer Cars"
Radiohead
 
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