Pick of the Week #100 – Criminal #9 (Live from Jim Hanley’s Universe!)
One of the exciting things about doing a live a show is that anything can happen, including the audio running a bit hot. So please accept our apologies when you listen as the recording quality is not what we would have liked. But the show was a lot of fun and we hope that comes through.
This week's iFanboy Pick of the Week is sponsored by Jim Hanley's Universe and Netflix!
Running Time: 01:02:08
Discussion:
00.00.35 - iFanboy is live at Jim Hanley's Universe in New York City!!
Pick of the Week:
00.01.29 - From his huge stack of books comes Conor's Pick of the Week... Criminal #9!
00.07.25 - The iFanboys are on different sides of Spirit #10.
00.10.50 - Josh was not too enthused about Justice League of America #13. Conor is happy.
00.14.28 - It's just been too long since the last issue of Astro City: The Dark Ages - Book Two
00:18:57 - With The Immortal Iron Fist #9 and The Immortal Iron Fist Annual #1, was there too much kung-fu this week?
00.22.37 - Ron might be the only person left buying Savage Dragon.
00.24.55 - Conor flat out loved Teen Titans #51.
00.28.04 - Just in time for Halloween, it's Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius: Monster Mash!
E-Mails
00.29.08 - Will E. (Six Gun) from Tennessee wants so know about prose works.
00.31.20 - Paul from Boston, Massachusetts wants to know about iFanboy superpowers.
00.32.47 - Stuart from London, England, United Kingdom has questions about Countdown and Crossing Midnight.
00.34.41 - Mike G. (mikegraham6) from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has a lot of questions.
00.38.54 - Louis Kwok from the Kwok Talk Podcast wants to know about iFanboy's eventual breakup.
00.40.53 - Paul Montgomery from Fuzzy Typewriter posits a Robert Kirkman-less Invincible.
00.43.27 - Ross closes the book on Hunter/Conor.
Audience Questions:
00.46.13 - Julian from Queens, New York wants to know about X-Men: Messiah Complex.
00.47.25 - Big Yanks from Long Island, New York has a question about Absolutes and Omnibi.
00.50.34 - Chris D. from Long Island, New York asks about music to read comics by.
00.52.08 - Shawn from Staten Island, New York has a question about Superman: Doomsday.
News:
00:54:58 - The results of our live in-store contest are announced! Congratulations to all the winners!
Music:
"Back and To The Left"
Texas is the Reason
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