Four-Color Fanboys

Two enthusiastic and articulate fans discuss a wide variety of comic books and comics-related topics from an adult perspective, with humor and insight.

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Episode 6: More Than Just Skin Deep

The Fanboys have returned and they’re back with a splash! In the wake of the big Spider-Man movie deal , controversy has flared online regarding race and the casting of the new cinematic Peter Parker. Unwisely, Brian has decided to wade into the fray, and he’s dragging poor Al along for the ride. Will he make a fine and nuanced point, or wind up covered in internet tar and feathers? The only way you’ll find out is to listen!...

Mar 11, 2015•28 min

Episode 5: Tales of Comic Con (That We Didn’t Go To)

Some folks say that the 2014 edition of the (in)famous San Diego Comic Con was a bit of a letdown. But your faithful Four-Color Fanboys, Brian and Al, have been hanging on all the comic book announcements from the annual pop culture mecca, and they like a lot of what they heard! From DC’s Multiversity and Batman ’66 to Marvel’s Star Wars and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , they’ll go over all the Comic Con goodies that have them excited for the coming year of comics, plus their usual meandering digress...

Aug 13, 2014•1 hr 17 min

Episode 4: How It Began

This episode we’re sharing the secret origins of our intrepid Four-Color Fanboys! Brian and Al step into their mental wayback machines to look at the very first comics they read, and how those comics turned them into lifelong comic book fans and shaped them as human-type people. The Hulk! Superman! Power Pack and the New Mutants! And lotsa lotsa Spider-Man! Join the Fanboys on a trip down memory lane in this all-new Four-Color Fanboys podcast! Oh, and of course, we wouldn’t want to to keep all t...

Jul 02, 2014•1 hr 36 min

These Men, These… FANBOYS!

Al and Brian are back for more comic book talk and shenanigans! Brian missed Free Comic Day, so Al fills him on what he missed (and lends him one to boot!). The boys discuss the return of Saga , cool new developments in Justice League in the wake of the “Forever Evil” storyline, the classic JLA/Avengers crossover , the David Goyer/She-Hulk controversy and a whole lot more! Come on in—the comics are FANtastic! (Note: The Spider-Man Clone Saga blog that Al couldn’t remember in this month’s podcast...

May 28, 2014•1 hr 17 min

Upon the Bookshelves There Lurks… a Classic!

Al and Brian, your faithful Four-Color Fanboys, are back and waxing rhapsodic about the great stuff they’ve been reading—the recently-concluded Superior Spider-Man , the recently-launched Nightcrawler , and the gorgeously chilling Frankenstein Alive, Alive! just to name a few! Plus, the ‘Boys weigh in on the Janelle Asselin/ Teen Titans controversy and the recent business moves by ComiXology . If you like comics, you gotta listen to this all-new Four-Color Fanboys Podcast!...

May 01, 2014•52 min

Lo, There Shall Come a PODCAST!

Here it is, the first SENSES-SHATTERING issue of the Four-Color Fanboys Podcast! Join Al (of Resurrections—An Adam Warlock Podcast ) and Brian (of the Podwits Podcast ) as they talk about the latest and greatest in the world of comics. Al’s all over the New 52 debut of the Metal Men in Justice League , while Brian thinks the (All-New) X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy are two great tastes that taste great together. (No, he’s not eating the comics, people). All that, plus Witchblade , some pe...

Mar 26, 2014•47 min

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