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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 – running time 16:28
This week iFanboy takes another trip into the vault to pull three more books out into the open that you may not have heard of. Come along as Ron asks WHAT IF...?, Conor heads to UNION STATION, and Josh feels a bit CLUMSY. iFanboy's vault has thus far paid way more dividends than Al Capone's.

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Josh Hancock ( 0:44, 0:44 ) iFanboy ( 0:00, 0:10, 0:29, 15:46, 0:00, 0:10, 0:29, 15:46 ) off the beaten path ( 14:00, 14:00 ) Netflix ( 0:06, 14:13, 14:18, 0:06, 14:13, 14:18 ) Josh Hancock ( 0:44, 0:44 ) iFanboy ( 0:00, 0:10, 0:29, 15:46, 0:00, 0:10, 0:29, 15:46 ) off the beaten path ( 14:00, 14:00 ) Netflix ( 0:06, 14:13, 14:18, 0:06, 14:13, 14:18 )

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" That's a sort of iFanboy is brought to you by godaddy.com. Article that you grab your own piece of the Internet and by Netflix. Really like movies. This -- iFanboy random books we'd like to talk about."

" Hey welcome to iFanboy. -- where you can. -- TV yeah I. And we talk about comic books and -- to chitchat about the competence. On -- I'm Josh Hancock. You hung on and its attendant and knows it's a little bit -- Korea and the most I'm assured. And me and you."

" you might know we have a weekly audio show we talk about all the new releases and it becomes up that we -- and so we'd like to come on an additional talk about older stuff stuff that we. -- regularly stuff doesn't fit to the weekly. Regular until -- buy the books in the slightly -- along -- they're all different sizes so. I sort of you know what let's on the books."

" It's it's it's I am I am and dot com. Listen to them we've done a couple of these kind of from the multi kind of episodes and I thought I go -- well favorite line. Which is the first volume of the trade paperback what it. From Marvel Comics. And assessing what a classic. For -- you are familiar with the title this is kind of marbles. You know. So -- alternative universe kind of take a point in their history. And say what if something else happened and ending at one issue story that explains what is the story -- another direction. This one it started back in the late seventies early eighties. And the real kind of golden -- what was in the late eighties early is. But this is great because I had actually written a lot of these diseases is hard -- and and this is the first six issues the volume one. And it's got such great. Craters as -- Thomas writing and and her term do pencils -- And this would have a lot of it's a lot of around like when it's -- Jordan and asked for. Is the first district and remember early despite. He when he broke into the backstretch yeah he he -- a job and they left Anderson we're family when an employer. And so he didn't he left -- like what if he -- domestic foreign and fantastic. 405. Cents or exactly -- like they did you know what it -- then -- never -- is that it does McCain -- together -- what just happened and what actually -- becomes -- environment is -- sucks and -- in and so even back then he's always been able and it hangs -- my word. And and that she. Interestingly enough back in -- and -- in the -- did what if but he survived World War II. Which is -- interest thing considering what's going on now. He. He didn't than a minute. But I don't want -- if I had hit it. So but this is really like is said -- these are the greatest little story is that it's the blueprints for what would later become a great series and I'm hoping that marvel continues for these what if it's a classic. -- The price of what if it was really great and and their city DC's -- worlds some. The concept. Not real what are the ones that Hulu on the root out there. That's the first -- the Spiderman and fantastic four Wimbledon and inventors one and is also one what if the whole cash and had retained. A doctor -- brain. So there's no sense at all that was that was always the smart. Analyst William and snapping test tubes yeah. Damn and it -- what's really interesting is that you look at this is that a lot of these -- actually end up. Going to cut in the past in this alliance which is I didn't realize the right now to discuss because later on Peter David made us more often embarking surprised about this non volatility and Spider-Man and a member of the fantastic or he would never out of it was actually it is three issues -- and at this point pretty -- it on it yet. This is related truck it was on the champions -- defenders. Well that -- and and I don't want all effort and -- I'm not. You guys not true that couldn't let but yes what about it it's it's it's these characters that you know a -- the difference and it's a different take on the story and it."

" You read the recent what ifs at marvel put out all -- a year ago two years ago not yeah those are good and that was -- not a spirit of what it these are the actual. The spirit of what it does it take a story and it changes the what is it that recently were just. That was put the pressure in an -- time east Chicago."

" And what was great which isn't what my problem what is now. -- And like part of -- mention of whether there's anything a story that happened years ago and it and bring it back to the forefront and it's like not like what you know what if I -- rusty that's it for -- that's kind of you know boring like like from just -- we don't really know exactly right. -- area. But I'm what does it like plus Janssen worked on this book you know mom a lot early names that are in Marmol but come what. It was true in this one of the -- what isn't isn't always signed with the watch her -- saying the watchers watch the universe and some pause and ponder what if something else happened and is all kind of you know that have. You know it was a watcher -- an exercise and and usually it ends tragedy. Yeah usually it -- is saying that what happened was the right thing."

" Yeah because this is what stories people and world game because otherwise it -- like look how happy everybody was afterwards we'll well yeah. It's so what if classic by one from Marmol -- that. I am gonna go in a completely different. We're gonna talk about clumsy. By Jeffrey brown. This is it's an indie comic exit from top shelf. When you look at it it seems there's a one man operation -- got these from the top so Ruth he is actually all right bought them. Sold wrong like that you should read this kind of flip -- it. Basically there. Indeed autobiography. Relationship comics. There's there's three of them it's about him. At meeting this Carroll and and having a sort of a long distance relationship that actually says that the and it takes place. You know over the course -- about a year and he wrote it. -- after that I say they'd like these they broke up on July 14 he started drawing it on July 3. And it drying it July 3 2000 and and this he rewrote it like over the course of the relationship. But at the beginning of -- happy strips they were still going down happy. Dock it like at the end like that rich had to visit one of the he's. I've got something on. Kennedy it's it's indistinct and what are what are -- is there really really simple if you look at the artwork. It's got an art school he's an artist he's been working for awhile. But like the artwork is incredibly simple the pages they're like it's six panels and every page they're all -- like hand drawn to sponsor a team rule well."

" You know it it's an -- I read said this when I first looked at it's simple but in tennis archery. It is anything elusive as their skill."

" And and it works because the fact is that you read through it. The simplicity of it actually. It speaks to the -- it's really raw he's incredibly. He's incredibly. Vulnerable in the it's like he's saying exactly what he felt showing US sort of his worst moments -- of those moments like. If you win your significant other and and you know one of you -- the other one's feelings without meaning to and you don't realize why you're mad at them and like -- just those quiet moments that you're not talking to each others like it and he does really really well. And it is you go through these most for the most part you're going to relate some of -- stuff and you tell -- is sort of young love you know when you're. And you're you know late teens early twenties and you're good you know it's it's it's pretty graphic they're having sex I mean that's on that what it's like it's like teenage kids sex -- like they're being kind of goofy about it because it's still new to them. And you know -- speech she's like we should. Do that again I was -- you know it's -- what he really he draws himself as kind of what's. I'm not get like really. Like necessity common trademarks but he automated I -- and I really rumors really."

" Along the lines it's a very spirit of which you should come however it should be said. It's so. Honest it's so honest and real that that there is definite values that he's done a lot of other work. For for top -- mostly he recently directed you -- after he. Are empty room. So you know he's got some -- that there. I outside this which is you man. Integrated. It's okay Leo what if he wasn't a big -- it'll be and else what. This is a couple years after he finished didn't but he's like I was really wasn't that and so it here she's the C British. So let's breaks up with them instead -- and hang it up like the last -- you would -- It's it's a little mini comic. If and it's incredibly massages in horrible become like us but life. Like recovered -- conquered your woman and it's you know I think it should. He -- you have to read that after you read this one because in this legislative so bear did -- really shoot you all of his heart and and is just like. This -- through it. It. It's like what it's like there are men and easily -- you don't like cat and the need to meeting was a clock baby you know you want to. -- actual one like look like no that's okay and a -- over that's one of the things is these are all the Lavinia SpinRite is an overall story to them. But what will happen is it's just like well one event of the day. And they don't necessarily have an ending there it'll forgiven him sort of weird sounds or something like that and this is if he had gone in -- This is funny and very surely this is really good he's on the mother boos that there's a trilogy of these kind of books read it over the years. I'm in -- that but that's. I want to borrow it first -- IG a -- a man."

" It Kopp I went with they I love this horrible crime fiction real not. Nonfiction and fiction and that we've been doing this occasionally it Romans."

" And that's sport so I --"

" And added -- to -- delicious. And -- drawn animation in there. I got that the Union Station which is a true crime book from Andy parks who you. My recognizes. A woman anchor and a -- clintons he -- green arrow and because bugs filibusters. You're gonna get his leftist dirty -- in a little bit so he wrote a little crime not model for quality look at it -- into the right. In. Arts."

" I Eduardo Brett and now he's all these are public statements in the business. Obviously the story of 1933. Massacre at Union Station in Kansas City which begat sent via. Yes I did not I had no idea this is this is the case it was a prisoner transport. And -- some people in public on them and the cops transporting the prisoner and not be there with the federal crimes. Bureau but bail -- became it via as a result of this crime. So I love that stuff. And I yet because -- recently this or can. It's great black and white in the crying you know if you enjoy a crimes or is terrific you know historical stuff it's great if you. Did not hold it guys origins and -- they're shady business just double crossing you know. Some people tell you that the FBI's. The FBI started -- with little shady because -- router and we're with a bit of a shady character and yes. I did that because of his power grabbing the X files sort of like in what are the romance yeah we'll have -- very very little to let that. The only downside of the book I found him in that is that -- well know is that it is. It just -- hall. Some of the big man on campus and answer Matt -- Its its its -- the doors and suits and coats or tiles. Benefit to block characters in the book the same kind of error so comes out like ways to reporters the -- it -- figured out that was a bit of a failure of the book but it was a good story. And at the end of parks goes through it and like like come. It's like from hell yeah it takes all the pages know where he got the front of talking talking goes fractionally. We more depth and imitations about the mystery because they don't really know who shot. The guys that books passion. I'm really important is I don't even know we're talking about that -- the -- is full fields and they -- and the arresting somebody and prosecute them and then executed and it. Hit and parks contend that. That they or the actual killers and so there's a lot more the mystery and an efficient so it's almost fund -- it is a room somewhere like -- in this guy via via insects. Sparks gets you parts got -- the heart of the file into benefits. But it's I I love crime fiction is -- connect torso because you. We'll. -- that yes it's the stuff off the beaten path -- do something new."

" Apple which is why we can be. So so we'll check fees that users and favorable to marriage before you head out let's -- responses."

" Netflix. We have had enough -- a sponsor they it would have to be divvied up netflix.com slash I fan where it's important he put all that and you get was to deal."

" Yeah -- I'm but I'm into retrial next are there extra 19 enough. Yeah dvds dvd it can put a big with this in your house but you want it feels -- Should watch all of it'll show. -- pops up that gap or Hamas war that's Michael war again and I'm untouchable untouchables dozens and vegetables or the show that's fired intangibles that. Comfortable very in jewels. Yes and then that's on -- W dividend that puts up consulates and I did this sponsors godaddy.com. Where you can go to did domain names and and build web sites in had a poster sites and you also stuff like that. -- It you can go there and check. -- go to if you godaddy.com. Your mind again I'm in new Hebert. You can't say off the computer that he's become go to -- comment and through the coupon code I've been when you get 10% off your entire purchase. Which which can be quite valuable that's it and Nancy and host of forty email all the fun stuff."

" The US doesn't email about these books other boxers and I think generally partisan contact and I February dot com and mostly."

" Or you was caught our what's on line at 188 and -- is that's one in 83 to 66 -- here from the the phone and of course the shift in India iFanboy dot com and you know there and talk about that show or any other discussions that we have. You can listen to our weekly audio podcast which comes on Sunday nights or talk about the that week and the books for the week. And there's all sorts of stuff going on there so check it out the form there. And a check these books let's -- it. The bodies -- first the."

" That's a sort of iFanboy is brought to you by godaddy.com. Article that you grab your own piece of the Internet and by Netflix. Really like movies. This -- iFanboy random books we'd like to talk about."

" Hey welcome to iFanboy. -- where you can. -- TV yeah I. And we talk about comic books and -- to chitchat about the competence. On -- I'm Josh Hancock. You hung on and its attendant and knows it's a little bit -- Korea and the most I'm assured. And me and you."

" you might know we have a weekly audio show we talk about all the new releases and it becomes up that we -- and so we'd like to come on an additional talk about older stuff stuff that we. -- regularly stuff doesn't fit to the weekly. Regular until -- buy the books in the slightly -- along -- they're all different sizes so. I sort of you know what let's on the books."

" It's it's it's I am I am and dot com. Listen to them we've done a couple of these kind of from the multi kind of episodes and I thought I go -- well favorite line. Which is the first volume of the trade paperback what it. From Marvel Comics. And assessing what a classic. For -- you are familiar with the title this is kind of marbles. You know. So -- alternative universe kind of take a point in their history. And say what if something else happened and ending at one issue story that explains what is the story -- another direction. This one it started back in the late seventies early eighties. And the real kind of golden -- what was in the late eighties early is. But this is great because I had actually written a lot of these diseases is hard -- and and this is the first six issues the volume one. And it's got such great. Craters as -- Thomas writing and and her term do pencils -- And this would have a lot of it's a lot of around like when it's -- Jordan and asked for. Is the first district and remember early despite. He when he broke into the backstretch yeah he he -- a job and they left Anderson we're family when an employer. And so he didn't he left -- like what if he -- domestic foreign and fantastic. 405. Cents or exactly -- like they did you know what it -- then -- never -- is that it does McCain -- together -- what just happened and what actually -- becomes -- environment is -- sucks and -- in and so even back then he's always been able and it hangs -- my word. And and that she. Interestingly enough back in -- and -- in the -- did what if but he survived World War II. Which is -- interest thing considering what's going on now. He. He didn't than a minute. But I don't want -- if I had hit it. So but this is really like is said -- these are the greatest little story is that it's the blueprints for what would later become a great series and I'm hoping that marvel continues for these what if it's a classic. -- The price of what if it was really great and and their city DC's -- worlds some. The concept. Not real what are the ones that Hulu on the root out there. That's the first -- the Spiderman and fantastic four Wimbledon and inventors one and is also one what if the whole cash and had retained. A doctor -- brain. So there's no sense at all that was that was always the smart. Analyst William and snapping test tubes yeah. Damn and it -- what's really interesting is that you look at this is that a lot of these -- actually end up. Going to cut in the past in this alliance which is I didn't realize the right now to discuss because later on Peter David made us more often embarking surprised about this non volatility and Spider-Man and a member of the fantastic or he would never out of it was actually it is three issues -- and at this point pretty -- it on it yet. This is related truck it was on the champions -- defenders. Well that -- and and I don't want all effort and -- I'm not. You guys not true that couldn't let but yes what about it it's it's it's these characters that you know a -- the difference and it's a different take on the story and it."

" You read the recent what ifs at marvel put out all -- a year ago two years ago not yeah those are good and that was -- not a spirit of what it these are the actual. The spirit of what it does it take a story and it changes the what is it that recently were just. That was put the pressure in an -- time east Chicago."

" And what was great which isn't what my problem what is now. -- And like part of -- mention of whether there's anything a story that happened years ago and it and bring it back to the forefront and it's like not like what you know what if I -- rusty that's it for -- that's kind of you know boring like like from just -- we don't really know exactly right. -- area. But I'm what does it like plus Janssen worked on this book you know mom a lot early names that are in Marmol but come what. It was true in this one of the -- what isn't isn't always signed with the watch her -- saying the watchers watch the universe and some pause and ponder what if something else happened and is all kind of you know that have. You know it was a watcher -- an exercise and and usually it ends tragedy. Yeah usually it -- is saying that what happened was the right thing."

" Yeah because this is what stories people and world game because otherwise it -- like look how happy everybody was afterwards we'll well yeah. It's so what if classic by one from Marmol -- that. I am gonna go in a completely different. We're gonna talk about clumsy. By Jeffrey brown. This is it's an indie comic exit from top shelf. When you look at it it seems there's a one man operation -- got these from the top so Ruth he is actually all right bought them. Sold wrong like that you should read this kind of flip -- it. Basically there. Indeed autobiography. Relationship comics. There's there's three of them it's about him. At meeting this Carroll and and having a sort of a long distance relationship that actually says that the and it takes place. You know over the course -- about a year and he wrote it. -- after that I say they'd like these they broke up on July 14 he started drawing it on July 3. And it drying it July 3 2000 and and this he rewrote it like over the course of the relationship. But at the beginning of -- happy strips they were still going down happy. Dock it like at the end like that rich had to visit one of the he's. I've got something on. Kennedy it's it's indistinct and what are what are -- is there really really simple if you look at the artwork. It's got an art school he's an artist he's been working for awhile. But like the artwork is incredibly simple the pages they're like it's six panels and every page they're all -- like hand drawn to sponsor a team rule well."

" You know it it's an -- I read said this when I first looked at it's simple but in tennis archery. It is anything elusive as their skill."

" And and it works because the fact is that you read through it. The simplicity of it actually. It speaks to the -- it's really raw he's incredibly. He's incredibly. Vulnerable in the it's like he's saying exactly what he felt showing US sort of his worst moments -- of those moments like. If you win your significant other and and you know one of you -- the other one's feelings without meaning to and you don't realize why you're mad at them and like -- just those quiet moments that you're not talking to each others like it and he does really really well. And it is you go through these most for the most part you're going to relate some of -- stuff and you tell -- is sort of young love you know when you're. And you're you know late teens early twenties and you're good you know it's it's it's pretty graphic they're having sex I mean that's on that what it's like it's like teenage kids sex -- like they're being kind of goofy about it because it's still new to them. And you know -- speech she's like we should. Do that again I was -- you know it's -- what he really he draws himself as kind of what's. I'm not get like really. Like necessity common trademarks but he automated I -- and I really rumors really."

" Along the lines it's a very spirit of which you should come however it should be said. It's so. Honest it's so honest and real that that there is definite values that he's done a lot of other work. For for top -- mostly he recently directed you -- after he. Are empty room. So you know he's got some -- that there. I outside this which is you man. Integrated. It's okay Leo what if he wasn't a big -- it'll be and else what. This is a couple years after he finished didn't but he's like I was really wasn't that and so it here she's the C British. So let's breaks up with them instead -- and hang it up like the last -- you would -- It's it's a little mini comic. If and it's incredibly massages in horrible become like us but life. Like recovered -- conquered your woman and it's you know I think it should. He -- you have to read that after you read this one because in this legislative so bear did -- really shoot you all of his heart and and is just like. This -- through it. It. It's like what it's like there are men and easily -- you don't like cat and the need to meeting was a clock baby you know you want to. -- actual one like look like no that's okay and a -- over that's one of the things is these are all the Lavinia SpinRite is an overall story to them. But what will happen is it's just like well one event of the day. And they don't necessarily have an ending there it'll forgiven him sort of weird sounds or something like that and this is if he had gone in -- This is funny and very surely this is really good he's on the mother boos that there's a trilogy of these kind of books read it over the years. I'm in -- that but that's. I want to borrow it first -- IG a -- a man."

" It Kopp I went with they I love this horrible crime fiction real not. Nonfiction and fiction and that we've been doing this occasionally it Romans."

" And that's sport so I --"

" And added -- to -- delicious. And -- drawn animation in there. I got that the Union Station which is a true crime book from Andy parks who you. My recognizes. A woman anchor and a -- clintons he -- green arrow and because bugs filibusters. You're gonna get his leftist dirty -- in a little bit so he wrote a little crime not model for quality look at it -- into the right. In. Arts."

" I Eduardo Brett and now he's all these are public statements in the business. Obviously the story of 1933. Massacre at Union Station in Kansas City which begat sent via. Yes I did not I had no idea this is this is the case it was a prisoner transport. And -- some people in public on them and the cops transporting the prisoner and not be there with the federal crimes. Bureau but bail -- became it via as a result of this crime. So I love that stuff. And I yet because -- recently this or can. It's great black and white in the crying you know if you enjoy a crimes or is terrific you know historical stuff it's great if you. Did not hold it guys origins and -- they're shady business just double crossing you know. Some people tell you that the FBI's. The FBI started -- with little shady because -- router and we're with a bit of a shady character and yes. I did that because of his power grabbing the X files sort of like in what are the romance yeah we'll have -- very very little to let that. The only downside of the book I found him in that is that -- well know is that it is. It just -- hall. Some of the big man on campus and answer Matt -- Its its its -- the doors and suits and coats or tiles. Benefit to block characters in the book the same kind of error so comes out like ways to reporters the -- it -- figured out that was a bit of a failure of the book but it was a good story. And at the end of parks goes through it and like like come. It's like from hell yeah it takes all the pages know where he got the front of talking talking goes fractionally. We more depth and imitations about the mystery because they don't really know who shot. The guys that books passion. I'm really important is I don't even know we're talking about that -- the -- is full fields and they -- and the arresting somebody and prosecute them and then executed and it. Hit and parks contend that. That they or the actual killers and so there's a lot more the mystery and an efficient so it's almost fund -- it is a room somewhere like -- in this guy via via insects. Sparks gets you parts got -- the heart of the file into benefits. But it's I I love crime fiction is -- connect torso because you. We'll. -- that yes it's the stuff off the beaten path -- do something new."

" Apple which is why we can be. So so we'll check fees that users and favorable to marriage before you head out let's -- responses."

" Netflix. We have had enough -- a sponsor they it would have to be divvied up netflix.com slash I fan where it's important he put all that and you get was to deal."

" Yeah -- I'm but I'm into retrial next are there extra 19 enough. Yeah dvds dvd it can put a big with this in your house but you want it feels -- Should watch all of it'll show. -- pops up that gap or Hamas war that's Michael war again and I'm untouchable untouchables dozens and vegetables or the show that's fired intangibles that. Comfortable very in jewels. Yes and then that's on -- W dividend that puts up consulates and I did this sponsors godaddy.com. Where you can go to did domain names and and build web sites in had a poster sites and you also stuff like that. -- It you can go there and check. -- go to if you godaddy.com. Your mind again I'm in new Hebert. You can't say off the computer that he's become go to -- comment and through the coupon code I've been when you get 10% off your entire purchase. Which which can be quite valuable that's it and Nancy and host of forty email all the fun stuff."

" The US doesn't email about these books other boxers and I think generally partisan contact and I February dot com and mostly."

" Or you was caught our what's on line at 188 and -- is that's one in 83 to 66 -- here from the the phone and of course the shift in India iFanboy dot com and you know there and talk about that show or any other discussions that we have. You can listen to our weekly audio podcast which comes on Sunday nights or talk about the that week and the books for the week. And there's all sorts of stuff going on there so check it out the form there. And a check these books let's -- it. The bodies -- first the."