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''iFanboy'' is a weekly audio podcast which focuses on comic books, comic book publishing, and comic book creators. It stars Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Men Behind the Magic )〕 The first episode of the audio podcast was released on November 2, 2005, and the first episode of the video podcast on January 17, 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pick of the Week Podcast )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iFanboy Episode 1 )〕 They were bought by the Boulder-based Graphic.ly in 2010 to add the ready-built community of iFanboy to their digital comics platform. In early 2013, iFanboy amicably split from Graphic.ly and once again became an independently run website by the iFanboys. Shortly there after, Ron Richards - a founder of the site and podcast - stepped down as one of the hosts of the show for a position at Image Comics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iFanboy Update: Independence, Goodbye, Hello )〕 On September 1, 2013, Flanagan and Kilpatrick issued a joint statement announcing a scale back of day-to-day operations on the iFanboy website.〔iFanboy.com: (Update: After 13 Years Its Finally Time to Scale Back| http://ifanboy.com/articles/ifanboy-update-after-13-years-its-finally-time-to-scale-back/ )〕 New content - such as reviews, feature articles, previews and the new comic pull list - would no longer be created. Despite scaling back written content, they plan to continue the weekly podcast and infrequent Book- and Talksplodes, with Paul Montgomery. ==Audio podcast== The Audio Podcast, also known as the iFanboy.com Pick of the Week Podcast, is where the iFanboys tell you the best books that they have read that week and answer listener e-mail and voicemail. It usually begins with an iFanboy informing you that you are listening to the iFanboy.com Pick of the Week podcast and then the episode number. This is followed by a music selection and a brief introduction of what iFanboy is. Each week one of the iFanboys picks a comic book and then they talk about that book and other books that came out that week. After the "Pick of the Week" section, they answer e-mail and voicemail and wrap up the show. Exceptions to this format are Special Edition Episodes, which include Creator Interview, Movie Review, or Year End Wrap-Ups. On September 4, 2008, iFanboy officially released the first episode of ''Talksplode'', an audio podcast devoted to interviews with comic creators. As of December 2014, 464 regular episodes have been produced.〔(iFanboy - Podcasts )〕 In a post on their website, it was announced that founding member Ron Richards will be resigning from his editorial and podcasting host roles with the website.〔 The reason for Richards' departure was cited to be his acceptance of a job with Image Comics. Richards final podcast was the Pick of the Week Podcast Episode #370 on January 27, 2013. Starting with episode #371, long time contributor to the website, Paul Montgomery, replaced Richards as the third iFanboy. Episode #401 on September 1, 2013 was the last episode to use the iFanboy review/user review/audience question format. After announcing the scale back of day-to-day operations on the iFanboy website, it was also announced that logical changes to the podcast format would be taking place. On occasion, iFanboy also puts out special edition podcasts, regarding movies or other forms of media that somehow relate to comics. They also traditionally do an end of the year "media roundup," where the hosts go over some their top picks in various spheres of media In early 2015, Paul Montgomery stepped down from the podcast as a regular host, though he makes guest appearances from time to time. In 2014, Montgomery launched Panels.net, a comics commentary website, with the help of Book Riot. Many in the starting lineup were iFanboy writing alumni and some popular iFanbase users. Episode #491 on June 28, 2015 saw the return of co-founder Ron Richards as a regular host. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IFanboy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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