Josh Flanagan

Josh Flanagan is an unabashed fan of comic books, and has been his whole life. After being in love with superheroes his entire childhood, he finally stumbled into the comic book shop in downtown Brunswick, Maine, and started reading. At the tender age of eleven, he couldn't have known that two decades later, his life would still be monopolized by these stapled concoctions of panels and word balloons. Had he known, he might well have run out of the store screaming. But he didn't, and here we are.

These days Josh tends the be the iFanboy who defies categorization. While neither a Marvel or DC devotee (he leans Marvel, but wouldn't admit it), the current day Mr. Flanagan is all about story. Without a strong story and writing, you have nothing but pretty pictures. He loves books of all stripes, and loves to surprise people with the depth and range of comics available to those who need only seek them out. Josh holds the belief that a good comic book can be every bit as moving or important as a movie, book, or television show, and all you need to do is get the right work into people's hands to prove it.

When not working on iFanboy, he's very likely sleeping. But when he's not sleeping, he does some of his own writing, and a good deal of cooking. When in doubt, he adds bacon or chocolate, but never both. He'll always let you know if he's having a good or bad hair day, usually without provocation. Josh and his wife live in New York City with George Clooney the french bulldog.

Conor Kilpatrick

Conor Kilpatrick hates comic books. Ha, ha; no he doesn't! One of his earliest childhood memories involves the giant gray box in his bedroom full of comic books that would be read and reread until they literally fell apart. While no one can pinpoint exactly when he started reading comics, he suspects it was right from the get go of being able to read, which means comics have been a part of his life for over 25 years. You could say that Conor hates comic books in the same way he hates beer, women, and chocolate, which is to say he loves them very much.

As the resident "DC Guy", Conor is often called upon to explain multiple Earths and multiple reboots. But he doesn't mind, he recognizes that talking about that stuff is half the fun of reading comics, which is why he started the comic book e-mail discussion group after college that eventually mutated into iFanboy. DC Comics might always hold the primary spot in Conor's comic book heart, but as long as there are words and there are pictures, and those words and those pictures are good, Conor will have that comic book's back. Because that's what Conor does, he fights for good comics.

When not helping to build a mutli-media empire, Conor can be found closing down dark bars, taking some sort of ball to the park near his apartment, or obsessively organizing anything within reach. Conor lives in New York City, where he was born and raised. As a result, he has a certain fondness for sarcasm, the Yankees, and pizza.

Ron Richards

Ron Richards' love for comics began as a young boy when he happened upon a copy of Excalibur #19. Like many kids in junior high he found great escape from the pressures of middle school drama by entering the comic world. However, unlike many of his peers, he did not kick the comic habit for the lure of real life ladies. As a matter of fact his completist genes kicked in and forced Ron into a downward spiral of weekly spending and eventually a huge collection of X-Men based comic books. (note: by "huge" we mean gapless)

In 2000 Ron, along with Josh and Conor, combined his computer skills and love of comics to launch iFanboy.com, a site built to promote intellectual discussions on all things comics, and apparently you've found it. Nice work! Ron will happily talk you ear off about all things Marvel. At the same time, he is not too shy to talk about Strangers in Paradise with just about anyone who will listen. If you're lucky he might even share with you the inspiration for his sideburns.

He spends his days working for Revision3 and his nights reading comics and plotting out his media empire. To help guide him in this quest, Ron frequently asks "what would Scott Summers do?" So far so good. Having spent his most of his life in the New York area, Ron now calls sunny San Francisco, CA home.

Gordon the Intern

Gordon the Intern is no stranger to comics, although some comics are strange to him. As a young boy he had an affinity for Batman and Superman, as many kids do. As he got older he began to steer away from superheroes and became more involved with story and character development (provided said character is not a "superhero"), although he can also be easily swayed by beautiful art.

After the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con, iFanboy recognized Gordon's valuable skill set and offered him the position of "The Intern" with no room for advancement. His main duties include filming promotional offers, engaging in conversations with female booth promoters, and of course retrieving Conor's dry cleaning. He is occasionally permitted to post content on iFanboy.com, provided it has been approved by Josh, Ron and Conor for validity and relevance. He hopes one day to acquire his very own password.

When not interning, Gordon spends his time teaching theatre design as a professor at small college in Indiana. He also works as a freelance scenic designer, painter and sculptor. If there is any time left after all of that he uses it to sit on the couch, catch up on celebrity gossip or play Wii. When the sun is shining he likes to spend as much time outside as possible. He lives with his wife, Amy and dog, Cayuga just outside of Indianapolis, IN.

Paul Montgomery

Paul Montgomery is the youngest and most impressionable member of the iFanboy writing staff, led easily into perilous situations and exploited for his wide-eyed enthusiasm. He believes in magic, the Hamburglar, and mythical lake creatures. Paul owns many books and has read or flipped through several of them. He hopes to one day turn his bookcase into a secret door. Paul loves mysteries and spent one Halloween as Sherlock Holmes. Two years later he dusted off the deerstalker cap and plastic pipe to become "Sherlock Holmes if he were a werewolf."

A graduate of Drexel's Screenwriting and Playwriting program, Paul is a self proclaimed 'word whisperer' and never met a simile he didn't like or as. He has been an avid iFanboy listener since 2006 and is an (over)active member of the forums. He first met the iFanboys at the 100th episode taping in New York, and has since appeared as an overworked intern during the New York Comic Con 2008 video show. He is thrilled to join the iFanboy writing staff and share his love for Superman, Hellboy, and purple, purple prose. He brings his love of wordplay and astonishing adventure to his comics commentary, and he's loved every second of it. Except the hour or so leading up to clicking the publish button. That part's agonizing.

Paul writes about the impossible and preposterous from Philadelphia.

Sonia Harris

Sonia Harris' comic obsession began earlier than she can remember. After a childhood saturated with an odd mix of Jules Pfeiffer, Dick Bruna, and Robert Crumb, she discovered superheroes through Kirby, Byrne, and Sienckewicz (among others). She was deeply inspired by the powers, sweeping capes, and fabulous boots, and she loved to espouse the importance of these to anyone who would listen.

At some point in her teens, it became "ridiculous and juvenile" that she liked comics. Obligingly, she tried to suppress her desires, keeping things quiet until she finally met some like-minded people in the iFanboy's. They kindly invited her to share her inappropriate observations with the community, and the rest is history.

She reads (and has read) an extremely broad range of comics. They really are too many to list, so if you're interested, feel free to ask. She'll talk about them at the drop of a hat.

For money Sonia designs, and once in a while photographs, illustrates, and writes too. For fun she does all the same things, plus a whole lot of socializing and making, but usually more slowly and later at night (yes, she is essentially nocturnal). Sonia started out doing these things in London, where she's from, but moved to San Francisco a slew of years ago and now she can't imagine living anywhere else.

Jim Mroczkowski

Jim Mroczkowski's lifelong comic addiction started with a few small doses of gateway drugs that hooked him young. First there was the "fun pack" of Transformers #1-3 bought at a toy store. Then his mom had to take him to the bookstore to get #4. Then the Transformers miniseries became an ongoing. And then came the G.I. Joes. Within a few years, he was hitting his dealer several times a week, spending every dime of lawn mowing money and couch cushion scavenging on the new releases and whatever back issues he could manage. Subscriptions in plain brown wrappers started showing up at the house. Thankfully, just when things were at their bleakest, Jim like many addicts hit rock bottom and had his moment of clarity, also known as "wanting spending money in high school." His interest in comics waned just as the speculator boom of the nineties was hatching from its black egg; he liked actually reading the books, and in a world where keeping the books eternally bagged was becoming key, it was already obvious that the contents of the books were increasingly irrelevant to their makers.

Many years later, for reasons lost to history-- was it the X-Men movie?-- Jim retrieved his old long boxes and started looking into the state of the biz. What he found was a sea change since the last time he'd poked his head in: "name" writers were working on comics! Marvel was publishing adult books and poaching top talent from the indies! Why, these were books he could read and enjoy without shame! All the old pleasures of the medium came rushing back, and within a few years he was back at the shop every week blowing all his cash. But it wasn't a solitary pursuit anymore; now, there was the web. It was only a matter of time before he started looking for podcasts and communities to join, and that quest led to iFanboy. He started making himself heard; the iFanboys were picking up what he was putting down; the rest was long-winded history.

When he's not blowing hard about comics, Jim is blowing hard about any number of other things at Jimski.com. He has a great wife and a great kid, a day job, and all the usual stuff that goes along with all that. He thinks of himself as a writer but doesn't have too much proof of that beyond this site. There are a thousand things he should be doing right now, regardless of when you're reading this.

Mike Romo

Mike Romo never realized he was a comic book fan until he until he saw a long box and understood that he then had a place to put all the comics that were piling up next to his bed. He used to get comics as a kid and remembers that you were supposed to keep the spines nice and straight, but once college -- and the 90's -- came along his interest in comics wavered, though he still was clued in enough to get a few trades from time to time.

It wasn't until one day Mike realized that not only did he like comics, but he was also both cheap and susceptible to marketing schemes. One day, while walking down 23rd St in Manhattan, he passed by a sandwich board with a big picture of Batman: The 10 cent Adventure, realized that he had a dime, and came out with $30 worth of comics. If he hadn't had a dime...well, he would have had more room in his closet, that's for sure.

Years later, Mike now lives in Los Angeles, working as a product manager while auditioning for roles in film and television, all while collecting a variety of comics--including Batman. While he appreciates both Marvel and DC, he tries to read a variety of books and tends to follow writers and artists more than characters--favorites include Ed Brubaker, Grant Morrison, Darwyn Cooke, Lenil Yu, Doug Mahnke, Michael Lark and Sean Phillips (all controversial choices, to be sure). That being said, he has a really hard time dropping books, because he doesn't want to miss that moment when the title "gets good" again. Mike first started listening to the iFanboy crew in 2006 or so, and is very happy and honored to contribute to the site with his Wednesday column and occasional appearances on the Pick of the Week podcast. Mike's originally from San Francisco (which makes him embarrassed to admit how much he likes LA) and is married to a gal named Whitney, whom he feeds trades to from time to time.