Fanbase Press – the GLAAD Media Award-winning and Eisner and Harvey Awards-nominated comic book publisher and media outlet – is proud to announce that its flagship podcast, The Fanbase Weekly, will return for its eleventh season on Monday, February 2, 2026! The Fanbase Weekly team is eager to return for another stellar season filled with exciting guests, including Shelly Bond [i-DOPPELGäNGER, Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s (Secret) Handbook], Ethan Sacks (Avatar: The Gap Year – Tipping Point, Star Wars: Jango Fett), Drew Rausch (Sullengrey, Eldritch!), Joe Illidge (Milestone Universe: The Shadow Cabinet, New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident #1), and more!
For the Season 11 podcast premiere, co-hosts Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief), Claire Thorne (Fanbase Press Contributor, creator of A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space), and Drew Siragusa (Fanbase Press Senior Contributor) will be joined by special guests Shelly Bond [i-DOPPELGäNGER, Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s (Secret) Handbook], Ethan Sacks (Avatar: The Gap Year – Tipping Point, Star Wars: Jango Fett). (We always want to send a special thanks to our very own graphic designer, Sean Foster, for sharing his incredible talents with us!)
In addition to the podcast’s standard episodes – featuring the co-hosts and a special guest discussing the geeky and pop culture-focused news of the week – Season 11 will continue to feature over twenty-five “Fanbase Feature” episodes, including panel discussion retrospectives moderated by Bryant Dillon (Fanbase Press President) on such subjects as The Dark Knight Returns, The Beach, Stand by Me, Scream, Aliens, It’s a Wonderful Life, and many more!
Be sure stay informed and join the conversation via The Fanbase Weekly‘s Facebook and Twitter pages, where curated geeky news stories are posted every weekday. The topics for each podcast are pulled directly from the Facebook feed, so be sure to let us know which stories are your favorites!
The Season 11 premiere of The Fanbase Weekly will be released on Monday, February 2, 2026, on the Fanbase Press website (www.fanbasepress.com) and through Apple Podcasts and Libsyn.
Fanbase Press celebrates fandoms and creates new ones! As an award-winning comic book publisher and media outlet, Fanbase Press produces new and distinctive works, as well as daily reviews, interviews, and podcasts, that span the pop culture spectrum and give voice to the themes, ideals, and people that make Geekdom so exceptional.
For more information on The Fanbase Weekly, please visit www.fanbasepress.com. Fanbase Press may also be found on Facebook, Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/fanbasepress.bsky.social), Twitter (@Fanbase_Press), and Instagram.
