In The Fanbase Weekly, the Fanbase Press staff and a host of special guests from across the pop culture spectrum discuss the top geek stories of the week.
In the Season 11 premiere episode, The Fanbase Weekly co-hosts welcome special guests Shelly Bond [editor/writer (Off Register) – Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s (Secret) Handbook, i Doppelgänger, Fast Times in Comic Book Editing] and Ethan Sacks (writer – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire, Avatar: The Gap Year – Tipping Point, A Haunted Girl / co-founder – Comix Action) to discuss the latest geek news stories of the week, including how comics retailer Greg Ketter become a symbol of resistance, why KPop Demon Hunters was the most-streamed movie of 2025, and whether Absolute Batman is the Batman we deserve.
Hosts: Barbra Dillon (Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief), Drew Siragusa (Fanbase Press Senior Contributor), and Claire Thorne (creator, A Geek’s Guide to Cross-Stitch: Journeys in Space)
Special Guests: Shelly Bond [editor/writer (Off Register) – Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor’s (Secret) Handbook, i Doppelgänger, Fast Times in Comic Book Editing] and Ethan Sacks (writer – Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire, Avatar: The Gap Year: Tipping Point, A Haunted Girl / co-founder – Comix Action)
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Segments:
34:15 – (THE COMICS JOURNAL) Retail Therapy, ‘Fuck ICE’ Edition: A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books
47:16 – (Variety) KPOP DEMON HUNTERS Is Most-Streamed Movie of 2025 With 20.5 Billion Minutes Watched
1:04:28 – (io9) ABSOLUTE BATMAN Is the Batman We Deserve in 2026
The Fanbase Weekly Theme Song Written and Performed by: Adam WarRock
The Fanbase Weekly Theme Song Produced by: Mikal kHill
Episode Photo by: Sean Foster
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