Comic News Insider
1,519 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratingsThe podcast for everything comic book, animation, sci-fi and pop culture. Hosted by Jimmy Aquino & a rotating panel of co-hosts, CNI is your weekly dose of industry news, reviews and interviews.
Past guests include: Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., Jerry Robinson, Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, John Cassaday, Paul Pope, Darwyne Cooke, JM Dematteis, Steve Niles, Garth Ennis, Steve Rude, Kyle Baker, Jim Lee, James Jean, Alison Bechdel, Arthur Suydam, Jonathan Hickman, Greg Pak, John McCrea, Zoe Bell, Ted Raimi, David Tennant, Russel T. Davies, Felicia Day, Seth Green, Rob Zombie, Brian Pulido, Olivia Munn, Michael Rooker, Ben Templesmith, Kate Beaton, Faith Erin Hicks, Amber MacArthur, Seth Meyers, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Fuller, Kristin Chenoweth, Rosario Dawson, Olivia D'Abo, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, Michael Emerson, Kevin Pereira, Paul Cornell, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, Molly Crabapple, and Blair Butler (G4TV).
CNI, the "Entertainment Weekly" of comic podcasts, continues to bring the fun and the funny! (Hey, it's better than being the "US Weekly" of comic podcasts.) Join Jimmy every Wednesday to laugh, learn and maybe even love!
Created & Produced by Joe Gonzalez
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Episodes
Episode 458 - Adamantium Sized!
February 06, 2013 16:34 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBReviews: Comics: Before Watchmen Dollar Bill #1, Doctor Who Prisoners Of Time #1, Emily And The Strangers #1, Masters Of The Universe Origin Of He-Man #1 Oscar short films: Head Over Heels, Paperman Jimmy is joined in studio by the most amazingly talented and awesome Katelan Foisy. Writer, artist, model, actress, Tarot reader, and so much more. Jimmy continues his new found love for Adventure Time (yeah, yeah...you all were ahead of the game) with the comics. Also, he and Katelan chat abo...
Episode 457 - Spartacus: The Musical
January 30, 2013 12:18 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBReviews: The Answer #1, Deadpool Killustrated #1, UncannyX-Force #1, Young Avengers #1, Spartacus: War of the Damned Jimmy is joined in studio by old pal Matt Walton. They discuss the Attack of the Show and X-Playfinales along with the demise of G4TV, Jimmy finaly starts catching up on Adventure Time and loves it, they give comic colorists lotsa love and Jimmy's interview with young director Emily Hagins is up on Stated. Plus, an exclusive and probably not real scoop on a musical episode of...
Episode 456 - Dan Goldman (Shooting War, Red Light Properties)
January 23, 2013 06:18 - 1 hour - 67 MBReviews: Black Beetle: No Way Out #1, High Ways #1, Savage Wolverine #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by cartoonist Dan Goldman! They discuss some returning sci-fi shows likeLost Girl and Being Human. Jimmy's a little tired so forgets to do the reviews until near the end of the show. BUT WE DO THEM! News includes: Paul Pope's Battling Boy is coming out this October, Warren Ellis teases Scatterlands, X-Treme X-Men and Age of Apocalypse get canceled and could there be a Jenny Olsen instead of Jim...
Episode 455 - The Breakfast Show
January 16, 2013 13:14 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBReviews: End Times Of Bram & Ben #1, Mars Attacks KISS One Shot, Star Wars Vol 2 #1, Superior Spider-Man #1, Continuum (on SyFy) After last week's massive "Best of 2012" show, Jimmy flies solo to give you a quickie full of some comic booky goodness! News includes: Bendis reveals his Guardians of the Galaxy, new The Walking Dead showrunner is named, DC cancels many a title and has some creator shakeups, Marvel reveals a new all-female X-Men book and the Y: The Last Man film finds a director....
Episode 454 - Best of 2012 w/ Marvel's The Watcher Lorraine Cink!
January 09, 2013 19:44 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBReviews: Mars Attacks Popeye One Shot, Morbius The Living Vampire Vol 2 #1, New Avengers Vol 3 #1, The Red Ten #1 It's the super huge and long BEST OF 2012 show! Jimmy is joined by Marvel's The Watcher host Lorraine Cink and good pal Mike Cho. Both are CNI vets and bring their nerdy knowledge to the podcast once again. Jimmy saw Django Unchained and Attack of the 50 Ft Cheerleader. One had lotsa violence and another had lotsa boobs. Guess which one he REALLY liked? News bits include:Axe Cop...
Episode 453 - Les Spiderables!
January 02, 2013 02:42 - 52 minutes - 48 MBReviews: Amazing Spider-Man #700, Aquaman #15, Deathmatch #1, Justice League #15, Mara #1 Returning to the studio to co-host is The Beat's Heidi MacDonald! Always nice to have a real journalist to class up the joint. They chat about Christmas, New Year's, and send Peter David well wishes. Jimmy saw Les Miserables and goes on too much about it. He also sings a special belated birthday song to Stan Lee! And because there can't be enough music ever, there is also a special song from Doctor Oc...
Episode 452 - Dreaming of a CNI Christmas
December 26, 2012 12:59 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBReviews: Black Beetle Night Shift #0, JSA The Liberty Files The Whistling Skull #1, Rotten Apple One Shot, Uncanny X-Force #35, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2012 Jimmy went out to New Jersey for Christmas and the plan was to record with his sister and brother-in-law. Alas, due to sleep schedules, company, shopping, gift wrapping, etc...it didn't happen. But you get this express Xmas quickie from Jimmy solo! He had an amazing Xmas with the fam! You may hear a few special holiday related bits...
Episode 451 - Yes, Virginia, There is a Comic News Insider!
December 19, 2012 10:06 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBReviews: Avengers Arena #1, Cable And X-Force #1, Crow Skinning The Wolves #1, To Hell You Ride #1 Jimmy flies solo after Raven-Symone cancels on him at the last minute. That's so Raven. He is doing the podcast on the fly without normal segment music so he just plays some Christmas tunes instead. Jimmy starts off w/ some congrats to pals Jonathan Ross for his chat show deal to air in the U.S. and to Blair Butler for her many years doing Fresh Ink on G4TV. News includes: DC Nation returns to...
Episode 450 - My Damn Channeling with Beth Hoyt and Molly Templeton!
December 12, 2012 09:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBReviews: Avengers Vol 5 #1, Hellboy In Hell #1, Kevin Keller #6, Star Wars Purge: Tyrants Fist #1, Thunderbolts Vol 2 #1 Jimmy heads down to the My Damn Channel studios in midtown to record with Beth Hoyt (Host/Writer) and Molly Templeton (Director of Talent and Audience Development). The opening subject is something you wouldn't expect...Jimmy's birthday! Jimmy also gets some mad love from pal Heidi MacDonald's site The Beat when he is picked as Person of the Day. They give their thoughts ...
Episode 449 - Rockin' The Beat with Heidi MacDonald!
December 05, 2012 09:25 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBReviews: Arrow #1, FF #1, My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #1, RIPD City Of The Damned #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by a real comics journalist in the form of The Beat's Heidi MacDonald! They chat about Jimmy being drawn by pal John McCrea in a future issue of Mars Atacks!, his upcoming birthday on December 9th and The Beat's big relaunch bash on Thursday. News includes: Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere coming to BBC Radio 4, Discovery Channel believes in zombies, Bazooka Joe gets canceled and T...
Episode 448 - Getting Spacey w/ Kim Boekbinder
November 28, 2012 23:43 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBReviews: Adventures Of Augusta Wind #1, Baltimore The Play One Shot (Dark Horse), Captain America Vol 7 #1, Edgar Allan Poes Conqueror Worm One Shot, Indestructible Hulk #1, Judge Dredd Vol 4 #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by the fantastic musician extraordinaire Kim Boekbinder! We chat about her music and just for us nerds...her upcoming album all about space! News includes: director Bryan Singer announces cast for his upcoming X-Men flick, the Joseph Gordin Levitt as Batman rumor and Jim M...
Episode 447 - Pickled CNI
November 21, 2012 09:30 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBReviews: All New X-Men #1, Fantastic Four Vol 4 #1, Great Pacific #1, Tarzan: The Once And Future Tarzan One Shot, Thor God Of Thunder #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by Gretchen Souerwine in the rotating co-host chair. They chat aboutArrow, Lincoln, Twinkies and Jimmy meeting the awesome Judy Greer. News includes: Marvel announces Age of Ultron, more Uncanny Avengers, Paul Cornell/Alan Davis on the new Wolverine, Max Fleischer Superman on YouTube, Batman/Judge Dredd finally collected and The ...
Episode 446 - Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival!
November 14, 2012 15:05 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBReviews: Before Watchmen Moloch #1, Colder #1, Deadpool Vol 4 #1, Freelancers #1, Legends of the Dark Knight #2 Jimmy does it solo style to bring you a quickie episode with lots of reviews and news! Plus, he attended the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival and picked up lots of great swag. Hear his recap, his obssession over the new Star Wars Angry Birds, and his love of the new Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome. News includes: Hellblazer ends, ElfQuest movie may happen, Bear McCrea...
Episode 445 - NYCC Finale w/ Blair Herter (G4TV'S X-Play)!
November 07, 2012 06:15 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBReviews: Bedlam #1, CBLDF Liberty Annual 2012, Mars Attacks: Holidays One Shot, Masters Of The Universe: The Origin Of Skeletor #1, Vampirella vs Fluffy One Shot It's the last of the New York Comic Con interviews and it's with good pal Blair Herter (G4TV's X-Play). Jimmy records this episode from the familiar Hourglass Tavern in midtown Manhattan (Thanks Beth and Josh) and is joined by the lovely and talented cartoonist Michelle Mozes in the rotating co-host chair. You may remember that Jim...
Episode 444 - Hurricane-ing It!
October 31, 2012 17:25 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBReviews: A-Babies vs X-Babies #1, Alan Roberts Killogy #1, Lets Play God #1, Talon #1, Untold Tales Of Dog Mendonca & Pizzaboy One Shot, Wolverine MAX #1 Due to the hurricane, the podcast is late and Jimmy's co-host had no transportation to come do the show. Alas, Sandy can't stop CNI! News includes: Disney buys Lucasfilm, Matthew Vaughn out/Bryan Singer in for X-Men sequel, G4TV cancels Attack of the Show and X-Play, Li'l Gothamcomes to DC Digital, and Monkeybrain Comics to donate all Nove...
Episode 443 - Post-NYCC w/ Michael Avon Oeming/Taki Soma/Emma Vieceli
October 27, 2012 18:11 - 49 minutes - 17.2 MBJimmy had several drinks late night at a bar and convinced Michael Avon Oeming, Taki Soma and Emma Vieceli that it would be a good idea to do some podcasting at said bar. We chat mostly abot Oeming's career with Taki and Emma commenting in at their leisure. Super fun, informative, and at times silly...but mostly SUPER FUN! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!
Episode 442 - Even More NYCC with Blair Butler/Seth Kushner/Tera Patrick
October 25, 2012 11:01 - 1 hour - 22.4 MBReviews: Cyberforce Vol 4 #1, Ex Sanguine #1, Ultimate Comics Iron Man #1, Zaucer Of Zilk #1 Jimmy flies solo again to bring you some more great interviews from New York Comic Con with Blair Butler (G4TV), Seth Kushner (Culture POP Photocomix) and Tera Patrick (Sinner Takes All). News includes: CW's Arrow gets full season pick up, Warner Bros beats The Shusters, Penguin launches kids line, and Heidi MacDonald's The Beat named one of 2012's best blogs. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 an...
Episode 441 - NYCC Movie Special with Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), Julianne Moore (Carrie), Chloe Grace Moretz (Carrie)
October 21, 2012 15:02 - 37 minutes - 13 MBJimmy flies solo again to bring you more special interviews from New York Comic Con. He attended the roundtables for the remakes of Evil Dead and Carrie where he chatted with Bruce Campbell, Julianne Moore and Chloe Grace Moretz! Bruce was hilarious and Chloe was so smart. Jimmy almost lost his senses chatting with the stunning Julianne though. Hear some great tidbits on the upcoming movies! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!
Episode 440 - More NYCC w/ Neil Dvorak/Caleb Monroe/Josh O'Neil & Andrew Carl/JT Petty/David Phillips & Sarah Braly/Peter Tomassi
October 19, 2012 06:21 - 47 minutes - 16.4 MBJimmy flies solo to bring you even more interviews from New York Comic Con! Here he chats to Neil Dvorak (Easy Pieces), Caleb Monroe (Steed and Mrs. Peel), Josh O'Neil and Andrew Carl (Once Upon A Time Machine), JT Petty (Bloody Chester), David Phillips and Sarah Braly (Hi-Fructose Zombies) and Peter Tomassi (Red Bubble). Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Come back on Saturday for a NYCC movie special featuring roundtable interviews with Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead), J...
Episode 439 - New York Comic Con w/ Cliff Chiang/JM DeMatteis/Greg Pak/Ben Templesmith/Dan Parent/Michelle Mozes
October 18, 2012 02:21 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBReviews: Ame-Comic Girls Featuring Wonder Woman #1, Evil Ernie #1, Uncanny Avengers #1 Jimmy flies solo to bring you this massive NYCC special! Tons of interviews from amazing creators like Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman), JM DeMatteis (The Adventures of Augusta Wind), Greg Pak (X-Treme X-Men), Ben Templesmith (Lust), Dan Parent (Archie) and Michelle Mozes (BlueStreak). Jimmy gives us blow by blow recap full of whom he saw, interviewed, drank with and more. Expect lots of name dropping and frie...
Episode 438 - Pre-New York Comic Con Madness!
October 10, 2012 19:42 - 57 minutes - 19.9 MBReviews: Doctor Who Vol 5 #1, Legends Of The Dark Knight #1, Lydia vs Zombies #1, Non-Humans #1 Producer Joe sits in to co-host this pre-NYCC special! We chat about what events will be happening at the CNI booth (interviews, signings, raffle, etc) and in general at the convention. Come to booth #3350 and see us! Events will be posted soon. News includes: James O'Barr returns to The Crow, Frank Cho makes Wolverine savage, Garth Ennis brings crime to Dynamite, Dear Dracula gets animated as d...
Episode 437 - David Reuss (Society of Illustrators)
October 03, 2012 12:55 - 1 hour - 100 MBReviews: Batman Incorporated Vol 2 #0, Batman The Dark Knight Vol 2 #0, Happy #1, Justice League Dark #0, Talon #0 Back in the rotating guest co-host chair this week is Gretchen Souerwine! It's been awhile but she comes well prepared and researched plus brings her professional news reader voice. Also joining Jimmy, is artist David Reuss. He discusses his work, being on the board of the Society of Illustrators, their recent acquisition of MoCCA and more! Gretchen and Jimmy talk some of the n...
Episode 436 - Girl Power!
September 26, 2012 06:26 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBReviews: Batwoman #0, Catwoman Vol 4 #0, Ghost Vol 3 #0, Justice League Vol 2 #0, Sword Of Sorcery Vol 2 #0, Womanthology Space #1, Wonder Woman Vol 4 #0, Revolution TV series This week, Jimmy is joined by good pal Emily Edwards in the rotating co-host chair. And because she loved it so much last week, Emily's roommate, Kristin Garay returns for more nerdy goodness! They discuss Jimmy's dental woes, how Stan Lee is doing after some rumors and encourage you to see Dredd 3D. News includes: Al...
Episode 435 - Free Molly Crabapple!
September 18, 2012 06:30 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBReviews: Avengers vs X-Men #11, Batgirl Vol 4 #0, Batman And Robin Vol 2 #0, Batman Vol 2 #0, Creep #1, Doctor Who Annual 2012, Suicide Squad Vol 3 #0, DREDD 3D Jimmy is joined in studio by old pal/CNI convention aide Kristin Garay! They reminisce over nights at her horse farm with a bunch of Browncoats, talk about the very successful Small Press Expo over the weekend, and put their support behind FREE MOLLY CRABAPPLE (She's free)! News includes: more Marvel Now! announcements including new...
Episode 434 - The Zero Episode
September 12, 2012 16:47 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBReviews: Detective Comics Vol 2 #0, Earth 2 #0, Fashion Beast #1, Green Lantern Vol 5 #0, Lookouts Riddle Vol 1 #1, New Crusaders Rise Of The Heroes #1, Stormwatch Vol 3 #0, Worlds Finest Vol 3 #0, Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special Jimmy is joined in studio by the official CNI photographer Kasha Minenko! She brings her Japanophile love to wax on about anime, manga and some of her fave Japanese authors. They give some love to the Harvey Awards winners and discuss plans for the upcoming New Yo...
Episode 433 - Emily Hagins (My Sucky Teen Romance, Pathogen)
September 04, 2012 22:56 - 1 hour - 23.4 MBReviews: Detective Comics Vol 2 Annual #1, Justice League Vol 2 #12, Locke & Key Grindhouse One Shot, National Comics Looker #1, Phantom Lady Vol 3 #1 Jimmy flies solo so the episode doesn't run too long! All those pesky guest co-hosts talk too much. Sheeesh. Jimmy sat down with director Emily Hagins about her new film My Sucky Teen Romancealong with her other film work. Loyal listeners will remember that Emily was on the podcast a few years back with her first feature film Pathogen. This a...
Episode 432 - Doctor Who in NYC!
August 29, 2012 14:14 - 1 hour - 35.6 MBReviews: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Spike #1, Galaxy Man #1, Rocketeer Cargo Of Doom #1, True Blood finale Jimmy is joined in studio by famed vloggers/comedians/life coaches/newly engaged couple Michelle Vargas and Justin Akin! They chat about the Doctor Who screening and interviews they attended last week. Well, Jimmy did the interviews with stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan along with executive producer Caroline Skinner which you'll hear throughout this episode. Michelle attended the scre...
Episode 431 - A CNI Quickie
August 22, 2012 10:26 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBReviews: The Victories #1, Expendables 2 Jimmy flies solo for a quickie this week as guest co-host canceled at the last minute. And believe it or not, there is no more San Diego Comic Con coverage! Jimmy gets a late night visitor, gets some inside scoop on the X-Men: First Class sequel, remembers director/producer Tony Scott and thanks Producer Joe for all of the San Diego Comic Con episode producing. News includes: Colleen Doran is adapting a Neil Gaiman short story into a graphic novel fo...
Episode 430 - Still Even More SDCC: Revolution/The Walking Dead Black Carpet!
August 15, 2012 11:32 - 1 hour - 28.1 MBReviews: Archer & Armstrong #1, Creep #0, Gambit Vol 5 #1, Hawkeye #1, It Girl & The Atomics #1 The final San Diego Comic Con interviews are in! We think...Roving reporter Melissa attended the roundtables for the upcoming show Revolution and chatted with stars Billy Burke, Giancarlo Esposito, J.D. Pardo, Tracy Spiridakos and creator Eric Kripke. She also attended the "Black Carpet" for The Walking Dead while out there covering for both CNI and Outside Comic Con (Thanks to Kim for access!) ...
Episode 429 - SDCC: The Following!
August 11, 2012 09:16 - 49 minutes - 17 MBJimmy sat down with the cast and producers of the upcoming new Fox TV show The Following. Another sort of "off topic" show but hope you don't mind. It's SDCC and there's so much to cover. Why not a few non-nerdy things? Stars Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore and producers/directors Kevin Williamson and Marcos Siega sat down to chat about what to expect with the show. Intriguing concept of a serial killer running a cabal of admirers to do his evil deeds. For the record, Jimmy is now...
Episode 428 - SDCC: Breaking Bad!
August 09, 2012 12:21 - 1 hour - 24 MBJimmy sat down with the cast and creator of the hit AMC show Breaking Bad. Yes, I know. It's not really in the "nerd" realm of stuff we normally cover on CNI. But, as I mentioned in shows past, SDCC is a place where we can cover things that aren't normally covered since they are all there. Plus, I know plenty of you watch this show too! Bryan Cranston, Anna Gun, RJ Mitte, Aaron Paul, Bob Oedenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt and creator Vince Gilligan all sat down and chatted...
Episode 427 - Yet Even More SDCC: Supernatural!
August 08, 2012 05:46 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBReviews: Beasts Of Burden Neighborhood Watch, Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe #1, First X-Men #1, Love And Capes What To Expect #1, Epileptic It seems the San Diego Comic Con coverage will never end! Roving reporter Melissa attended the roundtables for the hit show Supernatural and chatted with stars Jensen Ackles, Jared Padelecki, Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, and Mark Sheppard. Along with creator Ben Edlund and showrunner Jeremy Carver. The sound for the interviews isn't great but still ...
Episode 426 - SDCC: Paranorman!
August 04, 2012 09:56 - 52 minutes - 18 MBJimmy sat down with the cast and creators of the upcoming stop motion animated feature Paranorman. Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Kodi Smit-McPhee provide some of the voices in the film and you hear them chat about their process and the excitement they had doing it. Christopher particularly comes across like a guy you want to have a beer with and Anna is really, really funny! Producer Arianne Knight and Production Designer Nelson Lowry talk about the design of the zombies and t...
Episode 425 - SDCC: Lost Girl!
August 02, 2012 07:36 - 1 hour - 21.3 MBJimmy sat down with the cast and creators of the hit SyFy (and Jimmy's new favorite) show Lost Girl. He got a 1:1 with star Anna Silk and chatted with producers Emily Andras and Jay Firestone. Next day, he sat in on an informal Q&A with about 10 other media folks and they had a nice/civil chat with stars Ksenia Solo & Kris Holden-Reid along with producer Jay Firestone. If you're not watching this show, listen in and I bet this changes your mind! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothin...
Episode 424 - Even More SDCC w/ Karl Urban/Olivia Thirlby (Dredd), Morgan Spurlock and Saul Rubinek/Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13)
August 01, 2012 02:37 - 1 hour - 24.4 MBReviews: Captain Marvel #1, Debris #1, X-Treme X-Men Vol. 2 #1, The Walking Dead #100 Still more San Diego Comic Con coverage coming your way! Jimmy sat in on the roundtables for the upcoming Dredd movie and chatted with stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby. He also sat in the first part of the press conference with Morgan Spurlock and managed to get a question in. Plus, he was able to get Saul Rubinek and Allison Scagliotti from Warehouse 13 as well! News includes: Marvel teases new Iron ...
Episode 423 - SDCC Movie Special: Frankenweenie, Oz the Great and Powerful, Iron Man 3!
July 29, 2012 08:36 - 1 hour - 26.9 MBJimmy covered the press conferences for Frankenweenie, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Iron Man 3 at San Diego Comic Con. Frankenweenie had director Tim Burton, executive producer Don Hahn, producer Allison Abbate and voice actor Atticus Shaffer. Jimmy manages to get a question in but Tim dances around it for some reason. Hmmm. Oz the Great and Powerful had director Sam Raimi, actresses Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis, and producer Joe Roth in attendance. Really great talk about the upcomin...
Episode 422 - SDCC: Arrow!
July 26, 2012 03:45 - 55 minutes - 19.2 MBJimmy covered the roundtables for the highly anticipated Arrow series coming soon from the CW network. He chatted with stars Stephen Amell and Katie Cassidy, director David Nutter and producers Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. Listen to what to expect when the series begins and how to look out for some big DC easter eggs. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Tune in on Saturday for all of the roundtables for a movie special edition covering press conferences for Fr...
Episode 421 - More SDCC w/ Willam Shatner, Roger Corman, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt & More!
July 25, 2012 20:35 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBReviews: Danger Girl/GI Joe #1, Finding Gossamyr #1, Bloodshot #1, Chew: Secret Agent Poyo #1, The Crow #1, Revival #1, Space Punisher #1, The Dark Knight Rises film Jimmy is finally back in NYC but still has plenty more San Diego Comic Con coverage for you. He chatted with William Shatner, Roger Corman, Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt, Jena Sims, Olivia Alexander and Sona from iStock photos! News includes: Top Cow launches Kickstarter for Cyber Force, Dreamworks buys Classic Media, DC postpones...
Episode 420 - SDCC: The Walking Dead!
July 21, 2012 10:11 - 59 minutes - 20.4 MBJimmy did the roundtables at Comic Con for The Walking Dead and chatted with showrunner Glenn Mazzarra, producer Gale Anne Hurd, producer/make up guru Greg Nicotero, creator Robert Kirkman and stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yuen, Lauren Cohan, Laurie Holden, David Morrissey and Danai Gurira. And you guessed it, he recorded the intro/outro of this episode while in L.A. and Live Prude Girls, Stevie Nelson and Milana Vayntrub (Jimmy hearts them muchly), joined him in the west coast...
Episode 419 - San Diego Comic Con: Spotlight on Becky Cloonan!
July 20, 2012 03:49 - 55 minutes - 19.1 MBJimmy moderated Becky Cloonan's Spotlight panel at Comic Con on Thursday. He went to L.A. for a few days after and Live Prude Girls, Stevie Nelson and Milana Vayntrub (Jimmy hearts them muchly), joined him in the west coast studio. In the panel, Becky and Jimmy discuss her extensive career and her love of self publishing. It's a great class on comics making so listen in! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Come back on Saturday to hear all of the roundtables from The W...
Episode 418 - San Diego Comic Con Madness with Stan Lee, Tom Kenny & Bill Fagerbakke (SpongeBob & Patrick), Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle, Batgirl, Bubbles), and Alexandre Philippe (Doc of the Dead)
July 18, 2012 20:38 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBJimmy is still recovering from the madness of San Diego Comic Con! Phew! He's in L.A. for a few days after and Live Prude Girls, Stevie Nelson and Milana Vayntrub, join him in the west coast studio for a chaos filled ramble-fest! So much was covered for your earholes. We get off the rails rather quickly but give you a great recap of SDCC and interviews with Stan Lee, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Tara Strong and Alexandre Philippe. No reviews but lots of funny and fun! News includes: The Walk...
Episode 417 - San Diego Comic Con Pre-Game!
July 11, 2012 08:49 - 1 hour - 23.6 MBReviews: Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1, Cape 1969 #1, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe #1, Hero Worship #1 Jimmy is in San Diego for Comic Con! He is joined by 2000AD PR Coordinator Michael Molcher to chat about their SDCC plans and things to check out. 2000AD has a great line up of things including all the Dredd movie activities including signings, a panel and a screening! Jimmy is moderating a panel with Becky Cloonan and doing tons of interviews with the likes of Stan Lee, Karl Ur...
Episode 416 - Heroes Con Panel w/ Adam Hughes, Scott Snyder and Bill Willingham!
July 06, 2012 06:09 - 1 hour - 27.1 MBJimmy was at Heroes Con and moderated a few panels. This particular one was called Vertigo Visions! Originally, it was just Scott Snyder and Bill Willingham. Adam Hughes was added at the last minute. A great discussion was had about Fables, American Vampire, Batman, Before Watchmen, DC comics, becoming a writer in comics, transitioning within the comic industry, and so much more! Really great conversation filled with big laughs and informative lessons. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and...
Episode 415 - More Heroes Con with Francesco Francavilla!
July 04, 2012 07:38 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBReviews: Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, Fatima The Blood Spinners #1, Hit-Girl #1, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 2009, Massive #1, The Amazing Spider-Man film Jimmy is joined in studio by good pal Matt Brick! They go over the recent Entertainment Weekly San Diego Comic Con edition and Jimmy chats about some of the highlights he's going to cover while out there next week. And in the last of the awesome Heroes Con interviews, Jimmy chats with favorite Francesco Francavilla abo...
Episode 414 - Heroes Con Panel w/ Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson!
June 30, 2012 09:42 - 1 hour - 21.2 MBJimmy was at Heroes Con last weekend and moderated a few panels. This particular one was with Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson! They discussed their recent collaboration, Frankenstein Alive, Alive! This led to a lot of chatting about favorite Frankenstein movies and how old Bernie was when he saw his first one. The conversation organically flowed into lots of their other work including Swamp Thing, 30 Days of Night, and Criminal Macabre. Steve and Bernie were old neighbors and talk about the...
Episode 413 - More Heroes Con w/ Steve Niles, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kevin Mellon, Charles Soule and more!
June 28, 2012 08:42 - 1 hour - 27.2 MBJimmy is joined in studio by 1/3 of Broadcast Thought, Dr. Vasilis Pozios. Jimmy was at Heroes Con last weekend and got a ton of great interviews! So many that we had to do this special episode chock full of them! He sat down and chatted with Steve Niles and Kevin Mellon about Creator-Owned Heroes as well as lots of their other work. He also talked to one of his favorite writers Kelly Sue DeConnick about her 2 new series (Captain Marvel, Ghost) coming out. Charles Soule talks his Image serie...
Episode 412 - Heroes Con w/ Ben Templesmith/Jonathan Hickman/Ryan Bodenheim/Nick Pitarra/Jeffrey Brown/Nate Cosby and more!
June 27, 2012 06:54 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBReviews: Astonishing X-Men #51, Before Watchmen: The Comedian #1, Dark Horse Presents #13 (Ghost story), Mars Attacks #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by 1/3 of Broadcast Thought, Dr. Vasilis Pozios. Jimmy's roommate, Ben Templesmith, pops in for a few minutes to discuss his new project 44FLOOD and the successful TOME Kickstarter. They chat about the massive coverage that Jimmy got at Heroes Con and the awesome time that was had by all! Jimmy moderated 2 panels and interviewed tons of cartoonis...
Episode 411 - A Conversation with Frisky & Mannish
June 22, 2012 05:07 - 50 minutes - 17.4 MBIn another crossover with Stated Magazine, Jimmy sat down with the comedy cabaret duo Frisky & Mannish when he was in London last month. Check out the profile interview he did for them on Stated! It was a super fun time had by all! Listen to the whole interview here to learn about how F&M met and became the rising superstars that they are now. Many laughs occurred during this itnerview so be warned: IT'S FULL OF FUNNY! Thanks to F&M and their publicist Charlotte for hanging and letting it al...
Episode 410 - Heroes Con Bound!
June 20, 2012 09:07 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBReviews: Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1, Kiss: Dressed to Kill #1, Spider-Men #1 Jimmy flies solo as he's madly prepping for Heroes Con this weekend! Slow news week so he discusses some of the highlights of the upcoming convention in Charlotte, NC. Always a favorite show. CNI will have a table as usual and getting lots of interviews! Jimmy is also moderating a couple of awesome panels (one with Bill Willingham/Scott Snyder and the other with Steve Niles/Bernie Wrightson) so come on by if ...
Episode 409 - Poppin' Fresh!
June 13, 2012 11:16 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBReviews: Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1, Creator-Owned Heroes #1. Harbinger Vol 2 #1, Higher Earth #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by old pal Kevin Conn (I Hate Earth). The boys chat about the Arrowand Spider-Man trailer. The Tony awards (especially Wolverine aka Hugh Jackman) are discussed as well as the recent disproportionate Catwoman comic book cover. Which then leads into a small (and rare serious) discussion of the new Tomb Raider trailer and how women are portrayed in games and comics i...