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Comic News Insider

1,507 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 91 ratings

The 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 1396 - Across the CNI-Verse!

June 06, 2023 06:29 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Reviews: Power Girl Special #1 (One-Shot), The Savage Strength of Starstorm #1, Star Trek Annual 2023 #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #1, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's reviews. Thanks to Edie, Therese, Melissa, Jon and Ricky! Thanks to Emily for the news which includes: a live-action Miles Morales Spider-Man film is coming, Stracyznski returns to Marvel Comics, the new Si...

Episode 1395 - American Born Chinese Review Special!

May 30, 2023 09:55 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

The highly anticipated new TV series AMERICAN BORN CHINESE dropped on Disney+ last week. Since we loved it so much, we decided to do a review special w/ some friends sending in their thoughts as well. As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Therese, Melissa, Steph, Marta, Evan and Producer Joe! Based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, the series is 8 episode long and all are available now. Yang has been on the podcas...

Episode 1394 - CNI in a Flash!

May 30, 2023 09:29 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MB

Reviews: City Boy #1, Storm Vol. 4 #1, The Flash series finale, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, The Little Mermaid As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's reviews. Thanks to Edie, Therese, Melissa, and Ricky! Jimmy does the news for the vacationing Emily which includes: Alligator Loki gets a comic, The Nib shuts down, Eisner Awards drama and more! As usual, Jimmy has his Top 3 picks of the week to suggest. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for li...

Episode 1393 - Not Cancelled!

May 23, 2023 09:23 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

Reviews: Avengers Vol 8. #1, Disney Villains: Maleficent #1, Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea #1, Vigil #1 As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's comic and TV reviews. Thanks to Edie, Marta, Melissa, and Ricky! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: lots of TV cancellations, Disney to close Star Wars hotel, HAWKEYE spin-off ECHO gets a release date and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1392 - CNI Mayhem!

May 16, 2023 07:27 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

Reviews: King Kong: The Great War #1, Murder Inc: Jagger Rose #1, Silk Vol. 5 #1, Spirit World #1, Fear the Walking Dead s8 premiere, The Muppets Mayhem s1, Titans series finale As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's comic and TV reviews. Thanks to Edie, Marta, Melissa, Ricky and Jon! And to news anchor Emily for the loads of news which includes: Lana Condor will star in a sci-fi  thriller podcast, Wonder Woman's daughter will debut next month, ...

Episode 1391 - Guardians of the Podcast!

May 09, 2023 22:53 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

Reviews: Shazam vol 4 #1, Star Wars: Visions s2 premiere, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures series premiere, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's comic and TV reviews. Thanks to Edie, Marta and Emily! And to news anchor Emily for the loads of news which includes: SWEET TOOTH will return for a 3rd & final season, more JUSTICE SOCIETY comics coming, Sesame Street introduces a Filipino puppet and more! Also, get a hol...

Episode 1390 - Comics, Baking & More w/ Kim-Joy!

May 03, 2023 08:46 - 31 minutes - 10.9 MB

Jimmy's friend and famed Great British Bake-Off finalist, cookbook author, card game maker, and so much more is now making her debut as a graphic novel writer! She's in NYC this week to appear on the Today Show (catch her appearance on their YouTube). Jimmy went out to dinner with her and her partner Nabil (Thought Bubble Festival Founder/Director) on Monday and chatted after. Her brand new graphic novel, TURTLE BREAD: A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT BAKING, FITTING IN, AND THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP, is...

Episode 1389 - Sweet CNI!

May 03, 2023 08:43 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MB

Reviews: Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures One-Shot, Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red #1, Sweet Tooth s2, Peter Pan & Wendy, Duty After School As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's comic and TV reviews. Thanks to Edie, Melissa, Marta and Producer Joe! And to news anchor Emily for the loads of news which includes: Amazon Prime has 3 upcoming BATMAN projects, MECH CADETS is on Netflix starting in August, Marvel's AGATHA: COVEN OF...

Episode 1388 - Drops of CNI!

April 24, 2023 23:27 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

Reviews: The Ark s1 finale, Drops of God series premiere, The Mandalorian s3 finale As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's comic and TV reviews. Thanks to Edie, Melissa and Marta! And to news anchor Emily for the loads of news which includes: Marvel Comics celebrates 84th anniversary with new one-shot comic, K-Pop groups contribute to new South Korean animated series, game designer writes first comic and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks fo...

Episode 1387 - CNI: Honor Among Podcasts!

April 18, 2023 07:15 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Reviews: The Great British Bump Off #1, Exorcists Never Die #1, The Seasons Have Teeth #1, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, The Super Mario Bros. Movie As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out with this week's comic and TV reviews. Thanks to Ricky, Edie, Therese and Marta! And to news anchor Emily for the loads of news which includes: lots of Star Wars news including the return of Rey, another Game of Thrones prequel is coming, Metalocalpyse returns and mo...

Episode 1386 - MOCCA: Ashling Tu/Vyolet Jin!

April 05, 2023 08:44 - 29 minutes - 10 MB

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MOCCA) Festival was over the weekend and Jimmy attended both days. He did some interviews w/ some amazing creators! In this episode, you'll hear from creators Ashling Tu and Vyolet Jin! Originally from China, they moved to the U.S. to study and work on art. They are part of StarryHouse Studio and collaborated on the incredible PERFECT BLUE multi-media project. Ashling tells Jimmy how the project came together, her role as the main artist, traveling to co...

Episode 1385 - MOCCA: Noah Van Sciver/David Reuss!

April 05, 2023 08:40 - 24 minutes - 8.31 MB

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MOCCA) Festival was over the weekend and Jimmy attended both days. He did some interviews w/ some amazing creators! In this episode, you'll hear from creators Noah Van Sciver and David Reuss. Noah chats about his new collection w/ Fantagraphics called AS A CARTOONIST, if life is better with or without a mustache, skulking the catacombs in France, how he got into the indie cartooning scene and more. David is a board member for The Society of Illustrators ...

Episode 1384 - MOCCA: Hyesu Lee/Jess Ruliffson!

April 05, 2023 08:18 - 32 minutes - 11.1 MB

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MOCCA) Festival was over the weekend and Jimmy attended both days. He did some interviews w/ some amazing creators! In this episode, you'll hear from creators Hyesu Lee and Jess Ruliffson. Hyesu talks about her journey from South Korea to London to Brooklyn, doing a NYC Subway mural, her upcoming graphic novel and more. Jess discusses her new book INVISIBLE WOUNDS as published by Fantagraphics, what it was like seeking out and talking to the vets who pro...

Episode 1383 - Magical MoCCA Missive!

April 04, 2023 01:18 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

Reviews: The Ambassadors #1, Harley Quinn vol. 4 #28, Dungeons & Dragons Saturday Morning Adventures #1, Rocketman & Rocketgirl #1, Riverdale s7 premiere The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MOCCA) Festival was over the weekend and Jimmy attended both days. He gives his recap here talking about the overall show from setup to exhibitors to atmosphere to interviews and more. He also teases the interviews he got that you'll hear later this week split up into 3 episodes. Great talks with Hyesu ...

Episode 1382 - Making MoCCA!

March 29, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB

Reviews: Dead Romans #1, The Neighbors #1, Order and Outrage #1, Digman! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Ricky, Melissa, and Marta! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: DC Comics is retelling the origin of The Batman and Joker's meet-cute, a new TMNT based on the comics is coming, Marvel shows are getting pushed back and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1381 - Fury of the CNI!

March 21, 2023 09:20 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

Reviews: Agent Elvis, Gotham Knights series premiere, Shadow and Bone s2, Shazam! Fury of the Gods As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, and Emily! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: DC Comics is going all out for Pride, K-Pop band NCT 127 is releasing the first officially licensed K-Pop graphic novel, Marvel's Hellfire Gala will take place in person at SDCC and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1380 - The Glory...of CNI!

March 14, 2023 03:18 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MB

Reviews: Clear #1, Predator Vol 4 #1, Stone Heart #1, Kung Fu s3 finale, The Last of Us s1 finale, Avatar: The Way of Water As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Therese, Melissa, and Edie! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: Ash and Pikachu are handing over the reigns to a new trainer in the long running Pokemon animated series, Brian Michael Bendis will write about his time writing the Spider-Man Broadway musical, racist cartoonis...

Episode 1379 - CNI Chasers!

March 06, 2023 10:02 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB

Reviews: Hallow's Eve #1, Hunt. Kill. Repeat. #1, Phantom Road #1, John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction: The Envoy #1, The Mandolorian s3 premiere As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky and Edie! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: Marvel to start new 20th Century Studios imprint, a new Hellboy is found, Battle Chasers returns and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1378 - Ultimate CNI!

February 27, 2023 10:46 - 23 minutes - 7.92 MB

Reviews: Blue Book #1, Local Man #1, Godfell #1, Moriarty: Clockwork Empire #1 A quick CNI episode for you! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky and Edie! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: Marvel's Ultimate Comics line returns, Dead Boy Detectives moves to Netflix, Robert Kirkman is back with a new comic series and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1377 - Quantum CNI!

February 21, 2023 10:33 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Reviews: Betty: The Final Girl #1, Masters of the Universe: Masterverse #1, The Last Barbarians #1, Torrent #1, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Another week, another Marvel film! Did you see it? As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky, Jon and Therese! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: LEGO to release a BTS set, DC Comics to highlight AAPI creators and characters, Bill Waterson returns to publishing and more!...

Episode 1376 - Happy Super Valentine's Bowl!

February 14, 2023 11:28 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Reviews: Harrower #1, Monarch #1, Space Job #1, Harley Quinn "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Velma season finale Hope everyone had a SUPER weekend! We're back with another regular episode. As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky, and Edie! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: a Spider-Man Noir live action series is in the works at Amazon, Disney is making more s...

Episode 1375 - An "Extraordinary" Podcast!

February 06, 2023 23:50 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Reviews: Almighty #1, Avatar the Last Airbender: Aang's Unfreezing Day, Where Monsters Lie #1, The Ark season premiere, Extraordinary s1, Wolf Pack season premiere Getting back in the groove with these regular format shows. As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky, Steph and Producer Joe! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: SO much DC Studios news including upcoming TV/film projects, another Avatar: The Last Airbe...

Episode 1374 - Back to Comics!

January 31, 2023 10:23 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

Reviews: Archie vs. The World one-shot, Inferno Girl Red #1, Night Walkers #1, White Savior #1, Zombie Makeout Club Vol 1. We're back with some comic book reviews! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky and Jon! And news anchor Emily is here giving the news which includes: Wheel of Fortune is looking for Star Wars fans to be contestants, a new Tomb Raider film is in the works, Zachary Levi & other SHAZAM cast members are writing ...

Episode 1373 - Back to Basics!

January 24, 2023 23:19 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Reviews: Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, The Last of Us s1 premiere, Star Wars: The Bad Batch s2 premiere, Velma s1 premiere, Willow s1, Jung_E WHAT'S THIS? A regular format podcast?! Yep! We haven't been doing many of these lately due to review specials, convention specials, etc. But we will try to get to doing more of them in the future if we can. Times are busy though! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewer friends. Thanks to Ricky, Melissa and Therese! A...

Episode 1372 - S. Craig Zahler!

January 15, 2023 09:08 - 53 minutes - 18.4 MB

S. Craig Zahler (Writer/Director: Bone Tomahawk, Dragged Across Concrete, Brawl in Cell Block 99) joins Producer Joe to talk about his original graphic novel, Organisms From an Ancient Cosmos (Dark Horse). Craig talks about his creative process, passion for hard science fiction, and his long time love of the comic book and animation mediums.   Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1371 - More Best of 2022!

January 09, 2023 10:54 - 20 minutes - 7.18 MB

Last week, Jimmy, Producer Joe, Heidi MacDonald and Ricky Serrano Denis chatted about their personal Best of 2022! This week, Jimmy recruited many of his favorite reviewer friends to send in 3 of their favorite things in entertainment for 2022. Thanks to great friends Melissa, Marta, Jon, Steph, Ashley, Therese, and Edie! Some more great choices and some that weren't mentioned in last week's big show. What were some of your favorites? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1370 - Our Best of 2022!

January 03, 2023 12:42 - 1 hour - 33.1 MB

Jimmy and Producer Joe welcome back Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) and Ricky Serrano Denis (The Beat Staff Writer) to talk about our personal Best of 2022! As usual, it's purely subjective and it's what we read/saw in 2022. And we didn't read/see everything so there may be a lot we missed. Sorry about that but we think you will enjoy our picks. What were some of your favorites? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1369 - A Christmas Catch-up with Jimmy & Joe!

December 27, 2022 22:11 - 35 minutes - 12.2 MB

Jimmy went upstate to visit Producer Joe for Christmas and they decided to do a little Christmas catch-up! They talked about stuff they've liked and maybe didn't like so much in comics, TV and film. They also teased next week's "Best of..." episode with Heidi MacDonald and Ricky Denis. Always a great time when the 2 CNI pals actually get together in person to record. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1368 - New Christmas Viewing Jolliness 2!

December 19, 2022 22:02 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB

Jimmy has a quick little episode to give you for some Christmas time off viewing ideas. He watched a bunch of new Christmas specials and is here to tell you about them. Which did he like best? Tune in to find out! What are some of the ones you checked out this year that you loved? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1367 - Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide!

December 16, 2022 06:13 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

If you're like Jimmy, you are way behind on holiday gift buying! So he came up with a quick little episode with some items that the nerd(s) you love will enjoy. And please send any ideas our way so we can complete our lists too! Hope you pick up some of these. Good luck with the shopping!  Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1366 - Another Comics Catch-Up!

December 15, 2022 08:42 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

Reviews: Hell to Pay #1, Justice Society of America #1, The New Golden Age #1, Once Upon A Time at the End of the World, Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker #1, Tiger Division #1, Stargirl series finale The massive Thought Bubble Festival coverage is finally complete! So we decided to do a quick comics catch-up. As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers. Big thanks to Ricky, Melissa, Ashley and Marta! Always so smart and insightful. Let us know what you thought of these comics. Jimmy al...

Episode 1365 - Thought Bubble: Tim Bird/Tom Humberstone!

December 08, 2022 09:57 - 31 minutes - 10.9 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this final episode dedicated to the festival, you'll hear from Tim Bird and Tom Humberstone. Tim talks about his works GREY AREA, THE GREAT NORTH WOOD, psychogeography and being in a band. Tom discusses his great graphic novel SUZANNE: THE JAZZ AGE GODDESS OF TENNIS, taking creative license with true stories, favorite tennis players and what's next for him artistically. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for...

Episode 1364 - Thought Bubble: Marc Bernardin!

December 08, 2022 09:01 - 29 minutes - 10 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from friend Marc Bernardin. Marc talks about his incredible graphic novel ADORA AND THE DISTANCE, podcasting with Kevin Smith, working in writer's rooms and more! Always great catching up with Marc. More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1363 - Thought Bubble: Christian Wildgoose/JAKe!

December 08, 2022 08:49 - 26 minutes - 9.12 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from friends Christian Wildgoose and JAKe. Chris and Jimmy talk about his comic series ALIENATED, what he would do w/ infinite power and his year off of comics to work in TV/film. JAKe discusses his new book HOW TO SPEAK ASTROMECH WITH BB8, Star Wars and life as a University course leader on MA Illustration. More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massiv...

Episode 1362 - Thought Bubble: Sovereign Comics (Paul & Dean)/Lize Meddings!

December 07, 2022 10:44 - 29 minutes - 9.99 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Paul and Dean of Sovereign Comics and Lize Meddings. Jimmy chats w/ Paul and Dean about what Sovereign Comics is accomplishing, education in comics and what they've got coming next. Jimmy even gets an impromptu (and dope AF) rap from Paul! Lize and Jimmy talk about her THE SAD GHOST CLUB comics and movement, mental health issues and ways to cope. More interviews from Thought B...

Episode 1361 - Thought Bubble: B. Mure/Charlot Kristensen!

December 05, 2022 12:28 - 35 minutes - 12.1 MB

Comic News Insider: Episode 1360 is now available for free download! Click on the link or follow on Spotify/subscribe on iJimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from B. Mure and Charlot Kristensen. Jimmy chats w/ B. Mure about the incredible world of ISMYRE that they created in a series of comics, art style, and murder mysteries. Charlot discusses her recent works WHAT THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT and BESSIE THE MOTORCYCLE QUE...

Episode 1360 - TV/Film Catch-Up!

December 04, 2022 11:30 - 46 minutes - 15.8 MB

Reviews: Andor s1 finale, The Walking Dead series finale, Wednesday s1, Willow s1 premiere, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Strange World. With all the massive Thought Bubble Festival coverage, we had to sneak in a review special at some point. Jimmy recruits some of his favorite friends to chip in with reviews on some recent TV/film. Thanks to Edie, Erick, Melissa, Therese, and Heidi! Always so insightful and smart. Jimmy appreciates their contributions greatly. What did you think of these...

Episode 1359 - Thought Bubble: Leah Moore/Laura Trinder!

November 30, 2022 07:18 - 28 minutes - 9.89 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Leah Moore and Laura Trinder. Leah tells Jimmy about a multitude of projects from comics about musicians to game scripts to tarot. Laura talks about her awesome prose trilogy based on a comic she had worked on. Great to catch up with both! More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a hold of u...

Episode 1358 - Thought Bubble: Chrissy Williams/Conor Boyle!

November 30, 2022 06:52 - 31 minutes - 10.7 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Chrissy Williams and Conor Boyle. Jimmy talks to Chrissy about her fantastic new comic series GOLDEN RAGE, poetry, editing, The Golden Girls, and more. Old pal Conor and Jimmy talk about Judge Dredd, cover work, and a tease of an upcoming project. More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a h...

Episode 1357 - Thought Bubble: Megan Grey!

November 29, 2022 19:39 - 24 minutes - 8.52 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from his new best pal Megan Grey! It had been a whole month since Jimmy saw Megan but they sure had a lot to chat about! They discussed her hit webcomic THE CROAKING, if she's a bird watcher, how she got started in the arts, other work and more. More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a hold of ...

Episode 1356 - Thought Bubble: Emma Vieceli!

November 28, 2022 11:32 - 34 minutes - 11.9 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from his awesome friend Emma Vieceli! Jimmy stayed w/ Emma and her hubs for a night prior to the convention. Emma took Jimmy around her cute little town of eels and had a lovely sushi lunch, some delicious tea and a hearty steak dinner. They chatted about her comic work LIFE IS STRANGE, BREAKS, writing one of her fave DC Comics heroes, musicals, singing again, conventions and more....

Episode 1355 - Thought Bubble: Rachael Smith!

November 25, 2022 17:27 - 31 minutes - 10.7 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from his good (and very pregnant) friend Rachael Smith. Jimmy stayed w/ Rachael before the festival & they had a nice relaxing chat at her home along w/ her cat Rufus. The talked about her upcoming end of a trilogyy GLASS HALF EMPTY, ISABELLA & BLODWEN, diary comics, attending cons while expecting, ASMR, mental health, inspirations and more. More interviews from Thought Bubble to c...

Episode 1354 - Thought Bubble: Lucy Sullivan/Mike Norton!

November 25, 2022 16:37 - 31 minutes - 10.9 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Lucy Sullivan and Mike Norton. Jimmy catches up w/ Lucy to chat about her work IND-XED, EARLY DOORS, RAZORBLADES and more. And why does it take being in the UK for Jimmy to see American pal Mike Norton? They talk comics, pugs, conventions and more. More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a ...

Episode 1353 - Thought Bubble: Si Spurrier!

November 23, 2022 20:27 - 18 minutes - 6.51 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Si Spurrier. Jimmy sat down with his friend Si to talk about his groundbreaking comic STEP BY BLOODY STEP as well as work on DAMN THEM ALL, LEGION OF X, ALIENATED and more. Always a super fun and chill conversation. More interviews from Thought Bubble to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1352 - Thought Bubble: Zoe Thorogood!

November 22, 2022 17:17 - 34 minutes - 11.7 MB

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Zoe Thorogood. Zoe is a new force to be reckoned with on the comics scene. They chat about her incredible debut graphic novel THE IMPENDING BLINDNESS OF BILLIE SCOTT, her outstanding new work IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, mental health issues, theater, dealing with success, and more. A delightful, fun and informative conversations! More interviews from Thought Bubbl...

Episode 1351 - Anime NYC!

November 22, 2022 00:59 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

Jimmy attended the Anime NYC con over the weekend. A fun and positive atmosphere that inspired him to check out so many different anime and manga. Question is...where to start? Loads of great exhibitors, guests, artists, food and more. Amazing cosplayers that seemed to fill the floor. Hear his thoughts on the whole thing! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Episode 1350 - My Neighbour Totoro (RSC Production)!

November 19, 2022 15:55 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

Interrupting our Thought Bubble Festival interview episodes with a special about the Royal Shakespeare Company's live action production of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO. Jimmy was in London where the production is being held at the Barbican Theatre and got to see this incredible one-of-a-kind show. Based on the famed Studio Ghibli animated film of the same name, MNT is a magical journey full of wonder and awe. The cast, direction, music, puppetry and more all make it such an extraordinary live theater...

Episode 1349 - Thought Bubble: Kieron Gillen!

November 18, 2022 10:21 - 27 minutes - 9.39 MB

Jimmy is back home in NYC but recorded a few eps while still in London. He attended the Thought Bubble Festival and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Kieron Gillen. Kieron talks about his massive amount of work lately including Marvel's AXE event, ONCE & FUTURE, DIE, role playing games, fatherhood, and more. More interviews to come! We'll be releasing the massive amount of interviews over the next month. Also, get a hold of us Thanks for listening!

Episode 1348 - Thought Bubble: Glyn Dillon/Alison Sampson!

November 17, 2022 08:14 - 31 minutes - 10.8 MB

Jimmy is back home in NYC but recorded a few eps while still in London. He attended the Thought Bubble Festival and got 25 interviews! In this episode, you'll hear from Glyn Dillon and Alison Sampson. Glyn discusses the 10th anniversary of his hit graphic novel THE NAO OF BROWN as well as his film work on several STAR WARS films and THE BATMAN. Alison talks about her prolific work including THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, HELLBOY and SLEEPING BEAUTIES. More interviews to come! We'll be releasing th...

Episode 1347 - Thought Bubble Festival Recap! Interviews w/ Paul Cornell/Raina Telgemeier!

November 15, 2022 10:15 - 44 minutes - 15.1 MB

Jimmy is back home in NYC but recorded a few eps while still in London. He recaps the Thought Bubble Festival he attended over the weekend where he got 25 interviews. DAMN THAT'S A LOT! In this episode, you'll hear from Paul Cornell and Raina Telgemeier. He also talks about his time in London seeing friends, going to the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO, staying w/ friends Emma & Pud in Ely, Rachael & Rob in Manchester and more. The Thought Bubble recap covers hi...

Guests

Ben Templesmith
4 Episodes
Dean Haspiel
4 Episodes
Brea Grant
3 Episodes
Cameron Stewart
3 Episodes
Jeffrey Brown
3 Episodes
Robert Kirkman
3 Episodes
Rob Thomas
3 Episodes
Clark Gregg
2 Episodes
Dave Gibbons
2 Episodes
Don Rosa
2 Episodes
Kevin Smith
2 Episodes
Michael Avon Oeming
2 Episodes
Miles Millar
2 Episodes
Wynonna Earp
2 Episodes
Yuri Lowenthal
2 Episodes
Alan Moore
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