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Jimmy always loves covering one of his favorite publishers First Second. He was able to interview 4 creators that have books coming out with them. He talked to Mike Cavallaro (Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades), Vera Greentea (Grimoire Noir), Nathaniel Lachenmeyer (The Singing Rock and Other Brand-New Fairy Tales) and Yesenia Moises (Honeysmoke). All very different but equally fantastic books! Def...

Jimmy had a chance to talk to the Isola creative team of Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl and Michele Assarasakorn (msassyk) in Artist's Alley at New York Comic Con. What's next for this great comic? They also chat about other projects and a minor update on what's happening with Motor Crush! Jimmy also spoke with UK artist Chris Wildgoose about his new book Batman: Nightwalker. Did Chris finally get...

Jimmy had the chance to talk to 3 creators from Humanoids Publishing. Mark Waid not only co-wrote the series Ignited with the publisher, but he also serves as the Director of Creative Development. He and Jimmy chatted about what that entails and the shared universe being created. They also briefly mentioned some of his other current work. Jimmy also talked to Koren Shadmi (The Twilight Man: Rod Se...

Jimmy sat down with friends Kim-Joy (Baking with Kim-Joy: Cute and Creative Bakes to Make You Smile) to chat about her new cookbook, her time as a finalist on The Great British Bake Off last year, her comic work and more! Nabil Homsi (Thought Bubble Festival/Convention Assistant Director) joined us at the end to chat about his comic shops (Travelling Man) and the upcoming Thought Bubble convention...

Jimmy covered the Riverdale press room at NYCC and chatted with showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa along with cast members Madchen Amick, Mark Consuelos, Marisa Nichols, Molly Ringwald and Skeet Ulrich! They lovingly remember Luke Perry and talk about the moving season opener tribute to him. We also learn more of some new characters arriving and some surprising reunions. Leave your iTunes comments!...

New York Comic Con is done and boy did we get a lot of coverage! Jimmy was there all weekend and did 15 interviews and covered 3 press rooms. You'll be hearing all of that coverage over the next few weeks as we'll be releasing about 3 episodes a week. In this episode, Jimmy gives his recap and thoughts on the show. You'll also hear interviews he did with writer Greg Pak (Agents of Atlas, Ronin Isl...

Jimmy is madly planning for NYCC! He's read thousands of pages of graphic novels to prep for interviews and boy are there going to be a lot. Not too many press rooms this year so that means more comic book coverage! In an extended Top 3 segment (Top 10!), he reviews/chats about some of the comics and books he's read and planned interviews with some of the creatives involved. Besides the books ment...

Reviews: The Black Ghost #1, Spider-Man Vol 3 #1 Another schedule mishap. Oh no! All good though. Melissa steps in again to send in audio reviews of the 2 comics reviewed and to do the news. Plus, Jimmy is madly prepping for NYCC next week! Yikes! News includes: The Boondocks returns, a new Batman creative team is announced, Game of Thrones goes out big at The Emmys and more! Leave your iTunes com...

Reviews: King Thor #1, Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1, Steeple #1 Due to schedules, Jimmy has to do a quickie solo episode but he recruits one of his fave new audio reviewers Melissa to help out. Let's be honest, her reviews are much better than Jimmy's any day. And thanks to Heidi for being the news reader to tell us about Frank Miller returning to The Dark Knight, Wolverine as a bear, that Battlestar...

Reviews: Battlepug #1, Legion of Super-Heroes: Millenium #1, Marvel Comic #1000, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes series finale After a long hiatus, we have a co-host and we're back to a regular format show after quite awhile. Jon Hoche returns to the rotating co-host chair fresh of his stint on Broadway in King Kong. They talk about Jimmy's obsession with Red Dead Redemption 2 and have an interesting dis...

Reviews: Avatar the Last Airbender: Rise of Kyoshi, Archie 1955 #1, Everything #1, Power Pack: Grow Up!,  Something Is Killing the Children #1, Triage #1    Regular audio reviewer Melissa wanted to review some comics that interested her so we let her! Producer Joe read that new Avatar book. And Jimmy jumped in with a couple of reviews himself. We're hoping to do more of these comic review only sho...

Reviews: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. s6 finale, The Boys s1, iZombie series finale, Infinity Train mini-series, Krypton s2 finale, Legion series finale, Steven Universe: The Movie, Veronica Mars s4 We missed a bunch of season and series finales so thought we would cover them here! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers to help out. Thanks to Emily, Melissa, Ashley, Steph, Corey,...

Jimmy covered the Batman Beyond 20th Annviersary press room roundtables while at SDCC. Creatives/talent in attendance included Stan Berkowitz, Bob Goodman and James Tucker. What did they love most about the show? Favorite episode? Would they make more episodes if they could? You have to listen to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for...

Jimmy covered the The Walking Dead press conference while at SDCC. Creatives/talent in attendance included Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Danai Gurira, Ryan Hurst, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Avi Nash, Nadia Hilker, Eleanor Matsuura, Cooper Andrews, Cailey Fleming, Angela Kang, Gale Anne Hurd and Scott M. Gimple. What happens after the storm? Who is Omega? How will Michonne exit the show? You have to li...

Jimmy covered the The Flash press room roundtables while at SDCC. Creatives/talent in attendance included Danielle Panabaker, Tom Cavanagh, Hartley Sawyer, and Executive Producer Eric Wallace! Will Nora return? How will her disappearance affect Barry and Iris? Will Killer Frost ever go back to being bad? You have to listen to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also...

Reviews: House of X #1, Powers of X #1, Omni #1, Once and Future #1, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1, White Trees #1, Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Jimmy interrupts all the great San Diego Comic Con coverage to bring you a quick review special! Thanks to loyal audio reviewer pals Ashley, Emily, Marta, Melissa and Jon for sending in those great reviews! Jimmy also attended Flame Con a couple of week...

Jimmy covered the  Riverdale  press room roundtables while at SDCC. Creatives/talent in attendance were KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch, and Executive Producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa! Is The Farm returning? Where is Penelope? What leads to Jughead's disappearance? You have to listen to find out! Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also,...

Jimmy covered the Undone press room roundtables while at SDCC. Creatives/talent in attendance from the upcoming Amazon Prime series were Rosa Salazar, Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg! Why is the show shot in Rotoscope? How does Rosa shoot her scenes? Where does Bob Oedenkirk fit into the series? You have to listen to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get...

Jimmy covered the Stumptown press room roundtables while at SDCC. Cast and creatives included Cobie Smulders, Jake Johnson, Cole Sibus, Camryn Manheim, Michael Ealy, Greg Rucka, Tantoo Cardinal, Adrian Martinez and David Bernad! How close to the comic book will the series be? What new characters were added? What are the relationships amongst each other? You have to listen to find out! Leave your i...

Jimmy crashed the Nickelodeon booth on preview night of Comic Con & ran into Tom Kenny aka SpongeBob SquarePants! Tom made sure that their interview was going to happen even though things were running a bit behind. Thanks, Tom (and, of course to the awesome Nick publicists!). He also talked to voice over artist extraordinaire Julie Nathanson while at the big show. They may or may not have broke ou...

Jimmy sat down with friend Tom Akel to discuss his new gig as Chief Content Officer at Graphite. Also on the Sunday of Comic Con, Jimmy talked to Archie Comics writer/artist Dan Parent about all of his current work with the company including Archie: The Married Life and his creator owned books as well. And while in L.A., Jimmy chatted with good pal Sina Grace over coffee about his recent works inc...

Jimmy sat down with MK Reed and Greg Means at the Top Shelf/IDW booth to talk about their new graphic novel Penny Nichols. A book that he finds a joy to read! He also met up with Koren Shadmi to discuss his new book Highwayman and queried what he would do if he were immortal. Both were super fun interviews so check them out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hol...

Jimmy covered the press conference for the AMC show The Terror: Infamy. In attendance were Co-Creators and Executive Producers Alexander Woo and Max Borenstein along with cast Derek Mio, George Takei, Kiki Sukezane and Cristina Rodlo. Why did they choose this subject? Did Takei's personal experience influence that decision? What kind of horror can we expect? Tune in to find out! Leave your iTunes ...

Jimmy covered the press conference for the last season of the AMC hit show Preacher. In attendance were cast members Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Julie Ann Emery, and Mark Harelik. What will the last season bring? How will God deal with Jesse? Will Tulip stay on the same path? Tune in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening...

Jimmy got quite a few 1:1 interviews as well while at SDCC. He got a chance to talk to old podcast pal Jeffrey Brown about his new Star Wars book as well as if he's going to revisit some older work. And while in L.A., Jimmy sat down over lunch with friend Kieron Gillen to chat about his new work Die! and the intricacies of Dungeons and Dragons. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but l...