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Reviews: Planet-Size X-Men #1, Static Season One #1, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1, Black Summer s2, Luca Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we reviewed and send us your thoughts! Thanks to Emi...

In our 60th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to join us in discussing the 2004 Sam Raimi directed film Spider-Man 2. We'll be covering all 3 of Raimi's Spider-Man films this month and then the ones that came after them. Is Alfred Molina the best superhero movie villain ever? Will Peter and Mary Jane eve...

Reviews: DC Pride #1, Fear the Walking Dead  s6 finale, Loki series premiere, Trese animated series, Wish Dragon Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Jon, Ricky, Marta and father/son duo of Edward & Evan. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we...

In our 59th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to join us in discussing the 2002 Sam Raimi directed film Spider-Man. We'll be covering all 3 of Raimi's Spider-Man films this month and then the ones that came after them. Does it hold up? Was the casting on point? Why was Una Damon not credited for her role...

Reviews: Basilisk #1, Crush & Lobo #1, North Force #1, Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1, Lucifer season 5.2, Sweet Tooth season 1 Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Ricky, Marta and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we...

UK publisher SelfMadeHero always puts out great work and they have an engaging new anthology called I FEEL LOVE that is currently out. It's a weird, funky and freaky look at love. 6 great stories by 6 great cartoonists! Jimmy chats solo with contributor Kelsey Wroten about her story in the anthology, the concept behind it, her art style, what she's reading and more! Jimmy recruits the Features Edi...

UK publisher SelfMadeHero always puts out great work and they have an engaging new anthology called I FEEL LOVE that is currently out. It's a weird, funky and freaky look at love. 6 great stories by 6 great cartoonists! Jimmy chats solo with SMH founder/managing director Emma Hayley about the book as well as what else is coming from the publisher this year. Looks like a lot of amazing graphic nove...

Reviews: Blue Flame #1, Heroes Reborn: Magneto and the Mutant Force One-Shot, Made In Korea #1, Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0, Black Lightning series finale Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or wa...

In our 58th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome actors Olivia Oguma and Reggie De Leon. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and we continue celebrating Asian Americans. They chat about their careers as Asian American actors, the struggles, the triumphs, the auditions, the madness, representation, casting, and more! Really great to hear...

It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino-American host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is a writer of such comic works as AFTER HOUDINI, BEFORE HOUDINI, SKIP TO THE END and VIRTUALLY YOURS . Currently they have a new comic mini-series out this week from Image Comics called MADE IN KOREA. In a lengthy & delightful talk, they cover comics, culture, race, identity,...

Reviews: Rangers of the Divide #1, Shang-Chi Vol 2 #1, Adventure Time: Distant Lands: Together Again, The Bite, Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., Army of the Dead Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, Ricky and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watch...

It's the big 1200th episode and Jimmy and Joe are live from a bar...oh wait, no. Pandemic stuff. Right. Jimmy and Joe Zoom it up for a nice leisurely chat about what they are reading and watching lately over the past year. Joe also invites a local comic shop owner, Cristopher Livecchi, on to talk about what's it like owning a comic book store during lockdown. If you're ever in Kingston, NY, stop b...

In our 57th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Shing Yin Khor ( The Legend of Auntie Po ) and Trung Le Nguyen ( The Magic Fish ). May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and we continue celebrating Asian Americans. They chat about their incredible works, adapting American myths, road trips, food, theater, and more!  Join us each week to wa...

Jimmy is joined by pal Ricardo Serrano Denis to discuss season 1 of JUPITER'S LEGACY on Netflix. We chat our likes/dislikes and give our overall thoughts on it. How true to the comic does the series remain? Who are some of the standout characters? Does the story hold together going from past to present? Are any of the families not dysfunctional? Did anyone see the big twist coming?  Also, get a ho...

It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is award winning Korean American writer and filmmaker Greg Pak. Greg has worked on such comics as Hulk, Star Wars, Action Comics, X-Men, Mech Cadet Yu, Ronin Island, John Wick, Stranger Things and many more. They chat about his current work including a new Boom! Studios edition The Pri...

Reviews: DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration One-Shot  Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we reviewed and send us your thoughts! Only one review this week as we continue t...

In our 56th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Qui Nguyen ( Raya and the Last Dragon co-writer) and Therese Lacson ( Nerdophiles co-founder) this week's panel. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. They celebrate film/TV by, starring and/or about Asian Americans in a great discussion. So many great films & TV shows by great Asian/Pacifi...

In another unplugged episode, Jimmy welcomes back the podcast wife Erica Schultz to talk about her latest Kickstarter for her new comic THE DEADLIEST BOUQUET. They talk about how the comic came about, the characters, why Kickstarter, other work, teaching at The Kubert School, comics, TV, film, conventions and more! A fun and laid back chat. Thanks to Erica for taking the time! Also, get a hold of...

It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is a Mocca Arts Festival Award of Excellence Gold Medalist best known for her groundbreaking zine KOREANGRY. In her animation background as a color designer, she has worked for Dreamworks, Nickelodeon and Titmouse on such shows as CLEOPATRA IN SPACE, SANJAY & CRAIG, PINKY MALINKY and m...

Reviews: Eve #1, The Good Asian #1, Heroes Reborn #1, Jenny Zero #1, Jupiter's Legacy series premiere, Star Wars: The Bad Batch series premiere Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, Marta, Ricky and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watc...

In our 55th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) welcome Deb Aoki in this week's panel. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. They celebrate comics by and/or about Asian Americans in a great discussion. So many great works by so many great Asian/Pacific American cartoonists. They chat the works of Gene Luen Yang, Robin Ha, Eunsoo Jeong, Greg Pak,...

Jimmy is joined by Therese Lacson (Nerdophiles/The Beat) and Emily Edwards (CNI's news anchor) to discuss the new Netflix series SHADOW AND BONE. Will non-book readers be able to follow it or find it too confusing? Does the young somewhat inexperienced cast of newcomers hold their own? Is The Darkling both charming and evil? Just what is The Fold? Do the Crows steal the show every time they are on...

Jimmy is joined by Jon Hoche to discuss the Amazon Prime animated series INVINCIBLE. Based on Robert Kirkman's comic book series of the same name, how well does it hold up? Did YOU see that episode 1 ending coming? How great is the voice acting? Is it as bloody and brutal as the comic or did they clean it up for TV? Can Mark ever forgive his father? Tune in to find out! Just a fun and laid back di...

Jimmy is joined by Therese Lacson (Nerdophiles/The Beat) to discuss THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER. Does the series delve deep enough into Sam Wilson's past? Will Bucky atone for his past sins? Why did the internet turn on John Walker? What is really up with Sharon Carter? Do we love or hate (or both) Zemo? Tune in to find out! It's a great discussion on the series and the ramifications it will...

Reviews: Helm Greycastle #1, The Marvels #1, The Modern Frankenstein #1, Robin vol 5 #1, Shadowman #1, Invincible season 1, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Stowaway Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, Marta, Ricky and Steph. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've rea...