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Jimmy recruits some of his regular audio reviewers Ashley, Emily, Emmy, Erica, Heidi, Jon, Marta and Melissa to assist in this episode. We go BATTY! After a recent discussion with a friend, Jimmy asked his reviewers to pick their favorite Batman movie and favorite actor that played Batman. This includes live action and animation! Did everyone pick the same one? Or were our picks wildly different?...

In our 5th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald ( The Beat Chief) and Jimmy are joined by friends Jon Hoche and Marta Balusek. This week, we discuss the hit cult film THE CROW that starred Brandon Lee. We'll delve into what we loved about it, the lore, how it impacted Hollywood and more. We'll also touch on the original James O'Barr comics as well as the TV series and movie spin-of...

It's a quickie episode and Jimmy recruits some new audio reviewers in friends Steph, Megan, Lorna, Kate, Emma, Anna and Sonia to assist in this episode! Since he's the only one not playing ANIMAL CROSSING right now, he tasked them each to convince him to join in the fun and finally play. They tell him what they like about it, how much fun it is and some of the activities that are to be done. Did i...

Jimmy recruits some of his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily, Ashley, Jon, Heidi, Marta, Nic and Jonathan to assist in this episode! He tasked them each to go find some of their favorite comic book story arcs or sci-fi/fantasy books to recommend. He chose a few as well. No news this week but lots of great recommendations for you all to check out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothin...

In our 4th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) & Jimmy are joined by Joe Grunenwald (The Beat Acting Manager) & Alex Lu (The Beat New Media Editor). This week, we discuss the recent news of DC distributing their own comics, Diamond's plans, digital vs print, how to help comic stores/creators and more! There's even a tangent about what we're cooking and how we're a...

Jimmy recruits some of his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily, Jon and Ashley to assist in this episode! He tasked them each to go find 2 webcomics to recommend. He chose a few as well.  News (thanks to newsreader Heidi!) includes: DC will distribute comics, Diamond will restart shipping in May, San Diego Comic Con finally cancels and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but l...

In our 3rd episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) & Jimmy are joined by pals David Monteith (Geek Syndicate) and frequent CNI co-host Jon Hoche. This week's topic is all about the 1980 cult film FLASH GORDON ! Heidi only saw it for the first time recently so we compare our thoughts on it all. The actors, sets, the costumes, the campiness, the soundtrack, the behind t...

Jimmy recruits some of his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily, Jon and Erica to assist in this episode! He tasked them each to go into their Comixology accounts and pick comics from the "Free Comics" section to recommend. He chose a few as well.  News (thanks to newsreader Emmy!) includes: many comic creators are contributing to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation auctions, Jim Starlin ret...

In our 2nd episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) & Jimmy are joined by Joe Grunenwald (The Beat Acting Manager) & Alex Lu (The Beat New Media Editor). They chat about the current state of the comic industry during this pandemic, what may happen, ideas to help, will it survive and more! It's an in-depth and fun discussion. CBI will potentially be weekly while things...

Reviews: Batman: The Adventures Continue #1, The Kill Lock #1 & #2, Rogue Planet #1, Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Something Wicked #1, Stealth #1 Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily, Jon and Marta to assist in this episode! MoCCA Fest here in NYC was one of the many comic conventions cancelled and was supposed to happen over the weekend. Since they couldn't be here to table and...

In our inaugural mashup episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER, Jimmy is joined via Zoom by Heidi MacDonald (The Beat) and Jon Hoche to talk about the original Evil Dead trilogy. Heidi and Jon are Evil Dead and Bruce Campbell fans/aficionados and Jimmy only saw the 3 films last week for the first time ever. They chat about all 3 movies (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness) and the differences...

Stuck at home & not sure what to watch? Jimmy recruits friends and listeners to send in recommendations of what they've been watching since being shut in. Some really great and varied films and TV shows to check out. Thanks to Jesse, Jon, Marta, Melissa, Nic, Ryan and Steph for sending in their thoughts. Don't worry. Jimmy and Producer Joe leave their recommendations as well. Let us know what you'...

Reviews: Hellions #1, No One's Rose #1, Super Duck #1, Transformers vs Terminator #1, Steven Universe: Future series finale, Vagrant Queen series premiere Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily and Jon to assist in this episode! News (thanks to newsreader Heidi!) includes: comic companies take different approaches to new digital releases, Ryan Reynolds will produce/star in a liv...

Stuck at home & not sure what to watch? Jimmy recruits friends and listeners to send in recommendations of what they've been watching since being shut in. Some really great and varied films and TV shows to check out. Thanks to Amy, Ashley, Courtney, Emily, Emmy and Heidi for sending in their thoughts. Don't worry. Jimmy and Producer Joe leave their recommendations as well. Let us know what you've...

Reviews: Outlawed #1, Starship Down #1, Wicked Things #1, Motherland: Fort Salem, Star Wars: The Clone Wars s7 premiere Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily and Jon to assist in this episode! News (thanks to newsreader Emily!) includes: Diamond distributors temporarily shuts production down, Rosario Dawson cast as live-action Ahsoka Tano, multiple TV shows and films are postpo...

Since a lot of writers and artists were counting on now multiple cancelled comic conventions for income, they have turned to focusing on online sales to stay afloat. And because of that, I thought I'd give them a boost! I reached out to a bunch of comic folks and had a good amount send me some audio chatting about their work and where you can buy it. Do check them out. You may find something you r...

Reviews: Cable #1, Decorum #1, Penultiman #0, Supermom: Expecting Trouble #1, Westworld s3 premiere Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Melissa and Jon to assist in this episode! News (thanks to newsreader Emily!) includes: everything is cancelled, a new Shang-Chi book is coming, Pendleton Ward's new Netflix show premieres soon and more! Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but...

Reviews: The Crow: Lethe #1, King of Nowhere #1, Marvel 2020 #1, Mercy #1, Strange Academy #1, Strange Adventures #1 Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Emily and Ashley to assist in this episode! News (thanks to newsreader Nic!) includes: Emerald City Comic Con & SXSW (among others) are postponed, DC Comics will publish WONDER WOMEN IN HISTORY, the TRAIN TO BUSAN sequel is coming...

Reviews: Amethyst Vol 3 #1, Finger Guns #1, Hidden Society #1, 2020 Force Works #1, ThunderCats Roar, Utopia Falls Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Emily and Melissa to assist in this episode! News includes: a Parasite graphic novel is on the way, X of Swords is the next big X-Men event, Jim Lee says no reboots at DC Comics planned and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothin...

Reviews: Archie Meets the B-52s #1, Doctor Tomorrow #1, On the Stump #1, Wolverine #1 Jimmy delivers another quickie for you with the help of friends Emily, Melissa and Jon! News includes: Dan Didio is out at DC Comics, a Freakangels anime adaptation is on the way, Jen Wang's graphic novel The Prince and the Dressmaker is being adapted into a musical and more! Do tune in to check it out! Leave you...

Jimmy recruits some friends to review the new Netflix show Locke & Key. If you didn't know, it's based on the comic book series of the same name by Joe Hill/Gabriel Rodriguez. How true to the comic is the TV series? What keys will we see? Is it more Stranger Things or more Goosebumps? Tune in to find out! Thanks to my reviewers Melissa, Heidi, Kirstie, Stephen and Jeff! And many thanks to Producer...

Reviews: Alienated #1, Nebula #1, Superman: Heroes One-Shot, Duncanville series premiere Jimmy delivers a quick half-hour of nerdy goodness to you. Of course, with the help of friends Emily, Emmy, Marta and Jon! News includes: A Batman themed food extravaganza is opening in the UK this year, Tenacious D are doing a graphic novel, Mark Waid is new Humanoids publisher and more! Do tune in to check i...

Reviews: Adler #1, The After Realm Quarterly #1, The Man Who Effed Up Time #1, X-Men/Fantastic Four Vol. 2 #1, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3, Katy Keene series premiere, Birds of Prey Emily Edwards returns to the CNI studio to right some wrongs! The kids talk about the Oscars and that wonderful Parasite sweep as well as Phoenix's win in Joker . Loads of reviews in comics, TV and film a...

Jimmy sits down with old pal of almost 30 years Michael Emerson to talk about series one (and that finale!) of his new hit CBS series EVIL. They also talk about other TV and film, acting, fun fan encounters and more. For newbies to the podcast, our interviews are more conversations and not your typical Q&A. So just think of it as 2 old pals chatting about stuff and 1 happens to be a famous person....

Reviews: Arrow series finale, The Good Place series finale, Evil s1 finale Jimmy recruits some of his pals to send in audio reviews for the ARROW series finale, THE GOOD PLACE series finale and EVIL season 1 finale. ARROW brought us 8 seasons of the iconic DC Comics hero and created a whole superhero universe for The CW. We got 4 great seasons of THE GOOD PLACE that showed us both hilarity and hea...