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Reviews:  Charlies Angels #1, Modern Fantasy #1, Multiple Man #1, Luke Cage s2 It's a sizzling heatwave in NYC so everyone is staying home in their air conditioning. Jimmy gets friends Marta, Erica, Ashley and Emmy to send in their audio reviews. And frequent co-host Emily serves as news reader. Thanks to all! News includes: DC Universe will be a subscription streaming service that will include or...

Jimmy moderated a panel with his good pal Francesco Francavilla. BEHIND THE COVER: A LOOK AT THE CREATIVE PROCESS WITH EISNER WINNER COVER ARTIST FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA ( The Black Beetle, Afterlife With Archie ). Listen in for a fun hour of illustration and chat! Francavilla designed a cover based on audience suggestions! Have you ever wondered how many of your favorite cover artists come up with...

Jimmy moderated a panel called Inspirations with Monica Gallagher ( Assassin Roommate ), Tini Howard ( Assassinistas ), Megan Levens ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 ) and Katie Skelly ( My Pretty Vampire ). They talk about what inspires them to create and how it helps them along in their creative endeavors. They give their thoughts on art, music, literature, TV/film, pop culture and more. And...

Reviews:  Tank Girl All Stars #1, 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, Preacher s3 premiere, Westworld s2 finale, Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Jimmy is still recovering from Heroes Con and brings you more interviews! You'll hear him talk with pal Bridgit Connell about her new book with Titan Comics called Brother Nash . Always super fun to catch up with Bridgit! And he has a great chat with Tom...

Jimmy got some great interviews while at Heroes Con! He catches up with Megan Levens ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10/Back to the Future: Tales From the Time Train ) to chat about her recent work, what it's like working for so many licensed properties, and some of her favorite characters. Katie Skelly ( My Pretty Vampire/Nurse Nurse ) talked to Jimmy about the themes in her comics, her love of...

Jimmy got some great interviews while at Heroes Con! Tini Howard ( Assassinistas, Rick and Morty, Hack/Slash ) talks about her work, new found love of wrestling and what she would do if she could write a Venture Bros. comic. Kevin Mellon ( Suicide Sisters, Archer ) talks about his recent horror/suspense one-shot comics and what it's like being the storyboard director/artist on the hit animated ser...

Reviews:  Magic Order #1, Plastic Man Vol. 5 #1, Thor Vol. 5 #1, Archer s9 finale, Legion s2 finale, Supergirl s3 finale Jimmy is back from Heroes Con and all you get is this dumb podcast! He got about 10 interviews and moderated 3 panels. You'll hear those interviews over the next 2 weeks as well as 2 of the panels. In this episode, you'll get interviews with Monica Gallagher ( Assassin Roommate...

Reviews:  Dazzler X Song #1, Immortal Hulk #1, Justice League #1, Cloak and Dagger s1 premiere, Humans s3 premiere Emily Edwards returns to co-host once again and even tries to take over as the main host! Does she succeed in ousting Jimmy? Listen in to find out! Jimmy chats about his upcoming trip to Heroes Con this weekend. He'll be moderating 3 panels (info below) and has tons of interviews line...

Reviews:  Aquaman/Jabberjaw Special #1,  Blackwood #1, Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special #1, Flash/Speed Buggy Special #1, Man Of Steel Vol 2 #1, Star Wars Lando Double Or Nothing #1, Super Sons/Dynomutt Special #1  Crazy schedules means a solo episodes with friends sending in their audio reviews! Thanks to Marta, Ashley, Jon, Rachael, Erica, Emily and Adam for those awesome reviews. Jimmy...

Reviews:  Adventure Time Beginning Of The End #1, Black Panther Vol 7 #1. Delta 13 #1, The Flash s4 finale, iZombie s4 finale, Krypton s1 finale, Lost in Space, Lucifer, Solo: A Star Wars Story   Emily Edwards returns for this big multiple review show. Jimmy talks about Book Expo America and some interviews he has lined up this week. News includes: A Boba Fett spin-off is in the works, Jamie Foxx...

Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked to Ho Che Anderson and Tommi Parrish. Ho talks about his new sci-fi/action adventure book Godhead . And Jimmy brings up Ho's older Milestone Comics work Wise Son and they even go off on Legion of Superheroes tangent! Tommi talks their new book The Lie and How We Told...

  Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked to Hope Larson and Charise Mericle Harper. Hope chats about her new book All Summer Long as well as her run on Goldie Vance and Batgirl . Charise talks about crafts and her new book Crafty Cat and the Great Butterfly Battle . Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars a...

Reviews:  Flavor #1, Justice League: No Justice #1-2, Mighty Thor At The Gates Of Valhalla #1, Agents of SHIELD s5 finale, Arrow s6 finale, Gotham s4 finale, Lucifer s3 finale, Riverdale s2 finale, Timeless s2 finale, Deadpool 2  Still lots of TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) coverage! In this way too long episode (apologies for that!), you'll hear the interview Jimmy did with good pal Emma Viec...

  Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked with friends Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl. Brenden goes into detail about how he and Karl came up with the idea for their new image book Isola . Karl was on a time crunch but graciously chatted for a few about his amazing art in the book and any influences. Le...

Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked to Sophie Goldstein and Georgia Webber. Sophie talks about her new book House of Women and her influences for it and her art. Georgia talks about her graphic memoir Dumb: Living Without A Voice and the difficulties of not talking for months. Leave your  iTunes  comme...

  Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked to Vera Brosgol and Jen Wang. Vera talks about her current semi-autobiographical book Be Prepared and they even go off on a tangent about cooking. Jen talks about The Prince and the Dressmaker and Jimmy wonders if she could have a second career as a fashion designe...

Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! 13 total equaling about 5 hours of content. So you will hear all of them over the next 2 weeks! No reviews or news this week since it's the TCAF recap. Jimmy got friends Heidi MacDonald and Molly Kremer to send in their quick recaps as well. 2 awesome interviews in this episode. Jimmy sat down...

Reviews:  Avengers Vol 7 #1, Coda #1, DC Nation #0, Red Sonja/Tarzan #1  TCAF is approaching and Jimmy is madly prepping for it. Due to that, he has to fly solo but recruits friends to send in some audio reviews. Thanks to Amy aka The Frog Queen, Ashley Lanni, Erica Schultz and Rachael Smith. News includes: Gina Gagliano will serve as Publishing Director for the new Random House Graphic, the 2000A...

Jimmy finally got to sit down with friend Penelope Bagieu for a lengthy interview about her new graphic novel, BRAZEN: REBEL LADIES WHO ROCKED THE WORLD . They chat in detail about the book, past work, music, film, comedy, travel, fans and her rap name. (Tune in to find out!). Enjoy this engaging, smart, thoughtful, and funny interview with one of the most interesting and delightful people around....

Reviews:  Antar: The Black Knight #1, Hunt For Wolverine #1, Archer s9 premiere, Avengers: Infinity War In honor of the 5th anniversary of her first appearance, podcast wife Erica Schultz returns to co-host! She and Jimmy chat about Fear the Walking Dead and the Eisner nominations. Also, Jimmy sat down with friend Penelope Bagieu last week and talks about the special interview episode coming out l...

Producer Joe went off to DINK! (Denver Independent Comics & Art Expo) and all he brought back was a lousy t-shirt! But, he got some amazing interviews with Jeff Lemire, Joe Kelly, Jeffrey Brown and Tyrell Cannon! Always great to have Producer Joe back in the field even if it makes Jimmy jealous he got to talk to such awesome creators. Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Als...

Reviews:  Action Comics Vol 2 #1000, Marvel Super Hero Adventures #1, Skyward #1, Black Lightning s1 finale, Westworld s2 premiere Jimmy's got a super tight schedule today & none of the regular rotating co-hosts are available so it's solo time! Fret not, he recruited pals to do some audio reviews. Thanks to Marta Balusek, Jonathan Baylis, Jon Hoche, Ashley Lanni and Heidi Martin for those awesome...

Reviews:  Crude #1, Domino Vol 3 #1, Exiles Vol 5 #1, Robocop Citizens Arrest #1, Supermansion #1, Lost In Space, The Walking Dead s8 finale, Fear the Walking Dead s4 premiere 2 co-hosts this week! Jon Hoche returns and we welcome his good friend/recent Off-Broadway co-star Olivia Oguma! They chat about the upcoming Riverdale musical, Mike Mignola at MoCCA, Producer Joe covered DINK! and Jimmy che...

Jimmy attended MoCCA Festival over the weekend and got some great interviews! Go to the last episode to hear his recap and an interview with John Leguizamo! In this MoCCA special, Jimmy chatted with Robin Ha ( Cook Korean! ), Alisa Harris ( Cooking Up Comics ) and Ken Wong ( Origami Comics ). They all have some great comic work that you should check out! Give it a listen, hear them talk about thei...

Reviews:  The Curse Of The Brimstone #1, Demi-God #1, Isola #1, Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1, Legion S2 premiere Jon Hoche returns to the rotating co-host chair once again. Jimmy went to MoCCA Festival over the weekend and got some great interviews. Including a last minute/unplanned one with THE John Leguizamo! Jimmy gives his recap of the festival as well....