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Reviews:  All-New X-Factor #1, Avengers World #1, Lil' Vampi #1, Revolutionary War Alpha #1, Helix, Lost Girl, Being Human, Bitten, Archer, Chozen Jimmy gives a quickie solo episode as there is a lot of reviews and TONS of great news to cover. News includes: Image Expo announcements (new titles from such names as Kelly Sue DeConnick, Scott Snyder, Matt Fraction, James Robinson, Jock, Brandon Graha...

It's our Favorites of 2013 special! We don't say "Best of" because whom are we to say what's best? Oh yeah, WE'RE COMIC NEWS INSIDER! Still, call it what you will, it's our best/favorites/what we liked for 2013 in comics, TV, film and more. Jimmy is joined in studio by The Beat's Heidi MacDonald, Erika Schultz ( M3 ), Mike Cho and producer Joe Gonzalez. It's a great, lengthy chat so strap in! Leav...

Reviews:  Dead Boy Detectives #1, Illegitimates #1, Midas Flesh #1, The Saviors #1, Origin II #1, Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor Happy New Year! It's the wee hours of the morning and Jimmy's been drinking lots of champagne. So, it's a quickie new year's special full of reviews and no resolutions. He chats briefly about some of the awesome nerdy Christmas goodies he got including the Batman and...

Reviews:  The Adventures of Chrissie Claus, A Christmas Carol, Holiday Wars, Holidaze, Superf*ckers Save Christmas, Scrooge and Santa Happy Christmas! Jimmy is in New Jersey visiting his sister and the family for Christmas. So, he brings you this quickie, some would say weird, solo episode full of Christmas joy (and music) and lots of babbling. And since it is the holiday, he decides to review Chr...

Reviews:  Dead Body Road #1, Indestructible #1, Justice League 3000 #1, Krampus #1, Marvel Knights Hulk #1, Misfits, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Podcast Wife Erica Schultz returns to spread the Christmas cheer! News includes: Sony promises  Spider-Man  spin-off films, Frank Miller's  Detective #27  cover gets reinstated, Miller's  300  comic book  sequel  Xerxes  will probably not be c...

Reviews:  Inhumanity #1, Rover Red Charlie #1 It's Jimmy's birthday so Producer Joe joins in at the last minute for a special festive episode. They chat about the birthday bash...well, what Jimmy could remember. News includes: Mike Carey will write an  X-Men  OGN, Gal Gadot is cast as Wonder Woman  in  Man of Steel  sequel,  Veronica Mars  movie gets a release date, a new X-Men film called  X-Men:...

Reviews:  Black Science #1, Mr. Peabody & Sherman #1, Wolverine and the X-Men Annual #1, Rick and Morty, Frozen The Podcast Wife, Erica Schultz, is back again! Jimmy catches up on  Misfits  and they chat about the rumors surrounding which other heroes will appear in the  Man of Steel  sequel. News includes: Mark Millar starts new universe,  Sin City  and  The Mist  are coming to television, Pictur...

Reviews:  Harley Quinn Vol 2 #0, A Voice in the Dark #1, Shaolin Cowboy #1, 2, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor, An Adventure in Space and Time, Atlantis The Podcast Wife, Erica Schultz, returns! They chat about Jimmy's recent Tumblr post gone wild, Thanksgiving and the recent episode of  Family Guy  (no spoilers). News includes: Ed Brubaker's  Sleeper  is optioned fo...

Reviews:  Clown Fatale #1, Manifest Destiny #1, Marvel Knights X-Men #1, Umbral #1, Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland #1, Almost Human Roommates Emily and Kristin return to add their mostly unintentional hilarity to the podcast! Jimmy plays with Google Translate, pimps out the  Frisky and Mannish Kickstarter , gets a message from Season 1  Who Wants To Be A Superhero's Lemuria,  gives love to Batki...

Reviews:  Alex + Ada #1, Amazing X-Men Vol 2 #1, Drumhellar #1, Painkiller Jane:Price Of Freedom #1, Protectors Inc #1, Thor: The Dark World Erica Schultz returns to rekindle the podcast marriage. Jimmy discusses a screening he saw of an upcoming kick ass Zoe Bell film called  RAZE,  they mention a few of the various comic cons still happening this late in the game and come up with one of their ow...

Reviews: Damian: Son of Batman #1, The Fox #1, Sandman Overture #1 Jimmy heads out to the Garden State (New Jersey, if ya didn't know) to visit his sister and family. His awesome 5 year old nephew, Maximus, chats on mic to Jimmy about his love of superheroes and Star Wars in the most adorable stream of conscious way. Jimmy talks about seeing Gravity , the new X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer and...

It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for the upcoming film Vampire Academy (based on the books by Richelle Mead). He chatted with cast members Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Sami Gayle and Dominic Sherwood. Great cast of young stars on the rise whom made the movie sound very enticing. Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for the new Starz series  Black Sails . He chatted with creator Jonathan E. Steinberg and cast members Hanna New, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Luke Evans, Toby Stephens, and Zach McGowan. It sounds like a fantastic show with a great premise of taking place 20 years before the events in  Treasure Island .  Leave your  iTunes  commen...

Reviews:  Marvel Now What? #1, Pretty Deadly #1, Samurai Jack #1, Velvet #1, Zombie War #1, Dracula (on NBC) Jimmy treks out to Brooklyn to the home of the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company's founders Abby and Qui for some pork tacos and fun times! He is joined by the director Robert Ross Parker and some of the cast (Tom Myers, Nicky Schmidlein, and Bonnie Sherman) of their current show  Alice in Sl...

It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for  Bob's Burgers  and chatted with H. Jon Benjamin,  Loren Bouchard, John Roberts and Dan Mintz. It was a crazy and packed room but he managed to get a few good questions in. Tune in for the madness. Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

It's a special NYCC animated series interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for  Archer  and chatted with Adam Reed, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, and Lucky Yates. For  Rick and Morty , it was Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland.  China, IL  brought us Brad Neely, Daniel Weidenfeld, and Brooke Hogan. Great rooms all (especially for  Archer ). Leave your  iTunes  commen...

Reviews:  Code Monkey Save the World #1, Rocket Girl #1, Star Trek: Khan #1, Superman/Wonder Woman #1, Three #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by the podcast wife Erica Schultz ( M3 ). They jump right into the swing of things with reviews and news. Jimmy sat in many a round table at New York Comic Con and brings you these great interviews with Kevin Smith ( Comic Book Men ), Jay Oliva ( Justice League:...

Reviews:  Afterlife with Archie #1 New York Comic Con is over and it's time for the big CNI recap! Jimmy is joined in studio by Emma Vieceli and they chat about the good and bad, the mood and the sad, and the food and the...uh...glad! Jimmy got SO many interviews over the weekend and you're going to hear quite a few in this episode from the likes of Ben Templesmith ( Tome ), Kelly Sue DeConnick (...

Reviews:  Bushido #1, Captain America: Living Legend #1, Grindhouse: Doors Open At Midnight #1, Hinterkind #1 It's the small but mighty pre-NYCC recording! Jimmy does a quickie (and late) solo episode to bring you some of the goodness that CNI will be bringing to NYCC. Sorry it's a little late but there is SO much to do for NYCC. Jimmy thanks everyone for coming to 500 last week and encourages you...

Reviews:  The Other Dead #1, The Powerpuff Girls #1, Rat Queens #1, Sex Criminals #1 It's the epic 500th episode recording and we do it live with an audience at The Hourglass Tavern (373 w. 46th St.) in New York City! We've sang for years and have teased a musical since 2005...and this will be the closest you'll get. Many a musical number and so many special guests! Michael Emerson ( Person of Int...

Reviews:  Buzzkill #1, Kiss Me Satan #1, Zero #1, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Sleepy Hollow Jimmy does a quickie solo episode since there is so much planning going on for the epic 500th episode next week and New York Comic Con the following week! News includes: DC Comics will NOT have a booth at NYCC,  Serenity  gets a comic book sequel,  Halo's  Cortana may take over your phone and IDW brings back...

Reviews:  Brain Boy #1, Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #1, Mighty Avengers Vol 2 #1 Jimmy is joined in the new studio by some of his CNI senior staff members Emily Edwards and Kristin Garay. Kristin has a theory about drinking water in the shower and wants your opinions. They chat about the fake  Superman/Batman  script that Bieber tweeted, give congrats to friend of the show Carrie Preston on her Emmy...

Reviews:  Danger Girl: The Chase #1, Forever Evil #1, Batman #23.1, Batman and Robin #23.1, Detective Comics #23.1, The Dark Knight #23.1, Justice League #23.1, Justice League of America #7.1, Superman #23.1, The Star Wars #1, X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 Jimmy is joined in the new studio by recent co-host Taylor Katz and his roomie Malcolm Branch. Both are experienced nerds, so fret not! They cha...

Reviews:  Detectobot #0 & #1, Itty Bitty Hellboy #1, Justice League #23, Overtaken #1 Jimmy tricks original co-host/CNI founder/old & now new roommate Joe Gonzales to come back again this week! Don't get used to it, kids. He's just helping out while we get the apartment organized. Jimmy chats about his start of re-watching  Buffy the Vampire Slayer  and the glory of SMG in short skirts. News inclu...

Reviews:  Bela Lugosis Tales From The Grave #4, BloodShot #0, Genie the Genius #1, Kiss Kids #1 Original co-host/CNI founder/old & now new roommate Joe Gonzales returns to the podcast! Jimmy moved back in w/ his old roomie and forced him to co-host. No escape now, Joe. They briefly chat about the move and that Joe may co-host a bit more occasionally since they are only a room away now. Jimmy also...