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Reviews:  The Fade Out #1, Justice Inc Vol 3 #1, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #1, Multiversity #1, Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880 #1, Doctor Who season premiere, Intruders season premiere, True Blood series finale, Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For Jimmy is joined in studio by frequent co-host Emily Edwards and boy do they have a lot to chat about. SO many reviews! They briefly talk about...

Jimmy moderated his good pal Francesco Francavilla's spotlight panel at Comic Con. They chatted about his career in comics from creator owned  The Black Beetle  to mainstream work like  Batman, Afterlife With Archie, Captain America and Bucky, Black Panther  and more. They also talk about his poster work for Mondo, his Eisner winning cover work, his pop culture obsession and drawings inspired from...

Reviews:  Lady Zorro #1-2, Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #1, Outlander (on Starz) Jimmy is joined in studio by podcast wife Erica Schultz! Been too long since the podcast marriage came together and they have lots to chat about. Erica talks about her recent appearance at Boston Comic Con, Jimmy was a guest on friends Brea Grant and Zane Grant's podcast Mystic Party ( Episode 22 ), and the...

Jimmy attended the press room roundtables for hit SyFy show  Defiance . Cast and producers were in attendance and we chatted with Stephanie Leonidas, Julie Benz, and Kevin Murphy. Boy howdy is that Stephanie an absolutely stunning lady in person and Jimmy didn't at all get all flustered sitting next to her. Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!  

Jimmy attended the press room roundtables for upcoming BBC America show  Intruders . Cast and producers were in attendance and we chatted with Mira Sorvino, John Simm, James Frain, Julie Gardner and Glen Morgan. Apologies for the TERRIBLE reporter from HGTV at the roundtable with us whom manipulated the conversations with inane questions and literally interrupted the talent at one point to get ano...

Reviews:  Genius #1, Howtoons (Re)Ignition #1, Usagi Yojimbo Senso #1 Jimmy planned on having the podcast wife Erica on to co-host but due to a work commitment (on his part) he had to go solo. Next week there shall be a co-host! He discusses the demise of The Podcast Arena at New York Comic Con this year and mourns/gives tribute to one of his idols Robin Williams. Jimmy sat in the roundtables for...

Jimmy attended the press room roundtables for the hit History Channel show  Vikings . Cast and producers were in attendance and we chatted with Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Clive Standen, and Michael Hirst. Probably one of the best press rooms of the convention in regards to how well they treated media. They provided beer, wine, sodas, snacks, etc! Of course, chatting with th...

Jimmy attended the press room roundtables for new CW show  iZombie . Cast and producers were in attendance and we chatted with Rose McIver, David Anders, Malcolm Goodwin, Robert Buckley, Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright. The show is loosely based on the comic series from DC's Vertigo imprint that lasted 28 issues. Interesting changes to the story for the TV show and it sounds like it'll be a f...

Reviews: Star-Spangled War Stories Featuring GI Zombie #1, Storm Vol 3 #1, Supreme Blue Rose #1, Sally of the Wasteland #1, Guardians of the Galaxy Jimmy gives a quickie solo full of quickie news and quickie reviews! All because he wanted you to enjoy the lengthy interview with the amazing Dr. Andrea Letamendi that he conducted at San Diego Comic Con. Drea is a clinical psychologist, scientist and...

Jimmy attended the press room roundtables for new CW show  The Flash . Cast and producers were in attendance and we chatted with Grant Gustin, Jesse L. Martin, Danielle Panabaker,  John Wesley Shipp, Tom Cavanagh, Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg. Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy attended the press room roundtables for  Arrow . Cast and producers were in attendance and we chatted with Stephen Amell, John Barrowman, Willa Holland, David Ramsey, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. Many thanks to John Barrowman whom stayed in the room to talk with those of us that didn't get a chance with him. He even skipped his lunch! Leave your  iTunes  comments! 5 stars and nothin...

Jimmy is in L.A. post-Comic Con so he flies solo to bring you some awesome San Diego Comic Con coverage! He chatted with Bryan Fuller ( Hannibal ), Susan Eisenberg (voice of Wonder Woman) and the hilarious comedians Kegean-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of  Key & Peele . Jimmy gives his brief recap of the week (well, as brief as he can keep it!) with some cool moments thrown in for your listening pl...

Reviews:  Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #1, Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #1, Harley Quinn Invades Comic-Con International San Diego #1, Life With Archie #36, Squidder #1, Snowpiercer Producer Joe joins Jimmy before he heads off to San Diego Comic Con! They chat about what Jimmy will be covering in the show and the madness that will ensue all week. News includes: Thor will be female, Sam Wilson a...

Reviews:  Chastity #1, Grayson #1, Spider-Man 2099 #1, Spread #1, Extant, The Strain, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The  Vampire Cowboys Theater Company  returns to CNI! Jimmy heads down to their rehearsal space for their new show  Untitled Vampire Cowboys Project  and is joined by pals/fellow Asians writer Qui Nguyen and actor Jon Hoche. Both, of course, are very familiar to the CNI audience as...

Reviews:  Rocket Raccoon Vol 2 #1, Tech Jacket Vol 2 #1, Knights of Sidonia, Sailor Moon Crystal, The 7D The podcast wife Erica Schultz returns! Jimmy hopes you loved his massive Heroes Con coverage. If you missed it, just go back and check out the last 5 episodes! They give some mad love to the Hero Initiative and their awesome professional volunteers, wish Heidi MacDonald and The Beat a Happy 10...

Jimmy moderated the Shop Talk panel with Eric Canete, Cliff Chiang, Michael Cho and Ming Doyle. They chatted about their craft and how they became the incredibly talented artists that they are today. And how they continue to challenge themselves into becoming even better (if that’s even possible!). Tools of the trade, penciling, inking, coloring, digital art, styles and so much more was discussed....

Reviews:  Defiance, Falling Skies, Orphan Black (season finale), The Musketeers, True Blood Yet even more Heroes Con interviews so Jimmy flies solo.  He sat down over the weekend with a bunch of awesome cartoonists to talk about their work. You'll hear from Stephanie Gladden ( Girls of Monster Paradise ), Paul Maybury ( Sovereign ), Adam Withers/Comfort Love ( The Uniques ), Bridgit Connell/Brockt...

Jimmy moderated the Archie panel with  Afterlife With Archie  artist Francesco Francavilla, Paul Kaminski (Executive Director of Editorial) and Alex Segura (SVP Publicity and Marketing) to talk all things Archie Comics from the hit horror series  Afterlife With Archie,  the upcoming “Death of Archie” in the pages of  Life With Archie,  the live action Archie movie, video games,  Sabrina the Teen-A...

Jimmy moderated the All-Ages panel at Heroes Con with amazing cartoonists Stephanie Gladden ( Girls of Monster Paradise ), Mike Maihack ( Cleopatra In Space ), Andy Runton ( Owly ), Chris Schweizer ( Crogan Adventures ), Jeremy Whitley ( Princeless ), and Thom Zahler ( Love and Capes ). They talked about their awesome comics, why they went into this genre, the difference between "kid comics" and "...

Reviews:  Doodle Jump #1, Star Trek: Harlan Ellison's City on the Edge of Forever Original Teleplay #1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time #1, The Wicked & The Divine #1 Jimmy snuck down to his hometown Jacksonville, FL post-Heroes Con with pal Ashley Lanni whom had to deal with his road trip confessions. They are joined by old pal Ted to record the Heroes Con recap with interviews galo...

Reviews:  Angry Birds Comics #1, That's Because You're A Robot One-Shot, Game of Thrones season finale, The Last Ship premiere Producer Joe steps in to co-host and join Jimmy in recapping Special Edition NYC. Jimmy sat down with Will Sliney ( Spider-Man 2099 ), Enrica Jang ( Red Stylo Media ) and Matt Miner ( Liberator ) at the show to chat about their work. It was a great show full of comic booky...

Reviews:  Painkiller Jane: 22 Brides #1, Rise of the Magi #1, Vampirella Vol 5 #1 The podcast wife Erica Schultz (M3) returns! She and Jimmy chat about the upcoming Special Edition convention here in NYC and the multitude of great guests attending. They also have a mini-argument about live tweeting TV shows (she does, he doesn't) but their friendship endures! News includes: Bill Watterson returns...

Reviews:  Brass Sun #1, C.O.W.L. #1, Doctor Spektor Master Of The Occult #1, Trees #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by cartoonist pal John Lucas ( Deadpool, The Four Norsemen of the Apocalypse )! They chat about his current comic work, past work and what he's got coming down the road. Some interesting chats about penciling and inking for you budding cartoonists out there as well. Jimmy gives his recap...

Reviews:  MPH #1, Nailbiter #1, X-Men: Days of Future Past Jimmy is joined in studio by cartoonist Sina Grace ( Burn the Orphanage, Self-Obsessed ). They haven't seen one another since NYCC in October and had A LOT to catch up on! It's a lengthy episode but chock full of informative and fun Sina Grace goodness. They chat about the  Hannibal  Season 2 finale and serendipitously meeting famous folks...

Jimmy flies solo to bring you his final  TCAF (The Toronto Comic Arts Festival)  interviews. This is the panel he did called Sports vs Comics with Wai Au ( FujoSports! ), Box Brown ( Andre the Giant ), Reinhard Kleist ( The Boxer ) and Jesse Lonergan ( All Star ). We chat about their sports comics, why sports comics aren't as popular in North America, sports they played, other sports they'd like t...