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Jimmy moderated Becky Cloonan's Spotlight panel at Comic Con on Thursday. He went to L.A. for a few days after and  Live Prude Girls , Stevie Nelson and Milana Vayntrub (Jimmy hearts them muchly), joined him in the west coast studio. In the panel, Becky and Jimmy discuss her extensive career and her love of self publishing. It's a great class on comics making so listen in! Leave your  iTunes  comm...

Jimmy is still recovering from the madness of San Diego Comic Con! Phew! He's in L.A. for a few days after and  Live Prude Girls , Stevie Nelson and Milana Vayntrub, join him in the west coast studio for a chaos filled ramble-fest! So much was covered for your earholes. We get off the rails rather quickly but give you a great recap of SDCC and interviews with Stan Lee, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke,...

Reviews:  Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #1, Cape 1969 #1, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe #1, Hero Worship #1 Jimmy is in San Diego for Comic Con! He is joined by 2000AD PR Coordinator Michael Molcher to chat about their SDCC plans and things to check out. 2000AD has a great line up of things including all the Dredd movie activities including signings, a panel and a screening! Jimmy is modera...

Jimmy was at Heroes Con and moderated a few panels. This particular one was called Vertigo Visions! Originally, it was just Scott Snyder and Bill Willingham. Adam Hughes was added at the last minute. A great discussion was had about Fables, American Vampire, Batman, Before Watchmen , DC comics, becoming a writer in comics, transitioning within the comic industry, and so much more! Really great con...

Reviews:  Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, Fatima The Blood Spinners #1, Hit-Girl #1, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 2009, Massive #1, The Amazing  Spider-Man film Jimmy is joined in studio by good pal Matt Brick! They go over the recent Entertainment Weekly San Diego Comic Con edition and Jimmy chats about some of the highlights he's going to cover while out there next week. And in t...

Jimmy was at Heroes Con last weekend and moderated a few panels. This particular one was with Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson! They discussed their recent collaboration,  Frankenstein Alive, Alive!  This led to a lot of chatting about favorite  Frankenstein  movies and how old Bernie was when he saw his first one. The conversation organically flowed into lots of their other work including  Swamp...

Jimmy is joined in studio by 1/3 of  Broadcast Thought , Dr. Vasilis Pozios. Jimmy was at Heroes Con last weekend and got a ton of great interviews! So many that we had to do this special episode chock full of them! He sat down and chatted with Steve Niles and Kevin Mellon about  Creator-Owned Heroes  as well as lots of their other work. He also talked to one of his favorite writers Kelly Sue DeCo...

Reviews:  Astonishing X-Men #51, Before Watchmen: The Comedian #1, Dark Horse Presents #13 (Ghost story), Mars Attacks #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by 1/3 of  Broadcast Thought , Dr. Vasilis Pozios. Jimmy's roommate, Ben Templesmith, pops in for a few minutes to discuss his new project  44FLOOD  and the successful  TOME Kickstarter . They chat about the massive coverage that Jimmy got at Heroes Co...

In another crossover with  Stated Magazine , Jimmy sat down with the comedy cabaret duo  Frisky & Mannish  when he was in London last month. Check out the  profile interview  he did for them on Stated! It was a super fun time had by all! Listen to the whole interview here to learn about how F&M met and became the rising superstars that they are now. Many laughs occurred during this itnerview so be...

Reviews:  Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1, Kiss: Dressed to Kill #1, Spider-Men #1 Jimmy flies solo as he's madly prepping for Heroes Con this weekend! Slow news week so he discusses some of the highlights of the upcoming convention in Charlotte, NC. Always a favorite show. CNI will have a table as usual and getting lots of interviews! Jimmy is also moderating a couple of awesome panels (one with...

Reviews:  Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1, Creator-Owned Heroes #1. Harbinger Vol 2 #1, Higher Earth #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by old pal Kevin Conn ( I Hate Earth ).  The boys chat about the  Arrow and  Spider-Man  trailer. The Tony awards (especially Wolverine aka Hugh Jackman) are discussed as well as the recent disproportionate  Catwoman  comic book cover. Which then leads into a small (and r...

Reviews:  DC Nation #1, Grim Leaper #1, Marvel Superheroes Magazine #1, Ravagers #1, Star Trek The Next Generation Doctor Who Assimilation2 #1, Superman Family Adventures #1 Jimmy is joined in studio again by good pal Matt Brick. Jimmy attended Book Expo America and met lots of cool folks there. Most notably:  Capstone  publishing had some cool comic books to check out,  Mill Creek Entertainment  ...

Jimmy sat down at lunch with comedian/comic book writer Frankie Boyle when he was in London for Kapow Con. Good pal/fellow podcaster Barry Nugent ( Geek Syndicate ) came along for the ride to join in the fun. Frankie is known for his "controversial/in your face" comedy so there is some bad language throughout. However, he's a pleasant fellow who knows his comic books well! The guys chat about Fran...

Reviews:  Astonishing X-Men #50, Dancer #1, Epic Kill #1, Hardcore Pilot Season #1, Mind MGMT #1 Jimmy is back home in NYC and is joined by old pal/former guest co-host Matt Brick.  Jimmy's having back issues but still was able to check out some great videos like the new Primus "Lee Van Cleef", Greg Pak's new Pakcast and the ECCC Star Wars Radio Play with big names in the voice over world like Rob...

Jimmy is still in London at the  SelfMadeHero  offices and publisher Emma Hayley hangs around to co-host this SMH special! Great intereviews at Kapow Con with SMH creators Kate Brown, JAKe, Will Bingley, Anthony Hope-Smith,  I.N.J. Culbard, and editor Dan Lockwood. Emma also gives us a brief history of SMH and what's available in the UK and on its way to the US! Really great graphic novels coming...

Jimmy covered the Kapow Comic Con in London last weekend and got tons of great interviews with the likes of Mark Millar, Jonathan Ross, John McCrea, Gary Erskine, Dave Barris, Emily Lockwood,  Scott Mackay (Electric Man), Gemma Bedea, Lee Fenton Wilkinson (Afroella), Neil Gibson (Twisted Dark),  Rasheed, Tayo Olarewaju (Mister Who), Steve Tanner (Time Bomb Comics)! He recorded the show with  Self...

Jimmy got even more interviews at Bristol Expo last weekend! He stayed with cartoonist Jamie Smart for a few days and they recorded this episode to bring you these interviews with Al Ewing, Val Kapadai, Richard Worth/Jordan Collver, Mark Penman/Andrew Tunney and Sam Gardner/Jake Rowlinson! He also caught up with Jamie to see what he's been working on as well.  Lots of great comics to be heard abou...

Reviews:  Fury MAX #1, Mind The Gap #1, Rex Zombie Killer One Shot, Trio #1  Jimmy is in the UK covering Bristol Expo and Kapow Con for about 12 days! He recorded this episode in Cambridge at lovely host Emma Vieceli's house along with fellow traveling Yank Becky Cloonan and UK comic creators Sonia Leong and Morag Lewis. It's a recap of Bristol Expo in Bristol which Jimmy attended and CamCon in Ca...

Reviews:  Earth Two #1, Smallville Season 11 #1, Worlds Finest Vol 3 #1, The Avengers film Still recovering from the epic 400th episode last week, Jimmy flies solo to bring you a  MoCCA  recap and lots of reviews! He gives out his thanks for all the episode 400 love, thoughts on Free Comic Book Day, more  Stated Magazine  interviews released ( Natali Morris ,  Live Prude Girls ), being part of a p...

It's the epic 400th episode recording! Recorded live at  Hourglass Tavern  in midtown Manhattan. Jimmy is joined by frequent co-hosts Kevin Conn, Grace Helbig and Jon Hoche! Producer Joe is on the mixer/tech and made sure everything ran smoothly. So many great guests joined in the fun including Paul Pope, Kevin Maguire, Ben Templesmith, ChrisCross, Becky Cloonan,  Ben McCool, Emma Hayley, Dr. Vasi...

Join Jimmy and Kevin Conn on the Comic News Insider Night Watch radio hour as they introduce the charming podcast dinner from Boston Comic Con. Jimmy hosted a laid back dinner at Sonsie restaurant in Boston with Jeremy Bastian, Andy Belanger, Becky Cloonan, and Ming Doyle. They chatted about the state of the comic book industry, indie vs mainstream, art styles, photo reference, digital comics and...

Kevin Conn ( I Hate Earth ) stays on to record some more episodes with Jimmy, who was at Boston Comic Con and got many an interview. He gives his recap of the show and you'll hear interviews with  Jill Thompson , Alicia Giuffrida/Phil Amylon ( Lucas ), Boris Savic ( Banimon ) and  Mike Pecci . Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews:  Blood Feast #1, 3 Story: Secret Files Of The Giant Man One Shot, Reset #1, Resident Alien #0, Shadow Vol 5 #1  Jimmy is joined in studio by Kevin Conn ( I Hate Earth ). The boys discuss the tech problems on the previous  Episode 396  with Michael Emerson, more  Stated  interviews, Jimmy's UK trip, the epic Episode 400 live recording  next week and Jimmy's trip to Boston Comic Con. He got...

In the first of perhaps many crossovers between Comic News Insider and  Stated Magazine  (Jimmy is the Pop Culture Contributing Editor), Jimmy invites his old pal Michael Emerson ( Lost, Person of Interest ) into his new abode for a lengthy and all inclusive conversation. As loyal CNI listeners know, Michael has been on the podcast several times during his years on  Lost . This time, they chat abo...

Reviews:  Alabaster Wolves #1, Americas Got Powers #1, Courtney Crumrin #1, Secret #1, Secret Service #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by Geek Syndicate reporter Sharlene Mousfar! They chat about Jimmy's interviews for  Stated Magazine  (he's the new Pop Culture Contributing Editor), briefly discuss the UK and US  Being Human  season finales, Pottermore,  Brea Grant's Kickstarter campaign ,  the upcom...