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Reviews:   Atomic Robo: Revenge of the Vampire Dimension #1, Chase Variant One-Shot (Is All I Need), Legendary Talespinners #1, Perhapanauts Special: Molly's Story.  Jimmy calls in from his hometown of Jacksonville, Florida leaving Joe behind at the studio in Harlem. The guys are excited about 2 big releases this week, Choker by Ben Templesmith/Ben McCool and We Will Bury You by Brea & Zane Grant/...

Reviews: Hit-Monkey #1, Human Target #1, The Wolfman movie The boys wish a big happy birthday to comic book types like Ben McCool, Tim Bradstreet and Warren Ellis. Jimmy is lost in the world of Rapture again as he's playing Bio Shock 2 and they discuss how Kevin Smith got thrown off of a plane due to his size. News includes: A new Stan Lee penned comic starringh himself, Green Lantern spin-offs, S...

Reviews: Demo Vol. 2 #1, Milestone Forever #1, Ultimate X #1 The boys welcome filmmaker/actor/model Deirdre Lorenz in the studio to nerd out about comic, movies and more. Who's she? Get to clicking to find out. News includes Watchmen prequels/sequels, Filipino superheroes, Chris Nolan's Superman , Olivia Munn's comic lawsuit, UK kid & his love for Cerebus and more! We also let Deirdre chat about h...

Reviews: Demonic #1, Iron Man: I Am Iron Man #1, Ultimate Enemy #1 Another big week in TV with the Dollhouse finale, Grammys, and Lost coming back. Plus,thoughts on nerd Oscar nominations. Joe went nerd bowling and Jimmy apparently wasn't invited. News includes: Marvel heroes are good again, New NBC superhero show, Sherlock is better than Lobo , Jedi sneaker pimps, new digs for The Beat and a XXX...

Reviews: Joe the Barbarian #1, Merc #1, Terminus Tales Presents...Platypus vs. Monkey #1 Big week in TV as the boys discuss Conan's last show and the new Syfy series Caprica. Jimmy falls in love with Betty White on the SAG awards while Joe pretends to follow the NFL playoff talk. News includes: Avatar breaks all records, Primeval returns, PS3 hacked, Kevin Smith's new Batman project, Twilight comi...

Reviews: Army of Two #1, Omnitarium #1, Weekly World News #1 Finally! The Best of 2009 show is here! Sorry it took so long, but we know you'll love it. We still do our regular show as well, so it's a lengthy one. The boys discuss the Golden Globes, Human Target TV show, and Jimmy saw a sneak peak of the upcoming Pushing Daisies comic! News includes Heroes 4 Haiti, Marvel vs. DC, Captain America Fi...

Reviews: Orc Stain #1, Phantom Double Shot #1 KGB Noir, Siege #1 NBC is shaking up the late night line up and CNI will now be hosting The Tonight Show! Hey, it could happen. Joe saw Saturday Night Live ..uh...live and Jimmy is a snitch for the cops. News includes a Spider-Man film reboot, Spider-Man musical back on, DC's Brightest Day , Superheroes wrap it up at the Olympics, Marvel sues for copyr...

Reviews: Dreamers, Ex Occultus Badge Of Langavat One-Shot, Lava-Roid #1, Neon Girl #0, Solomon Azua #1, Teddy And The Yeti #1 The boys are back after thwarting the evil plans of Benjamin Linus! New Year's Eve plans are discussed. Joe had his big bash and Jimmy woke up wearing a tutu and rollerskates surrounded by strippers. Again. Jimmy discusses much including seeing Sherlock Holmes , Sara Cox sh...

Reviews: Chimichanga #1, Hellboy Bride Of Hell One Shot, Last Days Of American Crime #1, Sherlock Ninja Curious Case Of The Iron Monkey #1, Unknowns #1 It's the final show of 2009 and the boys go out with a bang! They discuss their Christmas goodies, Doctor Who and send Julia Wertz (The Fart Party) birthday wishes. News includes Indy Comic Book Week, Stan Lee's birthday, Captain America movie, Geo...

Reviews: Champion One Shot, Complete Alice In Wonderland #1, Forgetless #1, Incorruptible #1, What If Daredevil vs Elektra It's Christmas time at the CNI Studios. No guest tonight, except maybe Santa. The boys exchange gifts and drink spirits in honor of the Christmas spirit! Jimmy saw Avatar , but Joe didn't. He gives some quick spoiler-free thoughts on it all. News includes Molly Crabapple is on...

Reviews: Anywhere #1, Daytripper #1, God Complex #1, Murderer Pilot Season #1, Wolverine Under The Boardwalk One Shot John Cassaday Someone else or nobody joins us via Skype to discuss the upcoming episode of Dollhouse that he directed. The guys chat about Jimmy's recent birthday bash and the $600 bottle of wine they all enjoyed. Big congrats to friend of the show (and real friend!) Michael Emerso...

Reviews: Empowered One-Shot, JSA All-Stars Vol. 2 #1, Iron Man vs. Whiplash #1, Dingo #1 No guest since Jimmy's ego demands you only focus on his birthday tomorrow (December 9th) as he explains why in song (haters can suck it). Joe is still digging on Flash Forward and Jimmy saw 2012 . News includes DC's new Earth One line, Lady Gaga comics, Orlando Star Wars celebration, new BBC America show Demo...

Reviews: Image United #1, The Tick: New Series #1, Powers #1 Paul Pope joins us at the last minute to discuss his Shakedown project as well as Battling Boy (both the movie and graphic novel). Then, the boys talk Turkey day and kids superhero costumes. News includes Global Frequency TV show (again), return of Torchwood , Grant Morrison documentary, Smallville , and CBLDF jobs!

Reviews:  Doctor Horrible One-Shot, Victorian Undead #1, Black Knight Vol. 3 #1, Nola #1, Drone #1 The boys experiment doing the show via Skype because Jimmy is too lazy to leave his apartment since he's drooling over that Hayden Panettiere video and laughing hysterically at the Muppet/Bohemian Rhapsody one. David Petersen joins Joe via Skype to discuss his fantastic series, Mouse Guard . We remem...

Reviews: Batman/Doc Savage Special #1, Ghoul #1, Tracker #1, Supergod #1, Tank Girl: Skidmarks #1 Jimmy went out last week with John McCrea on his last night in town. Garth Ennis, Heidi MacDonald, Ben McCool, Keith Burns and Lee Bradley all joined in on a beer fueled/fun filled/late night interview. It's informative, raucous, hilarious and fun! But...WHO is Darth Guinness?! News includes Lava-Roid...

Reviews: Stumptown #1, Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #1, Lobo: Highway to Hell #1 Jimmy attended King Con in Brooklyn over the weekend and chatted with Jamie Tanner about his Kickstarter project. Joe reveals the surprise he had planned much to Jimmy's chagrin as he can't attend. Jimmy's lack of sleep continues as he bought the new GTA IV extension pack called Episodes From Liberty City . Jo...

Reviews:  Casper and the Spectrals #1, World's Finest #1, Jennifer Love Hewitt's Music Box #1 It's a Battlestar Galactica spectacular as Jimmy chatted with Luciana Carro ("Kat"), Aaron Douglas ("Chief") and Michael Hogan ("Tigh") at the recent Big Apple Comic-Con. He also had a quick chat with Ben Templesmith over drinks last week in which Ben dropped an exclusive! News includes convention crazine...

Reviews: Justice League of America #38, Angel Vs. Frankenstein Young filmmaker Emily Hagins joins us to discuss her film Pathogen . She wrote/directed it when she was 11. Now 17 (as of today..HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY!), she is working on new films and continuing to grow as a filmmaker. Aaron Marshall joins us as well to discuss the documentary, Zombie Girl , that he did following Emily around in her f...

Reviews: Beyond the Wall #1, Anchor #1, Blackbeard: Legend of the Pyrate King #1, Where the Wild Things Are Alison Rosen joins us via Skype to recap her time at the Big Apple Con with Jimmy. We did a little video for you as well. Check it out below. Joe also attended the show and chatted with many comic folks. Jimmy interviewed many folks and you'll hear him with Melody Anderson (Flash Gordon), Er...

Reviews: Haunt #1, X-Babies #1, Planetary #27 Kevin Conn (a.k.a. Lava-Roid) attended the Baltimore Comic-Con and joins us in studio to give his recap. Jimmy gives a lesson on the ethics of contacting someone famous via their friend and Joe tells us of the wedding he attended over the weekend. No, not his own. News includes Battlestar Galactica: The Plan update, SDCC preview night sold out, Bellyda...

Reviews: Astro City: Astra Special #1, Die Hard: Year One #1, sky Pirates of Neo Terra #1, Zombieland Doomsday Film Festival directors Andrew Miller and Kristana Textor join Joe in studio to discuss the upcoming horror fest. Meanwhile, Jimmy has drinks and chats with Dana Aber, Ashley Kate Adams and Jeremiah James from the cast of The Gay Bride of Frankenstein . Jimmy talks of his deadly plague an...

Reviews: Underground #1, Spider-Woman #1, Beautiful Creatures #1. New fall shows of Heroes, Family Guy, Flash Forward, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show, etc. Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick join us to discuss the upcoming film starring Woody Harrelson. We also talk some of their upcoming projects like Venom and Earth vs. Moon. And we hear about what it's like to hang with William S...

Smallville star Cassidy Freeman ("Tess Mercer") joined us for a phoner to discuss the upcoming season 9, her character, musical background, hanging with Allison Mack, and making Zod kneel before her! Tune in to this interview first and then check out the season premiere of Smallville tonight on the CW at 8pm EST.

Reviews: Beasts of Burden #1, Vengeance of Moon Knight #1, X-Men Legacy Annual #1 In studio guest, Alison Rosen , joins us for another "Converting to Comicdom" segment. Did we convert her? You'll have to tune in to find out! It's another loooooooooooong episode so please forgive. 'Twas lotsa fun though! Alison is hilarious, smart and charming so I'm sure you will dig the extra CNI goodness that ca...

Reviews: Sweet Tooth #1, Marvel Super Hero Squad #1, Strange Tales #1, Vampirella #1 The smart, hilarious and all around lovely Ella Thomas joins us to discuss her role in the upcoming film, The Surrogates . The boys had a blast geeking out with her and there may have been a wedding that took place during the interview between Ella and Jimmy. You'll have to listen to find out! The guys lament over...