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Reviews: Pilot Season: Alibi #1, Vix #1, No Hero #0 Heroes Con continues to take over the CNI airwaves! More interviews from this year's con with Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots), Pat Lewis (The Claws Come Out), Matt Kindt (Super Spy), & Scott Weinstein (After-School Agent). News includes Tony Lee vs. Jimmy in a fashion war, 300 sequel, Hickman at Marvel, Chumblespuzz 2 with Zombie Joe &...

Reviews: Pilot Season: Genius #1, Kill All Parents #1, Sparks #1 Heroes Con has come and gone and Jimmy had a blast! Well, what he remembers. And he remembers a lot as he gives a play by play/day by day recap. It's a lengthy one folks, so hang in there. Hear! Drunken tales of debauchery. Hear! Stripper Nerd tales Part 2! Hear! Oh yeah...stuff about comics! Many an interview was had, so we are spli...

Reviews: Red Mass For Mars #1, Skaar: Son of Hulk #1, Chuck #1 Heroes Con is on the way so we get founder Shelton Drum to come on and talk all about it. He gives some history and lists some of the big guests for this year! Jimmy joins Twitter and talks about his love for the new Lego Indy game. They both saw The Incredible Hulk and give their mini-reviews. The post Nathan Fillion interview afterma...

Jimmy sat down with the hilarious, generous, and awesome Nathan Fillion for a lengthy interview covering his career from One Life to Live to Firefly to Lost and even his recent stint on Desperate Housewives . They also talk about some of his current work on it's way out and the pilot he is shooting here in NYC. They go over some proper fan etiquette, try to remember if they met back in 1994, and N...

Reviews: H.P. Lovecraft's Haunt of Horror #1, Scream Queen #1, Trinity #1 It's Hell hot here in NYC, so we're a bit delirious with heat exhaustion. Lotsa MoCCA madness from the festival this weekend. Jimmy was there Saturday and got some great interviews with Monica Gallagher and Mike Dawson . Joe went on Sunday and save the day for fellow podcasters, Indie Spinner Rack . We also hold a memorial f...

Reviews: Wulf & Batsy #1, Final Crisis #1, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 More Random Souffle with Kevin Conn and Kelley Lynn! Kelley goes all girly and reviews Sex and the City...kind of. Hey, it's nerdy in a way! Jimmy shares his Nathan Fillion run in, we find a recording of a great Alan Moore/Dan Didio adventure and play an episode of crazy southern cook Paula Dean cooking for Superman and Bat...

Reviews: Zombies! Hunters #1, Dead, She Said #1, Casey Blue: Beyond Tomorrow #1 We were supposed to do research and come up with a special segment about Diamond Comic Distributor in a special podcast crossover of gigantic proportions! Instead, we talk about what little we know about Diamond and share a special children's story. The other podcasters did a much better job. More info over at Comic Re...

Reviews: GeNext #1, Captain Britain and MI13 #1, Lost Boys: Reign of Frogs #1 Joe's illin' and Jimmy's got the Bristol blues. News includes the $600K Green Lantern, Flash Gordon and Highlander movie remakes, Doctor Who and more. Also, Jimmy makes his debut as a zombie in the best web comic ever, The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuk. (Chapter 5, page 130). We play the last of our Bristol Comic Exp...

What started out as a solo interview with Emma Vieceli ( Manga Shakespeare Hamlet, Dragon Heir ), soon turned into a selfless promo for the publishing group SelfMadeHero! That Vieceli...so clever! Jimmy sat down with Emma Vieceli at the Bristol Comic Expo and was soon joined by Sonia Leong ( Manga Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ), Emma Hayley (Publishing Director of Self Made Hero, 2008 UK Young Publi...

No reviews this week since there's so much Bristol goodness to cover! Jimmy's knackered, but he's back! Joe explains his absence last week as well. It's Jimmy's first trip across the pond to the UK and Wales and he loved it! Mmmmm.....beans and toast!!! He gives his full recap and you're not gonna want to miss a bit. Interviews from Bristol include Paul Cornell joining in to discuss his writing on...

Reviews: DC Universe #0, Glamourpuss #1, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space #1 Joe is suspiciously absent, so the boys of Geek Syndicate , David Monteith and Barry Nugent, take over join Jimmy as special co-hosts. We talk the upcoming Bristol Comic Expo that Jimmy is attending and the boys give some much needed advice for an American traveling to the UK for the first time. (Hint:...

Reviews: Atomic Rocket Group 66 #1, Countdown To Final Crisis #1, Helen Killer #1 More NYCC and it's not as boring as a mud fence! We finish up our NYCC interviews with Stephen Lindsay & Lauren Monardo ( Jesus Hates Zombies, The Slightly Askew Adventures of Inspector Ham & Eggs ), the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company and Greg Pak ( The Incredible Herc ). We get a mention in a UK magazine, discuss t...

Our special CNI One Shot - Venture Bros! We had the awesome opportunity to talk with Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer and James Urbaniak at New York Comic Con 2008.  Listen with awe at the amazing tales of Jackson, Doc & James.  So much Venture Bros goodness, you'll want to watch an episode after the interview!

No reviews or feedback since we have so much New York Comic-Con to cover! It was a crazy and mad weekend full of fun! Marvel at our fun. MARVEL AT IT!! Over 64,000 attended the show and we cover it all. Well, not all of it, but a good chunk. Great interviews, amazing raffle, PROJECT HAIRCUT!, The Great Podcasting Dinner of NYCC 08, and more! We talk about some of the big news to break at NYCC incl...

Reviews: Batman: Death Mask #1, George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards #1, Teen Titans Vol. 2 #1 The Birds of Geek invade the studio and try to take over the show! Amy (UK) and Denise (NYC) join us to discuss everything from Jimmy's new XBox 360 to the chaotic planning for New York Comic-Con  and the finale of Rock of Love . News includes Friends of Lulu, The Beat looks for interns, Marvel on Deal Or No...

Reviews: Secret Invasion #1, Insane Jane #1, Anna Mercury #1 Joe's in a hurry after returning late from a business trip and Jimmy has to get back to playing his new XBox 360, so it's our special Top 3 show! 3 reviews, 3 news items, 3 listeners with feedback, and, of course, the Top 3! We talk Charlton Heston, new Venture Bros. , Wall Street Journal and Batman, why Venezuela hates The Simpsons and...

Reviews: A Dummy's Guide to Danger Lost At Sea #1, Power Pack Day One #1, Wolverine First Class #1 We chat about some big stuff! Jimmy engaged? Joe Q. is marvel boy? Tune in to find out! News includes the Siegels winning Superman, NYC=Gotham City, MyCup o' Joe, MySpace comics, Fun Home in Utah and more.  And, it's a great honor to welcome back Mr. "Alan Moore". He first appeared on CNI 100 back in...

Reviews: Ghost Whisperer: The Haunted #1, Tangent Superman's Reign #1, Everybody's Dead #1 It's the SUPER SIZED CNI! We go our longest yet at just under 2 hours. Yikes! But, it's all good stuff. Listen to it in installments! Jonathan Hickman ( The Nightly News ) joins us for a lengthy interview covering Pax Romana, Transhuman, Red Mass For Mars and more. We also talk the marvel boy controversy (vi...

Reviews: Comic Book Comics #1, Screamland #1, Serenity: Better Days #1 It's our St. Paddy's Day Drunken special! Except we're not drunk and it's not special. Jimmy saw the new Vampire Cowboys Theatre production of Fight Girl Battle World last week and loved it! He interviewed stars Melissa Paladino, Maureen Sebastian, and Paco Tolson. They discuss the show, creative cursing and their own ventures...

Reviews: Echo #1, Logan #1, Young Liars #1, Dead Space #1 . We discuss everything from cheating governors to haircuts to other podcast appearances! It's been decided. Jimmy will have his hair cut at the New York Comic-Con and donating to Locks of Love ! Donations will be accepted as both charity/benefit for the show. Contact us for further details on how to donate! Joe's search for "Stubble of Lov...

Reviews: Urban Monsters #1, Rasl #1, Kick-Ass #1 . The lovely and talented Kristin Chenoweth ( Pushing Daisies ) joins us to discuss her multiple work in stage, TV and film. We had such a great time and know you will too! (Jimmy fell in love.) We chat convention schedules and a possible losing of locks for charity. News includes Power Girl, Akira, Magneto Man, JLA movie, Manga Stan Lee , and more....

Reviews: Cable/Deadpool #50, Lock & Key #1, Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter #1. Creator Ethan Nicolle of the hilariously funny Chumble Spuzz from SLG joins us to discuss this project and some new stuff in development.  Also, Blair Butler returns for another episode to talk comics, TV, movies and more!  A long episode, but chock full of satanic pigs, blood sucking chickens and some talk about comics.

Reviews Astro City The Dark Age Special #2: Beautie, Gutwrencher #1, Tiny Titans #1, X-Force Vol. 3 #1 Another Random Souffler, Devin Sanchez, joins us in studio for a "Converting to Comicdom" segment. Also, author Carrie Tucker ( I Love Geeks ), pipes in with a quick call for more nerd stories! Jimmy shares his stripper wedding story and rants about air kisses. News includes the return of Flash G...

Hear us discuss our "appearance" in the recent All New Atom #20 (Thanks, Norton!), Grammy goodness, writer's strike and more! Reviews of Abe Sapien: The Drowning #1, Space Doubles #1, Speed Racer: Chronicles of The Racer #1, Ubu Bubu # 1. Part 2 of our interview with Bryan Fuller ( Pushing Daisies ) and lotsa great feedback. Including some from Mr. Fuller himself! And Jimmy mea culpa's after getti...

Reviews Narcopolis #1, Spider-Man: With Great Power #1, Captain America #34, Violet Rose #1 We discuss racist Super Bowl ads, Lost season premiere, Y: The Last Man final issue and chocolate egg creams. A quickie interview with Christine Corpuz and Noshir Dalal from the cast of Save the World , the Off-Broadway play about superheroes. We announce our contest winners from last week's multi-question...