Word Balloon Comics Podcast

I gguested on my buddy Tim Monroe's great podcast 

Mike Norton is back and has a bunch of stuff to talk about. His indie comic series Revival co-created with writer Tim Seeley has been adapted as a new SYFY tv series starting June 12thHe's drawing a new Krypto series for DC starting this month.And returning to his long running adventure series Battle Pug, with a newe graphic novel in the works. 

Me and The League Of Word Balloon Listeners had our first Book Club. Joining Us were Brian Michael Bendis and Tom King ,to discuss Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips First Volume Of Criminal from 2006 . Lots of fun insights from everyone. 

What did that ending really mean? My thoughts 

More TV and Movie talk including our hopes for the Superman Movie and More 

Baseball Hats, Naming a car after a batman bad guy, and a 3rd mama mia movie, all part of the discussion on this edition of the aw yeah podcast 

Morgan shares the exhibits of The Super Musuem inm Metroplois IL and promotes June's Superman Festival which will feature stars and creators connected to the Man Of Steel 

In anticipation of next Sunday's WB live book club, here's my first 2006  interview with Ed Brubaker about Criminal Vol 1.The subject of our book club episode. We also talk daredevil Captain America The X-men and Iron Fist

a profile of voice director andrea romano who guided many great hanna barbera and warner bros animted series.first a 2008 chat about the boondocks the jl new frontier movie and morefollowed by a short 2013 red carpet chat saluting the batman brave and bold cartoon at ny's paley centerthen from 2020 a zoom table read of a scene from a justice league cartoon featuring the entire seven cast members, and clancy brown as luthor. 

this week we look at The First James Bond adaptation created 8 years before 1962's Dr. No starring Sean Connery.It's Casino Royale from the CBS Anthology Show Climax! Starring Barry Nelson as American Spy Jimmy Bond, and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre

On This edition of Scene Missing Gabe Hardman Jeff parker and I talk about one of our favorite western film writers and sometimes director

Dan Slott gives us heavy details on his new Superman Unlimited. It's his first DC book in 20 years 

Fred's new book, The Future Is **** is a great new ambitious scf-fi epic. 

Over the years I was lucky to have sevral talks with the Iconic artistIn this wide spanning talk from 2013...Neal  Adams discussed Gary Friedrich's need for financial help, when Marvel lawyers were telling him to stop usimg images of Ghost Rider at his con table. He gave hsi view of DC and Marvel Movies at that momentHe talked about his Dark HGorse Comic Blood and The Batman Odessey maxi series he wrote and drewAnd his Continuity Work on Motion comics and animatics for commercial campaigns 

Matt Bors is writing the new Toxie comic book for Agoy Comics 

Ram V is back to discuss his corners of the DC universe  Bringing Jack Kirdby's New Gods back with a fresh interpretation, and Resurrection Man through a meta phsysical journey 

Some thoughts on the current crop of trailers and a couple other films

Gavin Guidry on JSA Superman 78 X-Men and Gambit, plus he has a new kickstarter campaign for a fun indie book. 

From 2009 A Great Chat with the Former Publisher and longtime DC Comics Writer

I was a guest on the Splash Pages podcast. We talked about many subjects Like conventions, upcoming comic books and variant covers and more 

A live post screening q and a with Director Remsi Atasi and Producer Sal Abibinanti at Chicago's Music Box Theater 

Phenomena is A Sci Fi World Building Epic From Brian Bendis and André Araújo

Sal Abbinant5i and I discuss the documentary The Legend Of Kingdom Come which is having it's Chicago premiere this Saturday Night at 7pm at The Music Box Theater . Stories of making the film, and the graphic novel by Alex Ross and Mark Waid .Sal has stories about making the film with various comic creators being interviewed, and hints a another documentary project in the works 

spoiler alert 

Plus Spider-man, Predator Kills The Marvel Universe, and Ben is writing novellas for Neo Tex, Audio dramas from Marvel and starting to make horror films 

Writer Paull Jenkins created The Sentry, so it wwas fitting that he was inviting to the Thunderbolts film's red carpet premiere.Paul takes the victory lap, and talks about the creation of The Sentry and the fun marketing gimmick by Marvel claiming this was a 1960s Stan Lee creation that was never published, and in meta continuity a character that DID exist, but the heroes had forgotten him. Plus writing tips, Spider-Man and Batman memories and more. 

Rogue and Magneto In Marvel's Savage Land, The Turtles Face The Masters Of The Universe, Red Sonja teams up with Ash from Army of Datkness, and Vigilante and Eagly are in a DC Black Lable Double feature. All this and more on the stands from Tim Seeley 

Chaarles discusses his crerator owned [rojects like Kucky Devils with Ryan Browne , Undiscovered Country with Scott Snyde,r and wse look back at his DC days writing Superman Wonder Woman and Red Lanterns during the new 52 

Everyone is raving about Daredevil Born again, but how many viewers know that the story of Mayor Fisk was directly adapted from the comic book?Charles Soule created the story during his epic Daredevil run. Mayor Fisk also saw the origin of Muse, co-created with artist Ron Garney. Charles is also consulkting on season 2 of DD Born Again for Disney.Charles is also in the midst of writing Eddie Brock: Carnage, where Brock has decided to try to control the lunatic symbiot. We also talk about his many years writing Star Wars novel and comics including 2 new stories on the stands, The Legacy Of Vader and the final High Republic novel. 

a Q & A With Art Adams recorded in 2013 from Cincy ComicCon

Warrning ther is some rough langues in this part as Rob and I vent about how the current us tarriffs are messing with buying acion figures (made in china)we also compare the young current nerd audience to rob and I as middle aged nerds, and how some of today's audience wants to see their identies of gender and sexuality in today's stories.he and i feel that when sci-fi deals with humans intermingling with different aliens and non humanoid lifeforms, will pronouns still be an issue here on earth, hundreds of years from now?we hope not. consider inter species relationships as portrayed in things like start trek, like the trill and spock's parentsBut we're also talking about fun things too like insider Trek and TNG stoires, Rob and Max Collins excellent detective audio drama True Noir starring Michael Rosenbaum 

Talking DC books with Jeff Plus the latest Black Hammer mini from Dark Horse Minor Arcana From Boom! smd an upcoming memoir of essays and art from Jeff's career 

Jeremy Haun talks about his new comic company Ignition Press and their first book, Murder Podcast. The Zero issue is in the midst of a kickstarter campaaign 

Rob has adapted Max Allen Collin's epic Chicago1930s Detective story about the asassination of Mayor Anton Cermack. We talk about the production of this incredible audio drama and the amazing Hollywood Cast, including Maichael Rosenbaum (Smallville) Anthony LaPaglia and Katie Sackoff (Battlestar Galactica) You can buy True Noir at TrueNoir.Co (not com )

The father of comic book parallel universes and super team crossovers, was Gardner Fox . Jennifer wrote a comprhemsicve biography of the accomplished writer 

KS's new comic series FML from Dark Horse is a very personal family medittation, and because she's a good friendf we talk about her kids and her own experience informing these characters

Mark Talks the JLU/Worlds Finest event, Batman and Robin Year One, Action Comics/Superboy, and many questions from, the word balloon audiencer 

Flashback to 2011, and my talk with Steve the original Master Chief 

The filmmaker discusses his new documentary style movie that depicts what might happen if a man with superpowers would appear in the real world and all the social and political fall out that might happen.Watch the trailer and the film is avaailable to rent or buy at Amazon Prime, Apple, and YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdO16A70Us

I interviewed the Iconic METV horrror host live on stage at Chicago's C2E2 con