Word Balloon Comics Podcast
John Siuntres
1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres
Episodes
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Jun 12, 2025 • 1h 3min
Sean Phillips The Return Of Criminal
Criminal is back with a new graphic novel in August by Sean and Ed Brubaker. Sean teases the story, plus talks about the upcoming tv adaptation from Amazon Prime. We also talk about his art process, working with his colorist and son Jacob, and a kickstarter campaign that features Sean's early work in UK comics
Jun 11, 2025 • 1h 10min
Crystal Skillman Comic Book Playwright
Crystal is an accomplished off broadway playwright with a new play called OPEN an LGBTQ story about love and magic. We discuss the play, her writing seminars, historic broadway stories, and George Clooney's GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, about the war between Communist witch hunter Senator Joe Mccrathy and CBS new anchor Edward R Murrow. Crystal also shared some rare Peter David encounters, and the recent loss of Jules Feiffer who made comics and wrote the first great superhero coffee table book The Great Comic Book Heroes in the 1970s.
Jun 10, 2025 • 1h 8min
Robert Greenberger and The Legacy Of Peter David
Bob worked with Peter for years as his editor on Star Trek Comics and a co writer of the Crazy 8 collective . He has Marvel DC and Star Trek stories about Peter and more . Is there a final David novel si the works?
Jun 9, 2025 • 1h 56min
Tim Sheridan Alan Scott The Green Lantern
Tim and I discuss his work on Alan Scott in anticipation for his 2024 Green Lantern mini series.plus we discuss other DC Pride heroes . We also talk about Tim's animation work.
Jun 9, 2025 • 11min
More Doctor Who Thoughts From Paul Cornell
More Who Obsevation from Paul including his audio Who Dramas for Big Finish, the TV adaptation of his Doctor Who Novel Human Nature, and the height of the 2010s British made Sci-Fi TV shows because of the success of Doctor Who. Torchwood,Primeval and more.
Jun 8, 2025 • 1h 9min
Doctor Who Speculation and Paul Cornell
Jun 6, 2025 • 59min
Stanford Carpenter and Comicpalooza University
On this episode of Word Balloon we're joined by Dr Stanford Carpenter the driving force behind ComicPalooza University. He has big Juneteenth plans and gives us the details
Jun 5, 2025 • 1h 58min
Steve Lieber Talks Metamorho and Jimmy Olsen
From Art and comic biz tips to hating to draw tranpfmers Steve makes me cry laughong
Jun 4, 2025 • 54min
What I Really Want To Talk About Is TREK with Tim Monroe
I gguested on my buddy Tim Monroe's great podcast
Jun 3, 2025 • 1h 20min
Mike Norton Talks Revival SYFY Krypto and More
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.
