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Jimmy flies solo to bring you his final TCAF (The Toronto Comic Arts Festival) interviews. This is the panel he did called Sports vs Comics with Wai Au (FujoSports!), Box Brown (Andre the Giant), Reinhard Kleist (The Boxer) and Jesse Lonergan (All Star). We chat about their sports comics, why sports comics aren't as popular in North America, sports they played, other sports they'd like to make a comic about and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1, Justice League United #1, The New 52: Futures End, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finale, Arrow finale, Once Upon A Time finale, Warehouse 13 series finale, Godzilla Jimmy flies solo this week so as not to make the episode too long. He forgets how long winded he is so the episode will still be LONG. Thanks to Producer Joe for the editing magic. However, it's chock full of more TCAF (The Toronto Comic Arts Festival) goodness! Interviews with Box Brown, Eric Kim, Jesse Lonergan, and Rebecca Scoble/Lianne Sentar. News includes: DC to launch weekly digital first Wonder Woman series, Dynamite Entertainment announces new titles including Bob's Burgers, Captain Victory, Terminal Hero and Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880, John Layman/Rob Guillory's Chew coming to tabletop games, and Lumberjanes is going to a full series. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! Come back Friday for the Sports vs Comics panel that Jimmy moderated with Wai Au, Box Brown, Reinhard Kleist and Jesse Lonergan!

Producer Joe sits in again with Jimmy to intro/outro this awesome spotlight panel with German cartoonist Reinhard Kleist. Jimmy moderated the panel at TCAF and they chatted about Reinhard's career from the beginning up to his hit graphic novel Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness to his current work The Boxer. Reinhard has had a fascinating career and you'll want to hear all about it! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! Come back next week for even more TCAF interviews with Jesse Lonergan (All Star), Eric Kim (Nitro Battlers), Box Brown (Andre the Giant), Lianne Sentar/Rebecca Scoble (Sparkler Monthly) and the Sports vs Comics panel that Jimmy moderated.

Producer Joe joins Jimmy to intro/outro this great lunch interview Jimmy did at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) with Becky Cloonan (By Chance or Providence, Batman) and Renee Nault (Witchling). What started as just a quick recap of the show turned into a great conversation about self publishing, advice for tabling at a convention, upcoming work and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! Tune in Sunday for another special podcast! It's the spotlight panel that Jimmy moderated with German cartoonist Reinhard Kleist (The Boxer, Cash: I See A Darkness). He's a talented, smart and funny man with a great career. Hear them discuss it all! Then come back next week for even more TCAF interviews with Jesse Lonergan (All Star), Eric Kim (Nitro Battlers), Box Brown (Andre the Giant), Lianne Sentar/Rebecca Scoble (Sparkler Monthly) and the Sports vs Comics panel that Jimmy moderated.

Producer Joe joins Jimmy to discuss their recent jaunt to The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) in Toronto. They give their recap and thoughts on the terrific show. Such a great time! Thanks to everyone involved for such a well run and fun festival. Great interviews included in this podcast are with Darwyn Cooke (Parker), Nicholas Gurewitch (Perry Bible Fellowship), Kazu Kibuishi (Amulet), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra in Space) and Renee Nault (Witchling). News includes: 3 DC titles (iZombie, Flash, Constantine) picked up for TV runs, Marvel's Agent Carter is coming to TV as well with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. getting a second season pick up, More Marvel films from Fox including X-Force, Gambit and Deadpool, Usagi Yojimbo returns with a sci-fi twist, the Finger family is not okay with DC Comics, and the smallest comic might be in your hair. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! Tune in later this week for some special podcasts! First up on Friday is a lunch interview with Becky Cloonan (By Chance or Providence, Batman) and Renee Nault (Witchling). Started out as just a recap and turned into a wonderful conversation about self publishing, advice for tabling at a show, and some of their upcoming projects. Then on Sunday, we'll release the spotlight panel that Jimmy moderated with German cartoonist Reinhard Kleist (The Boxer, Cash: I See A Darkness). He's a talented, smart and funny man with a great career. Hear them discuss it all! Then come back next week for even more TCAF interviews with Jesse Lonergan (All Star), Eric Kim (Nitro Battlers), Box Brown (Andre the Giant), Lianne Sentar/Rebecca Scoble (Sparkler Monthly) and the Sports vs Comics panel that Jimmy moderated.

Reviews: Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 #1, Battlestar Galactica Six #1, Dexters Laboratory Vol 2 #1, Southern Bastards #1, V-Wars #1, Vertigo Quarterly Cyan #1, Amazing Spider-Man 2 Producer Joe joins Jimmy in studio to talk about their upcoming trip to The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF). Jimmy will be moderating 2 panels (info below) and they both will be conducting many an interview. They pay tribute to their friend Jamie Dallessandro and send love to his family/friends. We lost one of the best of us. The guys go on to chat about Free Comic Book Day, Star Wars Day, Fox canceling Being Human, the CBR forum revamp, the ET video game cartridge dump and Jimmy makes up a new gaming company called Atario. News includes: Star Wars VII cast revealed, Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Superheroes announced, SyFy developing comic book based shows, Yahoo developing sci-fi comedy, 11th Doctor gets terminated, Carlton Cuse remaking The Returned, and Kevin Smith gets Krampus for Christmas. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! ----------------------------------------- Jimmy's TCAF Panels I'll be moderating a couple of panels at TCAF this weekend. Come on by and check them out! Sports Vs. Comic Books: Making Peace Between Schoolyard Enemies Jocks Vs. Nerds is an engrained trope, but times have thankfully changed. The North American comics industry is catching up to its European and Japanese compatriots, realizing that blending popular sporting events with comics and graphic novels goes together like peanut butter and chocolate, and the result are great comics that appeal to an entirely new artist. Join authors Box Brown (Andre The Giant), Reinhard Kleist (The Boxer), Wai Au (Fujosports), and Jesse Lonergan (All-Star) for a spirited discussion of this emerging genre of comics! @ The Pilot Saturday, May 10 11am-12pm Spotlight: Reinhard KleistThis would be a feature interview with Kleist about his work and career, with a special focus on The Boxer, which is debuting in English at the festival. @The Marriott 50 Saturday, May 10 12pm-1:15pm

Reviews: 24 #1, 7th Sword #1, Danger Girl: Mayday #1, Original Sin #0 Jimmy is joined in studio by nerdy pal Lauren Galliart! They chat about the recent article about Martin Freeman in EW, Orphan Black, Game of Thrones, Natalie Dormer and Free Comic Book Day. Jimmy also gets some good advice from a listener about sound. News includes: Amazon changes Comixology app, Justice League movie will happen, Gun Machine by Warren Ellis is heading to XBox, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot return, Greg Pak will tackle a new Storm ongoing series, The Legendary Star Lord ongoing series will be out in time for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film, Marvel will release 100th anniversary futuristic comics, Vertigo announces Suiciders, Bodies and CYMK, Boom! announces The Woods from James Tynion IV, and Batman scribe Scott Snyder teases the return of The Joker. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! 212 501 6246 Email Facebook Comic News Insider Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Solar Man of the Atom Vol 2 #1, Star Mage #1, Orphan Black S2:E1, The Real History of Science Fiction Big Thunder Productions' Dana Aber joins her pal Jimmy in studio to chat about her upcoming nerdy musical theater production called Un-Ironically Enthusiastic (Nerds on Parade). In tribute, Jimmy sings a little ditty for her. Apologies to you all especially to My Chemical Romance. News includes: DC's 3rd weekly comic announced, Warren Ellis to revamp Dynamite heroes, Dark Horse to publish Venture Bros. art book, autistic teen starts comic book vending machine business, Templesmith's Wormwood gets animated, Fox and Sony team up in Amazing Spider-Man 2 stinger, and man sues ex over Snoopy plush doll. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: All-New Ultimates #1, Batman Eternal #1, Flash Gordon Vol 7 #1, Lumberjanes #1, Shutter #1, Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Warehouse 13 Producer Joe is back again to wrap up our MoCCA coverage and use his producing/editing magic. Jimmy had a great chat with Nick Abadzis at MoCCA talking about his new SelfMadeHero book The Cigar That Fell In Love With A Pipe among his many other works. Jimmy apologies for his voice as he's home sick with the plague. News includes: Amazon acquires Comixology, Eisner nominations announced, Grant Morrison's Multiversity is finally coming, Dick Grayson to become a super-spy and SyFy picks up The Expanse. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Walking Dead season finale, Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Lost Girl season finale, Being Human series finale Producer Joe returns to recap MoCCA Festival with Jimmy. It was an awesome time full of comic goodness. Lots of great interviews with Emmy winner Dean Haspiel (Fear, My Dear), Simon Fraser (Dare2Draw), Danica Novgorodoff (The Undertaking of Lily Chen) and Michelle Mozes (The Hero of Avaryn). News includes: Archie will die in Life With Archie, SyFy shuffles on to the zombie bandwagon wth Z Nation, Xbox to debut original humanoid robot drama Humans and Comic Sans gets a facelift. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!