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The podcast for everything comic book, animation, sci-fi and pop culture. Hosted by Jimmy Aquino & a rotating panel of co-hosts, CNI is your weekly dose of industry news, reviews and interviews.
Past guests include: Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., Jerry Robinson, Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, John Cassaday, Paul Pope, Darwyne Cooke, JM Dematteis, Steve Niles, Garth Ennis, Steve Rude, Kyle Baker, Jim Lee, James Jean, Alison Bechdel, Arthur Suydam, Jonathan Hickman, Greg Pak, John McCrea, Zoe Bell, Ted Raimi, David Tennant, Russel T. Davies, Felicia Day, Seth Green, Rob Zombie, Brian Pulido, Olivia Munn, Michael Rooker, Ben Templesmith, Kate Beaton, Faith Erin Hicks, Amber MacArthur, Seth Meyers, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Fuller, Kristin Chenoweth, Rosario Dawson, Olivia D'Abo, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, Michael Emerson, Kevin Pereira, Paul Cornell, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, Molly Crabapple, and Blair Butler (G4TV).
CNI, the "Entertainment Weekly" of comic podcasts, continues to bring the fun and the funny! (Hey, it's better than being the "US Weekly" of comic podcasts.) Join Jimmy every Wednesday to laugh, learn and maybe even love!
Created & Produced by Joe Gonzalez
Past guests include: Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., Jerry Robinson, Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, John Cassaday, Paul Pope, Darwyne Cooke, JM Dematteis, Steve Niles, Garth Ennis, Steve Rude, Kyle Baker, Jim Lee, James Jean, Alison Bechdel, Arthur Suydam, Jonathan Hickman, Greg Pak, John McCrea, Zoe Bell, Ted Raimi, David Tennant, Russel T. Davies, Felicia Day, Seth Green, Rob Zombie, Brian Pulido, Olivia Munn, Michael Rooker, Ben Templesmith, Kate Beaton, Faith Erin Hicks, Amber MacArthur, Seth Meyers, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Fuller, Kristin Chenoweth, Rosario Dawson, Olivia D'Abo, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, Michael Emerson, Kevin Pereira, Paul Cornell, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, Molly Crabapple, and Blair Butler (G4TV).
CNI, the "Entertainment Weekly" of comic podcasts, continues to bring the fun and the funny! (Hey, it's better than being the "US Weekly" of comic podcasts.) Join Jimmy every Wednesday to laugh, learn and maybe even love!
Created & Produced by Joe Gonzalez
Episodes
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Nov 12, 2013 • 48min
Episode 510 - Pod(cast) of Thunder!
Reviews: Alex + Ada #1, Amazing X-Men Vol 2 #1, Drumhellar #1, Painkiller Jane:Price Of Freedom #1, Protectors Inc #1, Thor: The Dark World Erica Schultz returns to rekindle the podcast marriage. Jimmy discusses a screening he saw of an upcoming kick ass Zoe Bell film called RAZE, they mention a few of the various comic cons still happening this late in the game and come up with one of their own (JimmyCon!). Jimmy also gives mad love to the ABC show The Neighbors especially star Toks Olagundoye. News includes: Disney's Marvel teams up with Netflix, Star Wars VII gets a release date, iZombie nexts comic to be TV adapted, Cinemax lands U.S. rights to Kirkman's Outcast, Neil Gaiman writes e-book for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, and the son of a Doctor Who writer claims he owns rights to the TARDIS. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Nov 6, 2013 • 29min
Episode 509 - Spider-Max!
Reviews: Damian: Son of Batman #1, The Fox #1, Sandman Overture #1 Jimmy heads out to the Garden State (New Jersey, if ya didn't know) to visit his sister and family. His awesome 5 year old nephew, Maximus, chats on mic to Jimmy about his love of superheroes and Star Wars in the most adorable stream of conscious way. Jimmy talks about seeing Gravity, the new X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer and his love of the Thor comic. News includes: DC Comics is moving out west, Fables will end with issue 150, Daredevil coming back in digital form, ol pulp series The Avenger is being reimagined for the CW, The Addams Family animated is on the way, a 5 year old boy with leukemia will be Batman for a day, Ben Kingsley's secret Marvel project just may be a short film with him reprising his "The Mandarin" role, Marvel brings back Ms. Marvel in the form of a teen character from New Jersey of Muslim heritage named Kamala Khan, First Second announces fantasy graphic novel series called The Nameless City from Faith Erin Hicks and Hourman TV series is in the works at the CW. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Nov 3, 2013 • 31min
Episode 508 - NYCC with Vampire Academy!
It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for the upcoming film Vampire Academy (based on the books by Richelle Mead). He chatted with cast members Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Sami Gayle and Dominic Sherwood. Great cast of young stars on the rise whom made the movie sound very enticing. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Nov 1, 2013 • 53min
Episode 507 - NYCC with Black Sails!
It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for the new Starz series Black Sails. He chatted with creator Jonathan E. Steinberg and cast members Hanna New, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Luke Evans, Toby Stephens, and Zach McGowan. It sounds like a fantastic show with a great premise of taking place 20 years before the events in Treasure Island. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Oct 30, 2013 • 1h 2min
Episode 506 - CNI in Slasherland!
Reviews: Marvel Now What? #1, Pretty Deadly #1, Samurai Jack #1, Velvet #1, Zombie War #1, Dracula (on NBC) Jimmy treks out to Brooklyn to the home of the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company's founders Abby and Qui for some pork tacos and fun times! He is joined by the director Robert Ross Parker and some of the cast (Tom Myers, Nicky Schmidlein, and Bonnie Sherman) of their current show Alice in Slasherland. The cast gives some details about the play and some fun tidbits about the characters they play. They also chat about the Britishisms Jimmy is finding while playing GTA V and discuss the new Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer. News includes: Cartoon Network pulls Beware the Batman, Jamie Smart is shortlisted for Roald Dahl prize, Midtown Comics opens boutique in Times Square Toys "R" Us, Charmed may magically reappear on TV, and Al Plastino learns his Superman/JFK story is for sale. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Oct 28, 2013 • 47min
Episode 505: NYCC with Bob's Burgers!
It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for Bob's Burgers and chatted with H. Jon Benjamin, Loren Bouchard, John Roberts and Dan Mintz. It was a crazy and packed room but he managed to get a few good questions in. Tune in for the madness. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Oct 25, 2013 • 58min
Episode 504: NYCC with casts/creators of Archer/Rick and Morty/China, IL
It's a special NYCC animated series interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for Archer and chatted with Adam Reed, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, and Lucky Yates. For Rick and Morty, it was Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. China, IL brought us Brad Neely, Daniel Weidenfeld, and Brooke Hogan. Great rooms all (especially for Archer). Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Oct 23, 2013 • 1h 30min
Episode 503 - More NYCC with Kevin Smith/Jay Oliva/Ronald D. Moore & Diana Gabaldon
Reviews: Code Monkey Save the World #1, Rocket Girl #1, Star Trek: Khan #1, Superman/Wonder Woman #1, Three #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by the podcast wife Erica Schultz (M3). They jump right into the swing of things with reviews and news. Jimmy sat in many a round table at New York Comic Con and brings you these great interviews with Kevin Smith (Comic Book Men), Jay Oliva (Justice League: War) and Ronald D. Moore/Diana Gabaldon (Outlander). News includes: IDW opens TV division, Kate Beaton brings her Fat Pony to Scholastic, Captain Marvel to relaunch, Dark Horse to relaunch Aliens and Predators comics, and a competition is open to couples whom want a Whovian wedding. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Oct 16, 2013 • 1h 30min
Episode 502: NYCC Recap with Ben Templesmith/Kelly Sue DeConnick/John Layman/Emma Vieceli and more!
Reviews: Afterlife with Archie #1 New York Comic Con is over and it's time for the big CNI recap! Jimmy is joined in studio by Emma Vieceli and they chat about the good and bad, the mood and the sad, and the food and the...uh...glad! Jimmy got SO many interviews over the weekend and you're going to hear quite a few in this episode from the likes of Ben Templesmith (Tome), Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel), John Layman (Detective Comics), Vito Delsante (Eternal Kick), David Bass (WildStarMMORPG), Jay Nolte (The Zombie Office), Adam Withers/Comfort Love (Rainbow in the Dark), and Shawn Curran/George Sanders. News includes: DC Comics is bringing back Tiny Titans and Stephanie Brown, Marvel Comics is bringing back Miracle Man and launching a new Silver Surfer series, Priest and Bright are returning to Quantum and Woody, Archie Comics announces Farewell Betty and Veronica series, and Darwyn Cooke will illustrate some prose Parker novels. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Oct 9, 2013 • 22min
Episode 501 - Post 500/Pre-NYCC!
Reviews: Bushido #1, Captain America: Living Legend #1, Grindhouse: Doors Open At Midnight #1, Hinterkind #1 It's the small but mighty pre-NYCC recording! Jimmy does a quickie (and late) solo episode to bring you some of the goodness that CNI will be bringing to NYCC. Sorry it's a little late but there is SO much to do for NYCC. Jimmy thanks everyone for coming to 500 last week and encourages you all to listen if you haven't. Producer Joe will edit in various phone calls of congratulations as well. Plans for NYCC include signings with Kevin Maguire, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Becky Cloonan, Emma Vieceli, Michelle Mozes and more. The annual fundraising raffle will have amazing prizes as always. Jimmy will be madly dashing off to various press rooms for such shows as Bob's Burgers, Archer, Black Sails, Outlander, Lost Girl and more. Plus, plenty of interviews at the CNI table. Come see us at Table AA3 in the Podcast Arena located in Artist Alley (in Javits North). As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!
