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It's the second of three panels that Jimmy moderated at Heroes Con a few weeks ago. This one was with the awesome cover artists Amanda Connor, Jenny Frison and Phil Noto! It's a fun discussion about their cover work, covers vs. interiors, inspirations, and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Astro City #1, Ehmm Theory #1, Liberator #1, Wild Blue Yonder #1, Under the Dome, World War Z Due to a last minute emergency, Jimmy's co-host had to back out so he flies solo this week. (Hope things get better, Robert Downey, Jr). And in this episode, you'll hear the first of three Heroes Con panels that Jimmy moderated. This one with Amanda Connor, Jimmy Palmiotti and Frank Tieri. It's full of hilarity and comic book goodness! He briefly chats about the new Shezow on The Hub, Jeff Robinov quitting at Warner Bros. and Charles Soule on the new Superman/Wonder Woman. News includes: Boom! Studios merges with Archaia Entertainment, Joe Hill's Locke & Key gets picked up by Universal for movie development, William Fichtner is Shredder, and 70's Zod makes them kneel before him in the bathroom. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! 212 501 6246 Email Facebook Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Crow Curare #1, Joe Hills Thumbprint #1, Superman Unchained #1, True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys #1, Man of Steel Jimmy is joined in studio by his new nerdy pal Taylor Katz and they give a looooong review of the new Man of Steel film. More Heroes Con interviews with Kevin Mellon (Suicide Sisters, Archer), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Space), Rachel Pandich/Ashely Lanni (Aspire). Jimmy talks about how he almost screwed up his SDCC plans, briefly mentions new SyFy shows Primeval: New World (skip it) and Sinbad (not terrible) and gives love to his girls Alie & Georgia regarding their new show on The Cooking Channel (Tripping Out with Alie & Georgia). News includes: Superman and Wonder Woman get romantical, Spider-man finds his sister, Dynamite Teams up Flash Gordon/The Phantom/Mandrake the Magician, Star Wars Land coming to Orlando and IDW gets animated...sort of! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy is joined in studio by his podcast wife Erica Schultz! (Thanks to her real hubby AJ for the baked goods again). They both just got back from Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC and are here to give you the rundown of all the nerdy goodness. No reviews but some great interviews with Francesco Francavilla (Black Beetle), Vivek Tiwary (The Fifth Beatle) and Ryan Black (Tension). Plus a big Heroes Con recap. They also chat about the rumored character that Karen Gillan will be playing in the Guardians of the Galaxy film and give kudos to some Critics' Choice awards winners like Tatiana Maslany (Best Drama Actress for Orphan Black). News includes: Marvel makes Mighty Avengerswith Al Ewing and Greg Land, a live action Archie movie is on the way along with an Afterlife With Archie comic series, DC Comics brings back Batman: Black and White, and you too can smell like Stan Lee. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening

Reviews: Star Trek #21, The Wake #1, X-Men #1, Orphan Black season finale, Merlin series finale Comic News Insider: Episode 476 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. Jimmy is joined in studio by his new favorite co-host, Erica Schultz! Jimmy chats about his visit to BookExpo America and how he chatted with some of the comic book publishers there. Alas, no interviews but some good info about an upcoming comic book or two! Also, Jimmy is traumatized by the recent episode of Game of Thrones and the recent Justice League America #4. Good thing Erica brought some of her hubby's famous chocolate chip cookies to soothe his pain! They also chat about the upcoming Heroes Con and what they have planned. Erica is on a panel and is doing a signing at the Comic News Insider booth. Jimmy will be hosting the booth, moderating 3 panels (see info below), doing tons of interviews, taking pictures and more. You'll also see CNI correspondents running around like Melissa Bleier and photographers Faren and Faith as well as new helper Amber! And a mystery guest rings the doorbell! News includes: DC Comics goes Forever Evil, Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who, Grant Morrison's Zenith is finally getting reprinted, and SheZow aims to save The Hub network. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy's Heroes Con Panel Schedule Saturday: 3pm Room 207CDJimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor Fan favorites Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor sit down with Heroes’ favorite moderator, Comic News Insider’s Jimmy Aquino as they discuss the craft of making great comics. Sunday: 11:30pm Room 207ABCOVERS: VERY GOOD GIRL ARTI re-iterate: Admit it—we all judge books by their covers. With all the choices out there, how do we sift out the noise and select the quality? It all comes down to the covers, and there are few things as appealing to the eye than "Good Girl Art". Join Adam Hughes, Frank Cho, Jenny Frison, Phil Noto, and Amanda Connor as they discuss this craft with Comic News Insider’s Jimmy Aquino. Sunday: 2:30pm Room 208ABCCROSSING-OVER: From Mainstream to Indie and BackJoin psychic huckster Jonathan Edwards as he makes contact with Jack Kirby and Charles Schulz—no wait… sorry…wrongCrossing-Over. Return with us to the land of the living, and join Comic News Insider’s Jimmy Aquino as he discusses working both sides of the fence with Matt Kindt, Becky Cloonan, Kelly Sue Deconnick, and Robbi Rodriguez.

Reviews: Akaneiro #1, Bounce #1, Green Team #1, Marvel's Avenger's Assemble on Disney XD Jimmy flies solo to bring you the final Toronto Comic Arts Festival interview. Actually, it's the panel with Belgian cartoonist Judith Vanistendael that Jimmy moderated at TCAF. It's just under an hour long and they really get into her recent graphic novel, When David Lost His Voice. They talk process, where the story came from, style of art, inspiration, growing up with a famous father and even her pet chickens! News includes: XBox One is coming, Action Comics #1 found in wall, Disney announces new Star Wars toon, Big Hero 6 film coming next year, and Michael Keaton is seen flying over NYC but not as Batman. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening! p.s. Much love and thanks to Producer Joe for working his magic on this and the past few episodes!

Reviews: Chin Music #1, Dream Thief #1, Edgar Allan Poe's Fall of the House of Usher #1, Regular Show #1, Star Trek: Into Darkness Erica Schultz (M3) comes back to co-host! Jimmy still has more TCAF interviews left for you and you'll hear great ones from Faith Erin Hicks (Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong), Patrick McEown (Hair Shirt), Frederick Peeters (Sandcastle) and Alice Quinn (TdotComics). Jimmy and Erica chat about the beautiful comic book art on the Tower of London scaffolding by Emma Vieceli, Kate Brown and Paul Duffield, the recent Doctor Who episode, Natalie Dormer on Elementary(heck...on ANYTHING), and more. News includes: Adult Swim announces new shows, Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival shuts down, Warehouse 13 gets a 5th and final season and Star Wars and Doctor Who fans clash in the UK. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! 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! p.s. Much love and thanks to Producer Joe for working his magic on this and the past few episodes!

It's a special DINTERVIEW episode! That's Dinner + Interview = DINTERVIEW! (Thanks to Becky Cloonan for that.) You guessed it, it's another podcast dinner where Jimmy sits down with some cartoonists over dinner to talk comics. While in Toronto for TCAF, Jimmy was joined by Paul Pope, Becky Cloonan, Glyn Dillon, and Monica Gallagher. They discussed the ins and outs of comics from what they use to draw, the process of cartooning, their approach to the medium, digital vs. print, inspirations, influences and so much more! They even all got a bit silly at times and there may even be some singing and about 5 attempts to end the podcast. It's a bit lengthy as they were having such a grand time. Jimmy turned on the recorder and let it go for 2 hours! Not only do you hear the cartoonists, you'll hear the background noise, the waiter taking our orders, our food arriving, clinking of our silverware, etc. So sit back and be a fly on the wall for an exciting, informative and fun 2 hours of comic goodness with some of the best in the business! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

It's a special recap episode of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)! Jimmy recorded this while still in Toronto and got cartoonist pals Adam Cadwell (The Everyday) and Marc Ellerby (Ellerbisms) to join in the fun! They give their thoughts on the show, the guests, the parties, panels and the drinking. OH THE DRINKING! Jimmy chatted with many at the show and you'll hear great interviews withJess Fink (We Can Fix It!), Monica Gallagher (Glitter Kiss), Agnes Garbowska (You, Me and Zombie), Lucy Knisley (Relish) and Renee Nault (Witchling). No news or reviews just lots of TCAF goodness! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Black Bat #1, Movement #1, Suicide Risk #1, Ten Grand #1, Iron Man 3 Jimmy jets through a quickie solo show before heading off to TCAF (Toronto Comics Arts Festival) this weekend. He gives his thoughts on the recent Free Comic Book Day, meeting Natalie Dormer and interviewing Neil Gaiman about his upcoming Doctor Who episode. No news this week but a brief bit about his plans for TCAF. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!