Comic News Insider
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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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Feb 20, 2013 • 1h 1min
Episode 460 - Bobby Timony (Night Owls)
Reviews: Comics: Katana #1, New Ghostbusters #1, Powers Bureau #1 , Secret Avengers Vol 2 #1, Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by old cartoonist pal Bobby Timony (Night Owls). They might do the Harlem Shake but you'd never know. Jimmy gives love to the British pop duo The Floe and congrats to good friend Grace Helbig on her Streamy Awards wins! News includes: Black Mask Studios goes live, Ron Weasley becomes a superhero, Harry Potter gets new covers, Peter Dinklage joins X-Mencast, Boom announces Adventure Time annual and TellTale games brings a Walking Dead sequel along with a Fables based game. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Feb 13, 2013 • 1h 18min
Episode 459 - State of the Podcast
Reviews: Comics: Dia De Los Muertos #1, Fairy Quest #1, Fearless Defenders #1, Legend Of The Shadow Clan #1, Snapshot #1, Son Of Merlin #1 TV: Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, The Walking Dead Jimmy is joined in studio by good old pal Emily Edwards. They discuss the Entertainment Weekly possible Star Trek slip up about "Khan", are thankful that it's not PAUL Pope resigning, the scrapping of the Justice League of America movie script, Matt Damon on Let's Talk About Something More Interesting with Live Prude Girls and more. News includes: Geoff Johns steps down from writing Green Lantern, Don Rosa explains why he's leaving comics, Civil Rights legend Rep. John Lewis to pen graphic novel, The Luna Bros. The Sword comes to film, Star Wars spin-offs coming to a galaxy near you, Venture Bros. returns, Superman the musical returns for a brief time and zombies just may become a reality. Thanks science! 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!
Feb 6, 2013 • 60min
Episode 458 - Adamantium Sized!
Reviews: Comics: Before Watchmen Dollar Bill #1, Doctor Who Prisoners Of Time #1, Emily And The Strangers #1, Masters Of The Universe Origin Of He-Man #1 Oscar short films: Head Over Heels, Paperman Jimmy is joined in studio by the most amazingly talented and awesome Katelan Foisy. Writer, artist, model, actress, Tarot reader, and so much more. Jimmy continues his new found love for Adventure Time (yeah, yeah...you all were ahead of the game) with the comics. Also, he and Katelan chat about a couple of Kickstarter projects they'd like to see come to fruition. News includes: DC Comics says WTF, Tomb Raider returns to comics, Marvel unleashes massive Wolverine collection, Warner Bros. releases Superman collection, Emily VanCamp cast as female lead in Captain America sequel and Chris Pratt will be the lead in the Guardians of the Galaxy film. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Jan 30, 2013 • 1h 12min
Episode 457 - Spartacus: The Musical
Reviews: The Answer #1, Deadpool Killustrated #1, UncannyX-Force #1, Young Avengers #1, Spartacus: War of the Damned Jimmy is joined in studio by old pal Matt Walton. They discuss the Attack of the Show and X-Playfinales along with the demise of G4TV, Jimmy finaly starts catching up on Adventure Time and loves it, they give comic colorists lotsa love and Jimmy's interview with young director Emily Hagins is up on Stated. Plus, an exclusive and probably not real scoop on a musical episode of Spartacus! News includes: JJ Abrams to direct Star Wars: Episode VII, Young Justice and Green Lantern get canceled making room for Beware the Batman and Teen Titans Go!, Powerpuff Girls returns, Kyle Baker gives away comics, more original X-Men cast join Bryan Singer's upcoming X-Men film, Marvel rolls out Phase 3 films, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome finally gets SyFy airdate and New Zealand mints Doctor Who coins. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Jan 23, 2013 • 1h 13min
Episode 456 - Dan Goldman (Shooting War, Red Light Properties)
Reviews: Black Beetle: No Way Out #1, High Ways #1, Savage Wolverine #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by cartoonist Dan Goldman! They discuss some returning sci-fi shows likeLost Girl and Being Human. Jimmy's a little tired so forgets to do the reviews until near the end of the show. BUT WE DO THEM! News includes: Paul Pope's Battling Boy is coming out this October, Warren Ellis teases Scatterlands, X-Treme X-Men and Age of Apocalypse get canceled and could there be a Jenny Olsen instead of Jimmy in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel film? Finally, Jimmy chats with Dan about his work including Shooting War, Kelly, Red Light Properties and more! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Jan 16, 2013 • 19min
Episode 455 - The Breakfast Show
Reviews: End Times Of Bram & Ben #1, Mars Attacks KISS One Shot, Star Wars Vol 2 #1, Superior Spider-Man #1, Continuum (on SyFy) After last week's massive "Best of 2012" show, Jimmy flies solo to give you a quickie full of some comic booky goodness! News includes: Bendis reveals his Guardians of the Galaxy, new The Walking Dead showrunner is named, DC cancels many a title and has some creator shakeups, Marvel reveals a new all-female X-Men book and the Y: The Last Man film finds a director. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Jan 9, 2013 • 1h 40min
Episode 454 - Best of 2012 w/ Marvel's The Watcher Lorraine Cink!
Reviews: Mars Attacks Popeye One Shot, Morbius The Living Vampire Vol 2 #1, New Avengers Vol 3 #1, The Red Ten #1 It's the super huge and long BEST OF 2012 show! Jimmy is joined by Marvel's The Watcher host Lorraine Cink and good pal Mike Cho. Both are CNI vets and bring their nerdy knowledge to the podcast once again. Jimmy saw Django Unchained and Attack of the 50 Ft Cheerleader. One had lotsa violence and another had lotsa boobs. Guess which one he REALLY liked? News bits include:Axe Cop will debut on Fox's late night animation domination in July, Guillermo del Toro is heading up a DC comics based "Dark Universe" film, XX coming from Marvel, Adventure Time graphic novel on the way, Joseph Gordon Levitt cast in Sin City 2, Disney's Aladdin coming to Broadway, and Disney Junior's "A Poem is..." series recruits Doctor Who and Lady Mary Crawley. And the feature segment is our lengthy, informative and fun BEST OF 2012 picks...that we read! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Jan 2, 2013 • 52min
Episode 453 - Les Spiderables!
Reviews: Amazing Spider-Man #700, Aquaman #15, Deathmatch #1, Justice League #15, Mara #1 Returning to the studio to co-host is The Beat's Heidi MacDonald! Always nice to have a real journalist to class up the joint. They chat about Christmas, New Year's, and send Peter David well wishes. Jimmy saw Les Miserables and goes on too much about it. He also sings a special belated birthday song to Stan Lee! And because there can't be enough music ever, there is also a special song from Doctor Octopus himself following the Amazing Spider-Man #700 review. News includes: Dying Star Trek fan gets wish, NBC passes on Bryan Fuller's The Munsters reboot, upcoming Disney Infinity game is to be open world, and Animaniacs joins The Hub's lineup. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Dec 26, 2012 • 30min
Episode 452 - Dreaming of a CNI Christmas
Reviews: Black Beetle Night Shift #0, JSA The Liberty Files The Whistling Skull #1, Rotten Apple One Shot, Uncanny X-Force #35, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2012 Jimmy went out to New Jersey for Christmas and the plan was to record with his sister and brother-in-law. Alas, due to sleep schedules, company, shopping, gift wrapping, etc...it didn't happen. But you get this express Xmas quickie from Jimmy solo! He had an amazing Xmas with the fam! You may hear a few special holiday related bits in the show as well. News includes: Gail Simone re-hired on Batgirl, Star Wars comics coming to Marvel in 2015, Shelly Bond is promoted to new Vertigo Executive Editor, BBC America picks up Nerdist, and Glen Mazzara bugs out on The Walking Dead. Here's wishing everyone who celebrates it the happiest of Christmases! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
Dec 19, 2012 • 29min
Episode 451 - Yes, Virginia, There is a Comic News Insider!
Reviews: Avengers Arena #1, Cable And X-Force #1, Crow Skinning The Wolves #1, To Hell You Ride #1 Jimmy flies solo after Raven-Symone cancels on him at the last minute. That's so Raven. He is doing the podcast on the fly without normal segment music so he just plays some Christmas tunes instead. Jimmy starts off w/ some congrats to pals Jonathan Ross for his chat show deal to air in the U.S. and to Blair Butler for her many years doing Fresh Ink on G4TV. News includes: DC Nation returns to Cartoon Network, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 coming in January, DC loses rights to The Spirit and others, Archer goes on tour, Harry Potter cast reunites for more filming, The Walking Dead TV show in black and white and Jackie Chan joins Expendables 3. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!
