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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Sep 25, 2009 • 49min
Episode 223 - CNI One Shot! Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer on Smallville)
Smallville star Cassidy Freeman ("Tess Mercer") joined us for a phoner to discuss the upcoming season 9, her character, musical background, hanging with Allison Mack, and making Zod kneel before her! Tune in to this interview first and then check out the season premiere of Smallville tonight on the CW at 8pm EST.
Sep 23, 2009 • 2h 13min
Episode 222 - Alison Rosen (The Daily Alison) & Michael Emerson Drive by
Reviews: Beasts of Burden #1, Vengeance of Moon Knight #1, X-Men Legacy Annual #1 In studio guest, Alison Rosen, joins us for another "Converting to Comicdom" segment. Did we convert her? You'll have to tune in to find out! It's another loooooooooooong episode so please forgive. 'Twas lotsa fun though! Alison is hilarious, smart and charming so I'm sure you will dig the extra CNI goodness that came out of it. Good friend Michael Emerson ("Ben Linus" on Lost) also joins us at the beginning of the show via phone to discuss his recent Emmy win! News includes Jack Kirby's kids suing for Marvel hero rights, Shin Chan creator's death, Archie Andrews gets an agent, Notorious MSG in a videogame, UK Jedi woes, a Roddenberry Apple computer for sale and more!
Sep 16, 2009 • 2h 1min
Episode 221 - Ella Thomas (The Surrogates)
Reviews: Sweet Tooth #1, Marvel Super Hero Squad #1, Strange Tales #1, Vampirella #1 The smart, hilarious and all around lovely Ella Thomas joins us to discuss her role in the upcoming film, The Surrogates. The boys had a blast geeking out with her and there may have been a wedding that took place during the interview between Ella and Jimmy. You'll have to listen to find out! The guys lament over the passing of Patrick Swayze, get a quick visit from Kevin Conn-Yay, VMA's, Kevin Smith's tweet-a-thon and more. Joe gives his recap of his spy mission in Europe. He tells of time in Spain, France, Amsterdam and The UK. What's this about a giant urinal in Amsterdam? News includes the new DC Entertainment, NYCC/NYAF, JLA Crisis DVD, Joss Whedon updates, Alan Moore on Marvelman, Guy Ritchie to direct Lobo movie, Bryan Fuller & Bryan Singer team up, Jamie Tanner creates comics with you, and more!
Sep 9, 2009 • 1h 8min
Episode 220 - A few of our favorite things
Reviews: The Incredible Hulk Vol 3. #601 , The Spider: Judgement Knight #1 Joe has headed off on another super secret spy mission, so we decided to record this episode on the same night as last week's. No news, interview or feedback this week. Kevin Conn (Unemployed Skeletor, Lava Roid) joins us in studio to hang and talk about our favorite comics, TV show and films. The X-Men's Cannonball brings his redneck self into the conversation several times as well.
Sep 2, 2009 • 1h 14min
Episode 219 - Chris Giarrusso (G-Man, Mini Marvels)
Reviews: Batman: The Widening Gyre #1, Fantastic Four #570 Jimmy gets his woeful laptop replaced by the kind folks at Sony and Joe talks of his upcoming spy mission. In the biggest news in awhile, we discuss Disney's acquisition of Marvel. Other news includes Lita Ford comics, how to talk like Warren Ellis, "Superman" on Chuck, Green Hornet, King Con in Brooklyn, Fantastic Four reboot, the Scream Awards nominees and more!
Aug 26, 2009 • 1h 50min
Episode 218 - Ben Raab/Deric Hughes (Warehouse 13, Living in Infamy) & Larry Lieberman (Aniboom)
Reviews: Batgirl Vol. 3 #1, Days Missing #1 Archie #600 Writing partners Ben Raab and Deric Hughes (Warehouse 13, Living in Infamy) join us to discuss their involvement as part of the writing staff on the hit SyFy series Warehouse 13. Also joining us is Larry Lieberman, the Chief Marketing Officer for Aniboom, who brings us news of some great collaborations and contests with Marvel Comics and Family Guy. The guys discuss the Avatar trailer and Jimmy talks about seeing Inglorious Basterds as well as his "appearance" on The Sara Cox show on BBC Radio 1. News includes the return of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, Meth and comics, a Disney-Con, Bono claims Spidey musical "IS" gonna happen and more!
Aug 19, 2009 • 1h 38min
Episode 217 - Ben Squared! From SDCC, It's Ben McCool & Ben Templesmith!
Reviews: Dominic Fortune #1, Marvels Project #1, Ultimate Avengers #1 Possibly the last of the San Diego Comic-Con coverage! OR IS IT?!!! It's all Ben, all the time as Jimmy sat down with both Ben McCCool (Choker) and Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Welcome to Hoxford, Groom Lake, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse). Separate interviews but they both talk about their upcoming collaboration on what is sure to be a big hit, Choker. Jimmy and Joe talk about their love for the new music video, Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?, starring Felica Day & The Guild cast. News includes Superman rights reverting again, AMC picks up The Walking Dead, MF Grimm leaves Mayhem behind, Spider-Man musical woes, Bryan Singer on BSG, Sherlock Holmes with zombies and more!
Aug 15, 2009 • 1h 15min
Episode 216 - CNI One Shot! We Will Bury You with Brea Grant ("Daphne" on Heroes), Zane Grant and the CNI Chorale
As everyone knows, the zombie apocalypse utopia has happened. Our zombie overlords have allowed a large part of the population to survive and continue in society. Thankfully, Comic News Insider, now Zombie News Insider, is here to stay! Good thing the zombie rulers were big fans of Brea Grant on Heroes as well! They allowed us to play the interview that Jimmy did with her and her brother Zane about their upcoming zombie comic, We Will Bury You. Brea and Zane also recorded several songs inspired by their favorite zombie films that you will hear throughout the episode. And, they ordered us to make up a few songs of our own based on their comic. Zombies love their musicals! News includes zombie vegetarians, the return of Helena Markos, and jerky humans.
Aug 12, 2009 • 1h 13min
Episode 215 - Get Lost at SDCC with Michael Emerson
Reviews: Incarnate #1, Mayhem #1, The Red Circle: The Hangman One-Shot Yet even more San Diego Comic-Con coverage! Jimmy chatted with good friend Michael Emerson about his first time at the Con and the upcoming season of Lost. He also got a few snippets from Nestor, Carbonell, Jorge Garcia, and Josh Holloway. Friends Patrick and Salli sit in with us and join in the madness of CNI. The gang discusses the sadness of the passing of John Hughes and the douchebaggery of a so called fanboy at the recent Chicago Comic-Con. Jimmy saw G.I. Joe as well. His thoughts? Tune in! News includes Marvel's 70th birthday, the Treasury Dept. hates cartoonists, Olmos in The Green Hornet, Emma Caulfield's foray into comics, a Japanese man burning his house down over his mother throwing out Gundam toys and more!
Aug 9, 2009 • 42min
Episode 214 - CNI One Shot! Robot Chicken with Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Doug Goldstein, Tom Root & Matthew Senreich
Yet even more San Diego Comic-Con coverage! Jimmy sat in on the round table for the Cartoon Network series, Robot Chicken. It was held with a small amount of press so Jimmy got many a question in including some Twitter questions from some of our listeners!
