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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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Aug 7, 2009 • 51min
Episode 213 - CNI One Shot! Angel of Death with Zoe Bell, Ed Brubaker, Doug Jones, Ted Raimi
Even more San Diego Comic-Con coverage! Jimmy sat in on the round table for the hit web series, Angel of Death, starring Zoe Bell. It was held in the presidential suite at the Westin hotel with a small amount of press. Jimmy got many a question in! He also got a little one on one interview with Zoe Bell herself!
Aug 5, 2009 • 1h 52min
Episode 212 - Jeremy Platt (The Violent Kind) & Rob Zombie (Halloween 2), Sefton Hill (Arkham Asylum),Stephen Frost(Iron Man 2)
Reviews: Dellec #1, Citizen Rex #1, Fearless Dawn #1 More SDCC coverage than you can shake a batarang at! Our new CNI correspondent, Maria, gets some great interviews. She chats with Jeremy Platt (The Violent Kind producer) and Rob Zombie himself stops by during the interview to drop some devilish science. Later in the show, Maria and Jimmy do a recap of what she covered at Comic-Con. She also interviewed Sefton Hill, game director of the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game and Stephen Frost, one of the production leads on the Iron Man 2 video game. News includes a Commie Superman, Futurama keeps voice actors, Captain Blood in space, Doctor Who uncut, Casper returns to comics, Superman & Wonder Woman get hitched and more!
Aug 1, 2009 • 1h 11min
Episode 211 - CNI One Shot! Doctor Who/Torchwood Round Table with David Tennant, Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner & Euros Lyn
That's right! More San Diego Comic-Con coverage. Jimmy sat on 2 round tables with the creative team behind Doctor Who and Torchwood. The 10th Doctor himself, David Tennant, was also in attendance to answer questions. There were about 7 other reporters asking questions, so there's some great stuff in there! Also, apologies for the sound troubles. Apparently, one or two of the reporters had their cell phones on that RANG during the interviews which caused interference. You will hear some buzzing on occasion. Couldn't be removed and no way to control. Sorry folks! But, hang in there for some good Doctor Who/Torchwood goodness!
Jul 29, 2009 • 1h 57min
Episode 210 - SDCC Recap Madness with Felicia Day, Olivia Munn, Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku
Jimmy's back from his epic journey to San Diego Comic-Con. Joe stayed back home with the kids. Over 5 hours of recording to release and we do it all here! No, no. But, we do play interviews with Felicia Day (Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog, The Guild) and Olivia Munn (G4TV's Attack of the Show). We also get the tail end of a roundtable discussion with Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku for Dollhouse. We do some quick news headlines from the con including Doctor Who being recognized by Guinness Book of World Records, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies graphic novel, Avengers film line up, Justice League comic line up, Marvel gets rights to Marvelman, John Cassaday to direct Dollhouse episode, Eisner highlights and more! Jimmy gives his epic recap of the show babbling on and on about interviews and drinking or both. Of course, tons of name dropping. Joe curses Jimmy for all of the editing he will have to do now, but is glad he got some good coverage.
Jul 21, 2009 • 42min
Episode 209 - Pre-SDCC!
Reviews: Blackest Night #1, Last Resort #1, Zeke Deadwood: Zombie Lawman Vol 1: Legally Dead Jimmy's off in San Diego and leaves Joe back in Harlem with the kids. Again. Joe calls Jimmy as he's eating In 'N Out burgers to make sure he remembers he has a show to record. Jimmy teases many an interview that he has lined up along with some roving reporters helping out. The boys talk the new Harry Potter flick (spoilers) and the Torchwood 5 day series (no spoilers), as well as some deserved Emmy nods. News includes a new Punisher Max team, PopCult forms, Gareb Shamus heats up the con wars, Warren Ellis at SDCC, a possible new Futurama cast, a Voltron movie and more.
Jul 15, 2009 • 1h 25min
Episode 208 - True Blood's Carrie Preston Returns!
Reviews: Wednesday Comics #1 Carrie Preston ("Arlene Fowler" on HBO's True Blood) returns to chat up the current season, her new on DVD indie film Lovely By Surprise and other projects. Carrie also read our weekly review and gives a non-comic book reader opinion on it. (p.s. She dug it!) Jimmy attended Molly Crabapple's book release party for her new graphic novel, Scarlett Takes Manhattan, and chats with her for a few minutes at the party. (Apologies for the sound. It was LOUD there.) News includes The Siegel/Superman court battle, San Diego Comic-Con programming (the good and bad), Ryan Reynolds goes green, new Jonah Hex graphic novel, Lobo takes Anthrax, and we play with a Dollhouse. Joe laments over his missing SDCC again, but Jimmy goes on and on about his excitement for it! He'll be out there next week and they'll record the show in their annual bi-coastal Pre-SDCC chat.
Jul 8, 2009 • 1h 46min
Episode 207 - Michael Rooker & Fight Girl Battle World
Big, long show (sorry!) with interviews galore and new music!The awesome Michael Rooker joins us to discuss the upcoming NBC mini-series, Meteor. We also delve into Slither, Mallrats and some of his other work. Sure he plays a bad ass a lot but he's hilarious! Jimmy also chats with the cast/writer of Fight Girl Battle World. The Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company are remounting their hit show from last season for only 6 performances. Get your tickets now! Former guests Jon Hoche, Paco Tolson, Melissa Paladino, Bonnie Sherman and Qui Nguyen all join in to discuss the changes to the cast and fights. But where's Andrea Marie Smith?! News includes The Asian American Comic-Con, Dark Horse Presents leaves MySpace, Brian K. Vaughan leaves Lost, Top Cow's new "Pilot Season" and more!
Jul 1, 2009 • 1h 31min
Episode 206 - More Heroes Con with Brian Pulido & Ken Marcus
Reviews: Actress and the Bishop #1, Gotham Sirens #1, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 More Heroes con interviews! Brian Pulido of Lady Death/Evil Ernie fame, joins us for a very interesting discussion on his old Chaos! comics and his upcoming foray into film. We also chat with Ken Marcus of the gut bustingly funny Super Human Resources, and discuss the pee-inducing hilarity of it all. The boys also discuss recent celeb deaths. Jimmy saw Transformers 2 and expected giant robots fighting, explosions and Megan Fox. Tune in to see what he got! Joe finally sees The Spirit and...well, ya gotta listen. News includes Bryan Fuller leaving Heroes again, more SDCC passes, Archie has a new chief, Watchmen director's cut in theaters, Vampirella returns, Shamus buys Toronto Con and more.
Jun 24, 2009 • 1h 51min
Episode 205 - Heroes Con Recap with Leanne Hannah, Mike Maihack & Adam Withers/Comfort Love
The Heroes Con recap includes interviews with Leanne Hannah, Mike Maihack, and Adam Withers/Comfort Love. Hear about the strip club debauchery, a happy Iron Giant-ed nephew, dubs, hotness, podcast panel and more. News includes a touching story about a dying girl's last wish to see Up, the launch of Rantz Hosely's Longbox project, TCAF and a new JLA creative team.
Jun 21, 2009 • 1h 20min
Episode 204 - CNI One Shot!: Fat Chunk Volume 2
It's another One-Shot! and this time we're promoting the new anthology from Slave Labor Graphics called Fat Chunk Volume 2: Zombies. Editor Jamie Smart (Ubu Bubu, Bear) joins us to discuss organizing over 60 cartoonists for this 144 page anthology celebrating the living impaired. (Get it? Living impaired? Mwhahaha.) He also talks about his 4 page strip in the book and other works coming from his warped and brilliant mind. We also talk to a few of the other creators involved in the book including Laura Howell (Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert & Sullivan, Robin Hoodie), Alan Kerr (Kreepy Kat), and Patt Kelley (Parasitic Twin). CNI's own Jimmy Aquino wrote 2 separate 3 page stories for the book as well with art chores done by Jenny Romanchuk (The Zombie Hunters) and Shane Heron (Awesome Marcus Ninja).
