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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
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Jun 3, 2021 • 1h 1min
Episode 1206 - SelfMadeHero Special Part 2: I Feel Love w/ Benjamin Marra/Kelsey Wroten!
UK publisher SelfMadeHero always puts out great work and they have an engaging new anthology called I FEEL LOVE that is currently out. It's a weird, funky and freaky look at love. 6 great stories by 6 great cartoonists! Jimmy chats solo with contributor Kelsey Wroten about her story in the anthology, the concept behind it, her art style, what she's reading and more! Jimmy recruits the Features Editor of The Beat, Avery Kaplan, to join in the conversation with contributor Benjamin Marra. Benjamin discusses inspirations for his story, how he adapts his art for each tale, his YouTube channel, terrible movies and more! A fun, entertaining and great chat with everyone. Thanks to Benjamin and Kelsey for taking the time! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jun 2, 2021 • 43min
Episode 1205 - SelfMadeHero Special Part 1: I Feel Love w/ Emma Hayley/Krent Able/Julian Hanshaw!
UK publisher SelfMadeHero always puts out great work and they have an engaging new anthology called I FEEL LOVE that is currently out. It's a weird, funky and freaky look at love. 6 great stories by 6 great cartoonists! Jimmy chats solo with SMH founder/managing director Emma Hayley about the book as well as what else is coming from the publisher this year. Looks like a lot of amazing graphic novels are on the way! Jimmy then recruits the Features Editor for The Beat, Avery Kaplan, to join him in talking with I FEEL LOVE editors/contributors Krent Able and Julian Hanshaw. They discuss their stories in the book, what it was like gathering the talent, the editing process and more. A fun, entertaining and great chat with everyone. Thanks to Emma, Krent and Julian for taking the time! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 31, 2021 • 26min
Episode 1204 - I Feel CNI!
Reviews: Blue Flame #1, Heroes Reborn: Magneto and the Mutant Force One-Shot, Made In Korea #1, Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0, Black Lightning series finale Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, and Ricky. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we reviewed and send us your thoughts! Thanks to Emily for the news which includes: new animated Batman and Superman series are coming, Evil Dead Rise is an upcoming sequel in the ED universe, British Japanese singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama joins John Wick 4 and more. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 29, 2021 • 1h 24min
Episode 1203 - Comic Beat Insider 58: Celebrating APAHM: The Journey of Asian American Actors with Olivia Oguma & Reggie De Leon!
In our 58th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) welcome actors Olivia Oguma and Reggie De Leon. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and we continue celebrating Asian Americans. They chat about their careers as Asian American actors, the struggles, the triumphs, the auditions, the madness, representation, casting, and more! Really great to hear about their journeys as Asian American actors. Join us each week to watch live on YouTube and/or await to listen to the podcast after. Send in topic ideas for future episodes. Be it in comics, TV or film. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 26, 2021 • 1h 19min
Episode 1202 - Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: JEREMY HOLT!
It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino-American host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is a writer of such comic works as AFTER HOUDINI, BEFORE HOUDINI, SKIP TO THE END and VIRTUALLY YOURS. Currently they have a new comic mini-series out this week from Image Comics called MADE IN KOREA. In a lengthy & delightful talk, they cover comics, culture, race, identity, gender, dating apps, inspirations, food, Asian representation, being a triplet, living around the world and more. A fun, entertaining and great chat. Thanks to Jeremy for taking the time! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 25, 2021 • 39min
Episode 1201 - CNI of the Dead!
Reviews: Rangers of the Divide #1, Shang-Chi Vol 2 #1, Adventure Time: Distant Lands: Together Again, The Bite, Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., Army of the Dead Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Jon, Ashley, Ricky and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI appreciate them so much. Let us know if you've read and/or watched what we reviewed and send us your thoughts! Thanks to Emily for the news which includes: TRESE, a Filipino comic book is being turned into a Netflix anime series, ATTACK THE BLOCK 2 is coming w/ John Boyega, Jeff Smith is returning to BONE and more. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 22, 2021 • 1h 35min
Episode 1200 - The Jimmy & Joe Show!
It's the big 1200th episode and Jimmy and Joe are live from a bar...oh wait, no. Pandemic stuff. Right. Jimmy and Joe Zoom it up for a nice leisurely chat about what they are reading and watching lately over the past year. Joe also invites a local comic shop owner, Cristopher Livecchi, on to talk about what's it like owning a comic book store during lockdown. If you're ever in Kingston, NY, stop by WORLD'S END COMICS and tell them CNI sent you! You can also order from them online. J & J also introduce a new segment which may become an annual thing where they teach each other something. What do they learn? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT! Always great having the two of them back together. Enjoy! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 22, 2021 • 1h 13min
Episode 1199 - Comic Beat Insider 57: Celebrating APAHM w/ Shing Yin Khor & Trung Le Nguyen!
In our 57th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) welcome Shing Yin Khor (The Legend of Auntie Po) and Trung Le Nguyen (The Magic Fish). May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and we continue celebrating Asian Americans. They chat about their incredible works, adapting American myths, road trips, food, theater, and more! Join us each week to watch live on YouTube and/or await to listen to the podcast after. Send in topic ideas for future episodes. Be it in comics, TV or film. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 20, 2021 • 41min
Episode 1198 - Jupiter's Legacy!
Jimmy is joined by pal Ricardo Serrano Denis to discuss season 1 of JUPITER'S LEGACY on Netflix. We chat our likes/dislikes and give our overall thoughts on it. How true to the comic does the series remain? Who are some of the standout characters? Does the story hold together going from past to present? Are any of the families not dysfunctional? Did anyone see the big twist coming? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 19, 2021 • 1h 2min
Episode 1197 - Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: GREG PAK!
It's Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and our Filipino host Jimmy wants to showcase fellow AAPI. Joining him is award winning Korean American writer and filmmaker Greg Pak. Greg has worked on such comics as Hulk, Star Wars, Action Comics, X-Men, Mech Cadet Yu, Ronin Island, John Wick, Stranger Things and many more. They chat about his current work including a new Boom! Studios edition The Princess Who Saved Herself, Darth Vader, his story in DC's AAPHM anthology and Firefly. They also discuss the importance of Asian representation in comics/TV/film, why he got into writing, food, conventions, creating characters and so much more. A fun, entertaining and great catch up. Thanks to Greg for taking the time! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
