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The Weekly Pop Culture Audio Podcast Featuring In-Depth One On One Interviews and Discussions From The Entertainment Worlds Of Genre Fiction-Comic Books, Novels, Television, Film, Video Games And More. Created In 2005 By Chicago Radio/TV Host John Siuntres
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Word Balloon Podcast James Robinson On The New Batman Of Earth-2, Dan Jurgens Remebers The Death Of Superman, and Creator Owned Tips From Robbi Rodgriguez and Ryan Browne
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Romita Jr On Cap & KICK ASS-2 JT KRULL ON ASPEN COMICS and SUPERMAN BEYOND, Art & Franco's Kickstarter Bonanza, and DC Veeps on WTF month
Monday, February 11, 2013
Hickman Talks Avengers, The Manhattan Projects & East Of West and Ball State U's Christy Blanch On The 1950's Downfall Of Lois Lane
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On today's Word Balloon podcast, we catch up with Jonathan Hickman , who's taking the Avengers into new directions. New Avengers #3 had a startling finish and we talk about it. We also discuss his Image books The Manhattan Projects, East Of West (which debuts next month), and the current status/fate of the espionage book Secrets.
Then Ball State University Lecturer Christy Blanch talks about her new MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Gender Through Comics Books. The course will look at how men and women were depicted in comics from the 1930's to today. Blanch will have many guest speakers for the class, and the subjects discussed involve comic book history and a sharp look at characters like Lois Lane and Wonder Woman , who both started as capable strong role-models in the 1940's only to become lonley-heart single women desperate to marry their beaus in the 1950's. What happened? The male superhero stereotypical portrayals are also examined.
Time Code 00:00 - 1:56:49 Jonathan Hickman
156:50 - End Of Show Christy Blanch
Time Code 00:00 - 1:56:49 Jonathan Hickman
156:50 - End Of Show Christy Blanch
Friday, February 01, 2013
Ralph Bakshi News Kickstarter Wizards 2 And Fire & Ice Remake? Rick Remender's New Path For Cap & Uncanny Avengers
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Today on Word Balloon, legendary filmmaker Ralph Bakshi joins us to discuss his Kickstarter campaign for a new animated series called Last Days Of Coney Island.
The series sees Bakshi return to familiar territory New York in the 1960's. Bakshi promises scenes and stories about police corruption, gangs, prostitutes and the enui of the decade as the country suffered urban decay the losses of leaders like John and Robert Kennedy.
Bakshi also dorps news about making sequel scenes for some of his cult classic films after he completes The Last Days Project. He talks about making new sequences for his films Wizards Coonskin, and Heavy Traffic.
For years he's talked about a new sequence for the 1977 film Wizards, involving the character Peace saving a train boxcar filled with elves being taken to their death, ala the real life WW2 refugees taken by the Nazis to concentration camps. Says Bakshi " I love Peace...it's an incredible action sequence ...it's a violent scene... so (expletive), if you want to see Wizards 2 get Last Days going (laughs)... Number 3, I'd do Coonskin 2 ..and then Heavy Traffic, and what I'm saying is I can continue to do more with these films, and release them on the net. " Bakshi would release the films on his website and a streaming Bakshi channel he's developing.
Bakshi also updates us on the potential live action Robert Rodgriguez remake of his 1983 film Fire and Ice co-conceived by Frank Frazetta and written by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas. Says Bakshi " I had spoke last week obver emails that he wants to shoot it next summer...I get a nice fee if he shoots it . He came to me and wanted to do it. He wants to make it live action which is fine, cause I'd never re do it. I said make it like Sin City and Frazetta (style) he's says he would ...He's says he's shooting it next summer, he's now shooting Sin City 2, so unless he feels the need to lie to me, that's his intention.(laughs)"
Bakshi also talks about his years at Terrytoon films which taught him the tricks to make animation at a cheaper cost. We also discuss his work on the 1967 Spider-Man Animated series, and his friendship with Frazetta.
Then we catch up with Rick Remender who's taking bold direction in his 2 Marvel Now! books Captain America and Uncanny Avengers. We talk about the ideas in the comics that have polarizing reactions from fans but Rick is quick to say these are long story arcs that will reveal themselves over time. Rick also talks about the delightful success the Fear Agent Omnibus is having , and announces some new creator owned projects for 2013.
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