Word Balloon Podcast Comic Con Coverage with Mike Norton The Comic Podcaster Panel & JK Woodward and Keith DeCandido

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On this episode of Word Balloon the San Diego Comic Con coverage begins. First a Spotlight Panel Featuring Eisner award winner Mike Norton , with a look back on his entire career culminating in his 2 current works, The Web Comic BattlePug and Revival with Tim Seeley.

Then the 8th Annual Comic Book Podcaster Panel Featuring John Mayo, Jimmy Aquino Collin Kilpatrick Heidi MacDonald Ben Blacker Brian Christman and myself.

Finally a conversation with JK Woodward & Keith DeCandido about their Kickstarter Campiagn for tyhe Original Graphic Novel DRAGON PRECINCT

Time Cues

00:00 SDCC Mike Norton Spotlight Panel

53:29 SDCC Comic Book Podcast Panel

1:48:11 JK Woodward & Keith DeCandido

Word Balloon Podcast Matt Fraction & Ron Richards Talk Image Expo Graceland Exec Prod Joe Henderson Marvel Execs & October Crifasi

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Title Card By The incredible Kyle Lation

Word Balloon Podcast Matt Fraction Pt 1 Image Expo talk W Rob Salkowicz & Sanford Greene's Animation Kickstarter

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On this episode of Word Balloon we begin a 2 part talk with Matt Fraction. We discuss his current Marvel Now! books Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, and FF. Plus his new Image series with Howard Chaykin Satellite Sam .

Pop Culture Futurist Rob Salkowitz returns to talk about the changes in the Comic Book Market and Pop Culture industries, with observations on this week's Image Expo, the rise of Digital Comics, and Crowd Funding. We also talk about where Geek Culture is in today's society, and should we be fearing the eventual backlash?

We wrap up with artist Sanford Greene who is promoting a Kickstarter campaign to fund his animation studio Secret Sauce's latest project 1000.

Word Balloon Podcast The Bendis Tapes pt 2 & Marvel Press Conference With Bendis & Joshua Fialkov

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On this episode of Word Balloon we continue our conversation with Brian Michael Bendis wrapping up the Age Of Ultron event , and examining the new problems for the Marvel heroes in the wake of the Event's outcome. From Galactus finding himself in the Ultimate Universe, to Angela, a character fresh from the 90's and Spawn Comics crossing over to face The Guardians Of The Galaxy. Plus we check in on the All New & Uncanny X-Men.

Then we present a Marvel Press Conference from last Thursday featuring Bendis and Joshua Hale Fialkov talking about HUNGER the mini series which will deal with Galactus's shift into the Ultimate Universe. What does this mean for Miles Morales, Rick Jones and other heroes from The UU?

Word Balloon Podcast Jeff Parker's Batman 66 Ed Brisson's Sheltered and Dave Wachter's Guns Of Shadow Valley Kickstarter

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Word Balloon Podcast Paul Jenkins On DC Marvel BOOM! And The State Of The Comics Market Kevin Mellon On Suicide Sisters and Archer From FX

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Word Balloon Podcast James Tucker On DC Animation Ben Blacker On Wolverine Season 1 OGN & J Torres Talks Jinx For Archie

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On this episode Animator James Tucker talks about his current role at DC/Warner Animation. We talk about his work on recent direct to DVD films like Superman:Un-Bound, Scooby-Doo:The Mask Of The Blue Falcon (featuring tons of hilarious Hanna Barbera Superhero cameos and easter eggs), and the upcoming July 30th release The Flashpoint Paradox.

Tucker also talks about his stellar work on Batman The Brave And Bold, Superman The Animated Series, Justice League, and more.

Writer Ben Blacker is back to discuss the release of Wolverine Season One from Marvel, in addition to updates on his Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast and Kickstarter campaign. We also talk about his Nerdist Writers Panel podcast, and the coming Nerdist Comics Writers Panel podcast, debuting this month.

We wrap up with J Torres who's been revamping Lil Jinx for Archie Comics. Plus we discuss Torres other current comic projects.

Word Balloon Podcast Avengers Assemble Press Confr High Crimes And Pulp Heroes With Anthony Tollin Pt 2

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On this episode of Word Balloon We listen in on The Avengers Assemble Cartoon Press Conference as the Producers talk about Sunday's 1 hr sneak peak on Disney XD. Joe Quesada Joe Kelly and Cort Lane are on the call.

The High Crimes creative team of writer Chris Sebela and artist Ibrahim Moustafa talk about their innovative series from Monkeybrain Comics. Mountain Climbing and a political conspiracy are the backdrops for the innovative series set in Katmandu. Nepal at the summit of Mount Everest.

We wrap up with part 2 of our conversation with Comics and Pulp historian Anthony Tollin. More factoids about DC's Bronze Age, The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Lone Ranger their respective creators Walter Gibson Lester Dent and Fran Striker plus more Old Time Radio tales. Then Anthony gives us a few previews of his upcoming pulp products from Sanctum Books.

Word Balloon Podcast Kevin Keller's Creator Dan Parent, Gerry Conway Mike Gold & Anthony Tollin On DC's Bronze Age

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On this episode of Word Balloon, we talk with Archie Comics Writer/Artist Dan Parent , who created Kevin Keller, the New Kid In Riverdale, and after 3 nominations won the GLADD award this week. We talk about Kevin, and all the other great ideas that have made Archie Comics one of the most innovative publishers in comics.

Gerry Conway returns to talk about his days at DC Comics, from his first works starting in 1969, and his early 70's return that included a lot of work on Superman.

More Bronze Age DC talk with former colorist Anthony Tollin. Today Anthony is the publisher that is re-presenting the original stories of THE SHADOW, DOC SAVAGE, and other pulp heroes.Check out his catalog of books here.

We wrap up with Mike Gold, who was the editor of great books at First Comics like GRIMJACK JON SABLE AMERICAN FLAGG, and then brought a bunch of talent to DC in the 80's like Tim Truman, John Ostrander and Mike Baron for runs on THE FLASH, HAWKWORLD, SUICIDE SQUAD , WASTELAND and more! We talk about Mike's pop culture website COMICMIX , which is also getting into the business to help creators make their comic books dreams into reality.

Time Code

Dan Parent Starts 5:58

Gerry Conway Starts 25:35

Anthony Tollin Starts 1:31:40

Mike Gold Starts 2:29:13

Word Balloon Podcast Greg Rucka Jamal Igle & Charles Soule

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On this episode of Word Balloon, we check in with Greg Rucka , who with artist Rick Burchett and webmaster Eric Newsom have begun their Kickstarter campaign for the Web comic Lady Sabre and The Pirates Of The Ineffable Aether . As of this posting they have exceeded their initial goal, but as Greg points out that means there are more books that can be published beyond the 192 page OGN. We also discuss Greg & Michael Lrk's new Image comic Lazarus, which begins in late June.

Then fresh from his FCBD signing in Chicago we catch up with Jamal Igle . His new female hero Molly Danger also had a successful kickstarter campaign, and now the character made her print debut in Action Lab's FCBD book. We talk about how Jamal created the character, what he learned fom his KS experience, and what's next for both Jamal & Molly Danger.

Writer Charles Soule makes his Word Balloon debut, talking about his current work at DC (Swamp Thing & Red Lanterns) Marvel (Thunderbolts) and 2 exciting creator owned projects from Archaia (Strange Attractors out next week), and Oni Press (Letter 44 coming in October)

Word Balloon Podcast C2E2 Coverage and Kickstarter Success With Mark Schultz, Greg Pak & Jonathan Coulton

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Our C2E2 coverage begins with floor interviews from Jimmy Palmiotti, Kyle Higgins, Doug Mahnke, and Scott Allie.

Then we check in with Mark Schultz who has a Kickstarter Campaign for a new collection THE ART OF MARK SCHULTZ CARBON and a hardcover edition of XENOZOIC.

More Kickstarter talk with Greg Pak & Jonathan Coulton as they combine their musical and comic book talents for the graphic novel CODE MONKEY SAVE WORLD.

We wrap up with the C2E2 Podcast panel featuring Wendi Friedman (Double Page Spread) Stevie Disme (Comic Book Queers) Chris Marshall ( Collected Comics Library ) Brian Pants Christman ( Comic Geek Speak ) , and Mike Pfeiffer ( Most People are DJs )

Time Cues

Jimmy Palmiotti 3:10

Kyle Higgins 15:48

Doug Mahnke 25:52

Scott Allie 38:34

Mark Schultz 50:51

Pak & Coulton 1:19:36

Podcasters 1:59:33

Word Balloon Podcast Daniel Way On Gun Theory and Marvel's Thunderbolts

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Writer Daniel Way returns to talk about his and artist Jon Proctor's Kickstarter campaign to finish their 2003 Crime comic Gun Theory.

We talk about the books 10 year journey to completion, and other creator owned ideas brewing in Way's mind, as his 10 year relationship with Marvel Comics is coming to a close.

We also discuss his run on Marvel's Thunderbolts. The Red Hulk Genral Thunderbolt Ross, leading a black opps para military group of Marvels who usually work alone. Elektra The Punisher Venom Deadpool and others.

Word Balloon Podcast Ethan VanSciver Dan Jolley and Superman at 75 with Grant Morrison Geoff Johns Alex Ross Jeph Loeb Greg Rucka and Kurt Busiek

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On today's Word Balloon, Ethan Van Sciver talks about drawing BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT. He also looks back at his GREEN LANTERN run, and his point of view on today's comic market.

Writer Dan Jolley discusses the return of his character BLOODHOUND once a 2004 DC book, now resurrected for Dark Horse with a new story starting in Dark Horse Presents #23 this month followed by a June trade collecting the original 12 issue run.

Finally we celebrate Superman's 75th anniversary with clips from past WB interviews featuring creators who've had great runs writing and drawing the man of steel. Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Alex Ross, Jeph Loeb, Greg Rucka and Kurt Busiek.

Word Balloon Podcast Happy Anniversary Superman!

GREAT TO REPRESENT THIS AWESOME SUPERMAN CONVERSATION WITH MARTY! A NEW PASKO TALK IS COMING SOON.

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Marty Pasko joins us as he returns to Metropolis writing  the 70’s DC Retroactive issue of Superman, drawn by Eduardo Barretto . We talk about the still amazing world of Superman. We ‘ll discuss the career of the late Jackie Cooper who played Perry White in the first 4 modern Superman films . Despite a good working relationship with Cooper on Simon & Simon in  the 80’s Pasko confesses he wasn’t crazy about the casting of Cooper  as Perry. Marty also describes the editorial philosophy of Julie Schwartz, and goes into interesting detail about how DC’s Silver and Bronze age books were written .

You’ll get insights into the cast of the 50’s Adventures Of Superman, Superman regulars like Mike Carlin, and Cary Bates  We also discuss the way DC and Warner Bros interacted in the 90’s , because Marty had the job as liason between the divisions of Warner  Film TV and animation with DC.

Word Balloon Podcast Brian Michael Bendis Part 1 and Jeffery Brown's Take On Star Wars : Vader's Little Princess

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On this episode of Word Balloon, it's part 1 of a new Bendis Tapes as writer Brian Michael Bendis joins us for a new look at All New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Age Of Ultron, Ultimate Spider-Man and Powers Bureau.

Then Jeffery Brown talks about his Star Wars humor books Darth Vader And Son, and Vader's Little Princess. What would it have been like if Darth Vader raised his 2 children ? Plus Jeffery talks about his film Save The Date which debuted at Sundance last year, and is coming out on DVD Tuesday April 16th. He also has a new book coming out from Top Shelf in June.

Word Balloon Podcast Mike Carey Frank J Barbiere and Andrew Gaska

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3 Great discussions with 3 talented writers...

Mike Carey, back from Fables Con talks about the event along with his new BOOM! STUDIOS book SUICIDE RISK. We also discuss his Vertigo books THE UNWRITTEN and LUCIFER

Frank J. Barbiere talks about the debut of his new Image Comic FIVE GHOSTS

and we wrap up with Andrew Gaska who's writing fantastic stories in the worlds of SPACE 1999 PLANET OF THE APES and BUCK RODGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY for Archaia . Drew also shares stories of his studies at the School Of Visual Arts learning from comic masters like Denny O'Neil and Joe Orlando.

Word Balloon Podcast Mark Waid Jann & James Robinson Paul Mounts Stevie Dismie and Gabriel Hardman & Corinna Bechko

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Live from Aw Yeah Comics store in Skokie IL, Conversations with Mark Waid and James Robinson , Jann Robinson talks about creating the Johnny DC Kids line, bringing Art Baltazar & Franco and Mike Kunkel to DC, Paul Mounts talks about his Marvel work and his upcoming THRILLBENT digital comic, and Stevie Dismie From The COMIC BOOK QUEERS podcast gives his POV on what's going on in comics, including the Superman Orson Scott Card controversey. Then Gabirel Hardman and Corinna Bechko discuss their new Star Wars Legacy book, featuring the debut of Solo, Han's distant descendent. The duo also talk about their Planet Of The Apes books for BOOM! Studios. We also manage to squeeze in some movie talk.

Word Balloon Podcast Super Centric Talk With Rags Morales and Elliot S Maggin. The Digital Market With Monkeybrain Comics Allison Baker And Chris Roberson

Download The MP3 Here More Superman talk as the 75th anniversary year of the Big Blue's debut continues. Rags morales tells us what went into the design of Superman's new look for the New 52 Action Comics relaunch. We discuss Rags whole run on the book with Grant Morrison as the final arc comes to it's climax.

Then Elliot S! Maggin joins us to talk about his take and long history with the character that started in the 1970's and included two Superman novels LAST SON OF KRYPTON and MIRACLE MONDAY. Elliot has thoughts on today's comics and what he's seen so far from The Man Of Steel Trailer

We wrap up checking in with Allison Baker & Chris Roberson , who give us an update on Monkeybrain Comics and the Digital Market.

00:00 - 120:55 Rags Morales

120:56 - 215:15 Elliot S Maggin

215:16- End Monkeybrain Comics Allison Baker and Chris Roberson

Word Balloon Podcast Judd Winick and Jai Nitz

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Judd Winick joins us to talk about his whole comics career. From Frumpy the Clown and Barry ween, to his DC work on Batman, Red Hood, Catwoman and Batwing. We even talk a bit about his time on MTV's The Real World in the infancy of modern reality TV.

Then writer Jai Nitz previews his great new comic from Dark Horse Dream Thief , which debuts this May.

Word Balloon Podcast Tom Taylor's Injustice and The Deep John Ostrander's Star Wars & Tim & Steve Seeley's Mini Comic Dreams

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On this episode of Word Balloon, Tom taylor talks about his hit DC digital comic INJUSTICE which is one of the best Justice League stories in years. We also talk about his All Ages adventure comic from Gestalt THE DEEP. If you loved THE INCREDIBLES, you'll love THE DEEP.

John Ostrander is back to talk about his 2 current Star Wars comics for Dark Horse. The Spy adventures of Jayden Cross in AGENT OF THE EMPIRE and the beginings of the Star Wars Galaxy DAWN OF THE JEDI.

We wrap up with brothers Tim and Steve Seeley who have a new Kickstarter campaign with Steve's HOAX HUNTER collaborator Mike Moreci called MINI COMICS INCLUDED . An homage to the action figure mini comics sold in the 1980's, like HE-MAN , GI JOE & TRANSFORMERS.