Skottie Young - Taking Over Deadpool - I Hate Fairyland and More

Skottie gives us his take on Wade Wilson exploring the underbelly of the Marvel Universe . He's got plans to go in the Savage Land and I even give him an idea of what c-level marvel characters  Deadpool should crossover with.

Plus a look at I Hate Fairyland and more Image Projects coming later this year. 

Bronze Age Batman With Michael Kronenberg

The Co-Author Of The Batcave Companion joins us to tak about the 1970s Batman and some of the era's best creators .

Michael is also one of the creative minds behind Ringside Seat, which is a great digital magazine covering the past present and future of the Sweet Science.

Dan Slott The Spider Man Exit Interview

Hours ago, Dan Slott called me up at 430am and said "Hey let's do a podcast. Today is my last day writing Spider-Man ."

Issue 801 is out today, and Dan wanted to look back at significant Spidey Arcs character moments collaborations and more .

Tini Howard On Writing Rick And Morty Comics Assasinistas and Hack Slash

Great to welcome Tini Howard to word balloon. Tini is killing it writing Rick and Morty comics for Oni Press. Her stories match the irreverent comedy of the tv show and we discuss her past and future R&M stories .

We also talk in depth about Assasinistas her IDW/Black Crown series with the legendary Gilbert Hernandez . It's another fun action comedy about hit-women who were carefree killers in the 20s dealing with getting older while still trying to be contractors in the modern era.

Tini also talks about her current run on Hack Slash, Tim Seeley's hilarious horror comedy

The Legacy Of George Carlin-With Kelly Carlin

Ten years ago this month George Carlin passed away . His daughter Kelly joins us to talk about her father's incredible career and the release of a new DVD box set the explores the comedian's comedic evolution. From his "Mad Men" clean cut persona in the early 60s, his seven dirty words observational period of the 70s and 80s to his eventual "angry old man" pieces and of the 90s thru the 2000s. 
The set also contains never released material from all the various eras of Carlin's career fom 60s variety shows to 80s tv pilots and live footage from the 2000s of Carlin working out material at comedey clubs.
Kelly is a fellow podcaster and gives us her unique observations of her father's legacy.

Will Dennis - JH Williams - Wendy Wright Williams : Where We Live

Where We Live is The Image Comics anthology in tribute to the victims and survivors of The Las Vegas Shootings .Today's episode feature conversations with some of the creative forces behind the project.

First Editor Will Dennis is back to talk about his work on the book, plus we catch up on his current work as a freelance editor for some of the best creator owned comics being made today with creators like Brina Azzarello Eduardo Risso Jeff Lemire Scott Snyder and more. You'll also hear memories of working with the legendary Joe Kubert on some of his final works.

Then JH Williams and Wendy Wright Williams talk about putting Where We Live together.
We talk about The Las Vegas Comics Community and share some of the incredible stories in the Anthology . 

Comedian Phil Proctor :His new Podcast-Show Biz Stories & Incredible Encounters

Comedy Legend Phil Proctor of The Firesign Theater is back to share more stories from his career in films, television, sketch comedy albums and animation voice overs .

Phil has a new podcast of stories from his show biz career- The Proctor Podcast which debuted last friday .

He shares encounters with fellow funnymen Harry Anderson Phil Hendre and Phil Hartman, working on The Hunt For Red October, The origins of the Firesign Theater on radio and hilarious memories of 60s protesting with Peter Fonda.

I made a guest appearence on the Radio Girl Podcast

 

My friend Margaret Larkin has been interviewing Chicago Radio broadcasters for almost 10 years.
I was very flattered she asked me to talk about my radio and podcasting careers. You can listen here or download the episode by right clicking the link.

Dan Brereton Talks Nocturnals &The Return Of The Bat-Verse Thrillkiller Stories

Word Balloon welcomes artist extraordinaire Dan Brereton back for a fun conversation . Dan chats about his career from his work creating The Nocturnals series to his spin on the Dick Grayson Barbra Gordon Love Affair "Batman : Thrillkiller" co created with Howard Chaykin. Think Grayson as Elvis and Barbara Gordon as Ann-Margaret