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Comic News Insider Episode 371 - The Fastest Podcast Alive!

Comic News Insider: Episode 371 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.

Reviews: Billy Tucci's A Child Is Born One Shot, Fantastic Four Vol 3 #600, Kapow Guinness World Record Special #1

Jimmy is joined in studio by Kevin Conn who returns after a long absence. The boys talk turkey (literally), The Shade maxi-series, Jimmy's upcoming birthday, Christmas time approaching, and Kevin finds a new podcast. News includes: Occupy Comics on Kickstarter, Doctor Who on Christmas Day, new Madman hardcover, Lego Batman sequel, and The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival comes this Saturday. As always, Listener Feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Food Anglophile-ing

Most of you know what a big Anglophile I am. I listen to tons of BBC radio and podcasts. I watch soooo much TV from the UK on BBC America and DVDs I order from Amazon UK as well. I've only been over there a couple of times but would like to live in London at some point in my life. And while English food has never been known as the choicest of cuisines, there are many things I dig about it. And lo and behold, my desires can be met here in NYC because there are 2 shops that import the goods!

Myers of Keswick: Located on 634 Hudson Street. It's a small store but has a good supply of groceries from the UK. But they are known for their homemade pork pies, sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, mince pies, etc. I have sampled many of their homemade goods and they are quite delicious. You can get Walker's crisps, Quality Street sweets, HP sauce, and other common UK food stuff. They even have some British household products for cleaning and the like! It's a nice looking store and well kept and easy to get around. Family run by proper Brits who are helpful and friendly!

Tea and Sympathy: Located at 108 Greenwich Avenue. Also a quite small store but they pack in TONS of product. I mean TONS. It's a bit overwhelming trying to find what you want but take your time and you'll find the goods. Crisps are to the left of the stuffed counter in boxes. Sweets are on the counter. Loads of other goods on the shelves behind. The friendly staff will help you find what you need. They have a restaurant of the same name right next door with classic dishes like Shepherd's pie and bangers and mash. I haven't eaten there yet but will do so soon! And on the other side of the grocery shop...

A Salt & Battery: Like I said, located to the left of Tea and Sympathy (the grocery) at 112 Greenwich Avenue. By far, the BEST fish and chips in NYC! Make sure to get some of the curry sauce to go with it. It's really tiny and seats only about 8 people at 2 small counters but it's worth it. If you can't get a seat, order to go. 

I'm sure there are other UK based stores/shops/eateries around but I haven't sought them out. Famed chef Gordon Ramsay has a fine dining restaurant I've been wanting to check out and will soon. Until then, I'll be heading down to all of the spots mentioned above. Best thing? You can do both as they are about a 10 minute walk away from one another. 

Go enjoy it, mates. I promise you'll not whinge. It's bloody brilliant! (Insert more British slang here). 

The Walking Jimmy Aquino

I downloaded and messed around with that ZombieBooth app. Because, you know, zombies. I present Zombie Jimmy in both video and still form. 

Aww, aint I just the cutest zombie? I’d totally eat you and you’d just think how adorable I am the whole time. 

 

 

Chloe Returns!

 

I thought I'd give you all a treat. Well, it's a treat for all the Chloe fans out there. And me, of course! I took a few videos but the sound didn't come out great. So I recorded her doing what I call "ChloeTalk". Just adorbs. Yes, I said "adorbs". 

Listen to ChloeTalk

Listen to ChloeTalk again!

Oh, and that no soundy-type video in question. Be forewarned, I'm obsessed with the "Super 8" camera app on my iPhone. 

  

And the best news of all? After being in hospital for a few weeks, almost not making it, beating all the odds again, scheduled to be discharged next week...

CHLOE CAME HOME TODAY!!! 

Thanks again to everyone for all of the well wishes! This little miracle will continue to kick life's ass for a long time. 

#GoChloe!

Chloe Update

Miracle baby niece Chloe continues to beat the crap out of the odds. I got to visit her for a couple of days for Thanksgiving. She’s still in the hospital but is going to be released next Friday! She is way above expectations and is doing swimmingly. I can’t believe how well she’s doing. Up and moving around. Playing and what not. She makes a lot of noises and has her own little language. Of course, I speak Chloe so we got along well. To see her laugh and smile just melted my heart even more so but am glad she’s speeding down that road to recovery. 

Thanks again to EVERYONE who has sent well wishes, love and the like. It really means a lot. This resilient little girl is going strong! 

#GoChloe! 

 

Gobble Gobble!

I'm not all that big on Thanksgiving and used to sort of hate on it. But if the whole idea is to be thankful for what you have, then I'm all for it. I am so thankful for finding my sister Marsha all those years ago (if you don't know that story, look it up!) and for her kids Maximus and Chloe. I honestly don't know what my life would be like without them in it. Finding her was the best thing that ever happened to me. Thanks for being in my life, Sis. 

Comic News Insider Episode 370 - Getting Kiefered

Comic News Insider: Episode 370 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.

Reviews: Avengers Origins: Luke Cage #1, Hawken #1, Mudman #1

Jimmy is joined in studio by fellow podcaster Raphael Soohoo. They chat about the Batman: Brave and the Bold finale, The Hunger Games trailer and Jimmy's strange but cool run-in with Kiefer Sutherland. News includes: Image Expo, CBLDF Spirit of Giving, The New Yorker cartoon issue, Marvel cancels a lot of series, The Dark Knight Rises details, FX retooling Powers TV show, Syfy wants Booster Gold and Adventure Time comes to comics. As always, Listener Feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Batman Blox

Don't be fooled by the blox that he gots. He's still Batsy from the Blox.

I'm not a toy collector by any means. If I was a gajillionaire, then I'd probably buy them up and have a big toy room. But alas, I'm barely a thousandaire. Still, I dig this Batman figure by the folks at Funko. It's cool and edgy. Ooh, I'm punny. 

You can also get a Joker one to pit against your Batman. Sure, it'll make for a very tense situation every time you enter the room you put them in but it'll be so durn cool to look at. 

Feel free to buy them for me if you'd like. I'll find a nice home for them. Maybe...THE BATHROOM! 

 

Congress Declares Pizza (Sauce) A Vegetable!

As you've all no doubt heard by now, the U.S. Congress has declared pizza sauce (note: NOT pizza itself) a vegetable. Makes sense to me! See Mom? I've been eating healty for years now! With that logic, maybe we could make bourbon a vegetable too! I mean, it's made from at least 51% corn and has rye in there as well. While we're at it, let's go ahead and make jellybeans a fruit since they have all sorts of fruity flavors. And finally, put human flesh in the meat category. No reason zombies can't be nutritious as well. 

Kiefer Sutherland LOVES (I Mean REALLY Loves) Jimmy Aquino!

I'm chilling at one of my local bars that I've been going to for years. My good pal Kevin Conn had come by to hang and we were catching up as it's been awhile. Suddenly, this very tipsy guy is walking out and turns to us. 

"You guys are the smartest guys in this bar! You know why? Because you're sitting over here alone. You guys fucking rock!"

And out he goes. The guy in question? Kiefer Sutherland! Yup. That's us up there in the somewhat grainy picture! He was clearly feeling his drinks but in such a nice way. It didn't hit me that it was him until he said the last part and walked out. I was like, "Did Kiefer Sutherland just tell us we 'fucking rock'?" Oh yes. He did! Ha! It was sort of a back-handed compliment too, but hey...it was from Kiefer. I'll take it. 

About 15 minutes later, we were putting our coats on to leave and Kiefer suddenly comes back in after being outside for a smoke. An amazing exchange then occurred. I went over to shake his hand and he just started talking to me. Sort of babbling a bit but it was endearing and funny and just plain cute. 

"You guys are the ones that I said were the smartest ones here! You rock. Come here, brother." 

To which the hug-fest began. He kept hugging and hugging me and telling me that I was awesome. And then, I went to shake his hand again and he grabbed my hand...and...wait for it...KISSED IT! Several times. I didn't know what to do besides just let it happen. Again, just charming and funny. Then he starts on Kevin. Same thing. Just awesome. I felt like we may have been overstaying our welcome so I made overtures to leave and cheekily asked if I could get a picture with him and he happily obliged. I took a picture of him and Kevin as well. 

Clearly, I'm the better picture taker out of the two of us. Must be the Asian in me. Mwhahaha. 

Again, I started trying to leave and he stops me and says, "Did you have a good time tonight? Why?" I replied, "I was catching up with an old pal here." He gloriously shouts back, "ME TOO! ISN'T IT GREAT!!" More good-byes and hugs and hand kisses later and we finally left the bar. It sounds like that all took about an hour when in reality it was in the span of about 3 minutes. 

I've always dug me some Kiefer. Mostly from his early work like The Lost Boys, Young Guns and Flatliners. Oh yeah! 

I'm pretty sure he got me pregnant with all of that love. So I'm sure I'll be seeing him again. And no, we're not naming the kid "Jack Bauer". If anything, it'll be "Ace Merrill". 

Call me, Kiefer!