Just finished reading The Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia Wertz (@Julia_Wertz). Definitely a contender for best of the year! Funny, poignant, heartwarming and heartbreaking at times. Really great! Go get it!
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November 15, 2012
November 14, 2012
Comic News Insider Episode 446 - Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival!
Comic News Insider: Episode 446 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.
Reviews: Before Watchmen Moloch #1, Colder #1, Deadpool Vol 4 #1, Freelancers #1, Legends of the Dark Knight #2
Jimmy does it solo style to bring you a quickie episode with lots of reviews and news! Plus, he attended the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival and picked up lots of great swag. Hear his recap, his obssession over the new Star Wars Angry Birds, and his love of the new Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome. News includes: Hellblazer ends, ElfQuest movie may happen, Bear McCreary scores Da Vinci's Demons, WonderCon stays in Anaheim and Fringe to air on Science Channel. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!
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November 13, 2012
Happy Birthday, Producer Joe!
It's my old roomie/former co-host and all around great pal Joe Gonzalez's birthday today. Happiest of birthdays, buddy!
November 12, 2012
Newman!
I saw actor Wayne Knight yesterday. And like a nervous tic or bout of Tourette's, I almost yelled out "NEWMAN!"
November 11, 2012
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival 2012
I went to the BC&GF yesterday and all I got were some awesome indie comics! Here are the highlights:
- Same great location in Brooklyn. However, super crowded (not great crowd control) and REALLY HOT inside.
- So many great indie cartoonists and comics!
- Checked out Heidi MacDonald's site (The Beat) for recommendations of what to pick up. Bought about 10 of her recommendations!
- Due to time, I could only hang for about an hour so didn't hit any panels. But heard good things about them.
- It was so crowded, which made it tough to chat with any cartoonists. Even ones I bought books from.
- I'm not one to care about getting books signed but someone helping at a table seemed to take umbrage to that. She asked if I wanted it signed since the cartoonist was sitting right there (he was engaged in conversation with another though). I said, "No, that's okay". She insisted, "But he's right here!". Again, I said, "I'm good, but thanks". She sort of said it again but I politely dismissed it. Thankfully, the cartoonist didn't hear any of this. If the cartoonist himself had asked, I would have said "Yes" out of respect, but it's just not that big of a deal to me to have it done.
- Great show all about indie comics!
November 10, 2012
Balloon Magic
My roomie @templesmith gave me this balloon before he left weeks ago. He gets back today just as it’s finally deflating. It’s like he knew!
#SquidMagic
November 09, 2012
Xmas is Coming!
I know how much of you hate when it’s celebrated too early. Not me! People bitch about shortening Christmas to Xmas. “Keep Christ in Christmas”, is what they say. Heck, I even used to wear a button as a kid because it bothered me so much back then. Why am I talking about this? Well, my sister (that’s us pictured about 6 years ago) and I had a jokey “argument” about it yesterday on text. Years ago, I did some research on it. And since I’m holier than thou, I’ll share again. This is from an excerpt of a post I did on my website back in 2005.
I did the research awhile back and found out when the “X” came intoplay. The Greek transliteration of the word Christ is Xristos, the first letter which is the Greek letter “chi”. The shortening of Christmas to Xmas by educated persons who knew Greek has been common since the sixteenth century, with the “X” often symbolizing a cross. “Xmas” was an ecclesiastical abbreviation used by churchmen in tables & charts. More recently the use of “X” has been associated with irreverent commercialism, leading to the saying “Put the ‘Christ’ back into Xmas”. The American profanity “Jesus H. Christ”, may come from the second letter of “chi”, and has been in the use in the United States at least since 1850.
There ya go, holy rollers. We good now?
#DropsMic
November 08, 2012
Michael Emerson - The Stated Magazine Interview
Back in April, I interviewed my old pal Michael Emerson for a crossover with my podcast COMIC NEWS INSIDER and for Stated Magazine. (I'm the Pop Culture Contributing Editor for Stated, if you didn't know). While the entire audio interview has been available on CNI since April, we are now presenting the Stated version with written excerpts, some audio and video bits and a few pictures for your ocular enjoyment. Many thanks to Stated editors/founders Ryan and Scott for transcribing. I encourage anyone interested in acting or the arts to read/hear his fascinating journey. Now...
November 07, 2012
Comic News Insider Episode 445 - NYCC Finale w/ Blair Herter (G4TV'S X-Play)!
Comic News Insider: Episode 445 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.
Reviews: Bedlam #1, CBLDF Liberty Annual 2012, Mars Attacks: Holidays One Shot, Masters Of The Universe: The Origin Of Skeletor #1, Vampirella vs Fluffy One Shot
It's the last of the New York Comic Con interviews and it's with good pal Blair Herter (G4TV's X-Play). Jimmy records this episode from the familiar Hourglass Tavern in midtown Manhattan (Thanks Beth and Josh) and is joined by the lovely and talented cartoonist Michelle Mozes in the rotating co-host chair. You may remember that Jimmy met/interviewed her at NYCC. She was so awesome to take time out of her busy schedule to co-host! News includes: Art for Sandy Relief, new Justice League of America #1 gets 52 covers, Neil deGrasse Tyson finds Krypton, Locke and Key movie possibly confirmed and 2 more Marvel Now teasers revealed. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!
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November 06, 2012
This Week's Comic Stash
This week’s comic stash. In bold are the possible reviews for next week’s podcast. Who wants to co-host?! :)