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Alice In Slasherland

I saw the remounting of the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company's Alice In Slasherland on Tuesday night and all I got was a huge sense of satisfaction and enjoyment! What's it about? 

When Lewis Park accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth. Now it's up to Lewis and his newly undead girlfriend along with her trash-talking demonic teddy bear and his longtime crush Margaret to save the world!

You can also hear some of the cast chat about it on my podcast COMIC NEWS INSIDER in this week's Episode 506! While it's sold out, you can still show up and there's a good chance of getting tickets from the waiting list. So do it! 

Comic News Insider Episode 506 - CNI in Slasherland!

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Reviews: Marvel Now What? #1, Pretty Deadly #1, Samurai Jack #1, Velvet #1, Zombie War #1, Dracula (on NBC)

Jimmy treks out to Brooklyn to the home of the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company's founders Abby and Qui for some pork tacos and fun times! He is joined by the director Robert Ross Parker and some of the cast (Tom Myers, Nicky Schmidlein, and Bonnie Sherman) of their current show Alice in Slasherland.  The cast gives some details about the play and some fun tidbits about the characters they play. They also chat about the Britishisms Jimmy is finding while playing GTA V and discuss the new Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer. News includes: Cartoon Network pulls Beware the Batman, Jamie Smart is shortlisted for Roald Dahl prize, Midtown Comics opens boutique in Times Square Toys "R" Us, Charmed may magically reappear on TV, and Al Plastino learns his Superman/JFK story is for sale. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Halloween Name Generator

My Halloween themed name on Twitter, Grimmy AScreamNooooo, has gotten lots of love. I even gave the podcast wife Erica Schultz hers (Scare-ica Ghoultz). So, I offer up my services to all of you if you are stuck for a name. $2500/name. Pretty fair for my comedy genius. Send money/requests here. 

Comic News Insider Episode 505: NYCC with Bob's Burgers!

Comic News Insider: Episode 505 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.

It's a special NYCC interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for Bob's Burgers and chatted with H. Jon Benjamin,  Loren Bouchard, John Roberts and Dan Mintz. It was a crazy and packed room but he managed to get a few good questions in. Tune in for the madness. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Johnny Flame

A friend asked about the Fantastic 4's Human Torch. "What's his name? Johnny Fire? Johnny Flame?" #ImGonnaBeJohnnyFlameForHalloween

Comic News Insider Episode 504: NYCC with casts/creators of Archer/Rick and Morty/China, IL

Comic News Insider: Episode 504 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.

It's a special NYCC animated series interview special! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for Archer and chatted with Adam Reed, Aisha Tyler, Jessica Walter, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, and Lucky Yates. For Rick and Morty, it was Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. China, IL brought us Brad Neely, Daniel Weidenfeld, and Brooke Hogan. Great rooms all (especially for Archer). Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Farewell O'Flaherty's!

O'Flaherty's Pub was one of the first bars I truly called my own when I moved to NYC in 1994. It was in the heart of Hell's Kitchen located on 46th St. between 8th and 9th Aves. I always felt at home there. 

Alas, it is no more. On Sunday, October 13th, I was celebrating the end of New York Comic Con by throwing my annual Dead Dog Bash at a local bar. As the party starting winding down, my best pal John and I left to go to another spot. As we did, he mentioned it was O'Flaherty's last night open. I had heard someone mention something about the pub a few days earlier but wasn't paying attention. Now I knew. I was in a bit of shock. I told John I was going to head over there just to see what was up. 

As I walked in, I looked around and saw all of the familiar settings. The fireplace, the books on the wall, the couches, the dessert case, the scotch wall and more. I did my last "O'Flaherty's walkabout". The bar is shaped like a horseshoe so whenever I went in, I would just walk around it to see whom was present. I saw a few familiar faces from old regulars to the bartenders I knew. A flood of memories hit me. 

• I remembered meeting a Miss America contestant when I was sitting at a particular table whom came over and actually hit on me. (Shut up. It was in my younger/hotter days. I think we went out a few times.)
• I almost got in a fight with some guy whom had become a regular (though I hadn't been there in ages at the time) because he was hitting on a female friend of mine. Another regular helped to break it up. The fightee and I ended up seeing each other there for quite while after and it was all good. 
• There was one regular who could never get my fucking name right. We'd see each other there for years and chatted on occasion but he was always drunk and kept calling me Tony even after I repeatedly corrected him. 
• I picked up a friend's friend there as we drunkenly made out on the couches. Much to my friend's dismay. 
• The scotch wall was the one to the far right of the bar. Each week, we'd go in there and have a different one and eventually drinking the whole wall. 
• It was one of the few after hours spots that I could count on. I've stayed there til 8am at some points. You'd show up, rap on the window and if they knew you...you'd get in. Over the years, it became less exclusive and I didn't like it as much but it still had the great after hours flavor. 
• I had a birthday or two there over the years. Other birthdays usually had us ending up there after all of the birthday celebrations. 
• Good ol' bartender Nelson was a fixture for years until his unfortunate death some years back. There was a big heart underneath all that grump and we all loved him for it. 
• I dated a couple of girls that worked there back in the day. Both Irish. Go figure. 
• A couple of years ago after New York Comic Con, I took some of my comic book folks there for some late night drinks. And we had empanadas delivered. Something my friend Jen still talks about to this day. 
• I played more pool and darts there than any other place in the world. 
• For those in the know, there were several bathrooms strewn about the place. The 2 in the front. One on the right side. And the hidden ones downstairs. 
• I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom. And i don't mean BK. You get my drift. (Dirty, naughty boy...I know. I was young!)
• Any time I had a group and we sat at the tables near the fireplace, I would always forget that leaning back would cause me to bump my head into the shelving that jutted out. I'll miss getting those bumps now!
• I never really ate there much but when I did, it was good bar food. 
• While I was often there when it was really crowded, I really enjoyed the times when it was slower where I could chill and chat with Joe the bartender and my friends. 
• Back in my acting days, friends and I would meet there and go over lines or audition pieces while having a few drinks. 
• I love watching big games in a bar with friends. But I loved that O'Flaherty's was not a sports pub. It had a TV in the back and that was it. It was a neighborhood spot to hang. 
• It had so many weird little knick knacks all over. I regret not asking for one on the last night. There was a headless man thingy that I wanted! 

So many more memories! I hadn't been as much of a regular over the past 6 years when I moved out of the neighborhood. But I did get to know the new crew when I came in on occasion. Good ol' Joe is always there behind the bar and has been for years. Love that guy. I miss chatting with some of the bartenders from back in the 90's/early 00's. It was always the go to spot that friends would meet to either start an evening or end one. You'll be missed O'Flats. Thanks for giving me a second home when I was out. 

The famous ever-changing scotch wall

Comic News Insider Episode 503 - More NYCC with Kevin Smith/Jay Oliva/Ronald D. Moore & Diana Gabaldon

Comic News Insider: Episode 503 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.

Reviews: Code Monkey Save the World #1, Rocket Girl #1, Star Trek: Khan #1, Superman/Wonder Woman #1, Three #1

Jimmy is joined in studio by the podcast wife Erica Schultz (M3). They jump right into the swing of things with reviews and news. Jimmy sat in many a round table at New York Comic Con and brings you these great interviews with Kevin Smith (Comic Book Men), Jay Oliva (Justice League: War) and Ronald D. Moore/Diana Gabaldon (Outlander).  News includes: IDW opens TV division, Kate Beaton brings her Fat Pony to Scholastic, Captain Marvel to relaunch, Dark Horse to relaunch Aliens and Predators comics, and a competition is open to couples whom want a Whovian wedding. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Blimey GTA V!

While playing GTA V, My Anglophile self noticed a few Britishisms in the language. I know the character Trevor is Canadian but other characters have said these too. A couple of examples:

• Characters saying, "Go to hospital" instead of the American way of saying "Go to THE hospital". 
• In a random event side quest (and I played it w/ both Michael and Franklin...American characters), there is a conversation with another character where they say something like, "Tell him you're not a guy called Brian!" and Michael/Franklin both say it. "I'm not a guy called Brian!". Total British way of saying "A guy NAMED Brian". 

Few other small examples here and there. I wasn't sure if there was any British folks involved with the company Rockstar or not. There definitely is according to Wikipedia. 

"Rockstar Games is a multinational video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of British video game publisher BMG Interactive. The Rockstar Games label was founded in New York City in 1998 by the British video game producers Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King and Gary Foreman."

Just curious if it was just a glitch with the script writers or on purpose as a shout out to their homeland. Doesn't bother me at all but just found it funny. Anyone else notice? 

Comic News Insider Episode 502: NYCC Recap with Ben Templesmith/Kelly Sue DeConnick/John Layman/Emma Vieceli and more!

Comic News Insider: Episode 502 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces.

Reviews: Afterlife with Archie #1

New York Comic Con is over and it's time for the big CNI recap! Jimmy is joined in studio by Emma Vieceli and they chat about the good and bad, the mood and the sad, and the food and the...uh...glad! Jimmy got SO many interviews over the weekend and you're going to hear quite a few in this episode from the likes of Ben Templesmith (Tome), Kelly Sue DeConnick (Captain Marvel), John Layman (Detective Comics), Vito Delsante (Eternal Kick), David Bass (WildStarMMORPG), Jay Nolte (The Zombie Office), Adam Withers/Comfort Love (Rainbow in the Dark), and Shawn Curran/George Sanders. News includes: DC Comics is bringing back Tiny Titans and Stephanie Brown, Marvel Comics is bringing back Miracle Man and launching a new Silver Surfer series, Priest and Bright are returning to Quantum and Woody, Archie Comics announces Farewell Betty and Veronica series, and Darwyn Cooke will illustrate some prose Parker novels. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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