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Comic News Insider Episode 862 - Heroes Con: Behind the Cover Panel w/ Francesco Francavilla!

 

Comic News Insider: Episode 862 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Jimmy moderated a panel with his good pal Francesco Francavilla. BEHIND THE COVER: A LOOK AT THE CREATIVE PROCESS WITH EISNER WINNER COVER ARTIST FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (The Black Beetle, Afterlife With Archie). Listen in for a fun hour of illustration and chat! Francavilla designed a cover based on audience suggestions! Have you ever wondered how many of your favorite cover artists come up with their designs? Francavilla broke down that process for you during this entertaining panel! He and Jimmy banter a bit about the piece and some of his recent work. Thanks to the audience for chiming in with suggestions and having fun along with them. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Comic News Insider Episode 861 - Heroes Con Special: Inspirations Panel w/ Monica Gallagher/Tini Howard/Megan Levens/Katie Skelly!

Comic News Insider: Episode 861 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Jimmy moderated a panel called Inspirations with Monica Gallagher (Assassin Roommate), Tini Howard (Assassinistas), Megan Levens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10) and Katie Skelly (My Pretty Vampire). They talk about what inspires them to create and how it helps them along in their creative endeavors. They give their thoughts on art, music, literature, TV/film, pop culture and more. And Jimmy throws in his comic book version of that famous Bernard Pivot questionnaire just for fun! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Comic News Insider Episode 860 - More Heroes Con w/ Bridgit Connell/Tom Akel!

Comic News Insider: Episode 860 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Reviews: Tank Girl All Stars #1, 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, Preacher s3 premiere, Westworld s2 finale, Incredibles 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Jimmy is still recovering from Heroes Con and brings you more interviews! You'll hear him talk with pal Bridgit Connell about her new book with Titan Comics called Brother Nash. Always super fun to catch up with Bridgit! And he has a great chat with Tom Akel (Head of Content at Line WebToon) about what comics they are producing, their mission statement, how to get in the webcomics game and more. Thanks to Rachael, Ashley, Karlin and Erica for their audio reviews! News includes: Sam Kieth is writing/illustrating a The Maxx/Batman mini-series, the recent rumors that the Star Wars spin-offs are cancelled may not be true, DC Comics is bringing back their Giant comics exclusively to Wal-Mart and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Comic News Insider Episode 859 - Heroes Con Interview Special w/ Megan Levens/Katie Skelly/Evan Pozios & Patrick Thomas Parnell!

Comic News Insider: Episode 859 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Jimmy got some great interviews while at Heroes Con! He catches up with Megan Levens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10/Back to the Future: Tales From the Time Train) to chat about her recent work, what it's like working for so many licensed properties, and some of her favorite characters. Katie Skelly (My Pretty Vampire/Nurse Nurse) talked to Jimmy about the themes in her comics, her love of Frank Miller's Sin City and musical inspirations. Evan Pozios & Patrick Thomas Parnell give the skinny on their comics Time Grunts and Johnny Phantasm. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Comic News Insider Episode 858 - Heroes Con Interview Special w/ Tini Howard/Kevin Mellon/Andy Runton!

Comic News Insider: Episode 858 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Jimmy got some great interviews while at Heroes Con! Tini Howard (Assassinistas, Rick and Morty, Hack/Slash) talks about her work, new found love of wrestling and what she would do if she could write a Venture Bros. comic. Kevin Mellon (Suicide Sisters, Archer) talks about his recent horror/suspense one-shot comics and what it's like being the storyboard director/artist on the hit animated series Archer. Andy Runto (Owly) chats about his massive all ages hit comic Owly and how it has endured, what you can learn from it and what's next. He and Jimmy also find out they lived in the same city for years back in the day! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Comic News Insider Episode 857 - Heroes Con Recap w/ Monica Gallagher/Babs Tarr!

Comic News Insider: Episode 857 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Reviews: Magic Order #1, Plastic Man Vol. 5 #1, Thor Vol. 5 #1, Archer s9 finale, Legion s2 finale, Supergirl s3 finale

Jimmy is back from Heroes Con and all you get is this dumb podcast! He got about 10 interviews and moderated 3 panels. You'll hear those interviews over the next 2 weeks as well as 2 of the panels. In this episode, you'll get interviews with Monica Gallagher (Assassin Roommate) and Babs Tarr (Motor Crush)! At Heroes, Jimmy sat down with friends Ashley Lanni and Sarah Delaine to review 3 comics this week. He also got friend Megan Fischer to send in an audio review. Thanks to all! News includes: new The Maxx comics are coming from IDW, the Lucifer TV show gets saved by Netflix, Dark Horse will publish a Stranger Things comic mini-series and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Comic News Insider Episode 856 - Hankering For Heroes Con!

Comic News Insider: Episode 856 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Reviews: Dazzler X Song #1, Immortal Hulk #1, Justice League #1, Cloak and Dagger s1 premiere, Humans s3 premiere

Emily Edwards returns to co-host once again and even tries to take over as the main host! Does she succeed in ousting Jimmy? Listen in to find out! Jimmy chats about his upcoming trip to Heroes Con this weekend. He'll be moderating 3 panels (info below) and has tons of interviews lined up. He also talks about that Fear the Walking Dead mid-season finale. Damn! They are stepping their game up! News includes: Geoff Johns steps down from executive role at DC to get back to creating w/ formation of Mad Ghost Productions, MTV is developing a live-action Aeon Flux TV series, DC Comics relaunches/rebrands Vertigo and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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Here are the 3 panels that Jimmy will be moderating at Heroes Con this weekend. Swing on by! 

FRIDAY

5:30 pm

Room 203A

 

INSPIRATIONS

 

Jimmy Aquino (Comic News Insider podcast) moderates a motivational panel on what inspires cartoonists. Come see and hear MONICA GALLAGHER (Assassin Roommate, Ghost Friends Forever), TINI HOWARD (Assassinistas, Rick and Morty, Hack/Slash), MEGAN LEVENS (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10, Star Trek: Boldly Go), and KATIE SKELLY (My Pretty Vampire, Nurse Nurse) talk about what inspires them to create. Thoughts on art, music, literature, TV/film, pop culture and more and how it helps them along in their creative endeavors. Come discover some new things to inspire you and maybe even share your own! 

 

Saturday

11:30 AM

Room 208B

 

1:1 With Jim Steranko!

 

Jimmy Aquino (Comic News Insider podcast) sits down with the legendary JIM STERANKO for a fun and frank 1:1. They will discuss Steranko's groundbreaking comics, working with other legends, film work, magic, influences, fandom and more! Come hear about the fascinating life of one of the most enigmatic people in comics! This will be a scintillating session, indeed!

 

Sunday

12:00pm

Room 209

 

BEHIND THE COVER:  A LOOK AT THE CREATIVE PROCESS WITH EISNER WINNER COVER ARTIST FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA. 

 

Join Jimmy Aquino (Comic News Insider podcast) and Eisner winning artist Francesco Francavilla (The Black Beetle, Afterlife With Archie) for a fun hour of illustration and chat! Francavilla will design a cover based on YOUR suggestions! Have you ever wondered how many of your favorite cover artists come up with their designs? Francavilla will break down that process for you during this entertaining panel! 

Comic News Insider Episode 855 - Book Expo America w/ Ngozi Ukazu!

Comic News Insider: Episode 855 is now available for free download! Click on the link or get it through iTunes! Sponsored by Dynamic Forces. 

Reviews: Aquaman/Jabberjaw Special #1,  Blackwood #1, Black Lightning/Hong Kong Phooey Special #1, Flash/Speed Buggy Special #1, Man Of Steel Vol 2 #1, Star Wars Lando Double Or Nothing #1, Super Sons/Dynomutt Special #1 

Crazy schedules means a solo episodes with friends sending in their audio reviews! Thanks to Marta, Ashley, Jon, Rachael, Erica, Emily and Adam for those awesome reviews. Jimmy went to Book Expo America last week and sat down with cartoonist Ngozi Ukazu to talk about her webcomic Check, Please! that is being collected by First Second Books later this year. They have a great chat about how the project came to be, the characters, art, and of course, hockey. Jimmy also gives his thoughts on BEA and Book Con. News includes: a new scripted teen crime series podcast is coming from Alex Segura/Monica Gallagher,  Comixology is releasing creator owned titles, Archie 1941 will be a mini-series showing a more realistic look at the Riverdale gang back in the 40's and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

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