word balloon the comic book creators interview show

Paul Cornell is back to talk about Saucer State, his and Ryan Kelly's new IDW comic that continues the epic UFO story they started in Vertigo's Saucer Country . This is Vol 2 of the story, but after reading issue 1, you'll get caught up very fast on what you need to know about The newly elected US president who thinks she'll finally get to the bottom of her own UFO encounters in her past.  We also have our obligatory talks about Doctor Who and Paul's great contributions to the Who mythos. Plus His new novel Chalk which includes it's own pop music soundtrack playlist . As the novel description puts it..."Paul Cornell plumbs the depths of magic and despair in this brutal exploration of bullying in Margaret Thatcher’s England."

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

Frank is back to talk about the release of the first Violent Love trade, out this Wed. We talk about his co-creator Victor Santos, how they got together, and more. Violent Love is a great crime story set in the 60s & 70s. These guys really captured the look and feel of the era. Darwyn Cooke Parker fans will love this series. We also talk about the coming return of Five Ghosts, Franks ongoing series with co creator Chris Mooneyham.

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

The writer inker is here to talk about reviving his and Tom Grummet's series section Zero started in Gorilla Comics in 2000 which halted in mid story, to be revived in a current Kickstarter Campaign. We talk about Karl's beginnings from his Kubert School days, to his inking big DC events like The History Of The DC Universe Legends, to writing the Final Night event with Stuart Immonen, to joining the superman writers during the Reign Of The Supermen . Karl and Grummet co-created the Kon-El Superboy and had 2 big runs of the character in his book and Adventures Of Superman . We also talk about his Marvel work including being the inker of Mike Wieringo & Mark Waid's FF run. Karl is also the FF writer who made Ben Grimm Jewish . We talk about his runs on Daredevil and the Captain America 1940's comic strip. Lots of great stories about Karl's collaborations over the years.

Brian Bendis & I continue our latest conversation , featuring his Free Comic Book Day experiences, more talk about Defenders Jessica Jones Spider-Man , and the current debate about creating new legacy versions of Marvel Heroes while balancing the stories of the original heroes. Plus Chicago Film Critic David Fowlie joins us to talk about the Chicago Critics Film Festival happening now thru May 18th. We discuss lots of current festival films you need to keep your eyes out when they come to town, or to streaming video and DVD, featuring actors like Burt Reynolds Sam Jones and Harry Dean Stanton 

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

To celebrate Word Balloon's 12th anniversary (5-10-05) it's time for a new Bendis Tapes . Brian Bendis & I talk about the coming sequel to Spider-Men. How has Miles being in the same universe as Peter Parker changed the story? We also talk about Marvel's Legacy event coming up later this year, and some Jessica Jones, then we present the Marvel press conference about The Defenders featuring Brian Dave Marquez and Tom Brevort . Also a serious plea from me to petition the FCC about Net Neutrality, with help from John Oliver

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

Lots Of Trek talk with master painter JK Woodward. JK has an uncanny ability painting the recognizable faces of Trek in all of his covers and interiors for IDW's Star Trek Comics. We can't help but get into many Star Trek topics including the upcoming Star Trek Discovery

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

Our conversation with Dan continues

a one on one interview show with pop culture creators from the worlds of comic books, TV, film, novels, animation, and video games.

Those are the big subjects we hit in former Spider-Man part 1 of this conversation . Dan can't help but also lapse into great stories about other Spider-Man creators I cluding Gerry Conway, Stan Lee David Michelini and more. Part 2 is coming next with Silver Surfer talk and more!