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word balloon the comic book creators interview show

Summary: audio interviews featuring pop culture discussions of comic books, Films ,TV, DVDs, Animation, Novels, and other cult entertainment.

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 Comic Books Anatomy Of A Comic Strip With Brian Collins | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:00

Brian Collins joins us to explore his grandfather's comic strip legacy. Kreigh Collins was a great illustrator that landed a syndication deal for his Girl Adventure strip Mitzi McCoy. He spent the run of the strip experimenting with story tones from humor to straight up noir , finally resulting in leaving Mitzi's stories and focusing on Mitzi's adventuring ancestor. A Prince Valliant sort of character Kevin The Bold.  The new book from Lost Art Books, Mitzi McCoy- The Lost Art Of Keigh Collins Vol 1 is an interesting examination of an artist trying to gather his audience and finding the right mix to make a comic strip hit.   

 Comic Books JM DeMatties Constantine Film New IDW and Dark Horse Books | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:33:00

Great to catch up with Marc on his latest projects. First we discuss his fantastic John Constantine  Animated Film City Of Demons, that even got it's own prime time special on the CW to promote John's involvement on Legends Of Tomorrow . We talk about Matt Ryan's undying loyalty to the fun of playing John on 2 tv series and several animated films!  The we get into Marc's creator owned books like the fun Dr Who-esque Impossible Inc from IDW, and the very Vertigo esque The Girl In The Bay From Karen Berger's Dark Horse Imprint Berger Books, the re-release of Moonshadow coming in 2019 and more.

 Comic Books The Bendis Tapes What Are We Thankful For | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:26:00

Note This was recorded a few weeks before the Death of Stan Lee The Ny Times ran this comic strip tribute to Stan from Brian . We talk about the fun we had at NY comic con, brian's hang time with Frank Miller, lots on Superman, Young Justce and the whole Wonder Comics line, Jinxworld updates and more 

 Comic Books Stan Lee An Unauthorzized Bio W Comics Historian Fred Van Lente | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:18:00

Stan Lee RIP . Fred Van Lente joins me to look at Stan's life and career. Fred is the co-author of The Comic Book History Of Comics from IDW with artist Ryan Dunlavey so he is a perfect guest to talk about all the facets of Stan's career.  We also talk about Fred's new mystery novel set at a San Diego Comic Con called The Con Artist from Quirk books, with illustrations by Tom Fowler 

 Comic Books History Archie 1941 & The Birth Of DC Elseworlds With Brian Augustyn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:00

Brian is here to talk about his new drama Archie 1941. It's a poignant realistic look at The Riverdale gang dealing with the onset of WW2. Written by Augustyn and Mark Waid and drawn by Peter Krause, its a great story.  We also discuss the creation Gotham By Gaslight which became the first DC Elseworlds title, featuring a 19th century Batman taking on Jack The Ripper. Brian takes us through the whole creative process including encticing a pre-Hellboy Mike Mignola to the project. Great stories about DC Comics in the late 80s. 

 Comic Book History Archie 1941 & The Birth Of DC Elseworlds With Brian Augustyn | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:36:00

Brian is here to talk about his new drama Archie 1941. It's a poignant realistic look at The Riverdale gang dealing with the onset of WW2. Written by Augustyn and Mark Waid and drawn by Peter Krause, its a great story.  We also discuss the creation Gotham By Gaslight which became the first DC Elseworlds title, featuring a 19th century Batman taking on Jack The Ripper. Brian takes us through the whole creative process including encticing a pre-Hellboy Mike Mignola to the project. Great stories about DC Comics in the late 80s. 

 Comic Books History 100 greatest moments of DC Heroines and The Justice League | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:40:00

Comics Writer Editor and Pop Culture Historian Bob Greenberger has begun a series of Comic Book Histories for DC. The first is The 100 greatest moments of The Justice League , The 2nd is the 100 greatest moments of DC Heroines. These are great histories that  not only give you the reasons why these are the great moments but also loads of comic book scenes in full that  feature the best moments We also talk about his work on magazines such as Starlog and Comics Scene , his time at The Weekly World News and his thoughts on Star Trek.   

 Comic Books Eric Esquivel Talks Border Town From Vertigo and Latinx Culture | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:05:00

Eric's comic explores Mexican myths and the ongoing culture wars of everyday life . Border Town is a bold new comic from Vertigo that explores the polarizing world of life on the Arizona Mexican border. That Border is also on the supernatural plane between our world and the mythological Mexican Hell. 

 Comic Books Sanford Greene Harvests Bitter Root from Image Comics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:29:00

Sanford Greene joins us to talk about his latest collaboration with David Walker and Chuck Brown. Bitter Root is a new monster hunting book featuring a family team exploring monster hunting during the historical backdrop of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. It's a fanstatic concept with unique charcters and solutions to the "Monster Problem" 

 Comic Books Inktober Wrap Up With Artist Shawn Crystal | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:20:00

Shawn Crystal is here to talk about his comic books and his excellent interview podcast Ink Pulp Audio, featuring great one on one interviews with comic book artists . We compare our styles of interviews and talks about Shawn's art process. 

 Boxing-Ringside Seat Editor In Chief William Dettloff -A Big Bout Podcast Extra | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:00

Check out the newest addition ot the Word Balloon Network Here's the latest epsiode of The Big Bout Podcast. Bill Dettloff talks about his magazine Ringside Seat, and we review and preview recent and upcoming bouts.  

 Comic Books Outlier Paul Jenkins on The Future Of Storytelling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:25:00

Great to welcome Paul back to talk about his many AfterShock Comics. The current treasure hunt/conspiracy adventure Beyonders. The controversial superhero saga Alters and The Sci-Fi comedy Replica. We also discuss his POV of where creators and genre content are going in today's entertainment market. 

 Comic Books Adventures With Kickstarter Greg Pak & Jonathan Coulton | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:06:00

Greg and Jonathan are back with their latest childrens book collaboration The Prince Who Saved Her Friends.  The two discuss the book,and their tips interms of kickstarter, and how to sustain creator owned careers in the comics and music business.   

 Comic Books - Age Of Bronze and Oz talk With Eric Shanower | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:00

Great to welcome the incredible Eric Shanower . His Age Of Bronze was one of the hallmarks of late 90s comics. Now it's back and in full color. The new Volume 1 from Image collects the first nine issues and Eric will be releasing all the other 3 volumes . Plus next January Eric continues the saga with issue 34, his first new issue since 2013. We also get into Eric's passion about The Wizard Of Oz books and the Oz fan culture, plus other current projects and more 

 The Comic Books Birth Of Venom a talk with his creator David Michelinie | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:07:00

Venom's dad gives us his strange origin. David Michelinie gives us the behind the scenes story behind Eddie Brock and Venom.   

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