Word Balloon Comics Podcast

The Superman trailer isa out and we\re all talking about it. I think James Gunn is 3 for 3 in his work o The Suicide Sqyad, Peacemaker and the current creature commandos. How does this early trail for Superman compare? 

We wrap up our chat. Rob's audio crime series true noir is available at itunes and audible for purchase 

Rob has produced a new Audio Drama adapting Max Allan Collins detective Nathan Heller, played by Micharl Rosenbaum )Smallville) . It also stars amny great hollywood actors, including Anthony Lapaglia as Al Capone and Jeffrey Combs (star Trek) as 1930's Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak. 

As the dust clears from Covid and the 2023 media strike, where is sex in this current moment with TV and film ? Mr Skin and I talk about it. 

Tv and Film Producer Mark A Altman is releasing his 1982 film, 

Tom and Jamal talk about their fantastic comedy series, The Wrong Earth from Ahoy. 

Jeff has writtenj another fun Santa Clause action crossover with the Justice League and The whole DCU 

The men behind Curse Words and  8 billion genies are back with a new fantasy comedy, Lucky Devils. Plus we ta;lk about Charles's Marvel and Star Wars Books 

The men behind Hulu's MODOK and Dark Horse Comics Minor Threats have curated a new collection of Marvel's 10 greatest stories from the 60s thru the 2010s . This deluxe hardcover from The Folio Society has stories from The Death Of Johnny Storm The debut of The Runaways, Pivotal X-moments and more. 

Shelly has a new kickstarter for her 3rd volume reflecting on her editorial career and tips on making comics. She Mike and Steve share Vertigo stories from their careers. 

The new Black Canary Series Best Of The Best is underway, and Tom has the details/ 

We catch up with a new edition of The King's Speech. In wonder Woman, Diana is dealing with the death of Steve Trevor, while we continue to learn the life story Of her daughter Trinity.We also preview the next issue WW16,  featuring Detective Chimp getting into Trevor's murder investigation. 

In Part 2 Skottie reflects on the Oz Graphic novels after completing his 6 year run. We also talk about Rocket Racoon and other books 

2 parts of Skottie Young discussing the Wicked/Oz Nerdompart 1 is a phone interview from 2009 at the start of Skotiie's6 year run drawing Oz Graphic Novels at Marvel.

Eric talks about his Graphic novel adaptations of the Oz Books, and His Trojan War Epic series Age of Bronze.There's a lot Oz talk beyond the books aand comics going into the movies, and the whole Oz fandomfacts vs fiction. 

From 2022

Character Actor Robert Costanzo Talks Live action Animation and Game work since the 1970s. With Actorslike John Travolta Billy Crystal, Mark Harmon, plus his run in Batman the animated series. 

Casey promises an all star line up of Wolverine Cable and Deadpool facing the rest of the Marvel universe