Word Balloon Comics Podcast

We Check in with Rob to chat about how the pop culture market is emerging from the height of Covid.

Gary was The Captain in the Irwin Allen Sci-Fi TV series Land Of The Giants and The Monster In I Was A Teenage Frankenstein . He's also the model for Mr Fantastic In Alex Ross's new OGN Fantastic Four Full Circle. We talk about his incredible life and career

From 2018Today Rich Koz aka Horror Host Svengoolie . A Chicago TV institution now a national celeb thanks to MeTV. Rich started as Svengoolie in 1979 when every big city  still had local television entertainment . Every weekend he’d host a classic or cheesy horror film and do jokes parody songs and comedy sketches inbetween film scenes. He was there after the original horror hosts of the 50s and 60s like Vampira and Ghoulari but well before Elvira Joe Bob Briggs and Mystery Science Theater 3000. As Rich points out each show has its own style.We talk about how he makes his show the movies and celeb guests and shout outs he’s received from many pop culture stars. We also get into our mutual love of the 3 Stooges and stooge mysteries like The Fake Shemp films. Catch Svengoolie every Saturday night at 8pm Eastern on MeTV

This was supposed to be a full WB Live but we had a couple tech problems, so it became this 2 parter. A celebration of Outer Limits Co-Creator Joseph Stefano , The man who wrote the Screenplay for Hitchcock's Psycho First Dave Rash joins Gabe Hardman Ian Brill and myself to talk about the new book from Gauntlet Pres FROM THE INNER MIND TO…THE OUTER LIMITS SCRIPTS OF JOSEPH STEFANO. . order the book at gauntletpress.comThen Stefano's son Dominic joins us giving his perspective on his father's works from Outer Limits to Hitchcock's Psycho to friendships with Gene Roddenberry and Sally Kellerman

FROM NOVEMBER  2005. THE MAN BEHIND GRIMJACK, DC'S SUICIDE SQUAD , THE KENTS, WASTELAND , AND THE SPECTRE JOHN TALKS ABOUT THE RETURN OF GRIMJACK AT IDW , HIS STAR WARS WORK FOR DARK HORSE , AND COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS, LIKE TIM TRUMAN AND TOM MANDRAKE. PLUS 1980'S CHICAGO MEMORIES OF FIRST COMICS, WINDY CITY INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE BUCKET OF SUDS BAR, AND THE COMEDY GENIUS OF THE SECOND CITY AND IMPROV OLYMPIC , MUNDEN'S BAR WRITER DEL CLOSE.

Radio host and OTR Historian Steve Darnall talks about The amazing radio dramas of the 40s and 50s that will chill your bones this season. Many of the shows discussed are free on YouTube and The internet archive

From 2006 A great seasonal chat with Hellboy's real dad, who sets the table for the big red guy's animated debut in the Film Roman production SWORD OF STORMS, premiering Saturday Oct 28th, on the Cartoon Network. The DVD release is expected in February. Mike also talks about Hellboy's beginnings, the upcoming new mini series with Duncan Fedrego, An Abe Sapien mini series, more BPRD and the pulp inspired hero Lobster Johnson. You'll hear about Mike's art influences, collaborating with artists like Guy Davis, Richard Corben, and filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro Also a lengthy tease about HELLBOY 2 , which had just begun pre-production.

Here’s part 2 of my 2010 summer conversation with Jason Aaron. We talk about Jason’s views on the relationship between Spider-Man and Wolverine and the vibe he’s trying to convey in their team-up book. Plus scalped talk, Jason's first meeting with the late great Steve Dillon and more.

From 2010, right before SDCC...On this episode of Word balloon, Jason Aaron is back to talk about finding the voices of the characters he writes. From discovering his take on Spider-Man for the Astonishing Spider-Man Wolverine book, and the current arc in Wolverine Weapon X. You'll hear plenty about the current Deathlok/Captain America story.  We also talk a lot about the upcoming reboot of the Wolverine solo book in September, including the opening arc called "Wolverine In Hell". You'll hear about Jason's versions of a senior citizen Frank Castle, and year one depictions of The Kingpin and Bullseye in The Max Punisher series, and why Aaron felt the tone of the Max book had to change from Garth Ennis's run. Plus details about Scalped, Jason's ongoing crime series for Vertigo. 

From 2014's Cincy Comic Con My first ever chat with Kelley about Batman Deadman Swamp Thing Sandman and more

The Former Newsarama EIC is a high school science teacher who has been using sci-fi films tv and novels to help his students understand the real science in these mediums. How are today's writers doing? We discuss the subject and more.

From 2007 The Co-Creator Of 30 Days Of Night discusses his horror beginnings and theories on making effective horror comics.

Brad and I talk beyond the books about what makes The World's Finest Team tick. Plus lots of other comic book and Novel chat