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Jimmy sat in on the roundtables for the stop-motion animated comedy series SUPERMANSION. He chatted with creators/producers Zeb Wells, Matt Senreich and Tom Root. What's up with the new Halloween special? Do they leave room for improv during recording sessions? What's coming up in the new season? Listen in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy sat in on the roundtables for the upcoming movie CARMILLA (based on the hit web series of the same name). He chatted with stars Elise Bauman (Laura) and Natasha Negovanlis (Carmilla).  Absolutely charming, smart, talented and funny ladies. How will the movie differ from the series? Where does Wynonna Earp actress (the fantastic) Dominique Provost-Chalkley fit into the story? Does love win out for Carmilla & Laura? Listen in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy got his NYCC correspondent Keka to cover the press conference for THE WALKING DEAD at New York Comic Con. In attendance were stars Andrew Lincoln, Lennie James, Tom Payne, Katelyn Nacon, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Melissa McBride, Austin Amelio along with producers Roberk Kirkman, Greg Nicotero, Gale Ann Hurd, and David Alpert. Who's going to be in trouble during the war? Will Negan finally get his just dessert? Any further info on the crossover with spin-off show Fear the Walking Dead? Listen in to find out! FAIR WARNING...sound isn't that great as it was a press conference and the actors would often not pic up their mics. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy got his NYCC correspondent Keka to cover the press roundtables for THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES at New York Comic Con. She talked to stars Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett, Austin Butler, Vanessa Morgan, Producers Al Gough and Miles Millar. How will the show differ now that it's on a different network? How will the new cast members fit in to the story? Will we see Amberle? Listen in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy did the press roundtables for PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN while at New York Comic Con. He talked to stars Rebecca Hall and Luke Evans along with writer/director Angela Robinson. How close to the real story is the movie?* How did the couple come together? Are they now (if not before) Wonder Woman comic book readers/fans? Listen in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening! *FULL DISCLOSURE. News came out a week after NYCC that the film does not represent the exact truth. A lot of liberties were taken as admitted by the director. We did NOT know this at the time or else we'd have asked about it. Still, I hear it's a pretty good film and worth checking out. 

Jimmy did the press roundtables for GOTHAM while at New York Comic Con. He talked to Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Erin Richards, Camren Bicondova, Jessica Lucas, Robin Lord Taylor, Crystal Reed, Chris Chalk, David Mazouz, Sean Pertwee, Morena Baccarin, Cory Michael Smith and Drew Powell. How do the new players fit into the mix? What's up with Bruce and his new outfit? Is Penguin's empire secure? Give a listen and then watch the show to see what happens?. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy AND Producer Joe got more interviews at New York Comic Con! Jimmy talked to Sara Varon (SweaterWeather) and Doogie Horner (A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic). Meanwhile, Producer Joe chatted with Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity) and Vince Ferriero and Ray Chou (Skies of Fire)! Give a listen and go check out their awesome work. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy went to New York Comic Con and boy are his arms tired! He covered a bunch of press rooms and got a great amount of 1:1 interviews with some awesome cartoonists/writers/artists. No reviews or news in this episode as we wanted to bring you a bunch of the interviews. Here, you'll hear Jimmy chat with Ben Templesmith (Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse), Alex Segura (The Archies), Frank Tieri (Jughead: The Hunger), Dan Parent (Your Pal Archie), Jen Vaughn (Deadwater) and Lauren Wilson (The Walking Dead: The Official Cookbook and Survival Guide). Check out their work. You will not be disappointed. I wouldn't have talked to them otherwise! Come back later this week for more 1:1s and the Gotham press room. Then next week, even more press rooms from The Tick, Agents of SHIELD, The Walking Dead, The Shannara Chronicles, Carmilla, SuperMansion and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Batman The Murder Machine #1, Fu Jitsu #1, Marvel Legacy #1, Bob's Burgers s8 premiere, Family Guy s16 premiere, The Gifted series premiere, Inhumans series premiere, Lucifer s3 premiere, Rick and Morty s3 finale Jimmy is joined once again by regular co-host Jon Hoche! They chat about the upcoming New York Comic Con this weekend and what Jimmy is going to be covering. A LOT! Next couple of weeks will be coverage of press rooms for The Runaways, Gotham, The Tick, Dirk Gently, The Shannara Chronicles, SuperMansion, Carmilla, Agents of SHIELD, The Walking Dead and more! News includes: The Steve Dillon Memorial Charity Sketchbook will be on sale at NYCC, Marvel’s digital collected editions are on the Madefire platform, Danny Elfman will be incorporating elements of the original John Williams Superman theme in his Justice League score and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy went to Baltimore Comic Con last Saturday and got some great interviews! He chatted to DMC and Amy Chu, Charles Soule, Dean Haspiel and David Trustman, Kata Kane and Michael Bracco! BCC is a great show that is well organized, has great guests, awesome talent, good location and a positive vibe. And home to the new Ringo! Awards in honor of Mike Wieringo. Get yourself there next year! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Angelic #1, Batman: The Red Death #1,  Gasolina #1, Gotham S4 premiere, Star Trek: Discovery series premiere, Kingsman: The Golden Circle Jimmy is joined in studio by special guest Falynn Koch and frequent co-host Jon Hoche! Jimmy talks about his quick jaunt to Baltimore Comic Con on Saturday and the interviews to expect later this week. He talks to Falynn about her new book from First Second, Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield.  Jimmy also talks about her past and present days as a chef and about the national park road trip that she and her husband have embarked upon. News includes: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is coming to TV, Linda Hamilton is returning to her Terminator role, a Teen Titans Go! feature film is in the works, Wolverine will return in Marvel's Legacy, the new Milestone Comics will be unveiled at NYCC and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening! Come back later this week for our Baltimore Comi

Reviews: Runaways Vol 5 #1, Secret Empire Omega #1, Sheena Vol 4 #1, The Orville series premiere, Preacher S2 finale, South Park S21 premiere, The Strain series finale We're back to normal shows! And Jon Hoche returns to co-host! The boys talk about the new Tomb Raider and Black Widow...I mean Red Sparrow trailers and Jimmy thanks everyone for the awesome 800th episode recording. Producer Joe sat down with author Dan Poblocki to chat about the release of his 3rd book in his Shadow House trilogy. News includes: Ed Piskor is creating X-Men: Grand Design remixing years of X-Men continuity, Daniel Dae Kim replaces Ed Skrein in Hellboy, Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise is coming to the big screen, DC's Ragman is getting an upgrade, and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Bombshells United #1, Kingsman: The Red Diamond #1, Made Men #1, Star Wars Adventures #1, Blood Drive S1 finale We didn't think we'd be able to pull it off at the last minute, but we did it! It's our big 800th episode live recording. Producer Joe comes down from upstate to help out as usual. Special guests: Michael Emerson, Erica Schultz, Jonathan Baylis and Slanty Eyed Mama (Kate Rigg/Lyris Hung)! And, of course, because it's an anniversary episode, there is plenty of music! Many thanks to the CNI Chorus consisting of Sarah Goldrainer, Liz Pepe, Kristen French, Nicky Schmidlein and Emmy Potter.  Big ups to Hourglass Tavern for letting us hold the show there for the 4th time. Give them a visit if you're in NYC. News includes: Drew Goddard will direct X-Force, Colin Trevorrow is not directing Star Wars IX anymore, Harley Quinn's 25th anniversary will have her drawn onto classic Batman covers, Futurama returns as a radio play, the Doctor Who spin-off Class has officially been cancelled and the Guy Ritc

Reviews: Secret Empire #10, Elsewhere #1, Mech Cadet Yu #1, The Defenders, DuckTales, Game of Thrones S7 finale, Orphan Black series finale, The Tick, Wynonna Earp S2 finale, Death Note We finally got through all of that awesome SDCC coverage! Did you miss us? We're back with a somewhat regular format show as Jimmy flies solo. He recruits several friends to do some audio reviews of comic, TV and film. Thanks to Marta, Heidi, Corey, Barry, Emily, Jon, Emmy and Ashley! It's just a little catch-up episode since we haven't covered anything new for over a month. Jimmy talks about going to Flame Con and how it's a great show. He also talks about what's coming this Sunday for the live recording of our 800th episode! Sunday, September 10th. 7:30pm. Hourglass Tavern on 373 w. 46th St. Come on by if you're around! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy teamed up with Kelly Bedard from My Entertainment World to cover as much as possible at SDCC! Kelly sat in on the roundtables for the hit SyFy series Dark Matter. You'll hear from stars Melissa O'Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr., Jodelle Ferland, Roger Cross and producer Jay Firestone.  What will the next season bring? Download the free podcast to find out!  For this last week, there will be no regular format shows. Only SDCC press room specials. Jimmy needs that long just to recover from all of the craziness that is Comic Con International. He missed some rooms that he wanted to cover but boy howdy did he still cover a lot! Also, go back over the past couple of weeks to see what he covered! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy sat down in the roundtables for the upcoming new Marvel series Inhumans. You'll hear from stars Anson Mount, Serinda Swan, Iwan Rheon, Isabelle Cornish, Ken Leung, Eme Ikwuakor, Sonya Balmores, Mike Moh, Ellen Woglom, EP Scott Buck, director, Roel Reine, and IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster.  What will the new show entail? How will it fit into the Marvel U? How close to the comic book characters are the TV iterations? Download the free podcast to find out!  For this last week, there will be no regular format shows. Only SDCC press room specials. Jimmy needs that long just to recover from all of the craziness that is Comic Con International. You will hear one more roundtable for Dark Matter.  He missed some rooms that he wanted to cover but boy howdy did he still cover a lot! Also, go back over the past couple of weeks to see what he covered! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy sat down in the roundtables for the hit Cartoon Network animated series Teen Titans GO! You'll hear from stars Tara Strong (Raven), Greg Cipes (Beast Boy), Scott Menville (Robin), and EPs Aaron Horvath and Peter Michail. What's coming up this season? Will Robin ever win over Starfire? Is The Walking Dead interfering with Khary Payton''s (Cyborg) recording? Download the free podcast to find out!  For the next week or 2, there will be no regular format shows. Only SDCC press room specials. Jimmy needs that long just to recover from all of the craziness that is Comic Con International. You will hear roundtables for Inhumans and Dark Matter.  He missed some rooms that he wanted to cover but boy howdy did he still cover a lot! Also, go back over the past couple of weeks to see what he covered! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy sat down in the roundtables for the hit DCU animated series, Justice League Action! You'll hear from stars Diedrich Bader (Booster Gold) Jason J. Lewis (Superman), Rachel Kimsey (Wonder Woman), director Butch Lukic and voice director Wes Gleason. What other DCU characters can we expect? How many voices does Diedrich do? How did they find their voices for their characters? Download the free podcast to find out!  For the next week or 2, there will be no regular format shows. Only SDCC press room specials. Jimmy needs that long just to recover from all of the craziness that is Comic Con International. You will hear roundtables for Inhumans, Dark Matter and Teen Titans Go! He missed some rooms that he wanted to cover but boy howdy did he still cover a lot! Also, go back over the past couple of weeks to see what he covered! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy sat down in the roundtables for the new DCU animated film, Batman and Harley Quinn! You'll hear from stars Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Paget Brewster, Kevin Michael Richardson, producer Bruce Timm, co-screenwriter Jim Krieg, and director Sam Liu. How did this movie come together? Will Kevin Conroy do his Batman voice and send chills up our spines? How does Poison Ivy and The Floronic Man fit into it all? Download the free podcast to find out!  For the next few weeks, there will be no regular format shows. Only SDCC press room specials. Jimmy needs that long just to recover from all of the craziness that is Comic Con International. You will hear roundtables for Inhumans, Dark Matter, Justice League Action and Teen Titans Go! He missed some rooms that he wanted to cover but boy howdy did he still cover a lot!  Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy sat down in the roundtables for one of his favorite sci-fi shows, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency! You'll hear from stars Elijah Wood, Samuel Barnett, Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Hannah Marks, Jade Eshete, Fiona Dourif, Mpho Koaho, EPs Max Landis and Robert Cooper. How does season 2 continue? Will a super team form to take on the world? Where do Tudyk and Labine's new characters fit into the mix? Download the free podcast to find out!  For the next few weeks, there will be no regular format shows. Only SDCC press room specials. Jimmy needs that long just to recover from all of the craziness that is Comic Con International. You will hear roundtables for Inhumans, Batman and Harley Quinn, Dark Matter, Justice League Action and Teen Titans Go!He missed some rooms that he wanted to cover but boy howdy did he still cover a lot!  Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!