Word Balloon Comics Podcast
John Siuntres
1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres
Episodes
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May 28, 2025 • 57min
Morgan Siebert and The Superman Museum Metropolis IL
Morgan shares the exhibits of The Super Musuem inm Metroplois IL and promotes June's Superman Festival which will feature stars and creators connected to the Man Of Steel
May 27, 2025 • 1h 47min
WB Book Club Preview Criminal With Ed Brubaker
In anticipation of next Sunday's WB live book club, here's my first 2006 interview with Ed Brubaker about Criminal Vol 1.The subject of our book club episode. We also talk daredevil Captain America The X-men and Iron Fist
May 26, 2025 • 1h 8min
A Salute to Andrea Romano DC Animation Boondocks and more
a profile of voice director andrea romano who guided many great hanna barbera and warner bros animted series.first a 2008 chat about the boondocks the jl new frontier movie and morefollowed by a short 2013 red carpet chat saluting the batman brave and bold cartoon at ny's paley centerthen from 2020 a zoom table read of a scene from a justice league cartoon featuring the entire seven cast members, and clancy brown as luthor.
May 25, 2025 • 1h 6min
WB 20 Kinescope The First James Bond
this week we look at The First James Bond adaptation created 8 years before 1962's Dr. No starring Sean Connery.It's Casino Royale from the CBS Anthology Show Climax! Starring Barry Nelson as American Spy Jimmy Bond, and Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre
May 24, 2025 • 1h 24min
The Western Films Of Burt Kennedy
On This edition of Scene Missing Gabe Hardman Jeff parker and I talk about one of our favorite western film writers and sometimes director
May 23, 2025 • 1h 5min
Al Ewing Talks Venom and Absolute Green Lantern pt 2
May 22, 2025 • 1h 7min
Al Ewing Talks Thor and Metamorpho pt 1
May 21, 2025 • 1h 14min
Dan Slott DC and Superman
Dan Slott gives us heavy details on his new Superman Unlimited. It's his first DC book in 20 years
May 20, 2025 • 1h 14min
Fred Van Lente's new sci-fi epic
Fred's new book, The Future Is **** is a great new ambitious scf-fi epic.
May 19, 2025 • 1h 38min
WB 20 Neal Adams Look at the Comics Biz 2013
Over the years I was lucky to have sevral talks with the Iconic artistIn this wide spanning talk from 2013...Neal Adams discussed Gary Friedrich's need for financial help, when Marvel lawyers were telling him to stop usimg images of Ghost Rider at his con table. He gave hsi view of DC and Marvel Movies at that momentHe talked about his Dark HGorse Comic Blood and The Batman Odessey maxi series he wrote and drewAnd his Continuity Work on Motion comics and animatics for commercial campaigns
