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The podcast for everything comic book, animation, sci-fi and pop culture. Hosted by Jimmy Aquino & a rotating panel of co-hosts, CNI is your weekly dose of industry news, reviews and interviews.
Past guests include: Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., Jerry Robinson, Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, John Cassaday, Paul Pope, Darwyne Cooke, JM Dematteis, Steve Niles, Garth Ennis, Steve Rude, Kyle Baker, Jim Lee, James Jean, Alison Bechdel, Arthur Suydam, Jonathan Hickman, Greg Pak, John McCrea, Zoe Bell, Ted Raimi, David Tennant, Russel T. Davies, Felicia Day, Seth Green, Rob Zombie, Brian Pulido, Olivia Munn, Michael Rooker, Ben Templesmith, Kate Beaton, Faith Erin Hicks, Amber MacArthur, Seth Meyers, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Fuller, Kristin Chenoweth, Rosario Dawson, Olivia D'Abo, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, Michael Emerson, Kevin Pereira, Paul Cornell, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, Molly Crabapple, and Blair Butler (G4TV).
CNI, the "Entertainment Weekly" of comic podcasts, continues to bring the fun and the funny! (Hey, it's better than being the "US Weekly" of comic podcasts.) Join Jimmy every Wednesday to laugh, learn and maybe even love!
Created & Produced by Joe Gonzalez
Past guests include: Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr., Jerry Robinson, Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, John Cassaday, Paul Pope, Darwyne Cooke, JM Dematteis, Steve Niles, Garth Ennis, Steve Rude, Kyle Baker, Jim Lee, James Jean, Alison Bechdel, Arthur Suydam, Jonathan Hickman, Greg Pak, John McCrea, Zoe Bell, Ted Raimi, David Tennant, Russel T. Davies, Felicia Day, Seth Green, Rob Zombie, Brian Pulido, Olivia Munn, Michael Rooker, Ben Templesmith, Kate Beaton, Faith Erin Hicks, Amber MacArthur, Seth Meyers, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Bryan Fuller, Kristin Chenoweth, Rosario Dawson, Olivia D'Abo, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, Michael Emerson, Kevin Pereira, Paul Cornell, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, Molly Crabapple, and Blair Butler (G4TV).
CNI, the "Entertainment Weekly" of comic podcasts, continues to bring the fun and the funny! (Hey, it's better than being the "US Weekly" of comic podcasts.) Join Jimmy every Wednesday to laugh, learn and maybe even love!
Created & Produced by Joe Gonzalez
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Feb 14, 2023 • 24min
Episode 1376 - Happy Super Valentine's Bowl!
Reviews: Harrower #1, Monarch #1, Space Job #1, Harley Quinn "A Very Problematic Valentine's Day Special", Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Velma season finale Hope everyone had a SUPER weekend! We're back with another regular episode. As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky, and Edie! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: a Spider-Man Noir live action series is in the works at Amazon, Disney is making more sequels to recent popular animated films, Marvel announces some Phase 6 film release dates and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 6, 2023 • 29min
Episode 1375 - An "Extraordinary" Podcast!
Reviews: Almighty #1, Avatar the Last Airbender: Aang's Unfreezing Day, Where Monsters Lie #1, The Ark season premiere, Extraordinary s1, Wolf Pack season premiere Getting back in the groove with these regular format shows. As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky, Steph and Producer Joe! And to news anchor Emily for the news which includes: SO much DC Studios news including upcoming TV/film projects, another Avatar: The Last Airbender graphic novel is coming, King of the Hill is getting rebooted and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 31, 2023 • 29min
Episode 1374 - Back to Comics!
Reviews: Archie vs. The World one-shot, Inferno Girl Red #1, Night Walkers #1, White Savior #1, Zombie Makeout Club Vol 1. We're back with some comic book reviews! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa, Ricky and Jon! And news anchor Emily is here giving the news which includes: Wheel of Fortune is looking for Star Wars fans to be contestants, a new Tomb Raider film is in the works, Zachary Levi & other SHAZAM cast members are writing stories for an upcoming Shazam comic and more! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 24, 2023 • 46min
Episode 1373 - Back to Basics!
Reviews: Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, The Last of Us s1 premiere, Star Wars: The Bad Batch s2 premiere, Velma s1 premiere, Willow s1, Jung_E WHAT'S THIS? A regular format podcast?! Yep! We haven't been doing many of these lately due to review specials, convention specials, etc. But we will try to get to doing more of them in the future if we can. Times are busy though! As usual, Jimmy recruits some of his favorite reviewer friends. Thanks to Ricky, Melissa and Therese! And Emily returns with the news which includes: a new GROOT series at Marvel, the DAWN OF DC initiative launches at DC Comics, SOUTH PARK returns and more. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 15, 2023 • 54min
Episode 1372 - S. Craig Zahler!
S. Craig Zahler (Writer/Director: Bone Tomahawk, Dragged Across Concrete, Brawl in Cell Block 99) joins Producer Joe to talk about his original graphic novel, Organisms From an Ancient Cosmos (Dark Horse). Craig talks about his creative process, passion for hard science fiction, and his long time love of the comic book and animation mediums. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 9, 2023 • 21min
Episode 1371 - More Best of 2022!
Last week, Jimmy, Producer Joe, Heidi MacDonald and Ricky Serrano Denis chatted about their personal Best of 2022! This week, Jimmy recruited many of his favorite reviewer friends to send in 3 of their favorite things in entertainment for 2022. Thanks to great friends Melissa, Marta, Jon, Steph, Ashley, Therese, and Edie! Some more great choices and some that weren't mentioned in last week's big show. What were some of your favorites? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 3, 2023 • 1h 36min
Episode 1370 - Our Best of 2022!
Jimmy and Producer Joe welcome back Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) and Ricky Serrano Denis (The Beat Staff Writer) to talk about our personal Best of 2022! As usual, it's purely subjective and it's what we read/saw in 2022. And we didn't read/see everything so there may be a lot we missed. Sorry about that but we think you will enjoy our picks. What were some of your favorites? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Dec 27, 2022 • 35min
Episode 1369 - A Christmas Catch-up with Jimmy & Joe!
Jimmy went upstate to visit Producer Joe for Christmas and they decided to do a little Christmas catch-up! They talked about stuff they've liked and maybe didn't like so much in comics, TV and film. They also teased next week's "Best of..." episode with Heidi MacDonald and Ricky Denis. Always a great time when the 2 CNI pals actually get together in person to record. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Dec 19, 2022 • 17min
Episode 1368 - New Christmas Viewing Jolliness 2!
Jimmy has a quick little episode to give you for some Christmas time off viewing ideas. He watched a bunch of new Christmas specials and is here to tell you about them. Which did he like best? Tune in to find out! What are some of the ones you checked out this year that you loved? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Dec 16, 2022 • 13min
Episode 1367 - Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide!
If you're like Jimmy, you are way behind on holiday gift buying! So he came up with a quick little episode with some items that the nerd(s) you love will enjoy. And please send any ideas our way so we can complete our lists too! Hope you pick up some of these. Good luck with the shopping! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
