Comic News Insider
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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 19, 2020 • 31min
Episode 1017 - Bat Nuggets!
Reviews: Alienated #1, Nebula #1, Superman: Heroes One-Shot, Duncanville series premiere Jimmy delivers a quick half-hour of nerdy goodness to you. Of course, with the help of friends Emily, Emmy, Marta and Jon! News includes: A Batman themed food extravaganza is opening in the UK this year, Tenacious D are doing a graphic novel, Mark Waid is new Humanoids publisher and more! Do tune in to check it out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 12, 2020 • 1h 11min
Episode 1016 - Oscar Winning Podcast!
Reviews: Adler #1, The After Realm Quarterly #1, The Man Who Effed Up Time #1, X-Men/Fantastic Four Vol. 2 #1, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3, Katy Keene series premiere, Birds of Prey Emily Edwards returns to the CNI studio to right some wrongs! The kids talk about the Oscars and that wonderful Parasite sweep as well as Phoenix's win in Joker. Loads of reviews in comics, TV and film and they get right into it. Some heated conversations about fight choreography, things portrayed wrong on TV and how some young actors have adopted this random/weird pause when they talk to another character. Do tune in to check it out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 7, 2020 • 1h 30min
Episode 1015 - Being EVIL with MICHAEL EMERSON!
Jimmy sits down with old pal of almost 30 years Michael Emerson to talk about series one (and that finale!) of his new hit CBS series EVIL. They also talk about other TV and film, acting, fun fan encounters and more. For newbies to the podcast, our interviews are more conversations and not your typical Q&A. So just think of it as 2 old pals chatting about stuff and 1 happens to be a famous person. :) If you are a big fan of Michael and want to share this to your website, social media, etc...we'd appreciate if you would link back to this episode page and COMIC NEWS INSIDER in general. Thanks! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 5, 2020 • 48min
Episode 1014 - Finales Special: Arrow/Evil/The Good Place!
Reviews: Arrow series finale, The Good Place series finale, Evil s1 finale Jimmy recruits some of his pals to send in audio reviews for the ARROW series finale, THE GOOD PLACE series finale and EVIL season 1 finale. ARROW brought us 8 seasons of the iconic DC Comics hero and created a whole superhero universe for The CW. We got 4 great seasons of THE GOOD PLACE that showed us both hilarity and heart. And EVIL is a brand new CBS show that walks the line of supernatural/horror with a great cast. Tune in later this week for a great interview with EVIL star Michael Emerson! Let us know your thoughts on these shows as well. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 29, 2020 • 36min
Episode 1013 - Me, Myself & CNI!
Reviews: Archie #710: Archie and Katy Keene, Atlantis Attacks #1, Green Lantern: Legacy, Quantum and Woody #1 Jimmy has to do a quickie solo episode so he recruits his favorite audio reviewers to help out. Thanks to Emily, Emmy, Jon and Melissa! News includes: Atari is building hotels, The Boys returns to comic books, a Doctor Who surprise and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 22, 2020 • 1h 2min
Episode 1012 - Crisis On Infinite Podcasts!
Reviews: Batman #86, Thor #1, The Adventures of Paddington, Avenue 5, Crisis On Infinite Earths Crossover Jimmy is joined in studio by good pal Jon Hoche! They chat about The Witcher (Jimmy finally started on it) and could have gone on for hours about the Crisis x-over on The CW. News includes: Random House Graphics launches, HBO says no more Watchmen, the animated series adaptation of Mike Maihack's comic Cleopatra In Space will premiere on NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Email Facebook Comic News Insider Thanks for listening!
Jan 15, 2020 • 36min
Episode 1011 - Another Review Special!
Reviews: Black Spot, A Christmas Carol, Doctor Who, Dracula, The Witcher, Jumanji 2: The Next Level, Star Wars #1 Another awesome review special! Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers (Melissa, Jon, Emmy) to help him review some TV with a film and comic thrown in there for good measure. Some you may have seen. Some not. Maybe we'll entice you to check them out then! Let us know your thoughts if you have seen any. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 8, 2020 • 1h 21min
Episode 1010 - CNI's Best of 2019!
As usual, we're just a bit late with our "Best of" list but we got there finally. Jimmy welcomes friends Heidi MacDonald and Jon Hoche to do their annual podcast picking their favorite comics, TV, film and more of 2019. This is the favorites that we read/saw/etc. We didn't read/see everything so there are probably some things that are left out that may have made it. Just our opinions! But we think many of you will agree with us. So much great content in 2019 and we barely scratch the surface on it all. What did we pick? Tune in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 2, 2020 • 54min
Episode 1009 - Happy New Year w/ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker & The Mandalorian!
Reviews: The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Happy New Year to all! We ended 2019 with some hot Star Wars action so we thought we'd chat about it! Jimmy recruited some of his favorite audio reviews to talk about The Mandalorian series on Disney+. Does Baby Yoda make it all worth it? Will The Mandalorian take his helmet off? Just how many celebrity guest spots were there? Jimmy also got some of the same folks to give their thoughts on the recent Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Where does Rey's journey end? Will Finn and Poe finally express their love? Does the saga end satisfactorily? You'll have to download and listen to find out what we think! Thanks again to reviewers Courtney, Emily, Melissa, Marta, Heidi, Jon and Steph! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Dec 25, 2019 • 43min
Episode 1008 - Happy Christmas Comics, Santa!
Reviews: The Crow: Hark the Herald One-Shot, Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas, Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special 2019, Jem and the Holograms Holiday Special 2015, Klaus and the Life & Times of Joe Christmas, Marvel Holiday Magazine #1-4, Donald Duckling: The Beauty of Christmas with Everyone, Archie Christmas Spectacular 2019 #1 Happy Christmas to all! Jimmy's Christmas present to you is this podcast. Since it is that time of year and everyone is busy, Jimmy recruits his favorite audio reviewer elves to read some Christmas themed comics. Thanks to Melissa, Emmy, Marta, Heidi and Jon! Santa even shows up for a minute before heading off to bring you your favorite gifts. The reviewer elves also tell us about their favorite Christmas movie. What is yours? Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
