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Reviews: Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child #1, Dying Is Easy #1, Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #1, Watchmen finale Jimmy is joined in studio by old pal Jon Hoche! They discuss the recent slew of nerdy trailers including Wonder Woman, Ghostbusters and Stargirl. They also saw that Watchmen finale and have a lengthy and spoilery talk on it all. News includes: Gary Larson The Far Side returns, Dynamite Entertainment introduces Dynamite Books and more! And have a rockin' Christmas if that's what you celebrate! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Fist of Justice #0, Rex Libris #1, First Strike #0, The X-Files: Origins #1, Darkstalkers #0, The Sadhu #1, Eartha Kitt: Femme Fatale #0, Niko and the Sword of Light #1, Lady Mechanika #0, Mercury Heat FCBD Edition.  It's Jimmy's birthday so he decided to give YOU a present. Free comics! Well, more like comiXology is giving them to you for free. He picked 10 random comics from their "free" section and had some of his favorite audio reviewers opine on them. Thanks to Melissa, Emmy, Marta, Emily and Jon for contributing. And apologies for the late upload as Jimmy is still recovering from said birthday antics. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Deadpool #1, Joker: Killer Smile #1, Glow vs. The Babyface #1, Heartbeat #1, The Mandalorian, Frozen II Jimmy is finally joined in the studio with a co-host! Someone he hasn't seen in about 10 years. Ashley Kate Adams sits in on the nerdy fun to discuss her upcoming film project Boy Hero as well as some of her other artistic endeavors. Boy Hero deals with the comic book trial of 1954 and how it affects a young boy named Mark and the revolutionary librarian Rae Lee. They also talk about that new awesome looking Black Widow trailer and Jimmy gives a recap of his time at this year's Anime NYC as well. News includes: the Doctor Who premiere, Ultraman and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got loads of interviews! He interviewed about 27 people and got around 7.5 hours worth of content. So over the next 2-3 weeks, you will get to hear them all! In this episode, you'll hear from creators Rachael Smith, Marc Ellerby, Laura Wildgoose and Matt Gibbs. Rachael chats about Stand In Your Power, her follow up to Wired Up Wrong that continues the discussion of her mental health with humor and warmth. She also mentions a new Flimsy book about a cat who doles out positive advice. Marc talks about his run on the Rick and Morty comics and what's next. Laura discusses her book The Midnight Hour and Matt chats about his comic Mulp. They both talk about their work with Improper Books as well. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got loads of interviews! He interviewed about 27 people and got around 7.5 hours worth of content. So over the next 2-3 weeks, you will get to hear them all! In this episode, you'll hear from Unbound creators Chuck Mullin, Reimena Yee and Tom Woodman. Chuck chats about her funny and poignant comic Bird Brain that deals with her mental health illness. Reimena talks about her stunning book The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya. And Tom discusses his upcoming sci-fi graphic novel Future. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got loads of interviews! He interviewed about 27 people and got around 7.5 hours worth of content. So over the next 2-3 weeks, you will get to hear them all! In this episode, you'll hear from Barry Nugent, Robin Hoelzemann and Conor Boyle. Jimmy chatted with old pal Barry to talk about his Unseen Shadows universe he created in books, comics, audio and more! Robin talks about 3 of her comics (After Hours, The Witching Hour, Curia Regis), what inspired them and her love of the fantastical. Conor chats about his work on Unseen Shadows: Blood Cries Out and some other recent work. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got loads of interviews! He interviewed about 27 people and got around 7.5 hours worth of content. So over the next 2-3 weeks, you will get to hear them all! In this episode, he talked with 3 creators whom have comics out with Avery Hill Publishing. While in London, Jimmy sat down with Katriona Chapman about her own comics, her job as Head of Marketing for Avery Hill and other works coming out from the publisher. At Thought Bubble, Jimmy chats to B. Mure about his amazing comics trilogy (Ismyre, Terrible Means, The Tower in the Sea). Charlot Kristensen talks about her upcoming work What We Don't Talk About as well as some of her other work. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

For anniversary episodes, normally there is a live recording at a bar with special guests, songs, comedy bits and more. This time for the epic 1000th episode, and due to busy schedules and time of year, Jimmy and Producer Joe decided to just go back to their roots and record the podcast together. While not in the same physical place to record, they did it over the internet and just did what they love to do. Chat nerdy things! They discuss the beginnings of the podcast, how the industry has changed since they started back in 2005, fave picks over the years and more. Tune in to hear them wax nostalgic and raise a glass to their 1000th episode! Leave your iTunes comments. 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening! =============================== A Note From Jimmy: Our first episode went up in April 2005 and we've been going strong ever since. I travel to conventions all over and have made friends for life. I get to interview people that I admire (and am a fan of their work) and sometimes we even become friends! I've interviewed more than your fair share of celebrities which is super fun and exciting. And teen Jimmy would never believe I'd meet and interview the likes of George Takei, D.M.C. and Stan Lee to name a few. However, I prefer chatting with cartoonists about their work most of the time. I've read tens of thousands of pages of comics, seen thousands of hours of TV/film. A lot of it I may not have checked out if it wasn't for doing the podcast. Since leaving my acting career in 2000, I hadn't really done much artistically. A brief flirtation with doing sketch comedy in 2005 for about a year. But the podcast has been my artistic output for years now. Sure we often just talk about comics, TV and film...but I also write/sing silly songs and do comedy sketches on it as well.  Because of the podcast, I was able to call myself a comic book writer! Albeit only a few stories in an anthology (Fat Chunk Volume 2: Zombies! from SLG Publishing) from years back but still pretty cool. And I've appeared in quite a few of your favorite comic books as well thanks to friends whom have written/drawn me in. Thanks to you all!  Comic News Insider changed my life for the better. The friends and connections I've made over the years are so memorable. I count people from all over the world as close pals and that's because of CNI. I sincerely hope we've brought people some joy with the podcast. Whether it's listening to an interview of a favorite or liking our reviews or news. I've only wanted to entertain and spread the gospel of comic books to the world! I'm not sure how many more years this will go on, but I hope you keep listening until then. Nerdily yours, Jimmy

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got loads of interviews! He interviewed about 27 people and got around 7.5 hours worth of content. So over the next 2-3 weeks, you will get to hear them all! In this episode, he talked with 2 creators whom have comics out with great UK publisher SelfMadeHero. Glyn Dillon talks about the re-release (with extras!) of his award winning graphic novel The Nao of Brown. They also talk about his work on the recent slew of Star Wars films and teases his involvement with the next Batman movie. Rob Davis and Jimmy have a lengthy chat about his amazing trilogy of graphic novels (The Motherless Oven, The Can Opener's Daughter and The Book of Forks). The world building, characterization, themes and more are explored in this fascinating and fun discussion. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jimmy attended the Thought Bubble Festival in Harrogate, UK and got loads of interviews! He interviewed about 27 people and got around 7.5 hours worth of content. So over the next 2-3 weeks, you will get to hear them all! In this episode, he talked with several creators whom have comics out with ComiXology Originals. Monica Gallagher discusses her book The Black Ghost along with her creator owned new comic Death Is A Mean Girl, WebToon comic Assassin Roommate and much more. Margaux Saltel talks about her work on Superfreaks and the process behind it. Greg Lockard and Tim Fish chat about their moving comic Liebestrasse. And Mark Sable converses about his 2 very different books out Dracula: Son of the Dragon and The Dark. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!