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 27, 2019 • 53min
Episode 919 - You've Never Seen What?!!!
Reviews: Age Of X-Man: Amazing Nightcrawler #1, Hulkverines #1, Incursion #1, Sharkey the Bounty Hunter #1 Emmy Potter returns to the rotating co-host chair! They chat about the nerdy Oscars wins (among others) and go off way too many a tangent during the show. Jimmy almost ends their friendship when Emmy reveals she has never seen a super popular animated Disney film of icy proportions! News includes: a new line of 100 page DC comics are coming, Stan Sakai is bringing a new Yusagi Yojimbo series to IDW, Natalie Dormer joins the Penny Dreadful spinoff and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 20, 2019 • 32min
Episode 918 - CNI Powers Activate!
Reviews: Age Of X-Man Nextgen #1, Archie & Friends Music Jam #1, Hit-Girl Vol 2 Season 2 #1, Wonder Twins #1, Kim Possible, The Umbrella Academy Ali Sattar joins Jimmy for the first time in the co-host chair! They chat about Ali's big gaming background and whether Jimmy will actually try to play D&D with him one day. News includes: SpongeBob SquarePants celebrates his 20th anniversary, Greg Pak brings more Asian heroes to the forefront, Netflix cancels Jessica Jones and The Punisher and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 13, 2019 • 50min
Episode 917 - Intimacy Podcasting!
Reviews: Age Of X-Man Marvelous X-Men #1, Daredevil Vol 6 #1, Female Furies #1, GI Joe Sierra Muerte #1, Girl In The Bay #1 Emily Edwards returns to co-hosting duties! They chat about Emily's gigs as an intimacy director and what that means. They then get back on track to nerdy stuff! News includes: Aaron McGruder has quietly brought back The Boondocks, Broadway's original "Genie" in Aladdin will write a Spider-Man story, Wendy's hamburger chain chooses Marvel and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Feb 6, 2019 • 33min
Episode 916 - We Love You DestinyBlue!
Reviews: Age Of X-Man Alpha #1, Peter Cannon Thunderbolt Vol 3 #1, Powers In Action #1, The Shape of Elvira #1, The Punisher s2 Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers to help out with this "no co-host" show! Thanks to Jon, Marta, Heidi, Emily and Ashley! Jimmy shares about the incredible artist DestinyBlue and her recent struggle with her mental health issues. We love you, Blue! Hang in there! News includes: St. Mark's Comics is closing, Zack Snyder is directing a big zombie film, 3 DC Comics films are coming out in 2021 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 30, 2019 • 39min
Episode 915 - Grown Up Comic Book Readers!
Reviews: Avant-Guards #1, Blossoms 666 #1, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Vol 2 #1, Naomi #1, Oliver #1 Jimmy is joined in studio by his friend Karlin in her first (and not last) co-hosting gig! They chat about some of her fave manga/anime growing up and address the recent Bill Maher rant against comic books. News includes: the upcoming Patrick Steward led Star Trek series may see him out of the uniform, DC Universe expands their comic book library, Liefeld's Extreme Universe will not be going to Netflix and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 23, 2019 • 34min
Episode 914 - Spark CNI!
Reviews: Adventure Time Marcy & Simon #1, Black Widow Vol 7 #1, Invaders Vol 3 #1, Marvel Comics Presents Vol 3 #1, Star Wars Age Of Republic Special #1 No co-host this week so Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers to help out. Thanks to Heidi, Marta, Ashley, Emmy and Jon! News includes: Legendary artist George Perez is retiring, DC Comics is launching a reading campaign and Rob Liefeld is returning to Marvel Comics with Major X and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 16, 2019 • 44min
Episode 913 - Back to It!
Reviews: Captain Marvel Vol 9 #1, Young Justice Vol 3 #1, Bird Box, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Deadly Class series premiere, Doctor Who s11 finale, Gotham s5 premiere Emily Edwards returns to co-host! She and Jimmy skip all the banter and get right into all the reviews! They opine on some comics, TV and films. Will you agree? Are you Bird Boxing? Bandersnatching? Captain Marveling? News includes: Game of Thrones final season premiere date set, DC Comics joins Comixology Unlimited and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 9, 2019 • 1h 29min
Episode 912 - CNI's Best of 2018!
Heidi MacDonald of The Beat joins Jimmy for their annual "Best of 2018" picks! Best of what they read/saw and while it was a lot...it wasn't everything! Download to hear some of their favorite comics, TV shows and films. Will you agree? What did they leave out? What are your picks? So many great comic books in 2018 and you will hear about many of them here. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Jan 2, 2019 • 32min
Episode 911 - A Few of Our Favorite Nerd Things!
Happy New Year everyone! To celebrate, Jimmy decided to recruit friends/listeners to chat about their favorite nerd thing in 2018! From comics to TV to movies to conventions to games. We each pick one thing that we loved in the world of nerd in 2018. What did we pick? And will you agree? Tune in to find out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Dec 25, 2018 • 26min
Episode 910 - A CNI Christmas Gift For You!
Reviews: Archie's Christmas Spectacular #1, Barbarella Holiday Special, Jingle Belle: The Homemades' Tale, Merry X-Men Holiday Special, Mickey and Donald Christmas Parade Vol. 4, Superman's Christmas Adventure Happy Christmas to all! We thought we'd leave a little present underneath your tree from CNI. Hope you enjoy! Fun reviews on Christmas/Holiday themed comics from some of Jimmy's regular CNI audio reviewers. Thanks to Emmy, Marta, Heidi, Jon, Emily and Ali for their awesome contributions. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
