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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
Episodes
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May 20, 2018 • 54min
Episode 849 - TCAF: Fantagraphics Special Pt 1 w/ Sophie Goldstein/Georgia Webber!
Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked to Sophie Goldstein and Georgia Webber. Sophie talks about her new book House of Women and her influences for it and her art. Georgia talks about her graphic memoir Dumb: Living Without A Voice and the difficulties of not talking for months. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 18, 2018 • 56min
Episode 848 - TCAF: First Second Special Pt 1 w/ Vera Brosgol/Jen Wang!
Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! In this episode, he talked to Vera Brosgol and Jen Wang. Vera talks about her current semi-autobiographical book Be Prepared and they even go off on a tangent about cooking. Jen talks about The Prince and the Dressmaker and Jimmy wonders if she could have a second career as a fashion designer. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 16, 2018 • 1h 9min
Episode 847 - TCAF Recap w/ Eddie Campbell/Audrey Niffenegger/Willow Dawson!
Jimmy went to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) over the weeekend and got a ton of great interviews! 13 total equaling about 5 hours of content. So you will hear all of them over the next 2 weeks! No reviews or news this week since it's the TCAF recap. Jimmy got friends Heidi MacDonald and Molly Kremer to send in their quick recaps as well. 2 awesome interviews in this episode. Jimmy sat down with Audrey Niffenegger and Eddie Campbell to discuss their new book Bizarre Romance. He also got them to talk about some of their more popular works The Time Traveler's Wife and From Hell. He also sat down with good pal Willow Dawson about her new book White As Milk, Red As Blood: The Forgotten Fairy Tales of Franz Xaver von Schonwerth. They discussed the dark and twisted fairy tales within. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 9, 2018 • 43min
Episode 846 - Training For TCAF!
Reviews: Avengers Vol 7 #1, Coda #1, DC Nation #0, Red Sonja/Tarzan #1 TCAF is approaching and Jimmy is madly prepping for it. Due to that, he has to fly solo but recruits friends to send in some audio reviews. Thanks to Amy aka The Frog Queen, Ashley Lanni, Erica Schultz and Rachael Smith. News includes: Gina Gagliano will serve as Publishing Director for the new Random House Graphic, the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special will have an all-female creative team including Babs Tarr/Tula Lotay/Leah Moore/Emma Vieceli/ Alex De Campi/etc, Bill & Ted 3 is happening and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 4, 2018 • 1h 23min
Episode 845 - La Vie en Podcasts avec Pénélope Bagieu!
Jimmy finally got to sit down with friend Penelope Bagieu for a lengthy interview about her new graphic novel, BRAZEN: REBEL LADIES WHO ROCKED THE WORLD. They chat in detail about the book, past work, music, film, comedy, travel, fans and her rap name. (Tune in to find out!). Enjoy this engaging, smart, thoughtful, and funny interview with one of the most interesting and delightful people around. And go buy that book! You'll love it! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
May 2, 2018 • 1h 4min
Episode 844 - Infinity CNI!
Reviews: Antar: The Black Knight #1, Hunt For Wolverine #1, Archer s9 premiere, Avengers: Infinity War In honor of the 5th anniversary of her first appearance, podcast wife Erica Schultz returns to co-host! She and Jimmy chat about Fear the Walking Dead and the Eisner nominations. Also, Jimmy sat down with friend Penelope Bagieu last week and talks about the special interview episode coming out later this week. Plus, Jimmy will be attending TCAF next weekend. News includes: the new animated series Star Wars: Resistance is under production, 3 iconic DC Comics storylines are getting novelized, Fleer Ultra X-men trading cards are making a comeback and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Apr 28, 2018 • 55min
Episode 843 - DINK! w/ Jeff Lemire/Joe Kelly/Jeffrey Brown/Tyrell Cannon!
Producer Joe went off to DINK! (Denver Independent Comics & Art Expo) and all he brought back was a lousy t-shirt! But, he got some amazing interviews with Jeff Lemire, Joe Kelly, Jeffrey Brown and Tyrell Cannon! Always great to have Producer Joe back in the field even if it makes Jimmy jealous he got to talk to such awesome creators. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Apr 25, 2018 • 1h 1min
Episode 842 - DINK! Tease w/ Charlie LaGreca!
Reviews: Action Comics Vol 2 #1000, Marvel Super Hero Adventures #1, Skyward #1, Black Lightning s1 finale, Westworld s2 premiere Jimmy's got a super tight schedule today & none of the regular rotating co-hosts are available so it's solo time! Fret not, he recruited pals to do some audio reviews. Thanks to Marta Balusek, Jonathan Baylis, Jon Hoche, Ashley Lanni and Heidi Martin for those awesome reviews! Also, Producer Joe went to Denver for DINK! (Denver Independent Comics & Art Expo). He chatted with old pal/show organizer Charlie LaGreca about the convention. He also got some great interviews with Jeff Lemire, Joe Kelly, Jeffrey Brown and Tyler Cannon. You'll hear that DINK! special later this week. News this week includes: Marvel is relaunching The Punisher comic series, Barnes & Noble is creating a kids graphic novel section, Ash vs Evil Dead is cancelled and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Apr 18, 2018 • 1h 5min
Episode 841 - Panda Expressers!
Reviews: Crude #1, Domino Vol 3 #1, Exiles Vol 5 #1, Robocop Citizens Arrest #1, Supermansion #1, Lost In Space, The Walking Dead s8 finale, Fear the Walking Dead s4 premiere 2 co-hosts this week! Jon Hoche returns and we welcome his good friend/recent Off-Broadway co-star Olivia Oguma! They chat about the upcoming Riverdale musical, Mike Mignola at MoCCA, Producer Joe covered DINK! and Jimmy checked out the Big Apple Con. News includes: Cathy Yan will direct the Harley Quinn film, Deadpool pop-up bars will appear in NYC & LA, Steven Spielberg is producing a Blackhawks film and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!
Apr 13, 2018 • 49min
Episode 840 - Maximum MoCCA w/ Robin Ha/Ken Wong/Alisa Harris!
Jimmy attended MoCCA Festival over the weekend and got some great interviews! Go to the last episode to hear his recap and an interview with John Leguizamo! In this MoCCA special, Jimmy chatted with Robin Ha (Cook Korean!), Alisa Harris (Cooking Up Comics) and Ken Wong (Origami Comics). They all have some great comic work that you should check out! Give it a listen, hear them talk about their comics and then run out and buy them! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening! p.s. Apologies for some bad feedback moments during the Robin Ha interview.
