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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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Mar 12, 2025 • 34min
Episode 1585 - CNI: Born Again!
Reviews: Blade Forger #1, The Herculoids #1, Daredevil: Born Again, Plankton: The Movie Back with more reviews! Thanks to Marta and Melissa for contributing. And our news anchor Emily returns too! (Sorry for the technical issue, E!). News includes: Kevin Smith goes to Riverdale, a Jack Kirby documentary is coming, Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho has a new zombie movie on the way and more! Some great recommendations in the Top 3! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Mar 4, 2025 • 28min
Episode 1584 - Feeling Venomous!
Reviews: Chilling Adventures Presents The Nine Lives of Salem One-Shot, Pop Kill #1, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Ravenous Some of CNI's best reviewers are back! Thanks to Marta and Melissa for contributing. And our news anchor Emily returns too! News includes: Image joins Sweet Shop, Mattel gets DC license back, Bong Joon Ho's next project will be an animated film and more! Some great recommendations in the Top 3! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Feb 25, 2025 • 28min
Episode 1583 - CNI Man!
Reviews: Hard Case Crime: The Loose End #1, Rick and Morty: Ricklemania #1, Win or Lose s1 premiere, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man s1 finale, Dog Man Another solo review show! News includes: Blackpink's Lisa is doing a comic book, DC and Marvel are crossing over again, another Avatar the Last Airbender spin-off is coming and more. Some great recommendations in the Top 3! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Feb 18, 2025 • 34min
Episode 1582 - CNI Never Dies!
Reviews: Green Lantern Corps Vol 4 #1, One World Under Doom, Cobra Kai series finale, Captain America: Brave New World Continuing our back to basics, Jimmy hits you with some reviews, news and recommendations! Did you read or watch any of the reviewed material? What did you think? Tune in to see if you agree with Jimmy or think he's a big dummy for his opposing opinion. Some great recommendations in the Top 3! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Feb 11, 2025 • 29min
Episode 1581 - CNInvincible!
Reviews: Invincible s3 premiere, Newtopia s1 premiere We return to the regular format show of reviews, news and recommendations! Jimmy flies solo as he only has a couple of reviews but they're good ones! And it's been awhile since we did some news but some big stories including a Buffy the Vampire follow up TV series and Joe Quesada's Amazing Comics! Jimmy gives a few recommendations in the Top 3 all inspired by a recent show his friends put on. Go check it all out! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Feb 5, 2025 • 22min
Episode 1580 - Another Comics Catch-up!
Reviews: Fortune and Glory: The Musical, Frankenstein: New World - The Sea of Forever #1, Kill Train #1, Lenore: Time War #1, Ultimate Wolverine #1, William of Newbury #1-4, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man animated series premiere Jimmy does a little catch-up with some comic books as he's way behind. A good mix of different types to keep it spicy! He also checks out the new Spidey animated series? Tune in to hear his thoughts on all! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jan 28, 2025 • 15min
Episode 1579 - Top 3+3!
Time for another multiple Top 3 special where Jimmy recommends things from any genre/medium that he thinks you should check out. This time, it's entertainment from his 2 of his favorite countries for TV/film, South Korea and the UK! Have you checked any of these out? If not, DO IT! You won't be disappointed. Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jan 21, 2025 • 16min
Episode 1578 - Animation Elation!
Reviews: Creature Commandos s1, Crisis on Infinite Earths Pt 1-3, Harley Quinn s5 premiere, Invincible Fight Girl s1, Ranma 1/2 s1, Sakamoto Days, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew s1 Jimmy has seen a lot of animation lately and decides to review it all. And cheekily adds one live-action show in the mix. He checks back in on the finales of some shows he reviewed when they premiered. Did they hold up to their promising starts? Tune in to find out! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jan 14, 2025 • 20min
Episode 1577 - More Best of 2024!
More best of 2024! This time from friends Marta, Dave, Emily, Ricky and Steph! They chose a lot of picks that we didn't cover last week or some we only touched upon. Of course, they're all great choices and I look forward to checking out ones that I didn't. You will too! What were your faves in 2024? Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!

Jan 7, 2025 • 1h 48min
Episode 1576 - Best of 2024!
It's our BIG Best of 2024 podcast! In the annual very lengthy podcast, Jimmy and Producer Joe invite friends Avery Kaplan and Heidi MacDonald to join in the fun. They each talk about their favorite picks of 2024 in comics, TV, streaming and film. While they all often have multiple picks per category, Jimmy still has trouble narrowing down his choices (as usual). Hang in there for the ride as there a tons of great picks from the gang! Of course, as we always say, these picks are what we read/saw and we didn't read/see EVERYTHING. Do understand if we don't talk about some of your faves. Let us know what they are and we'll check them out! Also, get a hold of us! Thanks for listening!


