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Word Balloon Comics Podcast

1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres

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Simpsons TV Tales and Bad Trips Mike Reis

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2026/06/10

One of the cornerstone ceators on The Simpsons and Co-Creator Of The Critic Mike Reis is back ! He has a new travel book Bad Trips which is collection of his Substack essays about his trips to some of the scariest ports of call. From Iran and Iraq to The Ill Fated Titanic Submarine Tours. He scares us with tales of ABBA , the best food in the worst country, lots of Simpson TV writing tales and more.

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110:53

The Origin Of CBR With Jonah Weiland

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2026/06/09

For nearly three decades, Comic Book Resources was one of the most influential destinations in comics journalism. What began as a fan-driven website in the mid-1990s grew into a daily stop for comic book news, creator interviews, reviews, industry rumors, and commentary, helping shape the way fans followed the business and culture of comics online.Today we're talking with the man who started it all, Jonah Weiland. We'll go back to the early days of the internet, when comics fandom was finding its

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46:29

MOTU Talk with Tim and Steve Seely

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2026/06/07

Brothers Tim and Steve discuss their coffeetable book The Art Of He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe from Dark Horse. From toy to tv series to horrible 80s film and the subsequent revivals. We pour over the strange history of the franchise.We will review the film this Wed night on WB Live

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6:05

RIP Anthony Head

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2026/06/06

Some brief thoughts on he actor's passing From Buffy's Giles To Merlin's Uther Pendragon, To Rupert Manion on Ted Lasso, you could always count on a compelling performance

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41:13

Entering The Twilight Zone With Tony Fleecs

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2026/06/05

Tony Fleecs and artist Andy Price have shown a very different side of their My Little Pony output crafting a tight one shot disturbing Twilight Zone for IDW call the Taxidermist

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56:49

Brian Hurtt Talks Fort Psycho Hard Time and More

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2026/06/04

Brian Hurtt on Fort Psycho with Matt Kindt for Oni, we also chat about his long tiemcollaborations with Cullen Bunn on The Sixth Gun and The Damned. Plus we look back at his work with Steve Gerber on Hard Time, Gerber's last story

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67:14

Supergirl Marvel and More W Rod Reis

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2026/06/03

Today on Word Balloon, we're catching up with one of comics' most distinctive visual storytellers, Rod Reis.Rod is taking on a huge creative challenge with DC's new Elseworlds Supergirl series, serving as the complete artistic force behind the book. Writing the visual language, designing the worlds, drawing, painting, and bringing every page to life. The series imagines a dramatically different destiny for Krypton's last children. In this reality, Kara Zor-El and baby Kal-El share the same escape

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69:27

Deathstroke and Feral with Tony Fleecs

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2026/06/02

Today on Word Balloon, we're talking with one of comics' most versatile storytellers, Tony Fleecs.Tony first grabbed readers' attention with his creator-owned work, helping redefine horror comics with the Image hit Stray Dogs, the chilling tale that mixed Disney-style visuals with a dark serial killer story. He followed that with Feral, another unsettling animal-centered horror series that's been turning heads and proving he has a real talent for finding fresh angles in the genre.But Tony's talents

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132:49

Spider Noir and Star City Reviews With Larry Young

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2026/06/01

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66:46

DaVinci Remixed With Richard Ashley Hamilton

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2026/05/31

Leo DaVinci is a YA adventure romp with a little dose of history as Hamilton depicts the great artist and inventor as a teen prodigy entering Florence and iscovering goverment conspiracies and action adventure.

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66:03

Speed Racer Space Ghost and The O.Z. With David Pepose

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2026/05/30

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77:41

Into the 3rd Dimension, With Hilary Barta

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2026/05/29

Hilary and Chris Barnard join us to talk about recent 3-D projects , but no glasses needed to enjoy this convesation, where we cover the history of 3-D comcs and film.They adapted the 3-d film Robot Monster for a new German pblication, Chris also worked on the restoration of a 1950s Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film,"Money from Home" coming soon on BluRay from Kino Lober.We also talk about Hilary's Doctor Droom versus the1950s Marvel/Atlas Monsters story for the recent Marvel miniseries . Droom was

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64:57

Civil War and Other Marvel Hits from Christos Gage

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2026/05/28

Chris revisits The Civil War era with a new 5 issue mini series Civil War Unmasked. It features untold stories form that era. We also talk about Chris's work in the original mini series, plu Union Jack, Batlleworld, Avengers Academy , and his love for Hank Pym.We also talk about the new Spider Noir series from Amazon, and Chris's work on the Netflix Daredevil TV series.

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92:18

Jeremy Adams Talks Knightfall GL Aquaman

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2026/05/27

Jeremy Adams Aquaman is the most exciting version of the character in many years. He's taking big comedic swings with Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner in Green Lantern. Both books have tremendous supporting players as sickkicks and vilians. We also get into the animated adaptation of Batman Knightfall which introduced Bane and Azreal in the early 90s for a signinficant chapter of the Bat Mythos. . Adams is writing the first film, and the flick gets it's premire next month at an animation festival in

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79:21

Grilling With Howard Chaykin

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2026/05/26

Howard Chaykin is back for a casual chat that includes detais of his Zorro run at Dynamite with Jorge Fornes,but mostly we go through obsevations on his brief stint at Atlas Seaboard creating The Scorpion, then going to Marvel with Dominick Forutne. plus toughts on film tv and books .You'll also hear some shocking accounts of his time at National Lampoon Magazine. Strong Language advisory

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119:05

The Mandolorian and Grogu and The Boys Reviews

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2026/05/25

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57:52

War Comics with Garth Ennis pt 2

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2026/05/24

From Feb, Barth talks about Babs from Ahoy Comics, his savage sword-and-sorcery riff that weaponizes absurdity, blood, and pitch-black humor to skewer genre clichés while still delivering the kind of brutal action Ennis fans crave. It’s funny, ferocious, and very deliberately unserious, until it suddenly isn’t.From there, we shift gears into war stories, both old and new. Ennis talks about his long-running love affair with Johnny Red, the WWI and WWII aerial combat hero he’s revived through graphic

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44:36

War Comics With Garth Ennis pt 1

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2026/05/24

Garth discusses his comics Tankies originally published by Battle in The UK, and by Dead Reckoning in the US

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62:47

Garth Ennis The Boys pt 2

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2026/05/23

In this Terrficon Panel Garth Joe Ryband and I discuss the Boys comics and at the time the wrap up to season 3

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53:56

Garth Ennis The Boys pt1

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2026/05/23

The first of two interviews with Garth about The Boys. In psrt one from October 2020 Dynamite Editor Joe Ryband interviews Garth during the covid era. They also discuss Garth's Graphic novel Sara from TKO.

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