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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Episodes

Kelly Thompson Talks Birds Of Prey Marvel work and More

Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 15 min

Dr Who The Star Beast Review

Plus reviews of Monarch and For All Mankind

Nov 28, 2023•2 hr 42 min

Aw Yeah Podcast The Fall Classic

Finally all the strikes are over and all six aw yeah panelists are back with new stories to share. Skoke has a new weird vynil album to share, lots of nerd TV and Movie talk and more

Nov 27, 2023•2 hr 56 min

JFK 60 With Kurt Matilla Co Prod Of Oliver Stone's JFK Documentary

Kurt talks about the 2021 film on Showtime JFK Revisited Thru The Looking Glass, a true crime investigation of the 1963 assassination. We also talk about him working with Steven Spielberg on Minority Report , comics and more

Nov 26, 2023•2 hr 30 min

Monarch and Godzilla Talk With Matt Fraction Part 2

More Questions and Conversation with The Co-Creator Of The New Godzilla TV series starring Kurt and Wyatt Russell on Apple TV

Nov 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Monarch and Godzilla Talk With Matt Fraction Part 1

Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min

DC Unpublished stories and more with Keith Champagne

Superman, The Joker and Green Lantern. Keith pitched and in some cases was working on these stories before DC pulled the plug on them. What happened?

Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 22 min

Cameron McWhirter Mild Mannered Reporter

The WSJ Reporter and Co Author Of American Gun tells us about his newsbeat, a crazy Thanksgiving Story, and how a military weapon like the AR 15 got in the hands of civilians through side stepping gun control laws

Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 17 min

Chris Eliopolous On Marvel, Xavier Riddle, and The I Am Kids books

Chris and Brad Meltzer are back with a New I Am Mister Rogers Book. We talk about Xavier Riddle and The Secret Museum from PBS Marvel stuff and more

Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 18 min

Sina Grace Talks Superman Iceman, and more

Sina wrote and drew an amazing new YA Graphic novel. We talk DC Marvel and more.

Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min

Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman Of Troma Films

A career spanning interview with the King Of The Underground Film Movement, Troma's Lloyd Kaufman

Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 10 min

Christian Gossett Talks Comic Book U

Chris is part of the UCLA Seminar this saturday featuring Howard Chaykin and Mark Waid. We talk about the details of the event, The Red Star graphic novels, plus Films and TV shows Chris has been working with.

Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min

Stories Of The 70's Comic Scene With Howard Chaykin

Howard tells stories of assting Gil Kane Wally Wood , Lessons From Dick Giordano and more.

Nov 14, 2023•57 min

Kelley Jones and Matt Wagner Part 2

More Dracula and Greatest Hits talk from Matt and Kelley

Nov 13, 2023•58 min

The Superhero In Prose, With The Crazy 8 Writers

Talking to Michael Jan Friedman, Paul Kupperberg and Geoffrey Thorne about Vol 3 of Phenomenons . A collection of Super Hero Short Stories

Nov 11, 2023•1 hr 17 min

Enter The Punisher With David Pepose

The New Punisher debuted this week, and David has all the details. Plus we cover his Moon Knight Series City Of The Dead, and a new horro comic from Mad Cave Studios

Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min

Tim Seeley Live from South Dublin Libraries Comic Fest

This episode was recorded before a live audience in Tallaght Library as part of South Dublin Libraries annual Comics Fest / Tim Talsk DC Marvel Hack S;ash GI Joe and his new creator owned series like Local Man from Image

Nov 08, 2023•55 min

Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4 review Marvel Movie woes and more

We talk about the wrap up of Lower Decks Season 4, the Variety Magazine Marvel in Distress article and more

Nov 06, 2023•2 hr 38 min

aw yeah podcast not to my interest

Jamie Farr once again provides us with fresh comedy . Plus post Halloween thoughts

Nov 05, 2023•2 hr 32 min

Bendis Tapes Masterpiece and More

Brian and Alex Maleev have a new crime comic out in December from Dark Horse

Nov 04, 2023•2 hr 40 min

Hero Initiative and Wizard memories With Jim McLauchlin

Jim is also promoting the upcoming UCLA comics seminar with Mark Waid and Howard Chaykin called "Comic Book U"

Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min

Vertigo and Summer Camp Memories With Shelly Bond

Shelly shares stories of Editing Izombie and Bodies (which is now a new Netflix TV Series) and talks about her new creator owned series looking back at the weirdness of summer camp.

Nov 01, 2023•2 hr 49 min

Star Trek Lower Decks Se 4 ep 9 review

Oct 31, 2023•2 hr 40 min

The Loeb Report Pt 2

finishing our conversation with Jeph Loeb. We start with how he broke into writing comics at DC with Challengers Of The Unknown. Plus what the Marvel writer retreats were like during Civil War, and other major story arcs, and many other fan questions of DC Marvel and more.

Oct 30, 2023•59 min