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Word Balloon Comics Podcast

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

Episodes

Mike Oeming Checks In

Updates about his After Relm Kickstarter, the UFO book Blue Book, The Sci-Fi Adventure Galaxy Of Madness , and his new Dark Horse Series William Of Newbury

Jul 09, 20241 hr

Budd Schulberg On Old Time Hollywood and Boxing

On this Big Bout Podcast replay I present my convorsation with Hollywood and Sport Legend Budd Schulberg . Budd was of the Mad Men Age of magazines film and early tv . Had shared 80 years of memories. We discuss films like The Harder They Fall with Humphrey Bogart and A Face In The Crowd fighters like Jack Dempsey (who became a close friend) Max Baer and more .

Jul 04, 202459 min

ed brubaker talks batman caped crusader

a repost of my talk with ed brubaker who is the story editor of the new amazon show starting in auguust. ed assemnled the writers of this new series

Jun 26, 202439 min

Babylon 5 Marvel and DC memories with JMS

A replay of my 2018 interview with JMS about his book Becomming Superman. Many B5, DC Marvel and Other TV writing stories like the twilight zone and The Real Ghostbusters

Jun 18, 20241 hr 36 min

Fake News With Jonathan Hickman

My first ever chat with Jon pre-saged the current fake news era with his 2007 image series the nightly news

Jun 11, 202443 min

Andy Diggle On Elseworlds DC Marvel 2000AD and more

Andy is writing the DC Elseworlds comeback series Gotham By Gaslight The Kryptonian Age . We also talk about his 2000AD work, Vertigo's The Losers, Marvel's Daredevil Thunderbolts and so much more

Jun 02, 20241 hr 5 min

New Kelly Thompson Talks Birds Of Prey Eisners and More

Kelly breaks down the DNA of writing team books like Birds of Prey A-Force and how she creates gthe character team dynamics. We also talk about her eisner nominations this year, her substack experiences, and more

May 30, 20241 hr 24 min

Christopher Priest On Superman Lost

Priest was nominated for an Eisner for last year's epic Sci-Fi Superman story . The Man Of Steel seems to have only been gone for moments when in fact he's flung to the other side of the galaxy for a ten year odyssey. The experience has left Superman detateched and alienated from Lois.

May 27, 20241 hr 15 min

Liam Sharp Grant Morrison On Green Lantern

This was my first ever long conversation with Liam Sharp who just snagged his first Eisner nomination this year. In this 2020 chat we talk about his great run on GL with writer Grant Morrison

May 18, 202443 min

Tom Taylor Looks Back at Justice League and The Deep

This weekend some past conversations with this Year's Eisner Nominated friends. Here's my first on Air Chat With Tom Taylor rom 2013 about the angry JLA book Injustice and Tom's great undersea family adventure creation, The Deep (Netflix)

May 17, 202452 min
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