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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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More back to school sessions from Terrificon. A great discussion with Nick Spencer (Amazing Spider-Man) Charles Soule (Daredevil Star Wars :Poe Dameron) and Editor In Chief CB Cebulski

Our back to school podcasts begin with a candid talk with the newest political cartoonist on the block. Mike Norton's Lil Donnie shows another skill set in the artist's abilities. Great renditions of all the Trump players with sharp humor.... more

Bryan Edward Hill joins us talk about his Detective Comics Batman Black Lightning story that wraps up this Wednesday. We aklso talk about his work, writing for the new Titans TV Series debuting on the DC Universe Streaming... more

Steve Orlando is back to talk about his current Wonder Woman run, but also to preview his ambitious Electric Warrior mini series . We all know about Kamandi's time and the fall of Modern DC history , but what about the time after that... more

So pleased to welcome Joelle to the podcast and have an in depth discussion about her catwoman run which is just under way. Joelle tells us what makes Selina Kyle Tick, or purr. We also get into her collaborations with Jamie Rich... more

First Paul Kupperberg is back with tales of his writing and editing days. From his runs in the Superman universe to his early Charlton days. Paul not only has comic book tales, but he was also in DC's licensing department, which had him writing... more

An epic discussion with the acclaimed writer of Batman, and so much more. We talk about his early days at Charlton Comics, why did he leave DC for Marvel in the 80s and why did he return to DC in the 90s? We talk about the Knightfall... more

First Roy Thomas joins us to talk about his WW2 hero comics The iNvaders and All Star Squadron. We'd never be able to cver all of Roy's work in comics so expect more next month in panels at Terrificon. Then Ryan Stegman joins us to... more

The final Word Balloon Unconventional explores the two faces of Shazam First a conversation with DC Films New Shazam Zachary Levi. We spoke in June of 2014 about his organization Nerd HQ and the charity he supports... more

First Nicky Wheeler Nicholson talks about her grandfather Major Malcom Wheeler Nicholson the creative founder of what became DC Comics. There were several years of DC books before Action Comics #1 and Nicky talks about those early... more

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