Episode 1699 - MoCCA Preview! Interview w/ Caitlin Du!
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The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA Fest) is this weekend here in NYC and Jimmy gives a preview of his plans. He talks about the set up, location, exhibitors, vibe, planned interviews and more. Speaking of interviews, he had planned one with cartoonist Caitlin Du at MoCCA but since they both live in NYC, they decided to meet up early to chat. A lovely talk about Caitlin's comics, her love of Canandien geese, mixing serious tones with humor, art style, moving from China to the US and more.
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Episode 1698 - CNI Doesn't Win Oscar!
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Reviews: Exorcism at Buckingham Palace #1, 51 #1, Tigress Island #1, One Piece s2 Jimmy is ecstatic over the K-Pop Demon Hunters Oscar wins. And teases the upcoming episode 1700 recording. Thanks, as always, to reviewers Avery, Marta and Melissa. And to Emily for the news which includes: Netflix officially confirms K-Pop Demon Hunters sequel, Buffy reboot cancelled, a Firefly animated series may be on the way and more. Emily and Jimmy both editorialize about some of the news. They both have ties to Firefly fandom and give their opinions on it all. Jimmy fell out of the fandom years ago and...
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Episode 1697 - A Beautiful Scream!
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Reviews: Disney Villains: Gaston #1, Exploit #1, Nectar #1, The Beauty s1, Scream 7 Once again, Jimmy recruits some of his friends and favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Avery, Melissa, Steph and Erick. And to Emily for the news which includes: Mike Richardson out at Dark Horse, THE LAST STARFIGHTER gets a comic sequel, Nintendo sues over tariffs & more!
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Episode 1696 - CNI is the Goat!
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Reviews: New History Of The DC Universe: The Dakota Incident #1, The Rocketeer: The Island #1, Star Trek Deviations: Threads of Destiny #1, Universal Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera #1, Goat. Once again, Jimmy recruits some of his friends and favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Avery, Marta and Melissa. And to Emily for the news which includes: JLA/Avengers gets a reprint, Aladdin gets its own comic series, the Wolverine video game is coming & more!
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Episode 1695 - CNI Capybara CBD Gummies Decimation!
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Reviews: Death Fight Forever #1, Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1, Muppets Noir #1, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finale. Once again, Jimmy recruits some of his friends and favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Avery, Marta and Melissa. And to Emily for the news which includes: K-Pop Demon Hunters sequel delayed, Jay & Silent Bob in Marvel Comics, Hello Kitty comics & more!
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Episode 1694 - CNI in a One Piece!
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Reviews: Bleeding Hearts #1, DC KO: Boss Battle #1, Knight City #1, Murder Drones #1, Dracula Once again, Jimmy recruits some of his friends and favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta and Melissa. And to Emily for the news which includes: Mattel gets the TMNT toy rights, ONE PIECE is free to read, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE anniversary events & more! www.comicnewsinsider.com
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Episode 1693 - Back to the Nitty-Gritty!
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Reviews: Archie's Valentine's Spectacular #1, Archie x The Army of Darkness #1, Luna Snow World Tour #1, The Beauty, Fallout s2 finale, The Muppet Show, Wonder Man Our first regular format show in some time! Jimmy recruits some of his friends and favorite reviewers to help out. Thanks to Marta, Melissa and Dave. And Emily returns to the news desk! News includes: K-Pop Demon Hunters gets a comic, Sex Criminals gets a show, a power shake-up at Disney & more!
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Episode 1692 - K-Pop Demon Hunting in Jacksonville/Nerd Culture in the 80s vs Now!
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Jimmy jaunts down to his old hometown of Jacksonville, FL for a short mental health break. He meets up w/ childhood pals Ted and Edward along w/ Edward's son Evan for some podcasting. First, the 3 olds discuss access to nerd culture growing up in the 80s and compare it to growing up now. Evan talks about how he discovered his love of nerdy things and the ease of access to it all. The main chat is a revisit to K-Pop Demon Hunters. Ted had never seen it. So Jimmy badgered him into watching it w/ him the night before the recording. Jimmy and Evan have seen it many many times and Edward a...
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Episode 1691 - First Extended Top 3 of 2026!
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Top 3…uh…6!: One Battle After Another, This Is Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, Left-Handed Girl, Adolescence s1, The Elixir, Once Upon A Dance Time: Peach Boy Jimmy is back with some more great recommendations for you to check out! Check them out if you haven’t. And if you have, let us know what you thought.
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Episode 1690 - New Views Reviews For Youse!
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Reviews: Fionna and Cake s2, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Stranger Things series finale, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Dust Bunny, Predator: Badlands, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Wicked: For Good Another TV/film/streaming review catch-up! Some recent ones and some from end of last year for your listening pleasure. Did you check any of these out? Let us know your thoughts and if you agree/disagree with Jimmy.
info_outlineWhile on holiday in the UK, Jimmy also attended the Thought Bubble Festival comic convention. He got 19 interviews total. In this episode, you’ll hear his chat with his good pal/fellow podcaster Barry Nugent. Barry talks about his work as a writer and founding/hosting the Geek Syndicate podcast (and its spin-offs). He and Jimmy talk about the first day of the con, the differences growing up in the 80s in the UK vs the US, podcasting, K-Pop Demon Hunters, current fave comics/TV/film and just what they thought of that Alice in Borderland season 3 finale.
And that’s it for the Thought Bubble Festival coverage! Thanks to everyone for taking the time and to the powers that be at TBubs (that’s what us cool kids call it) for putting on another great convention! Go back and check out all the great interviews Jimmy got at the show.