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Episode 1740 - SDCC: Olivia Dufault! 08/14/2026

Episode 1740 - SDCC: Olivia Dufault! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Olivia Dufault. They talk about her comics debut Prima Apparata, writing for shows like Preacher and Legion, playwrighting, ballet and much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42341645

Episode 1739 - SDCC: Katie Skelly! 08/12/2026

Episode 1739 - SDCC: Katie Skelly! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Katie Skelly. They chat about her new graphic novel HEAVEN, her 2nd tarot card deck, strip clubs, ending her “cool girl era” and much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42341315

Episode 1738 - SDCC: Renee Nault! 08/09/2026

Episode 1738 - SDCC: Renee Nault! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Renee Nault. They catch-up after way too long and talk about her new graphic novel Salvage, why she works in watercolor, fave cocktails and much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42341135

Episode 1737 - SDCC: Abigail Hing Wen! 08/07/2026

Episode 1737 - SDCC: Abigail Hing Wen! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Abigail Hing Wen. They talk about her short film connected to her novel The Vale, working with Lea Salonga, getting into directing and much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42325890

Episode 1736 - SDCC: Tini Howard! 08/04/2026

Episode 1736 - SDCC: Tini Howard! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Tini Howard. They chatted at the Ignition Pavilion about her comics Sicko, Marian Heretic, Sirens: Love Hurts, her Jeopardy! episode, The Vampire Lestat and much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42311380

Episode 1735 - SDCC: Nicole Goux/Dave Baker! 08/03/2026

Episode 1735 - SDCC: Nicole Goux/Dave Baker! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Nicole Goux and Dave Baker. They talk about their recent collab Punk'n Heads, how they work together, their individual work, Eisner nominations, Star Trek, And much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42297560

Episode 1734 - SDCC: Lauren Faust! 07/30/2026

Episode 1734 - SDCC: Lauren Faust! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Lauren Faust! What was the process in creating My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic? Does she have a favorite Powerpuff Girl? Why did she give Krypto a unique way of using the bathroom? And much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42263055

Episode 1733 - SDCC: Batman: Caped Crusader w/ Jamie Chung/Hamish Linklater/Matthew Needham/James Tucker/Geoffrey Thorne! 07/29/2026

Episode 1733 - SDCC: Batman: Caped Crusader w/ Jamie Chung/Hamish Linklater/Matthew Needham/James Tucker/Geoffrey Thorne! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview from the Batman: Caped Crusader press room. How did the actors find their character voice? What can we expect from The Joker? What new characters are appearing? And much more! Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42250610

Episode 1732 - SDCC Recap & Interview w/ Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts! 07/28/2026

Episode 1732 - SDCC Recap & Interview w/ Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts! Jimmy attended San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and is here to tell you all about it! What was the best part? The worst part? Did Thomas Lennon really hold his hand? Tune in to hear all that and more! He got 10 interviews with the likes of Lauren Faust, Tini Howard, Abigail Hing Wen, Olivia Dufault, Renee Nault, Katie Skelly, Rich Ting, Nicole Goux/Dave Baker, Dr. Andrea Letamendi and Ben Raab/Deric Hughes/Willi Roberts. He also covered the press room roundtables for the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader with co-showrunners James Tucker and Geoffrey Thorne along with series voice actors Hamish Linklater, Jamie Chung and Matthew Needham. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Ben, Deric and Willi whom are working on the new The Last Starfighter comic series together. They talk about continuing the story from the film, Ben and Deric's TV work, Willi's art, some comic teasers and more. Keep coming back over the next few weeks to hear all of the interviews from SDCC! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42238870

Episode 1731 - Off to SDCC! 07/21/2026

Episode 1731 - Off to SDCC! Reviews: Bury Me Already (It's Nice Down Here): Comics on Pregnancy and Parenthood, Heaven, Prima Apparata #1, Punk N Heads, Salvage, Sicko #1, The Vampire Lestat Jimmy is off to San Diego Comic Con! Interviews, press rooms, events, pop-ups, parties, food, drinks, friends and more! He talks about some of the press ops he has lined up, his ever changing-schedule and all the in-between. Follow him on the socials to stay updated! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42161340

Episode 1730 - Belated/Extended Top 3 Special! 07/17/2026

Episode 1730 - Belated/Extended Top 3 Special! Reviews: Agent Kim Reactivated, Jae-seok's B&B Rules!, My Royal Nemesis,Teach You A Lesson, Husbands in Action, Enola Holmes 3, The Romesh Ranganathan Show Jimmy’s beem watching a lot of Korean and English content and has a bunch of picks he thinks you’d like. From action packed and funny to charming and heartfelt. If you haven’t checked any of these out, then get on it! Next up...San Diego Comic Con! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42094695

Episode 1729 - Belated TV/Film Reviews! 07/15/2026

Episode 1729 - Belated TV/Film Reviews! Reviews: Avatar the Last Airbender s2, X-Men '97 s2, Colony, Masters of the Universe, Project Hail Mary, Supergirl, Toy Story 5 More reviews to catch up on! This time it's some TV/Film that Jimmy is catching up on. Did you see any of these? What did you think? Next episode will be an extended Top 3 special. And then...San Diego Comic Con! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42067480

Episode 1728 - Belated Comic Reviews! 07/14/2026

Episode 1728 - Belated Comic Reviews! Reviews: Absolute Catwoman #1 & 2, Dungeon Crawler Carl #0, Jay & Silent Bob: Jays of Future Past #1, The Last Starfighter #1, DC/Marvel: Superman/Spider-Man, Vampyrates! #1 All the Heroes Con interviews are finally done! Hope you enjoyed them all. Jimmy is behind on reviews so he is going to bring you some review specials this week. In this ep, you'll hear his thoughts on some recent comic book releases. Did you read any of these? Let us know what you thought. Next episode will be TV/film reviews. And the one after that will be an extended Top 3 special. And then...San Diego Comic Con! /episode/index/show/cni/id/42067410

Episode 1727 - Heroes Con: Josh Greathouse! 07/08/2026

Episode 1727 - Heroes Con: Josh Greathouse! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and this is the final one. Go back and listen to the other ones if you missed. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Josh Greathouse. They talk his epic comic BANG: THE BALLAD OF THE TIGER, inspirations, his YouTube channel, favorite comics and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41691890

Episode 1726 - Heroes Con: Kamille Rodriguez! 07/06/2026

Episode 1726 - Heroes Con: Kamille Rodriguez! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Kamille Rodriguez. They talk her recent comics work EATING TIME, working in advertising, her warrior art camp course, murder cats and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41691765

Episode 1725 - Heroes Con: John Lucas! 07/03/2026

Episode 1725 - Heroes Con: John Lucas! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with old pal John Lucas. They talk about GODZILLA VS AMERICA: TEXAS, MONSTER HANDS, FLASH GORDON and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41691615

Episode 1724 - Heroes Con: Bridgit Connell! 07/01/2026

Episode 1724 - Heroes Con: Bridgit Connell! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with yet another old convention pal Bridgit Connell. They talk about LADY BALTIMORE, CEREAL KILLERS, her YouTube channel, D&D and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41691445

Episode 1723 - Heroes Con: Mike Maihack! 06/29/2026

Episode 1723 - Heroes Con: Mike Maihack! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with another old convention pal Mike Maihack. They talk about his Spider-Man books, favorite characters to draw, love of Studio Ghibli, his upcoming graphic novel THE MOONLIT SPIRAL and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41687060

Episode 1722 - Heroes Con: Monica Gallagher! 06/26/2026

Episode 1722 - Heroes Con: Monica Gallagher! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with old convention pal Monica Gallagher. They talk about cryptids, her ongoing comic ASSASSIN ROOMMATE, her new NSFW adult comic EVENING ROUTINE, favorite horror and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41687045

Episode 1721 - Heroes Con: Bobby Timony/Nicholas Doan! 06/24/2026

Episode 1721 - Heroes Con: Bobby Timony/Nicholas Doan! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Bobby Timony and Nicholas Doan. They talk about their collaboration on Misfit Island, the Kickstarter for it, a dream project they’d love to work on together, their individual comic work and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41686985

Episode 1720 - Heroes Con: Mico Suayan! 06/22/2026

Episode 1720 - Heroes Con: Mico Suayan! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Mico Suayan. They talk about his start in comics, the comics scene in The Philippines, working for DC & Marvel, the tools of his trade and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41686945

Episode 1719 - Heroes Con: Elliana Esquivel! 06/20/2026

Episode 1719 - Heroes Con: Elliana Esquivel! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Elliana Esquivel. They talk about the differences from tabling last year to this year, how much she’s learned since then, her upcoming book, why surrealism in her work and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41686860

Episode 1718 - Heroes Con: Pornsak Pichetshote! 06/19/2026

Episode 1718 - Heroes Con: Pornsak Pichetshote! Jimmy attended Heroes Con the weekend of June 12-14. It's one of the best comic book conventions around where comic books are the star! The con is fun, comfortable, family friendly, stacked with talent and more. Shelton, Karla and the whole crew work their butts off to give you this amazing convention every June! Plan on attending next year so you don't miss out on all the nerdy goodness. Jimmy got 10 interviews at Heroes Con and you'll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you'll hear his interview with Pornsak Pichetshote. They talk about why he decided to go the serial killer route in Absolute Green Arrow, when we'll see more of his award winning The Good Asian, whom he thinks the next James Bond will be, his role in the CW's Arrowverse and more! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41680995

Episode 1717 - Heroes Con Recap! 06/16/2026

Episode 1717 - Heroes Con Recap! Jimmy went to Heroes Con over the weekend! He got 10 interviews total with the likes of Pornsak Pichetshote, Mico Suayan, Monica Gallagher, Bridgit Connell, Mike Maihack, John Lucas, Bobby Timony, Nicholas Doan, Elliana Esquivel, Kamille Rodriguez and Josh Greathouse. You’ll hear them all over the next few weeks. In this episode, you’ll hear his recap, breakdown, play by play and more! Whom did he hang with? Whom did he see? What was the best cosplay? What was the best place to dine? Why is Heroes Con one of the best comic shows ever? Tune in to find out! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41660220

Episode 1716 - Heroes Con Teaser! 06/08/2026

Episode 1716 - Heroes Con Teaser! Reviews: Junk Punch #1, The Ring: The Man Who Beat the Man #1, The Vampire Lestat, Mortal Kombat II. Jimmy is off to Heroes Con this weekend! Interviews lined up, dinners reserved and friends to be seen! He can't wait to return to one of his favorite conventions. Full of amazing comic book writers and artists. Producer Joe will be out of town on another super secret spy mission so we wont be releasing interview specials until the following week but then we'll be off and running. See you at Heroes Con! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41570120

Episode 1715 - Reviews & Picks! 06/02/2026

Episode 1715 - Reviews & Picks! Reviews: Absolute Green Arrow #1, Lobo #1-3, Spider-Noir, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Jimmy is still doing a little catch-up but is here to bring you some reviews and suggestions. He's madly prepping for Heroes Con next weekend as well. There will be a preview of that next week. Meanwhile, did you read/watch anything he talks about in this episode? Let us know your thoughts! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41512475

Episode 1714 - More TV/Film Reviews! 05/27/2026

Episode 1714 - More TV/Film Reviews! Reviews: The Boys s5, Daredevil Born Again s2, Invincible s4, Mating Season s1, Rick and Morty s9e1, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord s1, Stranger Things: Tales from '85, Hoppers, The Punisher: One Last Kill, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Jimmy watched some good TV/film over the past couple of months so he thought he'd share his thoughts on them. Another great review catch-up! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41435470

Episode 1713 - More Comic Reviews! 05/20/2026

Episode 1713 - More Comic Reviews! Reviews: Chicken Heart, The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss, Don't Be A Fucking Marshmallow: An Illustrated Guide to Revolution, The Shadower, MAD About DC #1, Eye Lie Popeye, Royals #1 & 2. Jimmy read some good comics over the past couple of months so he thought he'd share his thoughts on them. Another great review catch-up! /episode/index/show/cni/id/41359160

Episode 1712 - Sam Sattin! 05/12/2026

Episode 1712 - Sam Sattin! Producer Joe sat down with writer Sam Sattin to talk about the release of volume three of the Unico series from Scholastic's Graphix imprint. Sam shares some insight about the incredible opportunity he had to do a reimagining of the original Unico series by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, his creative process for writing this series, and his collaboration with the illustrator team, Gurihiru. Unico: Lost releases in July 2026. /episode/index/show/cni/id/41266650

Episode 1711 - Another Top 3x3+1 Special! 05/05/2026

Episode 1711 - Another Top 3x3+1 Special! Jimmy is doing some catch-ups on TV/film so he thought he'd do another of his extended Top 3 segments. A wide variety of things to check out. Did you see any of these? What did you think? Let us know if you've seen anything recently that you think we should watch. /episode/index/show/cni/id/41169950

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