Word Balloon Comics Podcast

Jacob Edgar Talks Rocketeer and The Ones

Artist Jacob Edgar has a cartoony style that evokes the work Bruce Timm. We talk about his worl with Bendis on The Ones for Dark Horse and The Rocketeer : The Island With John Layman for IDW

The Punisher and DC Westerns With Jimmy Palmiotti

Jimmy Palmiotti has worn just about every hat in comics, artist, writer, editor, publisher, and creator, but today we're focusing on some of the stories that have defined his career and some exciting…

Masters Of The Universe With Tim Sheridan

Tim Sheridan is back with a tie-in MOTU Dark Horse Mini series

Simpsons TV Tales and Bad Trips Mike Reis

One of the cornerstone ceators on The Simpsons and Co-Creator Of The Critic Mike Reis is back ! He has a new travel book Bad Trips which is collection of his Substack essays about his trips to some…

The Origin Of CBR With Jonah Weiland

For nearly three decades, Comic Book Resources was one of the most influential destinations in comics journalism. What began as a fan-driven website in the mid-1990s grew into a daily stop for comic…

MOTU Talk with Tim and Steve Seely

Brothers Tim and Steve discuss their coffeetable book The Art Of He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe from Dark Horse. From toy to tv series to horrible 80s film and the subsequent revivals. We…

RIP Anthony Head

Some brief thoughts on he actor's passing From Buffy's Giles  To Merlin's Uther Pendragon, To Rupert Manion on Ted Lasso, you could always count on a compelling performance

Entering The Twilight Zone With Tony Fleecs

Tony Fleecs and artist Andy Price have shown a very different side of their My Little Pony output crafting a tight one shot disturbing Twilight Zone for IDW call the Taxidermist

Brian Hurtt Talks Fort Psycho Hard Time and More

Brian Hurtt on Fort Psycho with Matt Kindt for Oni, we also chat about his long tiemcollaborations with Cullen Bunn on The Sixth Gun and The Damned. Plus we look back at his work with Steve Gerber on…

Supergirl Marvel and More W Rod Reis

Today on Word Balloon, we're catching up with one of comics' most distinctive visual storytellers, Rod Reis.Rod is taking on a huge creative challenge with DC's new Elseworlds Supergirl series,…

Deathstroke and Feral with Tony Fleecs

Today on Word Balloon, we're talking with one of comics' most versatile storytellers, Tony Fleecs.Tony first grabbed readers' attention with his creator-owned work, helping redefine horror comics…

Spider Noir and Star City Reviews With Larry Young

DaVinci Remixed With Richard Ashley Hamilton

Leo DaVinci is a YA adventure romp with a little dose of history as Hamilton depicts the great artist and inventor as a teen prodigy entering Florence and iscovering goverment conspiracies and action…

Speed Racer Space Ghost and The O.Z. With David Pepose

Into the 3rd Dimension, With Hilary Barta

Hilary and Chris Barnard join us to talk about recent 3-D projects , but no glasses needed to enjoy this convesation, where we cover the history of 3-D comcs and film.They adapted the 3-d film Robot…

Civil War and Other Marvel Hits from Christos Gage

Chris revisits The Civil War era with a new 5 issue mini series Civil War Unmasked. It features untold stories form that era. We also talk about Chris's work in the original mini series, plu Union…

Jeremy Adams Talks Knightfall GL Aquaman

Jeremy Adams Aquaman is the most exciting version of the character in many years. He's taking big comedic swings with Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner in Green Lantern. Both books have tremendous…

Grilling With Howard Chaykin

Howard Chaykin is back for a casual chat that includes detais of his Zorro run at Dynamite with Jorge Fornes,but mostly we go through obsevations on his brief stint at Atlas Seaboard creating The…

The Mandolorian and Grogu and The Boys Reviews

War Comics with Garth Ennis pt 2

From Feb, Barth talks about  Babs from Ahoy Comics, his savage sword-and-sorcery riff that weaponizes absurdity, blood, and pitch-black humor to skewer genre clichés while still delivering the kind…