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The Weekly Pop Culture Audio Podcast Featuring In-Depth One On One Interviews and Discussions From The Entertainment Worlds Of Genre Fiction-
Comic Books, Novels, Television, Film, Video Games And More. Created In 2005 By Chicago Radio/TV Host John Siuntres

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Sunday, January 29, 2006

The Decompression Of Brian Michael Bendis

SURE MARVEL BEAT US TO IT, WITH THEIR 12 MINUTE PODCAST OF BRIAN AND ED BRUBAKER TALKING ABOUT DAREDEVIL... BUT WE GIVE YOU 60 MINUTES OF DECOMPRESSED BENDIS , TALKING ABOUT DD, NEW AVENGERS,TORSO, POWERS,JINX SPIDER-WOMAN, AND THE UPCOMING ILLUMINATI. A FASCINATING DISCUSSION, IN THE WORDBALOON TRADITION.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Mike Baron Interview

A real pleasure talking to the man who co-created Nexus with Steve Rude, no to mention The Badger, the original Wally West-Flash stories for DC,and over 5 years of The Punisher for Marvel. Mike indulges my walk with him down memory lane, plus talks about his current works, The Night Club from Image and The Hook from Big Head Press.

Monday, January 23, 2006

new toys in the attic Walter Hill interview

sorry folks, it's been a busy week, and then some. the Joe Gentile & Mike Baron shows are coming, along with a few more surprises. hope you've had a chance to check out some of the other episodes, and the additions in the TOYS section. Some funny bits, along with a 2003 interview with film director Walter Hill,who made 48hrs, The Warriors , and the producer of the hit HBO series DEADWOOD. We discuss his 2003 film UNDISPUTED starring Wesley Snipes, and Ving Rhames.

Friday, January 13, 2006

Geoff John's Crisis Of Infinite Titles



















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The hard part of this conversation is we're only midway through Infinite Crisis and all the upcoming changes in the DCU, so Geoff favorite phrase throughout the interview is "I can't go further than that.", but no worries. Geoff still manages to tell us a lot about his runs on Green Lantern, The Flash, IC, and the Teen Titans, plus we talk about his years working with film director Richard Donner, The upcoming Blade TV pilot, co-written with David Goyer . And some hints of the direction DC will be going in stories like One Year later, and "52"

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Thursday, January 05, 2006

Dwayne McDuffie & the future of JLU




















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Dwayne holds our hands, as we fans fret about the future of Justice League Unlimited on Cartoon Network , giving us a preview on the upcoming 9 new episodes (and yes, they are coming). Plus we'll talk about Static Shock, Damage Control, and Dwayne's latest comic effort , the new Fantastic Four Special with artist Casey Jones. Another fantatsic in-depth conversation. Podtrac Player

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Chuck Dixon Interview

CHUCK'S OUTPUT OF TOP NOTCH ACTION STORIES CONTINUES TO AMAZE AND ENTERTAIN FANS. WE TALK ABOUT HIS CURRENT WORK ON TEAM ZERO FOR WILDSTORM , IMAGE'S THE IRON GHOST, AND THE PHANTOM FOR MOONSTONE COMICS. WE ALSO LOOK AT CHUCK'S MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BATMAN MYTHOS,CREATING BIRDS OF PREY, AND BUILDING NEW DIMENSIONS TO CHARCTERS LIKE ROBIN AND NIGHTWING.

Sunday, January 01, 2006

A Mythic Discussion With Michael Avon Oeming

Mike Oeming can do it all. We all enjoy his amazing artwork featured in books like Powers, written by Brian Bendis, or the Current What-If Thor Was The Herald Of Galactus by Robert Kirkman. For the past few Years Mike's writing output has increased. We talk about his upcoming Marvel take on the Greek God Of War. ares, plus Red Sonja, Thor stories like Storm Breaker, Rangarok , and Blood Oath, plus a whole lot more .