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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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Saturday, April 29, 2006
Wordballoon loves the OREGONIAN
Very kind of the state paper to mention our humble show in friday's entertainment section.
Two other podcasts worth mentioning are "Word Balloon" and "Radio Fanboy." Both give listeners about an hour of in-depth interviews and information on upcoming projects from the industry's top talents
Hope the comic creators out there take notice, and join me soon for a chat.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
LIFE UNDER THE SEA, WITH KURT BUSIEK
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Behind The Scenes of "52"
IN MAY, DC UNVEILS IT'S YEAR LONG
WEEKLY EVENT "52" . SINCE SEPTEMBER
OF 2005, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO TALK
WITH SOME OF THE CREATORS BEHIND THIS
EVENT.
TO PUT THE CLUES TOGETHER BEHIND THIS
EVENT WORDBALLON LOOKS BACK AT THE
COMMENTS MADE BY WRITERS MARK
WAID, GEOFF JOHNS, GREG RUCKA, AND
KEITH GIFFEN .
THE GUYS TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
OF CHECKING EGOS AT THE DOOR AND
TAKING ON THIS
VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGE . YOU'LL HEAR
FUNNY ANECDOTES ABOUT THE PROCESS,
THE CHARACTERS THAT SOME OF THESE
GUYS FIND DIFFICULT TO WRITE, AND THE
LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST EVENTS
THAT WENT WRONG.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
WONDERING, WITH ALLAN HEINBERG
A TRUE PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS IN DEPTH
CONVERSATION WITH ALLAN HEINBERG , WHO'S
WRITTEN GREAT COMIC STORIES IN A VERY
SHORT TIME.
WE TALK ABOUT HIS EISNER NOMINATED WORK
ON YOUNG AVENGERS , FROM DEVELOPING THE
CONCEPT TO WHERE HE AND ARTIST JIM
CHEUNG WILL TAKE THEM IN VOL 2.
PLUS A LOOK AT WONDER WOMAN, AS ALLAN
TAKES OVER WRITING THE NEW MONTHLY
SERIES DEBUTING IN JUNE WITH ART FROM
TERRY DODSON .
WE'LL ALSO LEARN HOW ALLAN DEALT WITH THE
TRANSITION FROM WRITING TELEPLAYS TO
COMIC SCRIPTS, AND COLLABORATING WITH
FRIENDS LIKE JEPH LOEB AND GEOFF JOHNS
Monday, April 17, 2006
SAUL COLT AND THE SSS COMICS LINE
SAUL TELLS US ALL ABOUT WRITING AND
PUBLISHING HIS
SSS COMICS LINE, FROM THE SEXY HERO
ADVENTURES OF
ECLIPSE AND VEGA, TO SCI ADVENTURE WITH
ZEN :BOUNTY HUNTER, PLUS THE TWO FISTED
ACTION OF DANGER .
SEE THE BOOKS FOR YOURSELF AT THE
SSS COMICS WEBSITE
AND LISTEN TO SAUL'S TALES OF LIFE ON THE
CONVENTION CIRCUIT , ENCOUNTERS WITH
SOME OF THE GREATS IN THE COMIC MAKING
BUSINESS, AND LOTS OF TV FILM AND COMICS
TALK.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Walking Through The Park With (Daniel) Way
Where are we going without ever knowing
THE WAY? Fastball's prophetic lyrics still
ring true.
Way shows us the path Wolverine is about
to take in the debut of his 2nd monthly title
WOLVERINE ORIGINS. The seeds Dan has
planted in his Wolverine run are about to
bloom, so it's fitting he spells out details
while strolling through the park, on an April
afternoon.
We'll also preview Dan's GHOST RIDER
series , find out what's happening with the
unfinished crime comic GUN THEORY, and
preview some other projects debuting this
year.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Writer Joe Casey-Ambassodor Of Godland
JOE GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON HIS
CONTINUING IMAGE SERIES GODLAND, WITH
TOM SCIOLI, PLUS TWO MARVEL MINI SERIES
FANTASTIC FOUR:FIRST FAMILY, AND IRON
MAN THE INEVITABLE.
PLUS WE TALK ABOUT BEN 10 THE CARTOON
NETWORK SERIES DEVELOPED BY JOE AND
THE OTHER CREATORS AT MEN OF ACTION ,
AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE UPCOMING EVENT
BOOKS FROM MARVEL AND DC, "CIVIL WAR"
"52" AND "ANNIHILATION".
Sunday, April 09, 2006
ANGEL OUT OF THE ALLEY with writer Jeff Marriotte
AS THE ANGEL TV SERIES CAME TO A CLOSE WHO MADE IT OUT OF THAT FINAL FIGHT IN THE ALLEY AGAINST THE MINIONS OF WOLFRAM 7 HART. WRITER JEFF MARIOTTE ANSWERS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN ANGEL:OLD FRIENDS, THE IDW MINI SERIES THAT RE-UNITES THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF TEAM ANGEL.
THE WRITER ALSO GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON HIS WORK ON THE
AGE OF CONAN NOVELS, HIS IDW WESTERN HORROR SERIES DESPERADO, AND WE TALK ABOUT HIS WORK WITH ARTISTS LIKE JOHN SERVERIN, JOHN CASSADAY , AND JEREMY HAUN , PLUS WHAT IT'S LIKE WRITING FOR LICSENED PROPERTIES LIKE STAR TREK, THE BUFFYVERSE, AND OTHERS.
Buffy's Master : Mark Metcalf Interview
SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS AND LOVES MARK'S TURNS AS
DOUGLAS NEEDAMEIER IN ANIMAL HOUSE AND THE
TWISTED SISTER VIDEO FOR "WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT"
BUFFY & ANGEL'S ARCH NEMESIS THE MASTER, AND
SEINFELDS RIVAL FOR ELAINE'S AFFECTION, THE
MAESTRO, BUT THAT'S JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN
HIS LONG ACTING CAREER.
WE TALK ABOUT HIS WORK WITH MANY OF THE TOP NAMES
IN FILM STAGE AND TV , FROM MIKE NICHOLS AND JOHN
LANDIS, TO JOSS WHEDON AND LARRY DAVID.
PLUS MARK TALKS ABOUT HIS CURRENT WORK IN
MILWAUKEE, INCLUDING A NEW PLAY, AND HIS RESTAURANT
NORTH OF MILWAUKEE, LIBBY MONTANA'S. WE RECORDED
THIS JUST BEFORE THE LUNCH CROWD HIT, ON A LATE
TUESDAY MORNING.
Friday, April 07, 2006
re-post Dan Slott
man that's frustrating. Sorry, it seems the occasional mp3 file gets snipped at the end, when I've been uploading things to my site.
Here's the full interview, including the last 8 minutes , which were snuipped from the first post.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Stand back, as Dan Slott whips out his THING
DAN'S SHE-HULK TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO FIND IT'S
AUDIENCE, BUT NOW FANS ARE WELL AWARE OF , AND
APPRECIATE THE BOOKS LIGHT HEARTED TONE, AND WRY
TAKE ON THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
DAN'S OTHER CURRENT MONTHLY, THE THING HAS THE
TONE OF IT'S PREDECESSOR, THE CLASSIC MARVEL
TWO-IN ONE, WHICH WAS THE DE-FACTO THING MONTHLY
OF THE 70'S AND 80'S.
DAN'S HERE TO TELL FANS WHAT THEY'RE MISSING IN THE
THING, PLUS WE REVISIT OLDER SLOTT RUNS, ON BOOKS
LIKE THE BATMAN ADVENTURES, ARKHAM ASYLUM , THE
TWO GUN KID, AND BIG MAX, DAN'S INDIE BOOK GETTING
A NEW REVIVAL THIS MONTH.
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