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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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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Word Balloon Podcast Comic Con Coverage with Mike Norton The Comic Podcaster Panel & JK Woodward and Keith DeCandido



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On this episode of Word Balloon the San Diego Comic Con coverage begins. First a Spotlight Panel Featuring Eisner award winner Mike Norton , with a look back on his entire career culminating in his 2 current works, The Web Comic BattlePug and Revival with Tim Seeley.


Then the 8th Annual Comic Book Podcaster Panel Featuring John Mayo, Jimmy Aquino Collin Kilpatrick Heidi MacDonald Ben Blacker Brian Christman and myself.


Finally a conversation with JK Woodward & Keith DeCandido about their Kickstarter Campiagn for tyhe Original Graphic Novel DRAGON PRECINCT






Time Cues

00:00 SDCC Mike Norton Spotlight Panel

53:29 SDCC Comic Book Podcast Panel

1:48:11 JK Woodward & Keith DeCandido

Friday, July 05, 2013

Word Balloon Podcast Matt Fraction Pt 1 Image Expo talk W Rob Salkowicz & Sanford Greene's Animation Kickstarter


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On this episode of Word Balloon we begin a 2 part talk with Matt Fraction. We discuss his current Marvel Now! books Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, and FF. Plus his new Image series with Howard Chaykin Satellite Sam .

Pop Culture Futurist Rob Salkowitz returns to talk about the changes in the Comic Book Market and Pop Culture industries, with observations on this week's Image Expo, the rise of Digital Comics, and Crowd Funding. We also talk about where Geek Culture is in today's society, and should we be fearing the eventual backlash?

We wrap up with artist Sanford Greene who is promoting a Kickstarter campaign to fund his animation studio Secret Sauce's latest project 1000.