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Episode 1417 - SDCC: Deb JJ Lee!

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We continue our San Diego Comic Con coverage with Deb JJ Lee. Their graphic novel debut, IN LIMBO, is an incredible autobiography about her teen years growing up as a Korean American trying to find their place in the world. Jimmy talks with them about the book's serious tone dealing with mental health issues, what it was like to navigate through their American teen years with Korean parents, friendships, discovering art, and more. A moving and touching tale. They also talked about inspirations, fun times and upcoming work. Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more SDCC interviews!

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We continue our San Diego Comic Con coverage with Deb JJ Lee. Their graphic novel debut, IN LIMBO, is an incredible autobiography about her teen years growing up as a Korean American trying to find their place in the world. Jimmy talks with them about the book's serious tone dealing with mental health issues, what it was like to navigate through their American teen years with Korean parents, friendships, discovering art, and more. A moving and touching tale. They also talked about inspirations, fun times and upcoming work. Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more SDCC interviews!

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Episode 1416 - SDCC: Dr. Andrea Letamendi!

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We continue our San Diego Comic Con coverage with Jimmy's annual therapy session with clinical psychologist friend Dr. Andrea Letamendi. They chat her various podcasts, psychology, Batman, Star Wars, Star Trek, bourbon milkshakes with bacon and more. They do get serious a bit as Jimmy opens up about his own mental health issues. Dr. Drea always gives great advice on how to cope and reach out. Always a wonderful talk! Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more SDCC interviews!

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We continue our San Diego Comic Con coverage with Jimmy's annual therapy session with clinical psychologist friend Dr. Andrea Letamendi. They chat her various podcasts, psychology, Batman, Star Wars, Star Trek, bourbon milkshakes with bacon and more. They do get serious a bit as Jimmy opens up about his own mental health issues. Dr. Drea always gives great advice on how to cope and reach out. Always a wonderful talk! Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more SDCC interviews!

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Episode 1415 - SDCC: Kwento Comics w/ Cecilia Lim/Waverley Lim/Kaitlyn Fajilan/Jenapher Zheng/Minerva Fox!

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We continue our San Diego Comic Con coverage with the amazing women of Kwento Comics! Jimmy discovered the all Asian/all female collective recently and was very excited to meet with them at SDCC as he is a fellow Filipino. He talked to the mother/daughter founders Cecilia and Waverley Lim, head writer Kaitlyn Fajilan, editor/art supervisor Jenapher Zheng and artist Minerva Fox. He chatted with them about how/why they started the company, their first series THE MASK OF HALIYA, the importance of Asian representation, Filipino folklore and more. Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more SDCC interviews!

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We continue our San Diego Comic Con coverage with the amazing women of Kwento Comics! Jimmy discovered the all Asian/all female collective recently and was very excited to meet with them at SDCC as he is a fellow Filipino. He talked to the mother/daughter founders Cecilia and Waverley Lim, head writer Kaitlyn Fajilan, editor/art supervisor Jenapher Zheng and artist Minerva Fox. He chatted with them about how/why they started the company, their first series THE MASK OF HALIYA, the importance of Asian representation, Filipino folklore and more. Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more SDCC interviews!

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Episode 1414 - San Diego Comic Con Recap! Interviews w/ Becky Cloonan/Nidhi Chanani!

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San Diego Comic Con has come and gone and Jimmy is EXHAUSTED! He got around 25 interviews, did 2 press rooms and a panel. Phew! You'll hear 2 of those interviews here with Becky Cloonan and Nidhi Chanani. Both amazing and fun chats. Also, you''ll hear his big recap of the show, who he interviewed, things he saw, people he met, etc. The big winners and losers. The good and the bad. Mostly a fun but exhausting time was had. Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more of those interviews!

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San Diego Comic Con has come and gone and Jimmy is EXHAUSTED! He got around 25 interviews, did 2 press rooms and a panel. Phew! You'll hear 2 of those interviews here with Becky Cloonan and Nidhi Chanani. Both amazing and fun chats. Also, you''ll hear his big recap of the show, who he interviewed, things he saw, people he met, etc. The big winners and losers. The good and the bad. Mostly a fun but exhausting time was had. Stay tuned over the next couple of months for more of those interviews!

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Episode 1413 - Putting the Comic Back in San Diego Comic Con!

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Jimmy is off to San Diego Comic Con on Tuesday morning so he thought he'd get this one out before then. With Hollywood backing out due to the writer's strike and now actor's strike, what will he cover?! Gasp! ACTUAL COMICS? Yup, you guessed it! He's got 20+ confirmed interviews with more possible confirmations over the next day or 2. He's been reading thousands of pages of comics to prep for it as well. Yes, he'll miss hobnobbing with the stars in those press rooms for TV/film but he's elated that the COMIC is back in Comic Con this year. In this episode, he briefly goes over his planned interviews and boy howdy are there a lot. He forgot to mention he's on a panel on Thursday as well. Come on by if you're attending:

Comics Journalism: Looking at Panels Beyond the Page. Convention Room 24ABC. Thurdsay: 4:30-5:30pm.

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Jimmy is off to San Diego Comic Con on Tuesday morning so he thought he'd get this one out before then. With Hollywood backing out due to the writer's strike and now actor's strike, what will he cover?! Gasp! ACTUAL COMICS? Yup, you guessed it! He's got 20+ confirmed interviews with more possible confirmations over the next day or 2. He's been reading thousands of pages of comics to prep for it as well. Yes, he'll miss hobnobbing with the stars in those press rooms for TV/film but he's elated that the COMIC is back in Comic Con this year. In this episode, he briefly goes over his planned interviews and boy howdy are there a lot. He forgot to mention he's on a panel on Thursday as well. Come on by if you're attending:

Comics Journalism: Looking at Panels Beyond the Page. Convention Room 24ABC. Thurdsay: 4:30-5:30pm.

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Episode 1412 - Top 3 x 5!

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We had so much Heroes Con coverage and Jimmy hasn't done a Top 3 in ages. So he decided to do 5 Top 3 picks. Yep, you old math wizard, that's 15 recommendations this episode! All comics! Hear his thoughts on:

1. FAMILY STYLE by Thien Pham
2. IN LIMBO by Deb JJ Lee
3. THE BOOKS OF CLASH by Gene Yang/Les McClaine/Alison Acton
4. RAIN by David M. Booher/Zoe Thorogood/Chris O'Halloran
5. COSMO KNIGHTS by Hannah Templer 
6. THE SECOND FAKE DEATH OF EDDIE CAMPBELL by Eddie Campbell
7. SNIPPETS: 52 WEEKS OF DIARY COMICS by Rachael Smith
8. MESSENGER: THE LEGEND OF MUHAMMAD ALI by Marc Bernardin/Ron Salas
9. A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Dan Santat
10. NIMONA by ND Stevenson
11. THE COMPLETE IRREDEEMABLE by Mark Waid/Peter Krause/Andrew Dalhouse
12. MEGA-CITY MAX ONE-SHOT by various
13. BARNSTORMERS by Scott Snyder/Tula Lotay
14. I'M JUST A DOG by Anya Driffill
15. UNSTOPPABLE TUFF GIRL by Bryan L. Mon/Merrill Hagan

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We had so much Heroes Con coverage and Jimmy hasn't done a Top 3 in ages. So he decided to do 5 Top 3 picks. Yep, you old math wizard, that's 15 recommendations this episode! All comics! Hear his thoughts on:

1. FAMILY STYLE by Thien Pham
2. IN LIMBO by Deb JJ Lee
3. THE BOOKS OF CLASH by Gene Yang/Les McClaine/Alison Acton
4. RAIN by David M. Booher/Zoe Thorogood/Chris O'Halloran
5. COSMO KNIGHTS by Hannah Templer 
6. THE SECOND FAKE DEATH OF EDDIE CAMPBELL by Eddie Campbell
7. SNIPPETS: 52 WEEKS OF DIARY COMICS by Rachael Smith
8. MESSENGER: THE LEGEND OF MUHAMMAD ALI by Marc Bernardin/Ron Salas
9. A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Dan Santat
10. NIMONA by ND Stevenson
11. THE COMPLETE IRREDEEMABLE by Mark Waid/Peter Krause/Andrew Dalhouse
12. MEGA-CITY MAX ONE-SHOT by various
13. BARNSTORMERS by Scott Snyder/Tula Lotay
14. I'M JUST A DOG by Anya Driffill
15. UNSTOPPABLE TUFF GIRL by Bryan L. Mon/Merrill Hagan

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Episode 1411 - Yet Another Review Special!

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Reviews: Gotham Knights s1 finale, My Adventures with Superman animated series premiere, Superman and Lois s3 finale, The Witcher s3 part 1, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime series premiere, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Nimona

We had so much Heroes Con coverage so we brought you another review special! Jimmy recruits some of his fave reviewer pals again this week. Thanks to Therese, Melissa, and Edie. It's all TV/film this time around and boy do we all have something to say about it. Did you watch any of this? Do you agree with us? Let us know what you think! 

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We had so much Heroes Con coverage so we brought you another review special! Jimmy recruits some of his fave reviewer pals again this week. Thanks to Therese, Melissa, and Edie. It's all TV/film this time around and boy do we all have something to say about it. Did you watch any of this? Do you agree with us? Let us know what you think! 

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Episode 1410 - Heroes Con: Ben Templesmith/Bryan Mon!

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Jimmy went down to Charlotte, NC to attend Heroes Con. He got 12 interviews over the weekend. In this final Heroes Con episode, he talks to old roommate/good pal Ben Templesmith and also to Bryan Mon. Ben and Jimmy basically just make fun of each other and were not sure if there's even any comic talk there but it's entertaining! Bryan talks of his comic Tuff-Girl, his work at Cartoon Network, current work at Disney and more. Also, get a hold of us!

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Jimmy went down to Charlotte, NC to attend Heroes Con. He got 12 interviews over the weekend. In this final Heroes Con episode, he talks to old roommate/good pal Ben Templesmith and also to Bryan Mon. Ben and Jimmy basically just make fun of each other and were not sure if there's even any comic talk there but it's entertaining! Bryan talks of his comic Tuff-Girl, his work at Cartoon Network, current work at Disney and more. Also, get a hold of us!

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Episode 1409 - Heroes Con: Angela Fernot!

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Jimmy went down to Charlotte, NC to attend Heroes Con. He got 12 interviews over the weekend. In this episode, he has a lovely chat with North Carolina local Angela Fernot. Angela talks about the anthology she works on with other locals, being a teacher, streaming online, favorite TV and more. Keep coming back over the next few weeks for more great interviews! Also, get a hold of us!

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Jimmy went down to Charlotte, NC to attend Heroes Con. He got 12 interviews over the weekend. In this episode, he has a lovely chat with North Carolina local Angela Fernot. Angela talks about the anthology she works on with other locals, being a teacher, streaming online, favorite TV and more. Keep coming back over the next few weeks for more great interviews! Also, get a hold of us!

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Welcome to COMIC NEWS INSIDER!

COMIC NEWS INSIDER is your weekly podcast for everything comic book, animation, sci-fi and pop culture! At least that's what our voice over friend says at the beginning of each episode. Starting back in April of 2005, CNI was one of the first comic book based podcasts. Since then we have expanded our coverage into more television, film, music, etc (usually things with a nerdy slant). Jimmy Aquino is your host with Producer Joe Gonzalez (original host) serving as...er...Producer!

In what we call our regular weekly format show, there are reviews of new comics/TV/film/etc., news and the Top 3 recommendations of the week. Many thanks to the amazing team of rotating reviewers whom send in audio reviews each week. During convention season, Jimmy travels to various shows and tends to get a load of interviews that are played out over the weeks following. Please check out our massive archives of past interviews from the world of comics, literature, TV, film, gaming, music, theater and more on the left.

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