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At TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival), Jimmy sat down with Jonathan Baylis to discuss his So Buttons collection and his appearance on Comic Book Men. He also chatted with Willow Dawson about her work on Avis Dolphin. And then chatted with Conor McCreery about the Kill Shakespeare hardcover and board game. Great interviews all! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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And yet even more TCAF interviews this week with ROBERT GOODIN and DAN BERRY!

Reviews: Injection #1, Mythic #1, Secret Wars #1-2, Swords of Sorrow #1, Agents of SHIELD S2 finale, Arrow S3 finale, Once Upon A Time S4 finale, Mad Max: Fury Road

Jimmy is joined in studio by good pal Jon Hoche for a big review filled podcast! They chat about the recent Supergirl and DC Legends of Tomorrow trailersMore interviews from the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) with Michel Fiffe (COPRA, All-New Ultimates) and Kagan McLeod (Infinite Kung-Fu, Kaptara). Both great, fun and informative interviews! News includes: Archie Comics cancels Kickstarter campaign, DC Comics Bombshells series on the way, Titan Comcs is releasing a 4 Doctor crossover comic mini-series, Asa Butterfield is the new Spider-Man, Disney is planning channels to revolve around Marvel and Star Wars characters/properties and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Even more TCAF interviews this week with JONATHAN BAYLIS, WILLOW DAWSON, CONOR MCCREERY, ROBERT GOODIN and DAN BERRY!

At TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival), Jimmy sat down with Jillian Tamaki to discuss her fantastic work on Skim, This One Summer and SuperMutant Magic Academy. They talk about her process on graphic novels and webcomics, working with her cousin Mariko, storyboarding Adventure Time, identifying/not identifying with characters in her work and even a fun tangent about Archie Comics!

Jimmy also had a chance to talk with Ed Piskor of Hip Hop Family Tree fame. They reminisced about some of their favorite old school rappers, characterization of some of the figures in the comic, the massive research for these comics, the style of art, why you should get the collections even though it's available as a webcomic, the rap scene today and more!

Both are fantastic interviews! Jimmy is a great admirer of both of their work and you will be too after hearing this podcast. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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And yet even more TCAF interviews this week with MICHEL FIFFE, KAGAN MCLEOD, JONATHAN BAYLIS, WILLOW DAWSON, CONOR MCCREERY, ROBERT GOODIN and DAN BERRY!

On the Sunday of TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival), Jimmy had breakfast with Chip Zdarsky. And just like the well known dinner podcasts from CNI, this was just as charming with food, drink and conversation. They chatted about Sex Criminals, Just the Tips, Howard the Duck, Kaptara, Prison Funnies, Monster Cops, brimping, and more! It was a fun and informative chat with comics hot new sex symbol/It Boy! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Even more TCAF interviews this week with JILLIAN TAMAKI, and ED PISKOR! And yet even more next week with MICHEL FIFFE, KAGAN MCLEOD, JONATHAN BAYLIS, WILLOW DAWSON, CONOR MCCREERY, ROBERT GOODIN and DAN BERRY!

Jimmy does it solo after planned co-host's schedules didn't permit them to hang. He got A LOT of coverage at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and shares just a few interviews. He talked to Andy Belanger (Southern Cross, Kill Shakespeare), Lucy Knisley (Displacement, Relish), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra in Space), and Babs Tarr (Batgirl). He gives his overall recap of the show which is basically that it's awesome and you should all attend! News bits include: Archie Comics launches Kickstarter campaign for "New Riverdale", new Thor identity revealed, the Flash/Arrow spin-off gets a name with DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Agent Carter gets picked up, Hugh Jackman says Wolverine 3 will be his last appearance as character, The Coldest City by Antony Johnston/Sam Hart will be adapted to film starring Charlize Theron, Brad Bird confirms The Incredibles 2 will be his next film, and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Even more TCAF interviews this week with CHIP ZDARSKY, JILLIAN TAMAKI, and ED PISKOR! And yet even more next week with MICHEL FIFFE, KAGAN MCLEOD, JONATHAN BAYLIS, WILLOW DAWSON, CONOR MCCREERY, ROBERT GOODIN and DAN BERRY!

Reviews: Mayday #1, Pisces #1, Scarlett Couture #1, Avis Dolphin, Cleopatra in Space: The Thief and the Sword, Gotham (season finale), Avengers 2: Age of Ultron

Jimmy is joined by good friend Melissa Dowell in studio. They chat about the Suicide Squad cast picture released and how Jimmy seems to have trouble with the English language lately. Jimmy is going to TCAF this weekend in Toronto and chats a bit about the show and the massive amount of interviews he has lined up. News includes: a Marvel/Netflix Punisher series may be on the way, the untitled Flash/Arrow spin-off will go straight to series and debut in January 2016 and LucasFilm confirms the long rumored new Indiana Jones film. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Reviews: Drones #1, The Infinite Loop #1, Kaptara #1

After a long absence, the podcast wife Erica Schultz returns! Jimmy is super tired and says some really dumb things in this episode like calling it Episode 603 when it is clearly 604. Plus, pronouncing Jared Leto's last name wrong even though he realized it later. What a maroon! They chat about the aforementioned Leto's new promo picture as The Joker, how RDJ's publicist wisely pulled him out of annoying interview, quick bits on some of the Convergence spin-offs from DC and Fun Home musical gets 12 nominations! News includes: DC Superhero Girls to launch, Jill Thompson working on Wonder Woman graphic novel, Frank Miller returns to Batman, Stan Lee partners with Peter David and Colleen Doran for his graphic memoir, an all female Transformers is coming, Sony is planning a new animated Spider-Man film, Dragon Ball returns to TV after 20 years and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Reviews: Archie vs Predator #1, The Fox Vol 2 #1, RunLoveKill #1, The Tithe #1, Orphan Black. Other Space

More MoCCA interviews with Monica Gallagher and Jamie Tanner! Jimmy is joined in studio by artists Melissa Dowell and Yao Xiao. They chat about all the trailers that came out last week including Star Wars, Jurassic World, Fantastic Four and Batman vs Superman. News includes: Archie gets a Sharknado, Revolution comes back in comic form, an X-Men is outed by telepathy, Silicon Valley Comic Con is coming, R2D2 will fly around the world, Jedis CAN marry, Patty Jenkins is new Wonder Woman movie director, a new Flash Gordon film is on the way, a live action Winnie the Pooh film is coming, a Galaxy Quest TV show is happening and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Reviews: Convergence #1, Rebels #1, Savior #1, Daredevil, Game of Thrones

It's the MoCCA recap and Jimmy is joined in studio by Producer Joe and pal Jon Hoche. Jimmy and Joe attended MoCCA Festival over the weekend and experienced some amazing small press comic book goodness! Jimmy interviewed Monica Gallagher, Dean Haspiel, Seth Kushner, Barbara Stok and Jamie Tanner. You'll hear Dean, Seth and Barbara in this episode and Monica and Jamie in next week's episode. Jimmy also cheated on CNI by appearing on 2 other podcasts last week. He was part of the annual Jay and Jack charity podcast for Autism Speaks and a guest on his friend Amber's Vodka O'Clock podcast (available next week). Jimmy and Joe gave their recap and thoughts on this year's MoCCA. Hint: It rocked! News includes: New Lego Dimensions game from Warner Bros., DC Comics leaves NYC for good, you can relive Superman 2 with Margot Kidder, Agents of SHIELD gets a spin-off, Olivia Munn is cast as Psylocke in upcoming X:Men film, new Spider-Man film will have teenage Spidey/no origin re-telling/new costume with "classic Spidey" feel, Brad Bird is working on The Incredibles 2, Lucy Griffiths joins AMC's Preacher cast and director Michelle McLaren leaves Wonder Woman film over "creative differences". Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Reviews: Convergence #0, Space Riders #1, UFOlogy #1, Uncanny Inhumans #0, Olympus, Outlander mid-season premiere

Jimmy is recovering from the epic 600th episode recording, so he invites Emily Edwards over to co-host and add some pep to the podcast! They chat about the absolute awesomeness of 600, Jimmy's finally seen all of The IT Crowd, he'll also be a guest on 2 other podcasts this week and they both remind everyone to watch Daredevil and Game of Thrones this weekend. News includes: Star Trek and Green Lantern will team up in comic book form, WonderCon moves again, Amped will be both a new Vertigo comic and USA Network TV show, Bazooka Joe gets redesigned, no end credits stinger in Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, the Star Wars digital collection is available this week, Paul Feig's new sci-fi comedy Other Space will debut on Yahoo Screen next week and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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