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Reviews: Avengers vs X-Men #0, Bloodstrike #26, New Deadwardians #1, Geek & Sundry channel, Nerdist Channel

Jimmy does his best Han Solo as he's sans co-host this week. He discusses some TV returns including Game of Thrones and The Avengers cartoon. Quick news bits from Emerald City Comic-Con about upcoming comic book releases Roundeye from Image, Sunset from Top Cow/Minotaur and a bunch from Dark Horse including a new Ghost series by Kelly Sue DeConnick/Phil Noto, webcomic hit Bucko gets printed, The Victories by Michael Avon Oeming and more! As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews: Dominique Laveau Voodoo Child #1, Hoax Hunters #0, Rebel Blood #1, Stan Lees Mighty 7 #1, Supercrooks #1, The Hunger Games

Jimmy is joined in studio again by frequent guest co-host and all around good pal Jon Hoche! The boys talk about the Shazam preview, the finished Heart mini-series by Blair Butler/Kevin Mellon, the TMNT movie, and the pending lawsuit against The Daily Show for using "CNI" in a report. Jimmy is finally getting some interviews up at Stated Magazine and he officially booked his UK trip to cover Bristol Expo and Kapow Con. New includes: WHO's Jenna-Louise Coleman?, Fringe will have a 5th season, Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome update, and UK Being Human gets another series. As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews: Avengers Assemble #1, Crossed: Badlands #1, Saga #1, Saucer Country #1, The Walking Dead season 2 finale

Jimmy is joined in studio again by frequent guest co-host and all around good pal Jon Hoche! Jimmy finally joins XBox Live and immediately gets addicted to Peggle. As well as the new Draw Something app on his iPhone. Be forewarned: There's a lengthy SPOILER FILLED review of The Walking Dead season 2 finale. News includes: IDW announces a slew of new titles, will The Ponds survive Doctor Who after all?, Chris Hardwick's new Nerdist YouTube channel announces line up, Felicia Day's new Geek and Sundry YouTube channel announces line up, Punisher in Space, new Captain Marvel from Marvel and Brian Wood is all about the X-Men. And for some reason, there's a lot of Shakespeare influenced stuff talked about this episode. ZOUNDS! As always, listener feedback (with a great guest suggestion), the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews: Age Of Apocalypse #1, Hell Yeah #1, Manhattan Projects #1, Night Force #1

Jimmy is joined in studio again by frequent guest co-host and all around good pal Jon Hoche! Lots of bourbon was consumed so it was pretty off the rails from the beginning. The boys talk about their appearance on Comic Book Club last week and discuss some of the recent Marvel teasers released. News includes: RIP Moebius, Marvel ReEvolution, Lionsgate brings Nic Cage comic book theft to film, The Walking Dead Facebook game, an Archie game for mobile devices, and a Pokemon champ loses his title for a "crappy" reason. As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

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Jimmy is joined in studio by frequent guest co-host and all around good pal Jon Hoche! Jimmy talks about his friend Michelle Vargas and her e-book Free Your Awesome while Jon recovers from closing the hit Off Broadway production of Agent G. The boys were also a bit rushed because Jimmy got asked at the last minute to be a guest on the awesome Comic Book Club live show down at The PIT. He dragged Jon along for the ride and they had a super fun time. You can hear them here! (Of course, listen to them in this CNI episode first!). News includes: Shazam gets a makeover, Jonathan Hickman leaving Fantastic Four and FF, Bloodshot film in the works, Jonathan Ross & Bryan Hitch new comic will be bigger and stay at $2.99, BioShock Infinite gets a release date, Archie Comics continues to tackle social issues and new Avengers Alliance game on Facebook. As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews: Conan The Barbarian Vol 3 #1, Mondo #1, No Place Like Home #1

Jimmy is joined in studio by Marvel's The Watcher host (and good pal) Lorraine Cink! They discuss her show, the Oscars, UK's Being Human, JK Rowling's new book, and Justice League: Doom. News includes: Lots from Image Expo like Brian Wood/Ming Doyle's Mara, Phonogramreturns, The Walking Dead gets their Governor, Moriarity the musical, Happy!, Bedlam, and Jonathan Hickman's The Manhattan Projects and Secret. Other news: Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Documentary is finally coming, Valiant debuts a talking comic book cover, Alan Ball is leaving True Blood, and a rare comic book collection sells for $3.5 million. Massive apologies for the LOUD pipe banging at the end of the episode. NYC buildings just love doing that at times. As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews: Glory #23, Peter Panzerfaust #1, Stephen King & Joe Hill's Road Rage #1

Jimmy is joined in studio by fellow podcaster Charly LaGreca (Indie Spinner Rack). They chat about Order of the Stick's Kickstarter, Katie Beaton answering your questions about the comics industry, and Charlie's adventures running the new Denver Comic Con. News includes: Jason's I Killed Hitler optioned for film, Jhonen Vasquez and Becky Cloonan on Fringe digital comic, Young Justice: Legacy and The Walking Dead video games coming, Angry Birds in space, andCommunity's Inspector Spacetime coming to the web! As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Jimmy went to the Paley Center here in NYC and attended the red carpet premiere of Justice League: Doom, the new animated feature from Warner Bros./DC. He got to chat with voice director Andrea Romano and Phil Morris ("Vandal Savage"). Alas, he missed out on chatting with Batman himself, Kevin Conroy. But, there is a great Q&A after the screening for your listening pleasure with Andrea, Phil, and Kevin! Go buy the DVD on February 28th when it comes out! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Reviews: Adventure Time #1, Kevin Keller #1, Murky World One Shot, Thief of Thieves #1, Justice League: Doom animated feature

Jimmy is joined in studio by some of the Vampire Cowboys Theater crew, Jon Hoche and Qui Nguyen! They have remounted their show The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G on the ol' Off Broadway stage so go see it if you're in NYC! They chat about Comic Book Men, The Walking Dead mid-season return, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer, and Geek Syndicate's new podcast Geek to Geek. Jimmy attended the red carpet premiere of the new Warner Brothers/DC animated feature Justice League: Doom at the Paley Center here in NYC. He got to chat with voice director Andrea Romano and Phil Morris and you get to hear a tease of those interviews here. A special One-Shot episode with full interviews and the post-screening Q&A will be released on Friday! News includes: Smallville Season 11 in comics, DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network, Marvel's The Watcher gets new host Lorraine Cink, New Mutants and Asgardians get exiled, Star Trek: TNG and Doctor Who crossover at IDW, and Course of the Force comes to Comic-Con. As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!

Jimmy attended the press luncheon for AMC's new reality show COMIC BOOK MEN which debuts this Sunday, February 12th at 10pm EST on AMCTV. He got the first 40 minutes of the press conference for your listening pleasure! Apologies for not the best of sound so turn that volume up! Creator of the series, Kevin Smith himself, led the discussion with questions from the press. Jimmy got a couple of good ones in himself! They even broached the subject that caused a bit of a kerfluffle in the comics community regarding the lack of women in the show. Kevin Smith invited Jimmy out to the set of the show the next day and Jimmy gives you his report. Make sure you listen to last episode 383 with interviews with Kevin Smith, Walt Flanagan and Bryan Johnson. Thanks to all involved especially Kayla at Ferencomm and Kevin's assistant Meghan. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!