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Our radio station, CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto, is having its annual fall pledge drive to raise money for great local radio. Justin asks for your support and explains how you can help. Cool RFK gifts are available! If you can, please donate by Oct. 1.

Edited by Justin Chandler

Our radio station, CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto is having its annual fall pledge drive to raise money for great local radio. Justin asks for your support and explains how you can help. Cool RFK gifts are available!

Shane Heron tells Justin and Jacob how Toronto's amateur comic creators hang out. He also tells them about his upcoming book "Morris," and "Black Hole Hunters Club," the swear-filled sci-fi book he draws.

Interview recorded on Sept. 7, 2017. Show originally broadcast on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. Edited by Justin Chandler.

The English market is dominating the comics industry, and Europe has a strong hold on the French side. Where does that leave Canada? Do we try and mimic the bigger industries or just do our own thing? We spoke to store owners and comic creators in Toronto and Montreal to find out the weird, unique state of French Canadian comics.

Originally broadcast by Rendez-Vous de la Francophonie and CJRU 1280 AM during the week of September 4, 2017. Edited and produced by Jacob Dubé.

It's a Radio Free Rewind! Listen back in time as Jacob and Justin talk with the writer and artist of "Life, Death & Sorcery" and "Obsolete Heroes," the very funny Danny Zabbal. They discuss comics, existential crises and how geeks are safer now. The first volume of "Life Death & Sorcery" should be out at the end of September.

Originally broadcast on Feb 2, 2017, on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. Original interview edited by Jacob Dubé. This rerun was edited by Justin Chandler.

Remember the Toronto Ice Storm? Artist and writer Jon Berg made a comic called "Blackout" about that frigid, frosty week. Justin and Jacob talk to him about the benefits of doing comics by hand and printing on nice paper.

This interview was recorded on Aug. 23, 2017. It originally aired on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto.

Edited by Justin Chandler.

Superhero sex? Musical numbers? Farting in the Batmobile? The new "Batman and Harley Quinn" animated movie has it all. Special guest Evan Hoffman joins hosts Justin and Mitchell to discuss the film, Harley Quinn as a character, and where DC animation is at.

Originally aired on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. Edited by Mitchell Thompson. Mixed by Justin Chandler.

Tune in as Jacob and Justin talk to Safiyya Hosein, a comics writer and researcher who's looking into the significance of Muslim superheroes in comics, especially Ms. Marvel and X-Men's Dust.

Originally broadcast on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. Edited by Jacob Dubé.

So you've made a comic and now you want to sell it. But how? Steven Andrews, production editor for the Toronto Comics Anthology, takes Justin through the process. From pitching your comic to stores, to selling it on consignment, to getting an ISBN number, it's all here.

Originally aired on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. Edited by Justin Chandler.

Here's the link to Steven Andrews article on how to sell comics: http://tocomix.com/index.php?page=distribution

Your cartoon-crazy co-hosts dive deep into Scott Snyder's six-year-long Batman run. With Court of Owls, Death of the Family, Endgame and more, how has Snyder changed the Caped Crusader?

Originally aired on CJRU 1280 AM in Toronto. Edited by Mitchell Thompson. Mixed by Justin Chandler.