Fred Van Lente Luca Pizzari Talk Vampyrates and Trivia

July 07, 2026 4:23am 2:02

Fred and Luca discuss their blend of Vampires and Pirates That debuts Wednesday from BOOM! Studios . We also play a couple rounds of trivia with Crystal Skillman joining us. Fred and Crystal Also promote the return of th...

Why Are The Big Summer Films Failing

July 06, 2026 2:27am 2:14

Supergirl, Disclosure Day, Masters Of The Universe. Good studio films but not clicking at the box office. We examine why, and talk about other tv and films we've seen lately

SDCC Preview The Origins Of Comic-Con

July 05, 2026 4:13am 1:12

The Origins Of Comic-Con With Mathew Klickstein and SDCC CoOriginator Roger Freedman. Roger was one of the original teenagers who help started the show, and Mathew has been documenting the history of the con in Fantagrap...

Franco talks Extra Terrestrials

July 04, 2026 6:10am 1:03

It's a casual hang out with Franco, who's promoting a new YA Sci-Fi Kickstarter for a graphic novel with Jason May

wb bendis book club daytripper fabio moon

July 03, 2026 4:08am 1:49

Co-Author Of Daytripper Fabio Moon personally takes us through the book . Brian Bendis and I lead the discussion with the league of Word Balloon listeners and the Bendis discord. We also talk about how he and his brother...

Tomm Corker Talks Undying Love

July 02, 2026 6:51am 52 min

Tomm discusses his new Kickstarter campaign for a delux edition of the action horror epic Undying Love , and the return of his and Jonathan Hickman's The Black Monday Murders.

Paul Kupperberg Talks Supergirl and new novels

July 01, 2026 3:20am 1:16

I give a short spoiler free review of the Supergirl film. Plu Paul and I revisit his runs on Supergirl comics and he discusses 2 new novellas . The 1940s pulp hero The Blank, and a set fo Supernatural Mystery stoires A C...

Gabriel Hardman Batman GI JOE Rocketeer & Twilight Zone

June 30, 2026 12:04am 1:17

Gabriel Hardman returns to Word Balloon with a packed lineup of projects that showcase why he's one of comics' best writer-artists.We kick things off with the finale of Arcadia, DC Black Label's acclaimed team-up featuri...

One On One Ralph Macchio

June 28, 2026 5:34am 57 min

For more than four decades, Ralph Macchio has been one of the guiding hands behind some of Marvel Comics' greatest stories. Rising from an editorial assistant to Editor Emeritus, Ralph helped shape generations of readers...

scene missing 1959 on the beach

June 27, 2026 5:50am 1:09

On this episode of Word Balloon Scene Missing, we're taking a deep dive into one of the most haunting films of the Cold War era, Stanley Kramer's 1959 masterpiece On the Beach.Joining me are Gabriel Hardman, Ian Brill, a...

good troble comics with barajas ayden and sankovich

June 26, 2026 8:03am 1:12

Henry Barajas  (Gil Thorp Comics Strip) has two new comic stories coming in August under the Good Trouble Lable. We discuss them with GT Publisher Andrew Ayden (March)  and Editor Lauren Sankovich (Ultimate Spider-Man)

Shelly Bond Celebrates Sub Culture

June 25, 2026 2:52am 1:03

Shelly Bond has a new anthology bieng kickstarted called subCulture which looks at trends of fashion comics music at the club scenes through the decades. with creators like Peter Milligan and The Hernanez Brothers, with ...

Mark Russell Talks Firefly and Dog Tag

June 24, 2026 5:27am 57 min

Plus Racer X and a kickstarter for a new sci-fi book The Forgotten Divine 

Mark Waid's empire of stories

June 23, 2026 2:36am 1:18

Mark is back ro talk about JLU, Superboy in Acrtion Comics, and World's Finest. Plus 3 days left for his and Barry Kitson's EMPIRE crowd funder.He also previews Batman and Robin Dynamic Dous with Chris Samnee a Batman Su...

Frank Miller The Word Balloon Interview

June 22, 2026 12:57am 55 min

Frank has a new autobiography coming out. We discuss highlights of his seminal career,

E-motion Sickness Love Boat Ep 4

June 21, 2026 1:55am 1:04

We continue our Love Boat  Re-watch podcast.Our guest passenger Chris Giarusso joins us to discuss Charro's debut as recurring character April Lopez , the stowaway, who lept into our hearts for 9 future episodes.Plus, Bi...

Darth Vader Vs Superman Alex Ross

June 20, 2026 12:35am 1:34

From 2020 Alex discusses his UNSEEN art book featuring crossovers that were proposed but didn't happen Star Wars and The DC Universe, Star Trek Vs Star Wars, and many more.We also talk about his MARVEL anthology series f...

Steve Niles New Frights On The Way

June 19, 2026 12:00am 40 min

Steve Niles has spent decades redefining horror comics, from 30 Days of Night and Criminal Macabre to a long list of stories that brought genuine scares back to the medium. Today, Steve returns to Word Balloon to talk ab...

Absolute Jeff Lemire-Flash Firestorm JSA and more

June 18, 2026 4:22am 1:00

WB Playhouse Stacked Deck Vincent Price

June 17, 2026 12:06am 4 min

Welcome to Word Balloon Playhouse: Western Edition. Where through the magic of audio editing, I get to act with some of my favorite film stars in a short scene. Today we present Stacked Deck, starring Vincent Price. Pric...