On this edition of the word balloon podcast, we speak with
writer Joshua Fialkov. We'll talk about his top cow books
Cyblade and his pilot season story Alibi, his new western
contribution in Image Comics Anthology Outlaw Territory,
and his new Dark Horse mini series The Cleaners.

Josh has been busy writing vampire stories. From wrapping
up his run on Vampirella, to adaptating the
first two Dark-Hunter vampire novels by bestselling
author Sherrilyn Kenyon, Night Pleasures and Night Embrace
in manga-style for Dabel Brothers Publishing.  

We also talk about Josh's new video work online as head
writer for the next chapter in the lonely girl 15 online
conspiracy suspense drama the resistance. Says Fialkov, "The show is shot cinema verte style... The story revolves around the idea that
the Fountain Of Youth is in the blood of tagreted girls, and the
secret organization is trying to bleed it out of these women...
If you want to see the future of entertainment, check out this show."
You can watch all the chapters here, http://www.lg15.com/theresistance/

On this edition of the Word Balloon podcast, writer Jeff Parker
is back to discuss his newest projects for Marvel. This week saw the debut of The Age Of The Sentry mini series. Jeff talks about fleshing out the chzaracter's silver age past, and the direction the character will take in the future.

We also get more information on he coming October battle between The Hulk and The Monster Of Frankenstein, and  next years debut of the ongoing Agents Of Atlas series.

Plus some background on  Giant X-Men First Class, and hints at a new direction for the First Class series. We also discuss his book of Alex Toth letters called Dear John, and the status of his creator owned property
The Interman .

Welcome To My Delerium. FE-mailers and message board posters  have asked how many character voices can I do, and why don't I do more on my podcast (honest, they have).

Here's a few. From my radio archives, some quick celeb parodies and animated voices from my repertoire.

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On this episode of the Word Balloon podcast, we wrap up our conversation with Brad Meltzer, who tells all about the inspirations for his latest novel, The Book Of Lies . Brad discusses the soundtrack specially created for the book, and talks about the pseudo docu-video about The Book Of Lies, featuring Brian K Vaughn, Joss Whedon, and Christopher Hitchens , among others. We go deeper into Brad's theories that writer Jerry Siegel conceived the idea of a bulletproof man called Superman, after the murder of his father in 1932. We also talk at length about Brad's goal to save the Siegel Birthplace via his auction website