Neal Holman, the Art Director of the new FX animated series ARCHER joins us for a look at the show, his histry working on Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo, and what to expect as Archer's first season rolls on. Archer stars E Jon Hofman, Jessica Walters Chris Parnell Judy Greer, and Aisha Tyler , and airs Thursday nights at 10 E/P on FX

On this episode of the word balloon podcast,a conversation with the two producers of the Cartoon Network animated series Batman: The Brave And Bold, James Tucker and Michael Jellenic. We get previews of plots and characters that are coming up in this new second season. The series airs new epsiodes Friday Nights at 7:30 e/p

Through the conversation the guys get into many details about the previous DC animated series, and answer the questions of why shows Justice League and Teen Titans ended, despite their high levels of popularity with geek fandom.

Wanted to get this sneak preview of the next Word Balloon episode out, so you can hear the details before tonight's all new episode of Batman: The Brave and Bold airs on Cartoon Network. Show Producers James Tucker and Michael Jelenic gave great details of which golden age characters you can expect to see. From the Jay Garrick Flash, Wildcat, and two generations of Black Canaries, to the pre-title sequence featuring Detective Chimp, you'll hear a lot about the plot of tonight's story "The Golden Age Of Justice". The full WB episode with Tucker and Jellenic, which features more preview details of the new B&B season will be posted Monday.

On this episode of the word balloon podcast, writer JT Krul talks about his current and future projects. We discuss his successful mini series Blackest Night Teen Titans and subsequent Titans stories featuring Deathstroke, Jericho and Ravager We'll also preview his 40 page one shot Justice league Rise and Fall, the upcoming Arsenal mini series Justice League The Rise Of Arsenal and JT's run on Green Arrow beginning with issue #31 JT will also preview his new Aspen Comics modern day espionage series Mindfield, which debuts with a #0 issue in April. " We wrap up talking about JT's TV days on the production crew of Seinfeld, and his view of where network episodic television is, and may be going in the seasons to come.

The creative team behind The Punisher's strange new direction join me for a Frank (Castle) discussion about turning the Mob's most feared enemy into the hero of Marvel's subterranean Monster community.

2010 will be a pivotal year in comics, as Disney takes over Marvel, and Time Warner takes more direct control over DC Entertainment. I thought this was a good timeto re-post another "lost episode" from 2005.

Gerard Jones wrote an incredible history of comics fornative years, called Men Of Tommorow. The book focused on the creation of Superman, and the creative and business men behind DC comics, All American, and plenty of other publishers of the golden age.