On this episode of Word Balloon the San Diego Comic Con coverage begins. First a Spotlight Panel Featuring Eisner award winner Mike Norton , with a look back on his entire career culminating in his 2 current works, The Web Comic BattlePug and Revival with Tim Seeley.

Then the 8th Annual Comic Book Podcaster Panel Featuring John Mayo, Jimmy Aquino Collin Kilpatrick Heidi MacDonald Ben Blacker Brian Christman and myself.

Finally a conversation with JK Woodward & Keith DeCandido about their Kickstarter Campiagn for tyhe Original Graphic Novel DRAGON PRECINCT

Time Cues

  00:00   SDCC Mike Norton Spotlight Panel

  53:29   SDCC Comic Book Podcast Panel

1:48:11  JK Woodward & Keith DeCandido

On this episode of Word Balloon we begin a 2 part talk with Matt Fraction. We discuss his current Marvel Now! books Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, and FF. Plus his new Image series with Howard Chaykin Satellite Sam .

Pop Culture Futurist Rob Salkowitz returns to talk about the changes in the Comic Book Market and Pop Culture industries, with observations on this week's Image Expo, the rise of Digital Comics, and Crowd Funding. We also talk about where Geek Culture is in today's society, and should we be fearing the eventual backlash?

We wrap up with artist Sanford Greene who is proting a Kickstarter campaign to fund his animation studio Secret Sauce's latest preoject 1000.