From Cincy Comicon, first a career spanning spotlight with Kelley Jones  the incredible Batman artist talks about his time with the caped crusader, his influences, love of Horror, and many other great works 

Then The Chew Revival Panel.The Image books crossed over this year, and then the creators joined me onstage to talk about their careers, books and view of today's comic book business. With Rob Gillory, Tim Seeley Mike Norton and Jenny Frison

2 great panels from Cincy Comic Con.

First a one on one interview with the irrepresible Tony Millionare , the Creator Of sock Monkey Uncle Gabby and Drinky Crow, along with Billy Hazelnuts and others. Tony talks about his life, career path, and what the current market enviroment is like for an indie comic strip artist. You can read Tony's weekly efforts at his website makkies.com 

Then a live scene missi9ng film discussion with comic artists Jim Terry (The Sundowners) Hilary Barta (Simpsons Sponge Bob ) and Sean lDove (Revival The Last Days Of Danger) 

2 Great panels from The Cincy Comicon 

Fraction and Zdarsky face a live audiebnce for a free wheeling sex criminals Q&A session.

Then the real Southern Bastards Jason Latour Tony Moore Mike Norton and Mark Kidwell talk about their southern roots, and how their heritage influences their art and stories. 

Andy Schmidt joins us to talk about his time editing Marvel Cosmic, including the formation of the current Guardians Of the galaxy Roster, and The Comics Experience Online School, which has a new project deal with IDW.

The Batman At 75 panel from Cincy Comic Con With Kelley Jones, Time Seeley, Ben Templesmith and Jeremy Haun. A great discussion about The Caped Crusader

Franco & Scoot McMahon from Aw Yeah comics tell us about Spot on Adventure , a new funny web comic with a novel story tellling approach that readers can guide through their participation via Patreon.

On this episode of Word balloon, it's back to school as we tour the Chicago campus of The International School Of Comics. Instructors Emma Rand Annalisa Vicari and Robin Mckay sat down to discuss the school's philosophy of how to teach commercial art to prospecrtive students.

Then Steve Bryant drops in to discuss the upcoming Dark Horse Comics Athena Voltaire Compendium, collecting and remastering the entire series to date,  including many new pages of story content.

Finally a new Scene Missing Segment recorded live at Challengers Comics in Chicago. We play movie trivia game show style with artists Jim Terry and Hilary Barta