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- 🇵🇹PT · TV & Film#3810K to 30K
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13K to 45K🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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45K to 149K🇮🇩67%🇵🇹20%🇭🇰7%+3 more - Active Followers
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18K to 60K
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Mark Russell Talks Firefly and Dog Tag
Jun 24, 2026
57m 35s
Mark Waid's empire of stories
Jun 23, 2026
1h 18m 29s
Frank Miller The Word Balloon Interview
Jun 22, 2026
55m 36s
E-motion Sickness Love Boat Ep 4
Jun 21, 2026
1h 04m 27s
Darth Vader Vs Superman Alex Ross
Jun 20, 2026
1h 34m 00s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 | Mark Russell Talks Firefly and Dog Tag | Plus Racer X and a kickstarter for a new sci-fi book The Forgotten Divine | 57m 35s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | Mark Waid's empire of stories | 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 Superman Weird Al team up, and clears up his viral video comment about the quality of new comics being made today vs old comics of the past. | 1h 18m 29s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | Frank Miller The Word Balloon Interview | Frank has a new autobiography coming out. We discuss highlights of his seminal career, | 55m 36s | ||||||
| 6/21/26 | E-motion Sickness Love Boat Ep 4 | 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, Bill Bixby pre-Hulk in a weird attempt at a dramatic story, and the first king of variety tv Milton Berle as a Practical Joker who never knows when to quit. | 1h 04m 27s | ||||||
| 6/20/26 | Darth Vader Vs Superman Alex Ross | 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 festuring stories by fols like Sal Abinanti Steve Darnall and Alan Weiss. | 1h 34m 00s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | Steve Niles New Frights On The Way | 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 about two exciting new projects that showcase both sides of his storytelling talents.First, we discuss Heartbreak Manor, his new graphic novel with artist Damien Worm, currently seeking support through crowdfunding. We'll talk about the origins of the project, the unique blend of horror and emotion at its core, and why Damien's atmospheric artwork makes him the perfect collaborator for the story.We also look ahead to a new prose collection featuring one of Steve's signature creations, supernatural detective Cal McDonald. For years, Cal has battled monsters, demons, and the darkest corners of the paranormal world in comics and prose alike. Steve shares what's in store for the latest collection and why he continues to be drawn back to the troubled investigator and his haunted world. | 40m 33s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | Absolute Jeff Lemire-Flash Firestorm JSA and more | No description provided. | 1h 00m 06s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | WB Playhouse Stacked Deck Vincent Price | 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. Price plays a smooth-talking gambler who arrives in town with a winning smile, a quick wit, and a reputation that makes honest men nervous. But when the stakes rise and tempers flare, the question becomes whether he's simply the luckiest card player in the territory,or if he's got a little more up his sleeve than a hidden ace. | 4m 04s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | Kelly Thompson Absolute Wonder Woman Buffy and Jeff | Along with the obvious detail about her Absoulute Wonder Woman run, Kelly previews her Buffy Angel cooks coming for Dynamite, a new Jeff Summer Special in July, and a lot about soap operas | 1h 40m 31s | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | The Secrets Of Lex Luthor By Eliot S! Maggin | Maggin has rleased his 3rd superman universe novel Lex Corp, a first person narritive of Luthor telling his own story. Now He also is reading the book chapet by chapter as a free weekly podcast. You can also hera him read his ast Son Of Krypton and Miracle Monday books as well. | 1h 01m 17s | ||||||
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| 6/13/26 | Jacob Edgar Talks Rocketeer and The Ones | Artist Jacob Edgar has a cartoony style that evokes the work Bruce Timm. We talk about his worl with Bendis on The Ones for Dark Horse and The Rocketeer : The Island With John Layman for IDW | 39m 25s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | The Punisher and DC Westerns With Jimmy Palmiotti✨ | comicsPunisher+4 | Jimmy Palmiotti | PunisherDaredevil/Punisher crossover series+3 | — | comicsPunisher+6 | — | 1h 23m 44s | |
| 6/11/26 | Masters Of The Universe With Tim Sheridan✨ | Masters of the Universecomics+3 | Tim Sheridan | MOTU Dark Horse Mini series | — | Masters of the UniverseTim Sheridan+3 | — | 1h 13m 47s | |
| 6/10/26 | Simpsons TV Tales and Bad Trips Mike Reis✨ | The Simpsonstravel stories+3 | Mike Reis | The SimpsonsThe Critic+1 | IranIraq | Mike ReisThe Simpsons+5 | — | 1h 03m 43s | |
| 6/9/26 | The Origin Of CBR With Jonah Weiland✨ | comics journalismdigital media+3 | Jonah Weiland | Comic Book ResourcesDC Comics+1 | — | Comic Book ResourcesJonah Weiland+5 | — | 1h 50m 53s | |
| 6/7/26 | MOTU Talk with Tim and Steve Seely✨ | He-ManMasters of the Universe+4 | Tim SeelySteve Seely | Dark HorseThe Art Of He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe+2 | — | He-ManMasters of the Universe+5 | — | 46m 29s | |
| 6/6/26 | RIP Anthony Head✨ | actor tributeAnthony Head+4 | — | BuffyMerlin+1 | — | Anthony HeadGiles+5 | — | 6m 05s | |
| 6/5/26 | Entering The Twilight Zone With Tony Fleecs✨ | Twilight Zonecomics+3 | Tony Fleecs | IDWMy Little Pony+2 | — | Twilight ZoneTony Fleecs+5 | — | 41m 13s | |
| 6/4/26 | Brian Hurtt Talks Fort Psycho Hard Time and More✨ | comicscollaboration+3 | Brian Hurtt | Fort PsychoThe Sixth Gun+2 | — | Brian HurttFort Psycho+5 | — | 56m 49s | |
| 6/3/26 | Supergirl Marvel and More W Rod Reis✨ | comicsSupergirl+4 | Rod Reis | Elseworlds SupergirlNew Mutants+1 | — | SupergirlRod Reis+6 | — | 1h 07m 14s | |
| 6/2/26 | Deathstroke and Feral with Tony Fleecs✨ | comicshorror+3 | Tony Fleecs | DC ComicsStray Dogs+2 | — | Tony FleecsStray Dogs+5 | — | 1h 09m 27s | |
| 6/1/26 | Spider Noir and Star City Reviews With Larry Young | No description provided. | 2h 12m 49s | ||||||
| 5/31/26 | DaVinci Remixed With Richard Ashley Hamilton | Leo DaVinci is a YA adventure romp with a little dose of history as Hamilton depicts the great artist and inventor as a teen prodigy entering Florence and iscovering goverment conspiracies and action adventure. | 1h 06m 46s | ||||||
| 5/30/26 | Speed Racer Space Ghost and The O.Z. With David Pepose | No description provided. | 1h 06m 03s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 | Into the 3rd Dimension, With Hilary Barta | Hilary and Chris Barnard join us to talk about recent 3-D projects , but no glasses needed to enjoy this convesation, where we cover the history of 3-D comcs and film.They adapted the 3-d film Robot Monster for a new German pblication, Chris also worked on the restoration of a 1950s Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film,"Money from Home" coming soon on BluRay from Kino Lober.We also talk about Hilary's Doctor Droom versus the1950s Marvel/Atlas Monsters story for the recent Marvel miniseries . Droom was the original template for Doctor Strange, and in the mdern era they changed him to Doctor Druid. Plus Barta's take on a Weird Al Yankovic song, in comic book form. | 1h 17m 41s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.
Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.