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Comic News Insider

Your podcast for everything comic book, animation, sci-fi and pop culture!  

New episodes every Wednesday. Visit our official website.

Hosted by Jimmy Aquino.

May 30, 2020

In our 9th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) and Jimmy are joined by friends Jon Hoche and Emily Edwards. This week, we discuss actors in the live-action Batman universe. Many actors have played the same role over the years in different iterations on TV and film. From the 1943...


May 27, 2020

Reviews: Ludocrats #1, Whispers #1-6, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Snowpiercer series premiere, Stargirl series premiere

Jimmy recruits his regular audio reviewers Melissa, Jon, Marta and new addition Anthony to assist in this episode! A new comic, an older mini-series and a few new TV shows. News (thanks...


May 23, 2020

In our 8th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) and Jimmy are joined by friends Jon Hoche and Marta Balusek. This week, we discuss the cult film STARSHIP TROOPERS. Jimmy had never seen it until this week while everyone else is a big fan. Did he like it? Why does everyone seem to...


May 20, 2020

Jimmy celebrates Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month in this episode. He recruits friends to send in picks of favorite cartoonists of Asian descent. Thanks to Greg Pak, Robin Ha, Rafael Kayanan, Eunsoo Jeong, Qui Nguyen and Jon Hoche for sending in their recommendations. Some of those being celebrated are...


May 16, 2020

In our 7th episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) and Jimmy are joined by friends Joe Gonzalez (CNI Producer) and Anna Petterson. This week, we discuss must-read comics. Those comics you always see on the "Best of" lists every year. Books like Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home, American...