Speech Bubble

The podcast that goes one-on-one with the writers, artists, retailers, publishers, critics and journalists inside Toronto's comic book scene.

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Update frequency: every 12 days
Average duration: 66 minutes
Episodes: 133
Years Active: 2015 - 2020

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Ryan North

Those who think comic book geeks and computer nerds are two mutually exclusive groups have never met Ryan North. The Toronto resident and writer behind The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Adventure Time an…

00:54:36 | Tue 22 Nov 2016

Comics on Comics: Ben Miner

The first guest on our experimental Comics on Comics series, Comedian Ben Miner is the host of Comic Stripped, an interview show with comedy’s biggest names, on Canada Laughs – Sirius XM’s uncensored…

01:16:59 | Tue 08 Nov 2016

Nicole Marie Burton

Ad Astra Comix is a Canadian comics publisher specializing in comics with social justice themes. It was a mission first ignited in founder Nicole Marie Burton while reading the pulitzer-prize winning…

01:26:03 | Tue 25 Oct 2016

Yaron Betan

Yaron Betan is the director of a new documentary premiering on Oct. 14, 2016 at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto called Heroes Manufactured. It features many former guests of this podcast like Mark Shai…

01:07:57 | Wed 12 Oct 2016

Ricky Lima

Brampton, Ontario’s own Ricky Lima went from comic retailer to comic writer after being exposed to many seminal works in the medium. It was quickly evident that writing comics was his true calling af…

01:37:43 | Sun 18 Sep 2016

A. Shay Hahn

Kitchener, Ontario native A. Shay Hahn spent his childhood buying comics from the late legendary retailer Harry Kremer – namesake of the Harry Kremer Retailer Award presented to Canada’s best comic r…

01:24:23 | Fri 02 Sep 2016

Meaghan Carter

Meaghan Carter’s love of manga and anime informs all of the webcomics she does. Take Off features fantastical creatures working together with their human partners like Digimon or Pokemon. In a way, G…

00:53:29 | Fri 19 Aug 2016

Adam Prosser

The Strange Romance Anthology is a series of short romance comics with a genre fiction twist. Whether a fantasy, western, science fiction or something else entirely, love is always at the centre of t…

01:12:46 | Mon 08 Aug 2016

Mark Askwith

As one of the founders of the Space Channel and a producer on the homegrown genre fiction culture show Innerspace, Mark Askwith has more than made his mark in the long history of comic book fandom i…

00:53:54 | Sat 23 Jul 2016

Chris Watton

Chris is the owner, founder and curator for The Sidekick, (www.thesidekickcomics.com) a Toronto East End coffee and comic book spot. Chris wanted to have a combined shop since her high school days, l…

00:55:37 | Sun 10 Jul 2016

Marcus To

Comic artist Marcus To (Red Robin, New Warriors, Batwing, Soulfire and Hacktivist) stops by to discuss Joyride, his first creator-owned project, published by Boom Studios. He reveals how the story of…

01:13:06 | Thu 09 Jun 2016

D.A. Bishop

After opening the show with a tribute to Darwyn Cooke, (1962-2016) local Toronto indie comic talent David “D.A.” Bishop (@Renerd) drops by to talk about his ongoing fantasy title, Of Stone (available…

01:06:06 | Wed 25 May 2016

John Little and Jon Sufrin – The Salesman

Aaron tries mealworms live on air, which fits with the politics of consumption brought up by The Salesman — an original graphic novel from our guests John Little and Jon Sufrin. Little takes us throu…

01:15:32 | Fri 06 May 2016

Jay Clark – An Elegant Weapon Podcast

Aaron was introduced to Jay Clark after claiming that past guest Alice Quinn was the only comics journalist in Toronto – Jay is proof to the contrary. He is the host of An Elegant Weapon, a podcast t…

01:26:22 | Fri 22 Apr 2016

Shane Kirshenblatt

Shane Kirshenblatt is the former proprietor of the now shuttered Temple of Toys – a retro toy store which had its retail location inside The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery in Toronto’s Little Italy ne…

01:25:33 | Fri 08 Apr 2016

Kevin Boyd Part 3/3

Kevin Boyd is an integral builder of Toronto’s comic book community. He’s now the Comics Programming Coordinator for Fan Expo Canada and the Toronto Comicon, as well as the director of The Joe Shuste…

00:43:18 | Sun 20 Mar 2016

Kevin Boyd Part 2/3

Kevin Boyd is an integral builder of Toronto’s comic book community. He is now the Comics Programming Coordinator for Fan Expo Canada and the Toronto Comicon, as well as the director of The Joe Shust…

00:45:17 | Sat 19 Mar 2016

Kevin Boyd Part 1/3

Kevin Boyd is an integral builder of Toronto’s comic book community. He’s now the Comics Programming Coordinator for Fan Expo Canada and the Toronto Comiccon, as well as the director of The Joe Shust…

00:59:09 | Fri 18 Mar 2016

Aaron Feldman and Allison O’Toole

The editors of volume three of The Toronto Comics Anthology stop by to preview the new book, promote the Kickstarter campaign and detail their own careers writing and editing comics. Allison talks ab…

01:22:40 | Fri 11 Mar 2016

Brian Evinou / Debra Jane Shelly Memorial

We open another podcast from our archives in January 2014, just a few days after losing someone integral to Toronto’s comic book community. Debra Jane Shelly didn’t work in comics, but the mark she l…

00:54:28 | Sun 24 Jan 2016

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