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ISR begins its look back at the summer in comics beginning with the MoCCA Art Festival! Derrick Kennelty-Cohen of MoCCA joins us for the last word on this year's show! From the new seventh floor to the off-site panels to the table prices and much more! Plus a look ahead to what's in store for next year!

ISR is joined by one of Mister Phil's longtime favorite creators! John Bergin joins us to discuss his exciting new upcoming project, a feature length animated film version of his brilliant 1995 graphic novel, From Inside! Plus, we talk about Bergin's other comics work: Golgothika, Ashes, Brain Dead, and more!

The Comic Book Podcasting: One Year Later panel from the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con! Featuring ISR's Mister Phil along with fellow podcasters Josh Flanagan (iFanboy.com), Ian Levenstein (Comic Timing), Jon Towry (Comic Talk Cafe), John Mayo (Comic Book Page)Scott Hinze (Fanboy Radio), and Jimmy Aquino (Comic News Insider)! Moderated by comic book writer and retailer Vito Delsante (Stuck, JSA Classified)! Audio recording courtesy of iFanboy.com!

The fourth episode of our seemingly never-ending 2007 MoCCA Art Festival coverage! We finally go through all the books we got at the show! Plus: roving field reports from Jeffrito with Pat Lewis & Matt Kindt! And SoyJoy!

Part Three of ISR's multi-episode wrap-up coverage of the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival! This episode features interviews conducted at the show including: Alex Robinson discussing his Lower Regions, Fun Home creator Alison Bechdel, Miss Lasko-Gross on Escape From "Special" as well as fellow House of 12 members Cheese Hasselberger and Jenny Gonzalez! Plus: Karl Kerschl, Hans Rickheit, Marek Bennett & more!

Part Two of ISR's multi-episode wrap-up coverage of the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival! This episode features interviews conducted at the show with Josh Bernstein & Steve Chanks of the newly relaunched Royal Flush magazine, Michael LaRiccia of the upcoming The Death of Black Mane and the Feared Self, Rob Reilly of Convention Confessional and Mauled!

ISR begins its multi-episode wrap-up covergae of the 2007 MoCCA Art Festival! It starts here with an overview of the show and post-show events, including some of the notable book premieres that sold out, the post-exhibitor registration party at Rocketship, the ISR dinner at the Golden Unicorn, the Top Shelf party, the Limerick, and much more!

One of our listeners' most requested guests finally joins us! Rob Walton talks with ISR about his gigantic political and social satire graphic novel, Ragmop! The long journey from self-published floppies to Image Comics to the vastly reworked new collection! From its Warner Brothers-esque sight gags to deep political commentary - this one has it all! Plus: a new contest gives you a chance to win a copy of Ragmop!

Charlito and Mister Phil are joined by special guest Andy Hartzell for a discussion of his new Top Shelf graphic novel Fox Bunny Funny! Spoilers abound, as it was hard to talk about the themes of the book without doing so! Also, we talk about his comedic mini-comic series Monday, that begins on the first day of the second workweek of Creation! Plus: Another report from Ryan Claytor as he continues his nationwide tour!

Charlito and Mister Phil are back - with The Mack! Our special guest, the wildly talented David Mack joins us to discuss Kabuki: The Alchemy, the DVD documentary The Alchemy of Art: David Mack, writing the 'Envy' issue of Se7en, his upcoming children's book, The Shy Creatures, and other projects! Plus Ryan Claytor checks in with another tour report, ISR hotline calls, and more!

Part Two of our special coverage from the Columbus Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo courtesy of ISR correspondents Lenny Cooper and Jeff Tundis! This episode features The Day Prize Awards hosted by Dave Sim and interviews with finalists Pat Lewis, Jim Coon, Michelle Arcand, Mike Dawson, Chad Lambert, Tom Williams, Christopher Studabaker, and Steve Peters! Plus interviews with SPACE founder Bob Corby, Paul Hornschemeier, Eric Adms, Max Ink and more!

Special ISR correspondents Lenny Cooper and Jeff Tundis bring us this special coverage from the Columbus Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo! They sit down with Cerebus creator Dave Sim and several members of the Cerebus Yahoo! group for a lengthy discussion spanning Dave's early years in comics and the genesis of Cerebus to his still-secret new project! Plus: Dave talks about choosing the winners of the SPACE Day Prize and the man the award is named for, Gene Day! Also: Ryan Claytor checks in with a report from his nationwide tour!

Liz Baillie unleashed! In this hysterical show ISR talks with Liz Baillie about her comic series My Brain Hurts, her webcomic Freewheel, her experiences in the world of mini-comics, giving Frank Miller a brick, and much more!

Part Three of ISR's trip to The Center for Cartoon Sudies! This episode we talk with the students, including several of the recently graduated class, about their experiences at CCS! Joining us are JP Coovert, Joe Lambert, Sam Gaskin, Chuck Forsman, Jon-Mikel Gates, Penina Gal, Emily Wieja, and Adam Staffaroni!

Part Two of ISR's trip to The Center for Cartoon Sudies! This episode we talk with CCS co-founder/director James Sturm about how CCS came to be, its present happenings, and plans for the future! Plus: We call the second lottery winner of a spot in Awesome!, the upcoming ISR anthology book!