Wordballoon, with John Siuntres

About Me

I'm John Siuntres a broadcaster, working in Chicago Radio and TV for over 17 years. In 1998 I was nominated for an emmy for my on-screen work.Word Balloon is a weekly entertainment podcast, featuring one on one interviews with pop culture creators in the fields of comics, film, tv, and games.Since debuting in the Summer of 2005, we've had great episodes with Brad Meltzer,Geoff Johns,Jeph loeb, Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Allan Heinberg, Dwayne McDuffie, Neal Adams, Thomas Jane, Walter Simonson, Colleen Doran, Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, Mark Waid, and dozens of others.In February 2006, we began a relationship with Brian Michael Bendis hosting THE BENDIS TAPES. These are semi monthly Q&A podcasts, where fans from his message board set the agenda for our conversations.My blog has some past interviews, but all the rest can be found at my site, www.wordballoon.lybsyn.com

My Interests

Politics, History, Sports, Music, Art, Film, Travel , and good storytelling,

I'd like to meet:

Smart people. who love good music, books, films, tv , and comics

Music:

Paul Weller Elvis Costello Stevie Wonder Neil Finn Junior Brown Lyle Lovett John Hiatt Tom Petty Bob Dylan Squeeze Frank Sinatra The Beatles James Taylor Earth Wind & Fire Ray Charles Bobby Darrin Johnny Cash T Bone Burnett Webb Wilder Oscar Petersen Thelonius Monk Dizzy Gilespie Dave Brubeck Joe jackson The Kinks The Who Dave Clark Five Genesis Peter Gabriel Peter Himmelman Mathew Sweet Michael Penn

Movies:

north by northwest the sting all the president men 3 days of the condor danger diabolik rififi nine queens croupier sin city the james bond films (well, most of them) uptown saturday night diner continental divide the blues brothers animal house caddyshack the mark of zorro(ty power) captian blood the adv of robin hood gentleman jim the set up raging bull the godfather trilogy (yes, even 3) the first 4 planet of the ape films (classic, not tim burton) Batman Begins the great white hope the hurricane

Television:

The Larry Sanders Show Barney Miller Mr Show Father Ted SCTV The Newsroom The Office Family Guy Battlestar galactica Doctor who MI-5 (Spooks) Gunsmoke Columbo The Prisoner Danger man Life on mars The Sandbaggers the young ones wire in the blood Rebus The Vice My Hero curb your enthusiasim the sopranos dream on farscape

Books:

Robert Parker Greg Rucka Brad Meltzer Elmore Leonard Walter Mosley Thomas Hauser Aj Liebling Budd Schulberg Norman Mailer George Plimpton Neil Gaiman Nick Hornby Michael Chabon Brian Bendis Ed Brubaker Brian Azzarello Jeph Loeb Mark Waid Mark Millar Dennis O'Neil Raymond Chandler Warren Ellis Grant Morrison Brian K Vaughn

Heroes:

My dad James J Siuntres Edwrad R Murrow AJ Liebling Budd Schulberg Quincy Jones Will Eisner Steve Dahl Muhammad Ali Howard K Smith Ralph Nader Maurice White Neil Armstrong John Glenn Walter Cronkite Ken Burns Sid Ceasar Mel Brooks Carl Reiner

My Blog

Hey, what’s with all the Re-Runs?

Hi folks, Just wanted to explain why I’m re-posting a bunch of my older podcasts from Word Balloon’s first year... The old eps were posted in a different RSS feed, and at a time when more ...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:00:00 PST

Marty Pasko On DC’s Bronze Age, And Beyond !

Word Balloon presents this 2 part chat with writer Marty Pasko. Part 1 Part 2 He started his career as a freelance writer, but soon worked his way through the...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:01:00 PST

Mike Wieringo, A Tribute

In tribute to the life and career of master artist Mike Wieringo, Word Balloon presents this 2005 interview. Mike was the first comic book creator to approach me about Word Balloon, rather than the ot...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:23:00 PST

Tales Of The Un-Conventional

Tales Of the Un-Conventional We're in that "twilight zone" time between two big conventions, post San Diego, but pre Wizard Chicago. To tide us over till the news from the windy city start pouring i...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:06:00 PST

This week at Newsarama 4 episodes through the start of SDCC

We're cranking out new eps from now through thursday morning . We've already begun with Christos Gage and part 5 of the bendis tapes. And we'll continue with a new chat with Dan Brereton, and the...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:19:00 PST

Sean McKeever talks BOP TT & Ray Palmer

http://media.libsyn.com/media/wordba...anmckeever.mp3As his Marvel works wrap up, and DC comics begin, writer Sean McKeever looks back and forward with Word Balloon host John SiuntresIn this podcast i...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:56:00 PST

the bendis tapes summer edition pt 2 posted

..> http://media.libsyn.com/media/wordballoon/WBbendistapesummer 07pt2.mp3On this edition of Word Balloon host john siuntres presents part 2 ofsession of THE BENDIS TAPES Summer 07, as Brian Michae...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:15:00 PST

The Bendis Tapes Summer Edition Is Here

.. / icon and title -->.. message --> http://media.libsyn.com/media/wordba...ummer07pt1.mp3On this edition of Word Balloon, host John Siuntres presents another session of THE BENDIS TAPES, as Brian ...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:45:00 PST

2 News Eps Goff Johns & Tim Bradstreet (pt 1)

Tim Bradstreet Covers It All Word Balloon's host John Siuntres sits down for a chat with artist Tim Bradstreet, who breaks down his style of art, and answers the fans who think light box artists are ...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:00:00 PST

Hello Again, Everybody ! My other podcast life Around Comics

Despite my belief that all of us podcasters share the smae audience, it may be possible that some WB listeners didn't know about my tooling around at Dark tower's comic shop in Chicago's Lincoln ...
Posted by Wordballoon, with John Siuntres on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:53:00 PST