BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS MAKES A POWERS GRAB, AND TAKES OVER THE WORDBALLOON PODCAST FOR ITS 9th ANNIVERSARY

Commemorating The 9th Anniversary Of The Word Balloon Comic Book Podcast, Host John Siuntres gets the tables turned on him, as writer Brian Michael Bendis(POWERS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW X-MEN) interviews John on a very special edition of THE BENDIS TAPES. It's a lengthy analytical conversation about the current comic book industry and its impact on today's pop culture.  Want to listen? Go to www.wordballoon.com or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/word-balloon-comic-books-podcast/id207700416?mt=2.
A regular guest on Word Balloon since January of 2006, Bendis praised the podcast for it's editorial point of view regarding in depth interviews. "Your show fills an immense void in what was this great trifecta of (comic book magazines like) Amazing Heroes, Comics Buyers Guide, and The Comics Journal,  as good documentation of who was doing what (comics)  and why they were doing it... When I was a kid, if I wanted to know what Frank Miller was doing and why, I could go to these magazines for those kind of interviews  The comic news websites today are 80% hit and run interviews and (book of the moment) promotion, but the true place to find out what makes Jonathan Hickman tick now is on your show...You have an inquisitiveness without judgment, and I think that's why guests and listeners gravitate to your show..."

The conversation continues with discussions about Bendis's longtime work as a consulting creative member of the Marvel Films Movie Panel fresh with the success of Guardians Of The Galaxy ,  his new creator interview book Words With Pictures, a how to write comics guide, and his active involvement as an executive producer in adapting his Creator Owned Comic Book Powers into a new live action television series debuting on the sony playstation platform this December.
Host John Siuntres created the Word Balloon Podcast on May 10th 2005, featuring interviews with the top comic book creators like Bendis, Matt Fraction, Geof Johns, Scott Snyder, Mark Waid, Jonathan Hickman, Jason Aaron, and Ed Brubaker, The all time greats like Dave Gibbons, Neal Adams, Gene Colan, Gerry Conway, and Denny O'Neil, plus the top TV and film creators of  of genre fiction. People like writer Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), director Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, Batman V Superman) TV Executive & Producer Jeph Loeb (Smallville, Heroes, Lost, Marvel's Agents Of Shield) and Animation legend Ralph Bakshi (Mighty Mouse, Cool World, Wizards, The '67 Spider-Man cartoon)

Since it's creation, Word Balloon has had over 4.6 million downloads. The Word Balloon podcast is currently the #3 "what's hot" podcast in iTunes literature category and was ranked as the top comic book podcast by USA TODAY pop culture columnist Whitney Matheson.
Starting as a sports-talk radio reporter, host, and producer in 1992, John Siuntres has worked in the Chicago TV and Radio market for Hubbard Broadcasting, CBS, Fox Sports, ESPN and The Sporting News Radio Network. In 1999 he earned a local Emmy nomination for outstanding on-air performance. In 2011 he appeared as an expert on The Science Channel TV series Prophets Of Science Fiction, hosted by filmmaker Ridley Scott.