I’ve been listening to this podcast for over a year and every interview is interesting.

Been a listener for many years! Loved so many of the conversations.

I have listened to WB since 2007 I think and it is the best comic interview podcast out there. John is great at directing the conversation, asking interesting questions and just letting the comic creators really talk and shine. I read the new birds of prey because of his Kelly Thompson interview. Good stuff.

I think I started listening to Word Balloon in 2015/2016, when I was in college. The hours-long episodes were great company on my weekend drives home then, and they’re great company when I’m drawing or going to classes for grad school now! Listening to John Siuntres’s detailed conversations with so many amazing comics creators about their many approaches to the craft has made me feel like creating comics is doable. It really is amazing how much I have learned about an inherently VISUAL medium by LISTENING to a podcast! Even so, many of these conversations remind me that it can be done, even if all I’m doing myself right now is making some silly web comics. Word Balloon is very good. Some of the conversations are kind-of boring and I skip them, but Siuntres releases so many episodes nowadays that there’s usually something to listen to!

Stop reading the questions and comments from the feed, while trying to interview someone. You sound distracted and it causes stumbles in the conversation. Set aside a chunk of the episode for ‘question from the fans’ segment or something. I am not subscribed to this show because I love the insights of ‘Doombro28’, or to hear that Neal says Hi.

I broke my neck and had a massive head injury and this pod helped me rekindle my love for comics, then John likes to insult Handicapped people like myself on the pods. That in turn showed me John was the type to punch down on people, especially handicapped people and his actions left a bad taste in my mouth. If you want a good comicbook podcast listen to anything but this. You can find better Star Trek, Comic Book, and Boxing podcasts anywhere else.

I’ve listened to hundreds of hours of this informative podcast. I’m currently enjoying the multi-part Marty Pasko interview. As a lifelong comics reader, I find this stuff fascinating and entertaining. Thank you Mr. Siuntres for all the great pod.

I enjoy the long form conversations and John is a solid interviewer and knows how to carry a conversation, keeping it fluid and casual yet on topic. The chats are informative and fun, like listening to friends catch up.

Great show

The Paul Jenkins episode featured host and guest saying nice things about a hate group and pushing far right propaganda about “diversity” being a big problem in comics and the big 2 should stick to publishing stories about the same dozen white dudes it has for 80 years.