If You Like The show, would you recommend it?

[sonnylarue]

Forgive the pandering, but i figure i'm preaching to the choir here...

if you like word balloon, please write a review at itunes, or if you're a zune user
suggest us to zune.

i don't understand why my show isn't included in itunes comic culture page, or in zune's marketplace at all, while a lot of my friends shows are. some have more reviews than i do, and they ask on thier show all the time. maybe i should do that more too...

or review us the other places you can review podcasts. podcast alley, etc...

here's wb's rss feed

http://wordballoon.libsyn.com/rss

thanks

j

[maverick-99]

I wrote my glowing review on iTunes, I mentioned it on my friend's blog (http://flippedcomics.com/?p=152), and I recommend to all my friends word-of-mouth.

[tooms]

How can one write a review for a show on Itunes?

[maverick-99]

open your iTunes, go to the iTunes store, search for 'wordballoon', click on the icon, click on 'write a review'...the link should be right under 'podcast description'...

[tooms]

Thanks.

[sonnylarue]

actually, could yoyu leave your reviews at the "word balloon"

feed with the explicit rated tag, where there are at today's count, 50 reviews.

the clean rated "word balloon" is my old rss feed.

sorry to be so particular.

itunes is a very inefficient measuring method for podcasts, but sadly 99% of the world still use it .

the folks at itunes do not communicate at all with podcasters, not even via forums.

hence my old feed still lives, with no way to get them to merge the two.

very frustrating

[wjm1138]

Hey John,

I just popped over to iTunes to write a brief review. I saw a few negative comments claiming the show is political. Just wanted to say I don't see where they're coming from. A political joke now and then hardly skews the whole podcast into new territory, anymore than mentioning Welles once and awhile changes the focus of Word Balloon from comics to cinema.

Keep on keepin' on!

But now that I've broached the subject--was it crazy or what last week in the windy city? Were you in/near Grant Park?

ciao,
wjm

[sonnylarue]

Hey John,

I just popped over to iTunes to write a brief review. I saw a few negative comments claiming the show is political. Just wanted to say I don't see where they're coming from. A political joke now and then hardly skews the whole podcast into new territory, anymore than mentioning Welles once and awhile changes the focus of Word Balloon from comics to cinema.

Keep on keepin' on!

But now that I've broached the subject--was it crazy or what last week in the windy city? Were you in/near Grant Park?

ciao,
wjm

i saw that too...

my only guess is my few anti-bush remarks may have pissed off somebody.

i think it's the same person. maybe he doesn't like obama?

i don't think my show has fallen into political talk.i think i get along well with conservatives like EVS, and chuck dixon, as much as i do with liberal creators, like howard chaykin.

as for last week in grant park, i literally work across the street from there, in the prudential building.

it was an amazing day of real history.

[maverick-99]

yup, that's where my review was posted, John (in the one with the explicit tag).

Strange though...no matter which icon you click on (explicit or clean), it spits out the same list of podcasts. No way at all to just get rid of the "old" one??

[TonyFleecs]

done.

[sonnylarue]

yup, that's where my review was posted, John (in the one with the explicit tag).

Strange though...no matter which icon you click on (explicit or clean), it spits out the same list of podcasts. No way at all to just get rid of the "old" one??

i changed the rss url to the new one (libsyn) at the old ones original address, which is feedburner, but it still shows up as two different feeds at itunes

[Amedeo]

Of course. I have in the past, but will step up my game.

[nevlik]

Short review posted. Sorry if it sounds utterly cheeseball, but it's late and I've been writing press releases recently. Posted under 'somedamnthing'

By the way - if you type 'wordballoon' (all one word) into iTunes Store, you get only the [clean] podcast and nothing else. 'word balloon' yields multiple results, both your feeds at the top.

'comic books' places your [explicit] at number 5.

[Dave0923]

When my friends and I are having our studio days we usually only listen to a few punk cd's and wordballoon, and most of the time it turns out to be a lot of wordballoon episodes. The Past studio day we listened to the Mike Norton interview and the most recent Ethan Van Sciver interview.

[sonnylarue]

When my friends and I are having our studio days we usually only listen to a few punk cd's and wordballoon, and most of the time it turns out to be a lot of wordballoon episodes. The Past studio day we listened to the Mike Norton interview and the most recent Ethan Van Sciver interview.


wow thanks!

[EdNEMO]

I love the show and am a Zune user. I'll let them know how much I like it right now.

[Arion]

i changed the rss url to the new one (libsyn) at the old ones original address, which is feedburner, but it still shows up as two different feeds at itunes

Good to know that.

[Bibble]

Just posted my review. Just finished the Bendis Tapes parts 1 and 2 and can't wait for the next episode of Word Balloon.

[Mulv]

Wordballoon is awesome. Like many others, I listen to it while working. I'll give a few Podcasts a listen, like Fanboy radio, and Ifanboy, but wordballoon is nice to hear, mostly, just a direct one on one interview. But no more Dan Didio impersonations.

[scotthpdx]

I totally posted a glowing review for you John. Love the show, keep going strong.

[Arion]

Wordballoon is awesome. Like many others, I listen to it while working. I'll give a few Podcasts a listen, like Fanboy radio, and Ifanboy, but wordballoon is nice to hear, mostly, just a direct one on one interview. But no more Dan Didio impersonations.

I wish I could get a job where I could do that.

[sonnylarue]

thanks all, but mulv, you'll likely have to suffer future didio impersonations

[AC Chris]

You are a shameless whore!

[sonnylarue]

You are a shameless whore!

Yeah...so says the man who does it on his own show every week :)

[sonnylarue]

as the newsarama vids get posted, if you folks can. let the imaginova people know how much you like or dislike my efforts, in the talkback section?

[Adrian B AWESOME]

Just realized you're on the front page of the "Featured" podcasts in literature. Yay!

[Rantz]

You know I love the show John... as I mentioned when we talked, I actually got turned on to that Bendis' guy's work from your show, so I'm always glad to 'spread the gospel'.

I'm a Zune User, and have it listed on my podcasts (one of five that auto downloads without me doing a 'fetch') Are you still having issues with not being listed? Did I just find it on there because I was specifically looking for it? Let me know... I know some folks over there that might be able to help if it's still an issue.

[sonnylarue]

You know I love the show John... as I mentioned when we talked, I actually got turned on to that Bendis' guy's work from your show, so I'm always glad to 'spread the gospel'.

I'm a Zune User, and have it listed on my podcasts (one of five that auto downloads without me doing a 'fetch') Are you still having issues with not being listed? Did I just find it on there because I was specifically looking for it? Let me know... I know some folks over there that might be able to help if it's still an issue.


it is still an issue, any zune help would be great.

[Rantz]

it is still an issue, any zune help would be great.

OK, I'll make some inquiries this weekend.

[Xorn]

wrote a review last week

[Arion]

thanks all, but mulv, you'll likely have to suffer future didio impersonations

Didio is going to get mad.

[Zac Goyette]

Just left a great review on ITunes John, it is well deserved.

[Matthew]

This is definitely in the Zune Marketplace right now:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4606/wordballoon.jpg

[Arion]

Just left a great review on ITunes John, it is well deserved.

I should do the same.