On this episode of Word Balloon we begin a 2 part talk with Matt Fraction. We discuss his current Marvel Now! books Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, and FF. Plus his new Image series with Howard Chaykin Satellite Sam .

Pop Culture Futurist Rob Salkowitz returns to talk about the changes in the Comic Book Market and Pop Culture industries, with observations on this week's Image Expo, the rise of Digital Comics, and Crowd Funding. We also talk about where Geek Culture is in today's society, and should we be fearing the eventual backlash?

We wrap up with artist Sanford Greene who is proting a Kickstarter campaign to fund his animation studio Secret Sauce's latest preoject 1000.