{"podcast":{"title":"Word Balloon Comics Podcast","slug":"word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914","podcast_index_feed_id":159914,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3143082/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/word-balloon-comics-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e3d1f2c8eef985ed2d5b023b90a2aa2b.jpg","author":"John Siuntres","episode_count":1000,"summary":"1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T06:17:35.360921+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914"},"episode":{"title":"Deathstroke and Feral with Tony Fleecs","slug":"deathstroke-and-feral-with-tony-fleecs","published_at":"2026-06-02T08:54:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914/deathstroke-and-feral-with-tony-fleecs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/deathstroke-and-feral-with-tony-fleecs--72292383","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72292383/deathstroke_and_feral_with_tony_fleecs.mp3","summary":"Today on Word Balloon, we're talking with one of comics' most versatile storytellers, Tony Fleecs.Tony first grabbed readers' attention with his creator-owned work, helping redefine horror comics with the Image hit Stray Dogs, the chilling tale that mixed Disney-style visuals with a dark serial killer story. He followed that with Feral, another unsettling animal-centered horror series that's been turning heads and proving he has a real talent for finding fresh angles in the genre. But Tony's talents go well beyond creator-owned comics. He's also brought his storytelling skills to some of the biggest characters in comics, including a current run writing Deathstroke for DC Comics, tackling one of the publisher's most dangerous and morally complex antiheroes.","meta_description":"Today on Word Balloon, we're talking with one of comics' most versatile storytellers, Tony Fleecs.Tony first grabbed readers' attention with his creator-o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914/episodes/deathstroke-and-feral-with-tony-fleecs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914/deathstroke-and-feral-with-tony-fleecs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}