Welcome back to Neo Reality Collective! In a special event, Eric Brown is honored to sit down with legendary comic book artist and writer Phil Jimenez for an in-depth and fascinating conversation spanning his incredible career.

Join us as Phil Jimenez shares insights on:

• Breaking into the comic book industry and his early inspirations.
• His experience working on Grant Morrison's iconic New X-Men run, the intense schedule, and bringing those memorable moments (including Magneto's big moments and the death of Jean Grey... twice!) to life.
• The creative process and impact of major DC events like Infinite Crisis and the weight of killing beloved characters.
• His acclaimed run on Wonder Woman and the special focus on Donna Troy.
• Working at Marvel, his Spider-Man plans, and the effects of "Brand New Day."
• His thoughts on DC's New 52 and Rebirth initiatives.
• The creation of the stunning Wonder Woman: Historia with Kelly Sue DeConnick and the potential for an Absolute Edition.
• His perspective on the upcoming DCU under James Gunn and Peter Safran, and his hopes for the new Superman movie.
• His deep connection to characters like Donna Troy and his upcoming Titans Annual project.
• Navigating editorial challenges throughout his career.
• Thoughts on AI in the creative field.
• Valuable advice for aspiring comic book creators.

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-Third Episode, Revenge of The Sith is now 20 Years Old, god I’m old, and is set to re-release in theaters along with re-releasing a new Deluxe Edition of the Matthew Stover-penned Novelization for October 2025! James Gunn’s upcoming Superman film released a Behind The Scenes trailer that showcased Metamorpho’s full comic design along with showing Superman and Lex Luthor on-screen together for the first time in the marketening! Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, a legendary RPG Game from Bethseda during the Xbox 360/PS3 Console Generation Era, was reported to be third-party developed a remake/remastered in a Xbox Email Leak, and recently, new screenshot and details emerged confirming the game’s existence and setting the stage for its apparent shadowdrop release in April! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-Second Episode, Marvel Rivals is back in the scene, especially for the thirsty crowd excited to see Emma Frost and her thighs, leading to a renewed horny community to be hyped once more; it doesn’t help the Emma Frost X-Revolution Skin leaked and turned an already thirsty audience into ravenous beasts, Lady Dimitrescu vs. Emma Frost is no doubt in the cards for gamers at this point. WarnerBros Discovery’s attempt to shelve and delete the near-completed Coyote vs. ACME film has been foiled thanks to the community of fans and creators and the buddies at Ketchup Entertainment acquiring the film, now finally set to get a public release in 2026; we won every one! RoosterTeeth and Game Informer, two juggernauts of gamer culture, both died in 2024, with RoosterTeeth suddenly coming back from the dead with the founder ensuring its independent resurrection. Now, weeks after this, Game Informer is revived and an Independent Company with the original team at the end all back together! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

After 20+ Years since JLA/Avengers. Marvel Comics and DC Comics are back together again for another crossover! At ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer summit held in Glendale, California. DC Comics Editor-In-Chief Marie Javins and Marvel Comics Editor-In-Chief CB Cebulski took to the stage; they followed the Keynote speech by DC General Manager SVP Anne Leung DePies, to announce a new crossover between the two comic book publishers, to be released later this year. Two one-shots, they will be titled Marvel/DC, to be produced by Marvel Comics and DC/Marvel to be produced by DC Comics.

Sources: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/new-marvel-and-dc-comics-crossovers-announced-at-comicspro/

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninety-First Episode, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has had their trailer launch complete with retrofuturistic technology, a Jack Kirby-Inspired Ben Grimm and a comic accurate Galactus all set to arrive and begin Phase Six of The Marvel Cinematic Universe and the beginning of the end of the MULTIVERSE SAGA! While Marvel hopes positions their dominance once again, Warner Bros. Games struggles with the fall of SSKTJL, MultiVersus, and delayed projects such as Monolith’s Wonder Woman and Rocksteady’s next Batman game that are both many years away, with Wonder Woman potentially releasing after a full decade following their announcement at The Game Awards in 2021. RoosterTeeth, the legendary internet company that gave us Red vs. Blue, RWBY, Achievement Hunters, and Strangerhood, was shut down by WarnerBros Discovery in 2024 with Red vs. Blue: Restoration being the full circle cap off to the team and their dedicated work for over twenty years, but, to the surprise of many people, RoosterTeeth’s YouTube Channel suddenly uploaded a video titled “Homecoming” with the unexpected return of Burnie Burns and a subsequent press release that Burnie Burns had bought RoosterTeeth and the remaining assets that weren’t sold off following the company’s initial closure, intending to revive and start from scratch, well, guess it’s time to ask once more: Why are we here?.

Grand Theft Auto VI is back in the public eye as the game, which hasn’t had much update since the trailer release in December of 2023, is set to release in Fall 2025 as Take Two gives everyone a proper update on the development and confidence in the next big game from Rockstar Games. Magic The Gathering, the first trading card game, released back in 1993 and setting the stage for many trading card games that followed and expanded over the last thirty years, announces that it will finally join The Shared Universe initiative with Film and TV products! Gundam, the iconic mech sci-fi military anime franchise that began in 1979, finally joins the live-action space with full length feature film produced by Bandai Namco, and Legendary Pictures! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

The Status Quo is about to go through a seismic shift for the overall Marvel Universe not seen since the days of The Dark Reign. ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM.

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Ninetieth Episode, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow begins production with the unveiling of Kara-Zor-El’s Crest! Final Fantasy VII’s Final Chapter in the Remake Trilogy is set to no be a PS Exclusive and the story has already been completed for production, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of The Jedi Era has begun as Marvel Comics relaunches the Star Wars Line with new series of stories with a number one taking place after Jakku, reminding us that nothing ultimately matters in the grand scheme of things as it all will be wiped away with misery and nihilism that was The Sequel Trilogy. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Eighty-Ninth Episode, Xbox showcased their Developer_Direct livestream with showcasing Doom: The Dark Ages, Expedition 33, South of Midnight, and Ninja Gaiden 4 along with a surprise release drop of Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!