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Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 168 - Deadly ClassHey All, Sorry we've been away for a few weeks.  Life got the better of us for a bit.  But we're back with a new month of comics, and we're gonna try to get caught up over the next few weeks.  This episode is Deadly Class, the Evil Harry Potter as we call it.  The basis for the short-lived series on Syfy.  Next episode we are reading Umbrella Academy.  2019-07-2144 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 166 - TaprootThis week we continue our pride books with Taproot. Blue is having a hard time moving on. He’s in love with his best friend. He’s also dead. Luckily, Hamal can see ghosts, leaving Blue free to haunt him to his heart’s content. But something eerie is happening in town, leaving the local afterlife unsettled, and when Blue realizes Hamal’s strange ability may be putting him in danger, Blue has to find a way to protect him, even if it means… leaving him. Next week we finish our pride books with a cross over episode wi...2019-07-0348 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 115 - The Lost Episode - SnagglepussHey All, unfortunately, we had some heavy stuff to deal with this week and didn't get a new episode recorded.  For your listening pleasure, we now present our lost episode, recorded last year.  We will be back next week with some fresh nonsense for you.   2019-06-251h 19Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 165 - MoonstruckThis week Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriend go on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck breaks loose when the magician casts a horrible spell on their friend Chet. Now it's up to the team of mythical pals to stop the illicit illusionist before it's too late. The first chapter of the brand new, all-ages magical coffee-laden adventure from Lumberjanes creator GRACE ELLIS and talented newcomer SHAE BEAGLE, it's Moonstruck. Next week we finish off our pride month with Taproot. Blue is having a hard time moving on. He’s in love with...2019-06-1751 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEpp 164 - On a SunbeamWe begin our Pride month with On A Sunbeam: A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love―only to learn the pain of loss. With interwoven timelines and stunning art, award-winning graphic novelist Tillie Walden creates an inventive world, breathtaking romance, and an epic quest for love. Next week we're reading Moonstruck. Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriend go on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck brea...2019-06-111h 01Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 163 - My Favorite . Thing is MonstersSet against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge. Next week we start our pride month with On A Sunbea...2019-06-051h 08Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 162 - Pretty DeadlyThis week: Kelly Sue DeConnick (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and Emma Rios (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage.  Next Week: Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old...2019-05-281h 05Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 161 - By Chance or ProvidenceThis week: By Chance or Providence collects Becky Cloonan's award-winning trilogy: Wolves, The Mire and Demeter, with lush colors by Lee Loughridge and a sketchbook/illustration section. These stories cast a spell of hypnotic melancholy, weaving their way through medieval landscapes of ancient curses and terrible truths that will haunt you long after you've set them down. Next week; Kelly Sue DeConnick (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and Emma Rios (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the w...2019-05-2138 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 160 - Through the WoodsThis week we begin our month of Written by Women with Emily Carrols Through the Woods.  Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our Neighbor’s House”—though coming back might be a problem. Or find yours...2019-05-1549 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 159 - AkriaSorry, we missed publishing this last week.  We will try to catch up this week. Life got the better of us.  This week: Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency’s motivation is a raw...2019-05-071h 02Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 158 - Gotham City GarageThis week: In the distant future, America has become a wasteland, all save one unexpected haven: Gotham City, a forcibly domesticated utopia run by Governor Lex Luthor with the aid of his brutal enforcer, the Bat. Young Kara Gordon has no idea what lies outside Gotham's borders, but she's about to find out! When an act of mercy pits Kara against Luthor's forces and even her own sister, Barbara Gordon, she flees into the "freescape," a desert fought over by motorcycle clubs, chief among them the Gotham City Garage. These tougher-than-tough women--among them unexpected versions of Harley Quinn, Catwoman a...2019-04-2253 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 157 - Joy RideThis Week: Earth Sucks. Steal a Spaceship.  Earth sucks. The stars have been blocked out for so long that people have forgotten there was anything else besides the World Government Alliance watching over them. Uma Akkolyte is a girl who shoots first, leaps before she looks, and is desperate for any means to leave her planet behind. And so she does. When Uma jacks an alien spaceship and punches through the stratosphere she sets forth on an adventure with an unlikely crew who are totally not ready for all the good, bad, and weird the universe will throw at them...2019-04-1542 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 156 - Cosmic Ghost Rider: Baby Thanos Must DieThis Week:  You knew him as the Punisher. Frank Castle made a deal with the devil that made him the Ghost Rider. A deal with Galactus made him cosmic. And a deal with Thanos made him...dead?! Not to worry, Castle doesn't die easy. He's coming back - and he's got a plan to make the universe a better place! It all starts with an idea so simple he cannot believe no one has ever done it before. But as with all things worth doing, it's not going to be easy. And things soon get truly weird - as C...2019-04-0849 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 155 - Motor CrushThis week we are reading Motor Crush. The team behind the critically-acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series! By day, Domino Swift competes for fame & fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting “machine narcotic” known as Crush.  Next Week we are reading Cosmic Ghost Rider: Baby Thanos Must Die. You knew him as the Punisher. Frank Castle made a deal with the devil that made him the Ghost Rider. A deal with G...2019-04-0159 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 154 - Kill or Be KiilledThis Week: The bestselling team of ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS (THE FADE OUT, CRIMINAL, FATALE) return with KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret from destroying his life.  Next Week: The team behind the critically-acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series! By day, Domino Swift competes for fame & fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an...2019-03-2551 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 153 - The Fade OutThis week: An epic graphic novel of Hollywood in the early days of the Blacklist, THE FADE OUT tracks the murder of an up-and-coming starlet from studio backlots to the gutters of downtown Los Angeles, as shell-shocked frontman Charlie Parish is caught between his own dying sense of morality and his best friend's righteous sense of justice.  Next Week: KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret from destroying his life.  Ep 153 - The Fade Out is Out Now!Find...2019-03-181h 10Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 152 - IncognitoThis week we continue our Brubaker/Phillips month with Incognito. Zack Andersen, once a member of the mercenary group the Overkill Brothers, lives a normal, bland life in the Witness Protection Progam, but he begins to miss the thrill of his former life of crime. Next Week were reading The Fade Out as our Brubaker/Phillips month continues. An epic graphic novel of Hollywood in the early days of the Blacklist, THE FADE OUT tracks the murder of an up-and-coming starlet from studio backlots to the gutters of downtown Los Angeles, as shell-shocked frontman Charlie Parish is c...2019-03-1100 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 151 - Last of the InnocentThis Week: One-part a coldblooded murder, one-part a twisted meditation on nostalgia through the lens of kids comics. It's "like Watchmen for the Archie set" as Criminal reaches new heights! Next Week:Zack Andersen, once a member of the mercenary group the Overkill Brothers, lives a normal, bland life in the Witness Protection Progam, but he begins to miss the thrill of his former life of crime. We are reading Incognito as we continue our month of Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker books.  Ep 151 - Last of the Innocent Out Now!Find cocktails, Playlists and drinking...2019-03-041h 01Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 150 - Gotham City SirensThis Week:Gotham City Sirens Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn—they’re beautiful, they’re deadly, and for the first time in their lives, all three are trying to fly on the straight and narrow. Tired of playing by other people's rules, regardless of which side of the law they're on, these tough ladies have a new agenda that's all their own, and they'll use any means necessary to pursue it.   Only, sometimes, friends can be more trouble than they're worth. Particularly when they're unaccustomed to things like loyalty… or sanity.   With the Bat away, these sirens wil...2019-02-2555 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 149 - The FixThis Week: The Eisner Award-nominated team of bestselling writer NICK SPENCER (MORNING GLORIES) and artist STEVE LIEBER (Detective Comics, Whiteout) are in cahoots again for an all-new, ongoing crime series, THE FIX. THE FIX is a story of the crooked cops, scheming mobsters, and corrupt politicians that run Los Angeles—and the sex toy that can bring them all down. Oh, and the hero is a drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Next Week: We finish up our comicbook couples month with Gotham City Sirens.  Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Harley Quinn—they’re beautiful, they’re deadly, and for the first...2019-02-1847 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 148 - Quantum Teens Are GoThis week: Mad science is the punkest s*** there is. Teenage sweethearts Nat & Sumesh spend their nights breaking into abandoned superlabs to steal the parts they need to build a time machine - and they've just found the most important piece. But mysterious entities keep trying to stop them from turning it on. Now all they've gotta do is hang on long enough to figure out why. Magdalene Visaggio (Eisner-nominated Kim & Kim) and Eryk Donovan (Memetic) bring you a high-octane adventure full of robots, muscle cars, and queer-a** skater punks. Next week:The Eisner Award-nominated team of...2019-02-1136 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 148 - Quantum Teens Are GoThis week: Mad science is the punkest s*** there is. Teenage sweethearts Nat & Sumesh spend their nights breaking into abandoned superlabs to steal the parts they need to build a time machine - and they've just found the most important piece. But mysterious entities keep trying to stop them from turning it on. Now all they've gotta do is hang on long enough to figure out why. Magdalene Visaggio (Eisner-nominated Kim & Kim) and Eryk Donovan (Memetic) bring you a high-octane adventure full of robots, muscle cars, and queer-a** skater punks. Next week:The Eisner Award-nominated team of...2019-02-1136 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 147 - Batman: Rules of EngagementThis Week: When Catwoman accepted Batman's marriage proposal, she changed more lives than just Bruce Wayne's and Selina Kyle's. A union between the World's Greatest Detective and one of Gotham City's fiercest criminals is a shake-up that will rattle everyone in the Dark Knight's life--from the young vigilantes who make up his surrogate "family," to his legendary friends in the Justice League, to old demons he'd long hoped to leave behind. Now Batman and Catwoman are on a quest for redemption--a mission deep into a forbidden desert fortress to evolve into something better before they say, "I do." Standing...2019-02-0449 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 146 - The Unbelievable GwenpoolThis Week: 2015's overnight internet sensation takes center stage in her own series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic book reader just like you...until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But that can't be, right? This must all be fake, or a dream or something, right? And you know what that means...NO CONSEQUENCES! Could Gwenpool truly be Marvel's least responsible and least role-modely character to date? She can if she tries! Next Week: When Catwoman accepted Batman's marriage proposal, she changed more lives than j...2019-01-2859 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 145 - Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of FlightThis Week: Carol Danvers has a new codename and is determined to prove herself the best of the best! She's forging a new future for herself as Captain Marvel, but finds that she still can't walk away from a challenge from her past! It's a firefight in the sky as the Banshee Squadron debut - but who are the Prowlers, and where has Carol seen them before? Witness her in blazing battlefield action that just may change the course of history!  We’re reading Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of Flight. Next Week: 2015's overnight internet sensation takes cen...2019-01-2155 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 144 - Rat QueensThis Week: Who are the Rat Queens? A pack of booze-guzzling, death-dealing battle maidens-for-hire, and they're in the business of killing all god's creatures for profit. It's also a darkly comedic sass-and-sorcery series starring Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. This modern spin on an old school genre is a violent monster-killing epic that is like Buffy meets Tank Girl in a Lord of the Rings world on crack! Next Week: Carol Danvers has a new codename and is determined to prove he...2019-01-1449 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 143 - LumberjanesThis Week: What's to Love: Lumberjanes is the hit series from the BOOM! Box imprint that features five rad ladies who fight monster baddies with the power of friendship! Written by Noelle Stevenson (Nimona, Adventure Time) and newcomer Grace Ellis, and illustrated by Brooke Allen (A Home for Mr. Easter), this new series has taken comics by storm and placed on many Best-of-the-Year lists, including Comics Alliance, Entertainment Weekly, and Comic Book Resources.What It Is: At Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams...2019-01-0756 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 142 - Batman: Death of the FamilyThis Week: One year ago, the Joker limped off the streets of Gotham, mutilated and scarred when someone had taken the pale white skin right off of his face.   But now, the Dark Knight’s greatest foe has returned but for once, Batman doesn’t seem to be his target. Instead, the Joker turns his vile hatred towards Commissioner Gordon, Alfred, Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood and Red Robin … the only family Bruce Wayne has left. The Clown Prince of Crime will unleash his most unpredictable, vicious and psychotic assault ever on everyone Batman holds dear.  Can B...2018-12-3151 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 141 - StarveThis Week: Once the world's most famous chef, Gavin Cruikshank's been in a self-imposed exile for years. His little foodie television program has since evolved into STARVE, an arena sport that pits chef against chef for the pleasure of their super-rich patrons. It's a stain on a once-noble profession, and Chef Gavin is ready to go to war to stop it. Two things stand in his way: his arch rival Roman Algiers, and his adult daughter Angie, who probably just wants her dad back and acting normal. Next Week: One year ago, the Joker limped off the...2018-12-241h 23Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 140 - Underwater WelderThis Week: Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oil rig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife and their unborn son. But then, something happens deep on the ocean floor. Jack has a strange and mind-bending encounter that will change the course of his life forever! Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending science fiction epic, The U...2018-12-171h 11Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 139 - God CountryThis Week: In GOD COUNTRY, readers meet Emmett Quinlan, an old widower rattled by dementia. Emmett isn't just a problem for his children—his violent outbursts are more than the local cops can handle. When a tornado levels his home—as well as the surrounding West Texas town—a restored Quinlan rises from the wreckage.  An enchanted sword at the eye of the storm gives him more than a sound mind and body, however. He's now the only man who can face these otherworldly creatures the sword has drawn down to the Lone Star State...  Next Wee...2018-12-101h 01Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 138 - Identity CrisisThis Week: With one of their own dead, the entire superhero community searches for the killer, fearing their own loved ones may be the next targets. But before the mystery is fully solved, long-buried secrets of the heroes rise to the surface, threatening to tear apart and divide the heroes before they can bring the mysterious killer to justice. Rife with mystery, intrigue and tragedy, Meltzer brings the nuance and suspense of a mystery novel to the printed page, turning our conception of the mythological Justice League on its head and showing the deep humanity in our...2018-12-031h 06Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 137- OutcastThis Week: Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it! It’s our final Robert Kirkman book: Outcast. Next Week:#1 New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer (The President’s Shadow, House of Secrets) delivers a look into the all-too-human lives of superheroes when the spouse of a member of the Justice League of America is brutally murdered.  With one of their own dead, the entire superhero community searches for the...2018-11-261h 09Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 136 - The Walking DeadThis Week: Rick Grimes is not prepared for this. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family he must now sort through the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son in the Walking Dead.  Next Week: Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it! It’s our...2018-11-191h 13Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 135 - InvincibleThis Week: Mark Grayson is just like most everyone else his age. He's a senior at a normal American high School. He has a crappy part time job after school and on weekends. He likes girls quite a bit... but doesn't quite understand them. He enjoys hanging out with his friends, and sleeping late on Saturdays... at least until the good cartoons come on. The only difference between Mark and everyone else is that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet, and as of late, he seems to be inheriting his father's powers. Which sounds okay...2018-11-121h 36Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 134 - Battle PopeThis Week:  We begin our month of Robert Kirkman Books with Battle Pope. It's the end of the world and few are worthy of passage to heaven, not even the Pope. God leaves behind Saint Michael, the leader of his army, to act as a guardian for the humans. He fails, and is held captive by Luicfer. God then enlists the aide of the Pope to rescue Michael, and leaves his son Jesus H. Christ to assist him in his quest. Next Week: Mark Grayson is just like most everyone else his age. He's a senior at a...2018-11-051h 05Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 133 - Jughead the HungerThis Week: Jughead Jones has always had an insatiable appetite... but what if his hunger came from a sinister place? When a murderous menace is on the prowl, taking the lives of some of the most well-known and esteemed inhabitants of Riverdale, Jughead and his family's dark legacy comes to light. Join writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and artists Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers) and Pat & Tim Kennedy (Death of Archie) for this horrifying collection. Next Week:  We begin our month of Robert Kirkman Books with Battle Pope. It's the end of the world and few are worthy of p...2018-10-291h 11Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 132 - PlasticThis Week: We have a special guest, the writer for this weeks book was kind enough to take some time and talk to us at FanX.  That interview is part of this weeks episode. Retired serial killer Edwyn Stoffgruppen is in love with Virginia, a girl he “met online.” Her affection quiets his vile urges.  Together, they tour the back roads of America in their LTD Crown Vic, eating doughnuts and enjoying their insatiable appetites for each other. Life is good...until a Louisiana billionaire kidnaps Virginia, forcing Edwyn to kill again in exchange for her fr...2018-10-2249 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 131 - Justice League DarkThis Week: The witch known as The Enchantress has gone mad, unleashing a wave of chaos that not even the combined powers of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg can stop. Shade the Changing Man, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Zatanna, Mindwarp and John Constantine may be our only hope - but how can we put our trust in beings whose very presence makes ordinary people break out in a cold sweat? Critically acclaimed writer Peter Milligan brings together an unorthodox team for the most unnatural threats. With stunning art by up and coming star Mikel Janin, Justice League Dark Vol. 1...2018-10-151h 07Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 130 - Clean RoomThis Week: From the minds of superstar writer Gail Simone and gifted artist Jon Davis-Hunt comes CLEAN ROOM VOL. 1: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION—a new vision of horror that takes you inside the locked chambers of sex, science, celebrity, and the supernatural. Somewhere between the realms of self-help and religion lies the Honest World Foundation. Its creator started out as an obscure writer of disposable horror fiction who decided to change the world—one mind at a time. Now its adherents rule Hollywood while obeying their leader’s every command.  That’s almost all that anyone knows about the...2018-10-081h 17Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 129 - Witch DoctorThis Week: We begin out Halloween celebrations! And the Doctor is in! House M.D. meets Fringe in the first Skybound Original from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's new comics imprint! Meet Vincent Morrow, a doctor looking for a vaccine... for the apocalypse! Horror gets a brain transplant in Witch Doctor, the book Warren Ellis calls "Mental!" Next Week: From the minds of superstar writer Gail Simone and gifted artist Jon Davis-Hunt comes CLEAN ROOM VOL. 1: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION—a new vision of horror that takes you inside the locked chambers of sex, science, celebrity, and the su...2018-10-0156 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 128 - MaraThis Week: Acclaimed creator Brian Wood (The Massive, DMZ, X-Men) and brilliant newcomer Ming Doyle (Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four, Girl Comics) bring you Mara, the story of an especially gifted woman in a sports- and war-obsessed future. When she starts manifesting strange superpowers, the world that once embraced her turns against her, and for this young woman who once had it all, it's almost too much to bear. Next Week: We begin out Halloween celebrations! And the Doctor is in! House M.D. meets Fringe in the first Skybound Original from The Walking Dead creator...2018-09-241h 07Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 127 - RingsideThis Week: RINGSIDE is a series set within the world of professional wrestling, written by JOSEPH KEATINGE (SHUTTER, GLORY, TECH JACKET) and drawn by acclaimed illustrator NICK BARBER, combining the ensemble drama approach of THE WALKING DEAD with interconnected rotating perspectives akin to "The Wire." RINGSIDE explores the relationship between art and industry from the view of the wrestlers themselves, the creatives they work with, the suits in charge and the fans cheering them all on. Next Week: Acclaimed creator Brian Wood (The Massive, DMZ, X-Men) and brilliant newcomer Ming Doyle (Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four...2018-09-171h 13Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 126 - Southern BastardsThis Week: It’s time for the football with the Southern Bastards. Earl Tubb is an angry old man with a very big stick. Euless Boss is a high school football coach with no more room in his office for trophies and no more room underneath the bleachers for burying bodies. And they're just two of the folks you'll meet in Castor County, Alabama, home of Boss BBQ, the state champion Runnin' Rebs and more bastards than you've ever seen! Next Week: RINGSIDE is a series set within the world of professional wrestling, written by JOSEPH KEATINGE (SH...2018-09-1053 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 125 - Superman vs Muhammad AliThis Week: We start our Sports Ball Month with Muhammad Ali vs Superman.  Two legendary figures meet for the first time in this spectacular adventure, as an alien race called the Scrubb demand that Earth's greatest champion battle their world's own greatest fighter. Both Superman and Muhammad Ali step forward -- and to determine who is truly Earth's greatest fighter, Superman temporarily loses his powers and faces Ali in the ring. Ultimately, the duo must work together to defeat the Scrubb, with Ali taking on their champion while Superman battles their space-armada. Next Week: It’s time for...2018-09-0357 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 124 - Manifest DestinyThis Week: In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri with the intent of blazing a trail to the western coast of North America-a trip that would set the foundation for the future of the United States of America. But what the history books don't tell you is the true purpose of Lewis and Clark's journey to the west... In this imaginative retelling of their famous trek, Lewis and Clark embark on a secret mission under direct orders from President Thomas Jefferson. They are going to do more than explore...2018-08-271h 17Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 123 - The SentryThis Week: Middle aged, overweight Bob Reynolds remembers that he is the Sentry, a superhero whose "power of one million exploding suns" derives from a special serum. Realizing that his archenemy the Void is returning, Reynolds seeks out several prominent Marvel characters to warn them and to discover why no one remembers the Sentry. Next Week: In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark set out from St. Louis, Missouri with the intent of blazing a trail to the western coast of North America-a trip that would set the foundation for the future of the United...2018-08-201h 11Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 122 - MarchThis Week: March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.  Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the s...2018-08-131h 26Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 121 - Vader DownThis Week:  It’s Andy Wilson Month!  And were starting off with the Star Wars cross over: Vader Down! Two of the biggest titles in comics collide in the first crossover of the new Marvel age of Star Wars! When Darth Vader accidentally finds himself facing off against the Rebel Fleet on his own, he is sent crashing onto a nearby planet. Will the Rebels seize this opportunity to put an end to one of their greatest enemies - or will they be made to feel the full power of the Dark Side? The Sith Lord may be d...2018-08-061h 10Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 120 - AniomosityThis Week: We finish our month of animal books with Animosity. One day, for no reason, the Animals woke up. They started thinking. They started talking. They started taking REVENGE. Collecting the first four issues of the best-selling series, plus the special one-shot issue ANIMOSITY: THE RISE. The world is plunged into chaos as the newly-intelligent Animals fight humanity, and simply fight each other, for their own life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. In the midst of the turmoil is Jesse, an 11-year-old girl, and her dog, Sandor, who is devoted to her and her protection. One year after...2018-07-3040 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 119 - ElmerThis Week: Elmer is a window into a world where chickens have suddenly acquired the intelligence and consciousness of humans, where they can now consider themselves a race no different than browns, black, or whites. Recognizing themselves to be sentient, the inexplicably evolved chickens push to attain rights for themselves as the newest members of the human race. Originally self-published by the author in the Philippines, this is the first US edition of the book.   Next Week: We finish our month of animal books with Animosity. One day, for no reason, the Animals wo...2018-07-231h 18Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 118 - Animal ManThis Week: As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, Animal Man Buddy Baker, has gone from "super" man to family man–but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine, his young daughter, starts to manifest her own dangerous powers? As these new abilities continue to terrify Buddy and his wife Ellen, things take a turn for the worse as Buddy begins a startling transformation of his own that will lead him on a journey into the heart of The Red. Collected here are the first 6 issues of this dramatic new...2018-07-1651 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 117 - Usagi YojimboThis Week: This seminal book collects the classic original Usagi stories chronicling a time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi, AKA Usagi Yojimbo! Plus, We are joined by special guest: Amy from the English Class Hooligans Podcast.   Next Week: As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, Animal Man Buddy Baker, has gone from "super" man to family man–but is he strong enough to hold his family together when Maxine, his young daughter, starts to manifest her o...2018-07-091h 14Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 116 - We3This Week we start our month of Animal books in a theme we’re calling: Animal Farm.  First up is We3.  With nervous systems amplified to match their terrifying mechanical exoskeletons, the members of Animal Weapon 3 (WE3) have the firepower of a battalion between them. But they are just the program's prototypes, and now that their testing is complete, they're slated to be permanently "decommissioned," causing them to seize their one chance to make a desperate run for freedom. Relentlessly pursued by their makers, the WE3 team must navigate a frightening and confusing world where their instincts and heightened abil...2018-07-0256 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 114 - America: The Life and Times of America ChavezIt’s Pride month again, so its time for: Pride 2: Electric Boogaloo This Week:  At last! Everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Critically acclaimed young-adult novelist Gabby Rivera and all-star artist Joe Quinones unite to shine a solo spotlight on America's high-octane and hard-hitting adventures! She was a Young Avenger. She leads the Ultimates. And now she officially claims her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the entire Marvel Universe! But what's a super-powered teenager to do when she's looking for a little personal fulfillment? She goes to college! America just has to sto...2018-06-1842 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 113 - FogtownIt’s Pride month again, so its time for: Pride 2: Electric Boogaloo This Week: A gritty, graphic pulp fiction about the temptation, damnation and redemption of aging private eye Frank Grissel. Frank Grissel is a hard-knuckled private eye – and a deeply closeted homosexual, set in the very real world of 1953 San Francisco. Aided by his long-suffering secretary (and sometime live-in lover) Loretta, Grissel’s search for a runaway girl winds up with him becoming a suspect in a string of gruesome murders. The case takes twists and turns through the Golden Gate’s greasy underbelly: the begu...2018-06-1153 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 112 - Iceman: Thawing OutIt’s Pride month again, so its time for: Pride 2: Electric Boog-a-loo This Week: We start with Iceman: Thawing Out.  Bobby Drake has been in the super hero game longer than most - but what has he left behind besides a few good one-liners and a string of failed relationships? And now a younger version of himself has emerged from the timestream - and he's more put together than Bobby ever was. He grapples with his gay identity and his family and how to build a life and legacy he can be proud of...and become the bes...2018-06-0458 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 111 - Ant-Man: Second Chance ManIt’s the Merry Marvel Movie Month of May.  Were reading comics connected with this years Marvel Movies. This Week: Scott Lang has never exactly been the world's best super hero. Heck, most people don't even think he's been the best Ant-Man! And the last guy invented Ultron and joined the Masters of Evil, so that's saying something. But when the Superior Iron Man calls with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and an old enemy returns (sort of), Scott's going to get a chance to turn it all around and be the hero he's always dreamed of being. That's rig...2018-05-281h 12Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 110 - Deadpool Max: NutjobIt’s the Merry Marvel Movie Month of May.  Were reading comics connected with this years Marvel Movies. This Week: It's Deadpool uncensored! Government agent Wade Wilson is too valuable an assassin for the brass not to take advantage of, but the unstable killer needs the guidance of a steady hand to be effective. It's Bob's job to make sure Deadpool completes his missions - by any means necessary. Unfortunately, Deadpool considers him something of a sidekick, and it's always the sidekick who takes one for the team. And Bob's got the bruises and mental scars to pro...2018-05-2159 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 109 - Star Wars: LandoIt’s the Merry Marvel Movie Month of May.  Were reading comics connected with this years Marvel Movies. This Week: You know him...you love him...now, join him for his biggest caper as master of charm Lando Calrissian gets his very own book! Before he joined the rebellion, before he ran Cloud City, Lando made his way in the galaxy getting by on some swindles, some swagger, and a smile. Lobot at his side, Lando has a plan to steal a very valuable ship...but has he bitten off more than he can chew? Writer Charles Sou...2018-05-1449 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 108 - Rebirth of ThanosIt’s the Merry Marvel Movie Month of May.  Were reading comics connected with this years Marvel Movies. This Week: The quest that led to Infinity Gauntlet begins here! Back from the dead, Thanos is after the power to bring the rest of the universe with him on a return trip! Can the Silver Surfer, Drax the Destroyer and others stop the cosmic iconoclast before he uses reality as a token of his affection for Death? Special guest-appearance by the Impossible Man! Next Week: You know him...you love him...now, join him for his big...2018-05-071h 29Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 107.5 - Infinity War - Bonus EpisodeBecause our friends and family will hate us if we spoil the movie for them.  We shared our thoughts with each other about the biggest movie of the year, and recorded it to share with you. Sort of like a support group for people tired of keeping it all inside.   There are spoilers-a-plenty!  Seriously.  If you haven’t seen the move and you don’t want it to be spoiled, wait to listen to this episode.  And if you want, find us on line, and tell us if you disagree or agree.  We know were full of crap, tell us how muc...2018-05-0230 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 107 - Batman: War CrimesThis Month: Tensions escalate and war comes to Gotham City when Batman is drawn into a skirmish between rival gangs. As Gotham’s biggest gang battle ignites, Batman must call on all his available allies—Oracle, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orpheus, Onyx and Tarantula—to preserve life and contain the chaos while trying to determine who started this outbreak of violence. Plus, Tim Drake must abandon his role as Robin and Batman gets an unexpected (and unwelcome) replacement in the form of Spoiler.  BATMAN: WAR GAMES: the saga that changed the criminal underworld of Gotham City forever!  Episode...2018-04-3056 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 106 - Batman: War Games Act 3This Month: Tensions escalate and war comes to Gotham City when Batman is drawn into a skirmish between rival gangs. As Gotham’s biggest gang battle ignites, Batman must call on all his available allies—Oracle, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orpheus, Onyx and Tarantula—to preserve life and contain the chaos while trying to determine who started this outbreak of violence. Plus, Tim Drake must abandon his role as Robin and Batman gets an unexpected (and unwelcome) replacement in the form of Spoiler.    BATMAN: WAR GAMES: the saga that changed the criminal underworld of Gotham City forever!   2018-04-231h 19Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 105 - Batman: War Games Act 2This Month: Tensions escalate and war comes to Gotham City when Batman is drawn into a skirmish between rival gangs. As Gotham’s biggest gang battle ignites, Batman must call on all his available allies—Oracle, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orpheus, Onyx and Tarantula—to preserve life and contain the chaos while trying to determine who started this outbreak of violence. Plus, Tim Drake must abandon his role as Robin and Batman gets an unexpected (and unwelcome) replacement in the form of Spoiler.  BATMAN: WAR GAMES: the saga that changed the criminal underworld of Gotham City forever!  Episode...2018-04-161h 00Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 104 - Batman: War Games Act 1This Month: Tensions escalate and war comes to Gotham City when Batman is drawn into a skirmish between rival gangs. As Gotham’s biggest gang battle ignites, Batman must call on all his available allies—Oracle, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orpheus, Onyx and Tarantula—to preserve life and contain the chaos while trying to determine who started this outbreak of violence. Plus, Tim Drake must abandon his role as Robin and Batman gets an unexpected (and unwelcome) replacement in the form of Spoiler.  BATMAN: WAR GAMES: the saga that changed the criminal underworld of Gotham City forever!    Ep...2018-04-0956 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 103 - Batman: War DrumsThis Month: Tensions escalate and war comes to Gotham City when Batman is drawn into a skirmish between rival gangs. As Gotham’s biggest gang battle ignites, Batman must call on all his available allies—Oracle, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orpheus, Onyx and Tarantula—to preserve life and contain the chaos while trying to determine who started this outbreak of violence. Plus, Tim Drake must abandon his role as Robin and Batman gets an unexpected (and unwelcome) replacement in the form of Spoiler.  BATMAN: WAR GAMES: the saga that changed the criminal underworld of Gotham City forever!    Ep...2018-04-021h 19Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 102 - Supergirl, by Peter DavidThis Week: Linda Danvers (daughter of policeman Fred Danvers and his wife Sylvia) began her life in a less-than-heroic fashion. Lured into a world of darkness by her boyfriend Buzz, Linda was involved in many illicit and illegal activities (such as murder & torture). Little did she know that she was intended to be a sacrifice for a demonic cult for which Buzz worked. Buzz slashed her with a dagger to use her blood to release a demon into the world, but Matrix, the protoplasmic Supergirl, intervened. She used her shape-shifting powers to try plugging the gaping wounds on Linda, but...2018-03-261h 11Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 101 - X-men God Loves Man KillsThis Week: The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides in the name of God. In God Loves, Man Kills. Next Week: WHO IS LINDA DANVERS? To her parents, Linda is a former good girl who now dabbles on the wrong side of the law. To her friends, she’s a struggling artist and the ultimate Supergirl fan. To her boyfriend, Buzz, she’s an eager accomplice as they try to harn...2018-03-191h 12Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 100 - Superman: Secret Identity  This Week:  Another fan chose book for March Madness, Superman Secret Identity: In this critically acclaimed work from writer Kurt Busiek (ASTRO CITY) and artist Stuart Immonen (Ultimate X-Men), an alternate “Clark Kent” encounters complications the real Superman never had to handle: a career, a wife, children—a real life.    Despite his iconic name, Clark Kent from Picketsville, Kansas, is just a normal kid whose parents thought they were being clever. He can’t fly, or see through walls, or shrug off speeding bullets—that is, until the day he can. And it’s all much harde...2018-03-121h 09Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 99 - Tag and Bink Were HereThis Week:  As part of our March Madness, this weeks fan chosen book is Tag and Bink Were Here: Officers Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna were minding their own business aboard a familiar, princess-harboring freighter when they suddenly found themselves under siege. Now under attack by the Empire, they will choose life over a noble death and "borrow" the armor off a pair of deceased stormtroopers. Their new disguises might get them off the freighter alive, but they'll also lead Tag and Bink on an adventure neither could have predicted! Chock-full of appearances by everyone's favorite Star Wars characters, T...2018-03-051h 04Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 98 - Watchmen, Part 4 (Issues 10-12)This Month: Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. Episode 98 - Watchmen, Part 4 (Issues 10-12) is out on February 26th.  Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn 2018-02-261h 24Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 97 - Watchmen, Part 3 (Issues 7-9)This Month: Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. Episode 97 - Watchmen, Part 3 (Issues 7-9) is out on February 19th.  Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn 2018-02-1953 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 96 - Watchmen, Part 2 (Issues 4-6)This Month: Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. Episode 96 - Watchmen, Part 2 (Issues 4-6) is out on February 12th.  Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn 2018-02-121h 13Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 95 - Watchmen, Part 1 (Issues 1-3)This Month: Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. Episode 95 - Watchmen, Part 1 (Issues 1-3) is out on February 5th.  Find this, and all our other episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay, and TuneIn 2018-02-051h 07Funnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 94- Black Panther: A Nation Under Our FeetThis Week: A new era begins for the Black Panther! MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winning writer T-Nehisi Coates (BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME) takes the helm, confronting T'Challa with a dramatic upheaval in Wakanda that will make leading the African nation tougher than ever before. When a superhuman terrorist group that calls itself The People sparks a violent uprising, the land famed for its incredible technology and proud warrior traditions will be thrown into turmoil. If Wakanda is to survive, it must adapt--but can its monarch, one in a long line of Black Panthers, survive the necessary change...2018-01-291h 17IoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Darkseid Reborn!In this week’s Funnybooks….midget wrestling! Christmas gifts! King Kong on Broadway! Also…. Movie/TV News Marvel Comics News: Guardians of the Galaxy Cancelled, Dan Slott’s run ending… Hawkman: Found #1 Doomsday Clock #2 Detective Comics #971 Wonder Woman #37 Next week is our EIGHTH annual Funnybooks awards! Leave us a comment down below, on Twitter, Instagram, […]2017-12-3047 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Darkseid Reborn!In this week’s Funnybooks….midget wrestling! Christmas gifts! King Kong on Broadway! Also…. Movie/TV News Marvel Comics News: Guardians of the Galaxy Cancelled, Dan Slott’s run ending… Hawkman: Found #1 Doomsday Clock #2 Detective Comics #971 Wonder Woman #37 Next week is our EIGHTH annual Funnybooks awards! Leave us a comment down below, on Twitter, Instagram, […]2017-12-3047 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEp 56 - SandmanIts a book that Adam missed: Sandman.  Gaiman’s lucid dream of a comic blends superhero’s and the supernatural in a book that has rightly been labbeled a classic. Next time on Funnybooks and Firewater were reading Planet Hulk.  Bryan has never read a Hulk book before, and this is a highly recommended Hulk story.  Also the basis for part of the next Thor movie. 2017-05-0843 minFunnybooks and FirewaterFunnybooks and FirewaterEpisode 2 - The Killing Joke - Part 2Here it is, the second half of our conversation on the "The Killing Joke".  We discuss what kind of supervillians we would be. Bryan reviews two LA speakeasies. Next week, just in time for the new Captain America movie, we will be discussing Marvel's Civil War.  Read along, and drink along with us. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and contact us with suggestions of book or booze we should check out.  Have a great week from your friends at Funnybooks and Firewater. 2016-04-251h 24IoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Age of Funnybooks!Funnybooks has so much awesome to talk about this week! Age of Ultron! Star Wars! Batman vs. Robin! Free Comic Book Day! Gentlemen…we are truly living in the AGE OF FUNNYBOOKS! Avengers: Age of Ultron Star Wars Day at Disney World Batman vs. Robin DC puts DVD/Blu-Rays in their Graphic Novels Free Comic Book Day […]2015-05-1300 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Age of Funnybooks!Funnybooks has so much awesome to talk about this week! Age of Ultron! Star Wars! Batman vs. Robin! Free Comic Book Day! Gentlemen…we are truly living in the AGE OF FUNNYBOOKS! Avengers: Age of Ultron Star Wars Day at Disney World Batman vs. Robin DC puts DVD/Blu-Rays in their Graphic Novels Free Comic Book Day […]2015-05-1300 minIoMGeekIoMGeekA Very DoomMas Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie!It’s important to remember that not all countries wish to suppress our entertainment…after all, this week’s episode of Funnybooks is fully endorsed by the great nation of Latveria! In this very DoomMas episode of Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, we chat about… North Korea and Cuba Marvel’s remastering of their original Star Wars Adaptation Lootcrate […]2014-12-2400 minIoMGeekIoMGeekA Very DoomMas Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie!It’s important to remember that not all countries wish to suppress our entertainment…after all, this week’s episode of Funnybooks is fully endorsed by the great nation of Latveria! In this very DoomMas episode of Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, we chat about… North Korea and Cuba Marvel’s remastering of their original Star Wars Adaptation Lootcrate […]2014-12-2400 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Back to the Funnybooks!Funnybooks is 250 episodes old! How do we celebrate? Well…by having another awesome episode, of course! We talk about the new Doctor Who, which leads into a conversation about our favorite method of time travel. Then…after we talk about this week’s new comics, we do a special version of What If We Were Writing…, where […]2014-09-1000 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Back to the Funnybooks!Funnybooks is 250 episodes old! How do we celebrate? Well…by having another awesome episode, of course! We talk about the new Doctor Who, which leads into a conversation about our favorite method of time travel. Then…after we talk about this week’s new comics, we do a special version of What If We Were Writing…, where […]2014-09-1000 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Off the Rails!Funnybooks is back this week and is off the rails! Listen as your Funnybooks hosts start a bunch of topics and keep going off subject many, many times. We talke about another visit to Aron’s doctor, three-ways with beautiful women, toy shows, Guardians of the Galaxy, the new Alien: Isolation video game, TV casting news, […]2014-07-1600 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Off the Rails!Funnybooks is back this week and is off the rails! Listen as your Funnybooks hosts start a bunch of topics and keep going off subject many, many times. We talke about another visit to Aron’s doctor, three-ways with beautiful women, toy shows, Guardians of the Galaxy, the new Alien: Isolation video game, TV casting news, […]2014-07-1600 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Do Not Wreck This Gigantic Doom!If Funnybooks were like the TV show Full House, who would be John Stamos? What new event book is better – Future End or Original Sin? Is Amazing Spider-Man 2 worth heading to the theater to see? Find out answers to these questions and more in the newest awesome episode of Funnybooks! Paul has a question May the 4th Be […]2014-05-1200 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Do Not Wreck This Gigantic Doom!If Funnybooks were like the TV show Full House, who would be John Stamos? What new event book is better – Future End or Original Sin? Is Amazing Spider-Man 2 worth heading to the theater to see? Find out answers to these questions and more in the newest awesome episode of Funnybooks! Paul has a question May the 4th Be […]2014-05-1200 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Cuatro de Mayo!This week on Funnybooks…FREE COMICS! Stores around the country celebrated Free Comic Book Day (and Star Wars Day) and our Funnybooks hosts regale you, our dear listeners, with their FCBD stories! We also prep you for the next free comic day – Batman Day this July! Amazing Spider-Man is back, and so is Peter Parker, […]2014-05-0500 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Cuatro de Mayo!This week on Funnybooks…FREE COMICS! Stores around the country celebrated Free Comic Book Day (and Star Wars Day) and our Funnybooks hosts regale you, our dear listeners, with their FCBD stories! We also prep you for the next free comic day – Batman Day this July! Amazing Spider-Man is back, and so is Peter Parker, […]2014-05-0500 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Funnybooks Unchained!This week’s Funnybooks is UNCHAINED, as Paul, Aron, and Wayne chat about this week’s new comics, the latest Marvel movie news, some good stuff to watch on TV, and more! This week’s episode of Toy Hunter We talk about some toys, including: Infinite Crisis Vampire Batman Ugly Doll Superman Funko Batman Computer Sitter Arrow Oliver […]2014-03-2400 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Funnybooks Unchained!This week’s Funnybooks is UNCHAINED, as Paul, Aron, and Wayne chat about this week’s new comics, the latest Marvel movie news, some good stuff to watch on TV, and more! This week’s episode of Toy Hunter We talk about some toys, including: Infinite Crisis Vampire Batman Ugly Doll Superman Funko Batman Computer Sitter Arrow Oliver […]2014-03-2400 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Fifth Annual Funnybooks Awards!Here it is! The wait is over! The Fifth Annual Funnybook Awards is here! Who will win? Who will lose? All five Funnybooks hosts are here with their pics for 2013! Star Wars moving to Marvel Marvel TV rumors Marvel will no longer be selling floppies in book stores Thanos returns in THE INFINITY REVELATION […]2014-01-0600 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Fifth Annual Funnybooks Awards!Here it is! The wait is over! The Fifth Annual Funnybook Awards is here! Who will win? Who will lose? All five Funnybooks hosts are here with their pics for 2013! Star Wars moving to Marvel Marvel TV rumors Marvel will no longer be selling floppies in book stores Thanos returns in THE INFINITY REVELATION […]2014-01-0600 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Funnybooks Strikes!Once again, Tim and Paul brave the scary podcasting world alone in an award-winning new episode of Funnybooks loosely adapted from the epic life of seminal comic writer Kickadonkey Podunk.  Okay, not really.  In reality, Tim and Paul try to muster up some Christmas spirit to discuss the newest movies at your local theater, digital […]2011-12-2800 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Funnybooks Strikes!Once again, Tim and Paul brave the scary podcasting world alone in an award-winning new episode of Funnybooks loosely adapted from the epic life of seminal comic writer Kickadonkey Podunk.  Okay, not really.  In reality, Tim and Paul try to muster up some Christmas spirit to discuss the newest movies at your local theater, digital […]2011-12-2800 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Funnybooks IncorporatedGrant Morrison continues his earth-shattering run on Funnybooks with this exciting, new episode! FUNNYBOOKS, INC. marks the next stage of evolution for Ideology of Madness. This can’t-miss episode stars not just Aron and Paulie, but also Wayne and Tim! Don’t miss out on this all-new start to a stunning direction for Funnybooks! JMS leaves the […]2010-11-1500 minIoMGeekIoMGeekFunnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Funnybooks IncorporatedGrant Morrison continues his earth-shattering run on Funnybooks with this exciting, new episode! FUNNYBOOKS, INC. marks the next stage of evolution for Ideology of Madness. This can’t-miss episode stars not just Aron and Paulie, but also Wayne and Tim! Don’t miss out on this all-new start to a stunning direction for Funnybooks! JMS leaves the […]2010-11-1500 min