(W) Bryan Edward Hill & Rob Levin (A) Phil Noto (Cov) Brian Stelfreeze Ex-pat turned mercenary John Bishop is mortally wounded, but spared from Hell by a renegade demon seeking redemption. The price of John’s salvation? He’s reborn as the demon’s personal assassin and charged with ridding humanity of our worst criminals, sadists, and murderers…with […]
Necessity is the mother of invention. To increase productivity, mankind needed an efficient way to illuminate the night. So, Heinrich Goebel invented the light bulb and Thomas Edison, needing to be rich, stole that invention. Guys like me needed to be able to sit through all three Director’s Cuts of The Lord of the Rings […]
We talk about a ton of books on FUNNYBOOKS, but not every book we read makes the weekly podcast, especially when only one of us has read it. Still, there’s a bunch of good stuff (and horrible stuff) out there that you’re curious about, and that we’d love to tell you about. Welcome to From […]
Grant 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 […]
In addition to fleshing out the player characters with back-story and supporting cast, this time around we explore story boundaries. What’s fair game in terms of encroaching on core character concepts? What’s off-limits? Are there different rules for different players? We talk it all out. Plus… …Characters are named! …Balls are busted! …And, oh yes, […]
So this is interesting… Apparently, despite the fact that Spider-Man: The Musical can’t seem to get off the ground on Broadway, DC is going to push forward with a new BATMAN LIVE production, but (sadly) not a musical. Apparently, we won’t be hearing ol’ Bats belting out “A superstitious cowardly looooootttt!” According to Robot 6, […]
Today on FUNNYBOOKS OFFLINE, the much-hyped and publicized Superman: Earth One, from J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis. There’s been a lot of press on the book, calling it “Superman for the Twilight generation,” and of course the polarizing opinions on the art, ranging from people saying it’s amazing stuff, to others completely writing it […]
Last week in Funnybooks, we talked about the books we’re supposed to like, but don’t. The title I referenced is Y: The Last Man. Despite my deep admiration for Brian K. Vaughan’s writing and Pia Guerra’s pencils, I just didn’t dig it. But many, many others have! I mean, c’mon, it won an Eisner Award. […]
In our mind-blowing 69th episode…. ARON HEAD IS MISSING! While we try to figure out if he’s still at the Asian massage parlor, or if Jason Voorhees is systematically taking out Funnybooks hosts, Paul, Tim and Wayne try to muscle up enough gusto to talk about this week’s mediocre comic book selection. Along the way, […]
This time, we kick around character concepts. Each of the players presents three different character ideas, they are discussed and then the group votes on their preferences with the player making the ultimate decision as to which one will be played. Some terrific ideas are pitched. Plus, a terrible secret is teased…! Join Aron, Paul, […]