And our day of free Top Cow goodies concludes with the inaugural chapter of the “War of the Witchblades,” from Witchblade #125. This is the storyline that introduced the character Finch, and made Danni Baptiste the Angelus, essentially setting up all that’s happening in Top Cow’s Universe right now. Witchblade Vol.8 is available today, and […]
Remember Joe’s Comics? J. Michael Straczynski’s run at Top Cow produced some really great material, including Rising Stars and, especially, Midnight Nation. Available today is the new printing of the Midnight Nation trade paperback, featuring writing from Straczynski and art from Gary Frank (Superman: Secret Origin). This is a MUST READ book! What’s it about? […]
Trying to decide what to spend your hard earned cash on today when you hit your local comic shop? Well, why don’t we make it easy for you? Top Cow is releasing a ton of great material today, including: Witchblade, vol. 8: War of the Witchblades Midnight Nation Trade Paperback Magdalena #3 Angelus #5 As […]
Note: portions of this review originally appeared in March, 2009. It’s an absolute travesty that The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series has been canceled in favor of an Ultimate spider-Man reboot. Remember when we, as fans, compared the live action 90’s Batman movies to the Batman animated series, and the movie, Mask of the Phantasm, and […]
Damn right! I’m profanity laced tonight, so you know what? Bruce Wayne may be the goddamn Batman, but now he’s just one of two! There’s also the mutha-f*ckin’ Batman, Dick Grayson! What, you say? Yup…you know how we always get pissed when, just as we’re getting used to the replacement in a character’s suit, they […]
And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest podcasters found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie (and Their Amazing Friends) was born — to fight the foes no single podcaster could withstand! Paul’s been robbed! Aron saw The Last Exorcism Green Arrow […]
So, announced this weekend at Baltimore Comic Con, the current Batman Beyond comic series being published by DC Comics looks to be turning into an ongoing. Four months ago, I’d be doing backflips at this news. But the first three issues of the current Batman Beyond mini series have left me so wildly conflicted, that […]
New Ways to Die was the first huge event of the Brand New Day saga, back in 2008. The six-issue Spider-Man story arc written by Dan Slott with art by John Romita, Jr. first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #568-#573. Not only did it feature the first big altercation between then-head of HAMMER Norman Osborn, […]
Disappointment and disagreement are featured heavily in this week’s show as well as satisfaction and consensus. We’re a strange dichotomy at Funnybooks. Download now and choose your side!! Batman: Streets of Gotham #15 Batman Beyond #3 Ides of Blood #1 Amazing Spider-Man #640 Hulk #24 Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher #2 Secret Avengers #4 New […]
Finally able to grasp the concept of the difference between US time and England time, your Funnybooks hosts Wayne and Paulie have a nice little chat with comic book, video game, novel writer and all around nice guy Antony Johnston. In our second Shadowland interview, we talk about his work on the Daredevil tie-in issues […]