The hours are ticking down to the end of our contest for the Indy Comic Book Week Sampler and there’s still MORE books to talk about… Created by brothers Carlos and Jose Esquivel, MACABRO is a short story influenced by Italian horror movies. It tells the story of Selena, a high school graduate, who moves […]
Senryu is Matthew Warlick’s entry for ICBW. In a recent interview with Newsarama, he stated: Senryu started out as an obsession with haikus. Over time I had the idea to set them all to art and see what happened, and fell in love with the format. It was directly inspired by dreams that I’ve had, […]
Your chance to win the Indy Comic Book Week Sampler ends tomorrow… and just take a gander at some of the awesome books you could get…! “Arthur: The Legend Continues” brings the legend of King Arthur to a post-apocalyptic future. Issue 1 takes the legendary king from his “death” on an ancient battlefield to a […]
We wrap up the month of January by sharing our conversation with Fantastic Four writer, Jonathan Hickman. We talk about Hollywood movies, his love of Frank Herbert’s DUNE books, why in the world Sue Richards stays with Reed, Secret Warriors, and all manner of other comic book awesome. Plus… in a Funnybooks exclusive, Jonathan Hickman […]
Day three in our showcase extravaganza and there’s still tons of books to peruse in the Indy Comic Book Week Sampler… THE POSSUM #1 by BLAIR KITCHEN is a super-hero funny book telling the secret origin of how indy comic artist Stuart Spankly gained the amazing powers of a human possum, thereby transforming himself into […]
Screw you Marvel! That’s what DC is saying about Marvel’s recent “trade in your Blackest Night ring comics and get a Deadpool Siege variant” promotion, because they are now offering ANOTHER ring promotion…and you know what? This one’s even cooler! As you can see at right DC’s new BRIGHTEST DAY rings, starting with the The […]
Though officially teased quite a while ago, Marvel (via USAToday) has officially announced today “The Heroic Age,” the next big “age” of Marvel Comics, where “heroes will be heroes again.” Though the article at USAToday says literally nothing we haven’t already known, including that Brian Michael Bendis will be doing a new Avengers book, it […]
The Showcasing of the Indy Comic Book Week Sampler continues…! The back cover to the book tells us that Solomon Azua is the galaxy’s most reckless adventurer and thief. He retrieves the gems of the universe from the jaws of death. If angels fear to travel there, Solomon’s already gone and come back… This two-fisted […]
If you’e listened to this week’s episode of Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, you’ll know I had about $300 in credit at www.mycomicshop.com to play with over the holidays, and spend it I did! In addition to buying an assload of Extreme Studios comics from the early 90’s, I also raked in a couple of […]
All this week we will showcase the various books included in the Indy Comic Book Week Sampler we’re giving away. Check out the contest details and how you can enter to win the Grand Prize or the second or third prizes. First up in the sampler is Ronald Russell Roach’s ARMAGEDDONQUEST. vAnd because the apocalypse […]