I was perusing my list of books to read the other day and realized that the amount of science fiction on the list was really rather short. My tastes, as of late have tended towards the urban fantasy and paranormal romance genres. The few science fiction titles had been sadly dejected and I determined to […]
Best of Both Worlds is now on Blu-Ray! Kickstarting your trip to GenCon FTC6 Wrap-Up FCBD Wrap-Up Prince Valiant Superman Aphrodite IX Atomic Robo Beware The Batman Infinity Avengers #11 Batman and Red Hood #20 Fearless Defenders #4 Thor: God of Thunder #8 Justice League of America #3 Superboy #20 Adventures of Superman Digital #1-2 […]
Welcome back to my serial science fiction story. Hopefully you are enjoying it so far. If you have questions or comments please feel free to leave them here or on Twitter. *** “Fuck!” The word is no sooner out of my mouth when the first barrage hits our shields. “Shields are at one hundred percent.” […]
J Michael Straczynski. A name to conjure with in comics. the list of cool things he has created or had a hand in are lengthy. He created the popular sci-fi show Babylon 5. He has wrote both for Marvel and DC with definitive runs of both Spiderman and Superman. He had his own imprint at Image comics […]
Your Funnybooks hosts attended Fear the Con in Missouri this past weekend. It was the sixth year for the annual gaming convention coordinated by the hosts of Fear the Boot (a show about table-top roleplaying games and a little bit more). Fear the Con kicks off with a social event, World Wide Wing Night followed […]
Free Comic Book Day is one my favorite geek holidays. All the local comic shops get their groove on and put on a show for the crowds. The objective is to bring new readers to the hobby, energize those of us that read comics, and create new fans of both comics and comics shops. I […]
Captain’s Journey is an ongoing story following the exploits of Captain Jaxx. This is the twelfth episode. If you are new to the story, you should start here. *** I stand before the ship in the cavernous hangar bay enveloped in silence. The only visible witness to what is occurring are the actinic lights that bathe the […]
What if the Manhattan Project had been just a front? What if it hid a whole host of more unusual projects that were better left unknown? What if everything went wrong? These are the questions that are answered in the pages of The Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra. I will admit that […]
I will confess, I had never heard of Skullkickers until the guys on Funnybooks started talking about it a few episodes ago. They made it sound like a fun book that was full of tongue-in-cheek action. I have not a read a full-on fun book in quite some time. So, I gave The Might Skullkickers […]
Have you listened to this week’s Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie (link here) or last week’s Superman with Aron and Paulie (link here) yet? Well, you should – you could win free goodies! In addition to our usual Ideology of Madness SurPrize (call at 972-763-5903 and leave us your thoughts), we are giving away TWO […]