A brilliant scientist – his best friend – the woman he loves – and her fiery-tempered kid brother! Together, they braved the unknown terrors of the inter-webs, and were changed by sarcastic rays into something more than merely human! Aron! Paul! Bitch Wayne! Rim! Now they are Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie (and Their Amazing […]
Over the last week and a half or so I have been listening to quite a few “professional” audiobooks. In particular I have been listening to the Dresden Files series, but I have quite a few audiobooks in my library. I have also been listening to the Audio version of Tracy Hickman’s serial fiction EvenTide. […]
At GenCon this year I was fortunate to room with Chris Perrin and to get a chance to play in a session of his game: Mecha. Mecha is a rules-light RPG designed to simulate giant robot anime shows. It is not a mech combat game like Battletech or Iron Tyrants, it is an RPG with […]
One more week until Halloween Horror Nights begins at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida! I’m a little weirded out…the information is coming out very slowly this year – only a week out and still all of the major events and characters have yet to be revealed. Usually everything has been revealed by now. Hmmmm…. Well, […]
Whhhhhaaaaaaa? A Devil May Cry reboot? A new Ninja Gaiden? And would you really shell out hard earned cash for a movie made entirely out of….video game cut scenes? All this and more in the newest awesome edition of VIDEO GAME MADNESS! Click below for all the awesome goodness!
As we move into BIG TIME, and the ongoing new ASM team of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos/Stefano Casselli, it’s sometimes crazy to try to imagine just how many different creative teams there were in the short amount of time of the Brand New Day-era of Spider-Man. Spidey has had some great creative teams in […]
I may have to divorce my wife just to re-marry her again! Man, this is wicked cool. Hearse rides for the bride and groom, chainsaw drill team wedding guests. Can you imagine? This is cooler than one of those Star Trek weddings! A cold fog creeps around you in the darkness as you exchange your […]
I am as tickled as I can be. The media property that got me into SCI-FI was not Star Trek, nor was it Star Wars. No, my gateway to SF was none other than the Six Million Dollar Man. To this day when I hear series producer Harve Bennett’s narrative from the opening sequence – […]
In our Funnybooks podcast, we focus on current events, and usually large events. Most times, the conversations are constrained so that we can fit everything into an hour or so, but here at Funnybooks After Hours (now in its second season after a short hiatus),the discussion continues to topics not covered, greater questions of events […]
Maybe it’s the price of comics? Or perhaps the craptastic quality assurance efforts that pass for editing these days? Maybe it’s the repeated absenteeism of The Associate Who Must Not Be Named? Or is it possibly that freaking jerkface Alan Moore? Hard to say. It could just be a perfect storm for a hurricane of […]