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 […]
So the big news, all over the web today is about Apple’s tablet product, now officially called the iPad. Of course there are all sorts of detractors already, and all sorts of people ready to jump on the bandwagon for the product. There are all sorts of articles online that talk about the positives and […]
Taking a bit of a cue from Rec (with a little bit of The Strangers mixed in), La Casa Muda (The Silent House) comes from Uruguay and attempts something entirely amazing – a horror movie done in one long 72-minute shot. Bloody-Disgusting has the lowdown: “Laura and her father Wilson settle down in a cottage […]
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 […]
Casey made her way back to the kitchen, put together a simple lunch of what was on hand, and settled in at the table with a platter of apricot chicken salad, grapes, melon, and pineapple. As hungry as she was, she barely tasted the food she was eating; her mind was buzzing with everything she’d […]
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 […]