While my buddy Gary and I were at the Dallas Comic Con last week, Booster Gold and I teamed up. Rip Hunter tasked us with the mission to travel back in time to smother Grant Morrison in his sleep before he could write Final Crisis and Batman and Robin. As you’ve no doubt observed, we […]
That’s right. I’m in this month’s episode of The Variants in a critically acclaimed turn as Customer #6. Super. Star. Like Charisma Carpenter, I now charge for my autograph. This is an excellent episode. It is easily my favorite thus far of the series (and not just because I’m in it). The hot tub scene […]
Tim and Wayne join Aron and Paulie for our weekly round table. It’s a miracle, BAM! iPad’s possible effects on both the comic print and digital business Blackest Night Update Green Lantern #50 The Atom & Hawkman #46 Blackest Night JSA #2 Siege Update Captain America Reborn #6 Thor #606 Avengers: The Initiative #32 New […]
Not only have we had a great start to the year on Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, there’s a ton of great interviews coming up! Curious as to what you should be listening to in the next couple of weeks? Here’s a taste of what’s coming up… Spread the word! Funnybooks in 2010 is just […]
We’re awful proud of the guests we’ve had on this month. Kieron Gillen spoke to us about the recently canceled S.W.O.R.D, his 6-issue run on Thor and his work on Phonogram. Jonathan Hickman shared with us his vision for Fantastic Four and Secret Warriors. Amidst talk of “buggery,” Rick Remender joined us for a lively […]
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 […]