And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest podcasters found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie (and Their Amazing Friends) was born — to fight the foes no single podcaster could withstand!

• Paul’s been robbed!
• Aron saw The Last Exorcism
• Green Arrow #3
• Justice League: Generation Lost #8
• Time Masters: Vanishing Point #2
• Superman/Batman #75
• Wonder Woman #602
• Avengers#4
• Dark Wolverine #90
• Fantastic Four #582
• Ultimate Comics Mystery #2
• X-MEN CURSE OF THE MUTANTS UPDATE:
  • X-Men: Curse of the Mutants: Blade One-Shot
  • X-Men: Curse of the Mutants: Storm and Gambit One-Shot
  • X-Men: Curse of the Mutants: Namor The First Mutant #1
• INDY SPOTLIGHT
  • Invincible #74

Here’s the link to the Marv Wolfman episode I promised.

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Disappointment and disagreement are featured heavily in this week’s show as well as satisfaction and consensus.  We’re a strange dichotomy at Funnybooks.  Download now and choose your side!!

• Batman: Streets of Gotham #15
• Batman Beyond #3
• Ides of Blood #1
• Amazing Spider-Man #640
• Hulk #24
• Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher #2
• Secret Avengers #4
• New Avengers #3
• Thunderbolts #147
• Avengers Academy #3
• Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow #1
• Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet #1
• Uncanny X-Men #527
• INDY SPOTLIGHT
• The Last Phantom #1
• Darkwing Duck #3

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Finally able to grasp the concept of the difference between US time and England time, your Funnybooks hosts Wayne and Paulie have a nice little chat with comic book, video game, novel writer and all around nice guy Antony Johnston.

In our second Shadowland interview, we talk about his work on the Daredevil tie-in issues of Shadowland, what’s coming next for ol’ Horn Head, and the tie-in mini series, Shadowland: Blood on the Streets, featuring Silver Sable.  We also chat about his long running epic Wasteland and his work on the Dead Space video game series, as well as what fans can expect in the prequel to the upcoming sequel, Dead Space: Ignition. We even find time to talk about his advice for aspiring comic writers!

A great interview for video game and comic fans alike!

Note: We make reference to a couple of websites for Johnston-related projects, including:

• Antony Johnston’s Official Site
• The Big Wet: The official site for Wasteland (download the first issue for free!)
  
• Dead Space

Oh, and we feature music from the Wasteland official soundtrack, also available at the official Wasteland web site!

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In this week’s episode, all the boys are in the hizzouse.  As such, Wayne takes a moment to set the record straight.  Jonathan regales us with tales of his victorious turn at a Magic tournament and explains why he didn’t come home with a new car.  Plus, Aron and Jonathan fight!  All this and we take a spin in our sweet, sweet ride, the Galactus Engine.

• Stan Lee and Boom! are making books together.
• BRIGHTEST DAY UPDATE:
  • Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1
  • Justice League Generation Lost #7
• Superman #702
• INCREDIBLE HULK # 611
• The Thanos Imperative # 3
• SHADOWLAND UPDATE:
  • Daredevil #509
  • Shadowland: Blood on the Streets #1
• Invincible Iron Man #29
• Thor: The Mighty Avenger #3
• Dungeons and Dragons #0
• New Mutants Forever #1
• X-Men #2
• Ultimate Comics Avengers 3 #1
• Mark Millar is a dick

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In the heady days following the end of the Wakanda-Latveria War and while Wayne was off at GenCon and Jonathan was under the weather, the rest of us all got together to discuss the week’s comics.  Join Aron, Paul, and Tim for a measured, reasoned response to the week’s comics.  Plus, sex with clones!

• SHADOWLAND UPDATE:
  • Shadowland #2
  • Shadowland: Bullseye
• DC NEW RELEASES SPOTLIGHT:
  • Superman The Last Family of Krypton #1
  • Red Robin #15
• MARVEL NEW RELEASES SPOTLIGHT:
  • Doomwar #6
  • Avengers Prime #2
  • Thor Rage of Thor #1
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. #3
  • Amazing Spider-Man #639
  • Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher #1
• INDY SPOTLIGHT:
  • Baltimore: The Plague Ships #1

In our ongoing effort to ask the questions that MUST BE ASKED, we go where few have gone before… If you were like Ultimate Spider-Man and had an opposite gender clone, would you have sex with him or her?

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Did you know that Venice was sinking?  Apparently, the city of Venice floods at least 100 days per year, especially in the tourist areas.

What does that have to do with Christopher Golden, writer of the upcoming Baltimore: The Plague Ships mini-series from Dark Horse Comics?  Well, not only do we talk with Golden about his recently released novel The Chamber of Ten, but we also talk at length about his work with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, including his Hellboy novels, like The Lost Army.

Months after a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with deadly vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, is on the hunt for the creature responsible for this chaos and his own personal tragedy. What he uncovers is a terror as horrific and frightening as any he’s seen on the battlefield. This week, Baltimore: The Plague Ships #1 releases from Dark Horse Comics, and before you read it, you must listen to this awesome interview with writer Christopher Golden!

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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 the discussion continues to topics not covered, greater questions of events in comic past or whatever else strikes our fancy.

Walking up the alley, you are unsure if this is the right place.  A non-descript door halfway down the alley catches your eye and after a brief scan of the area, you see the marker that indicates that this is in fact the place.  Etched into a brick above the building is a bat symbol with an ‘X’ through the middle and a lightning bolt below it.

Knocking on the door, you hear a grating sound as a man with a luchador mask and vampire fangs opens the door, “What’s the password?” he asks.  “Beak is lame” you reply, nodding as he steps aside.  Visibility is limited, but as you look around you realize that you found the place.  Stepping up to the microphone, the five recliners are set up on a small stage in the back, as the crew eagerly awaits the question that drove you all the way here, to this secret place.

This week’s question:

After Second Coming cleaned the slate for the X-universe, describe the X-team that would excite you?  What would be your ideal X-men team for a book you would want to pick up? (continue reading…)

If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it is that tacos are awesome.  If there are two things we can all on agree on it is that crimes must be punished, wrongs must be righted, injustice will not stand.  In this week’s episode of Funnybooks, we kick the show off by addressing the rudeness of others before jumping into a week full of  terrific new comics including Top Cow’s Artifacts event, a ton of books from Radical, and even more from the big two.  Plus, we discuss the new DVD release Batman: Under the Red Hood.

• Managing the rudeness of others
• NEW RELEASES SPOTLIGHT:
  • Artifacts #1
• DC COMICS/BRIGHTEST DAY:
  • Green Lantern #56
  • Green Lantern Corps #50
  • Justice League: Generation Lost #6
  • Green Arrow #2
  • The Flash #4
  • Action Comics #891
  • Wonder Woman #601
• MARVEL/HEROIC AGE:
  • Ultimate Comics Mystery #1
  • Fantastic Four #581
  • Secret Avengers #3
  • Thor #612
  • Thor: The Mighty Avenger #2
• X-MEN UPDATE:
  • Uncanny X-Men #526
  • X-Men Legacy #238
• INDY SPOTLIGHT:
  • Driver For the Dead #1 (of 3)
  • Time Bomb #1 (of 3)
  • The Scourge #0
• Batman: Under The Red Hood (DVD)

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• Jonathan
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• Tim
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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 the discussion continues to topics not covered, greater questions of events in comic past or whatever else strikes our fancy.

Walking up the alley, you are unsure if this is the right place.  A non-descript door halfway down the alley catches your eye and after a brief scan of the area, you see the marker that indicates that this is in fact the place.  Etched into a brick above the building is a bat symbol with an ‘X’ through the middle and a lightning bolt below it.

Knocking on the door, you hear a grating sound as a man with a luchador mask and vampire fangs opens the door, “What’s the password?” he asks.  “Beak is lame” you reply, nodding as he steps aside.  Visibility is limited, but as you look around you realize that you found the place.  Stepping up to the microphone, the five recliners are set up on a small stage in the back, as the crew eagerly awaits the question that drove you all the way here, to this secret place.

This week’s question:

Describe your perfect comic book store.  What would it entail?  What products would you have?  How would it differ from what you normally see?

(continue reading…)

We’re all about excrement this week on Funnybooks!  From ass webs to armor pooping, Aron, Paul, Wayne, Jonathon, and Tim chat about the week’s comics through a crappy Skype connection.

• Time Masters: Vanishing Point #1
• Heroic Age: Prince of Power #3
• Avengers #3
• New Avengers #2
• Legion of Super-Heroes #3
• Amazing Spider-Man #638 (OMIT)
• New Mutants #15
• X-Men Phoenix Force Handbook
• Thunderbolts #126
• Welcome to Tranquility #1
• Dark Wolverine #88
• INDY SPOTLIGHT:
  • Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
  • Neonomicon #1
  • Time Lincoln #1
• Getting into Comics E-Mail from Liam ODC

NOTE: Skype was giving us fits as we recorded.  Clarity was in and out.  Also, we endured a certain amount of lag.  Apologies that the sound quality is not up to our usual standards.

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