Funnybooks Offline: Thoughts on DC’s February 2011 Solicitations

Man, my fellow FUNNYBOOKS co-hosts hate it when I talk about solicitations.  They don’t necessarily like what’s coming up, especially when it spoils whatever story they’re into.  But me, I love reading solicits, and Previews and checking out teasers and preview pages.  I mean, if I know I’m going to buy a book, I’ll probably skip over the preview pages, but I’ve picked up many books that I wasn’t originally planning on based on what I’ve seen in solicits and previews.

DC released their February 2011 solicits today, and there definitely some goodies in there.  For the full solicits, check here – for my thoughts on the most interesting books of the month, check after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 16th, 2010 , Comics, DC, Funnybooks Offline
Funnybooks Offline: From the Cutting Room Floor….

We talk about a ton of books on FUNNYBOOKS, but not every book we read makes the weekly podcast, especially when only one of us has read it.  Still, there’s a bunch of good stuff (and horrible stuff) out there that you’re curious about, and that we’d love to tell you about.  Welcome to From the Cutting Room Floor, where we can tell you about the books that got excised from the program, and whether you should spend your hard earned money on them.  After the jump, short reviews of…

  • Assassin’s Creed: The Fall #1 (DC COMICS)
  • Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #6 (DC COMICS)
  • Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes #1 (MARVEL)
  • Amazing Spider-Man #648 (MARVEL)
  • Dungeons and Dragons #1 (IDW)

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Written on November 15th, 2010 , Comics, DC, Funnybooks Offline, Independent, Marvel Tags:
Funnybooks Offline: Batman LIVE!

So this is interesting…

Apparently, despite the fact that Spider-Man: The Musical can’t seem to get off the ground on Broadway, DC is going to push forward with a new BATMAN LIVE production, but (sadly) not a musical.  Apparently, we won’t be hearing ol’ Bats belting out “A superstitious cowardly looooootttt!”

According to Robot 6, “he multimillion-dollar production uses 45 performers, a 100-foot stage and a 130-foot-wide video screen to recreate such Gotham City locations as Wayne Manor, the Batcave and Arkham Asylum.”

According to the Belfast Telegraph, the show opens with an Arkham jailbreak and pits Batman and Robin against such villains as the Joker — a 26-foot giant Joker head is somehow involved — Catwoman, the Riddler, Penguin, Two-Face and Harley Quinn. But at the story’s core is Dick Grayson’s transformation from traumatized orphan to Boy Wonder, and how Batman relates to his new sidekick.

I’ve got to be honest…despite the fact this the very existence of both a Spider-Man musical and a Batman live show remind me of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells live show (which I saw), it’s got me wondering…is there an audience for this kind of stuff? Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 10th, 2010 , Comics, Funnybooks Offline
Funnybooks Offline: Superman/Shazam – The Return of Black Adam

DC Animated has been putting out some great movies as of late, including Crisis on Two Earths, Under the Red Hood, and Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.  Since Crisis, there has been the added bonus of short features with each film, under the banner of DC Showcase, including shorts featuring The Spectre, Green Arrow, and Jonah Hex.  The shorts have all been uniformly excellent, but the main issue is that anyone who hasn’t actually purchased the movies (watching them on Netflix streaming or On Demand).

If you haven’t purchased any of the movies, and are dying to see some of these great shorts, DC has the answer for you – a DVD/Blu-Ray collection of all of them.  If you already own all of them, the added bonus this time?  A 23-minute feature “Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam.”

Is the new short worth the price of admission?  Full review after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 9th, 2010 , Animated, Columns, Funnybooks Offline, Movies & TV, Superhero
Funnybooks Offline: Superman – Earth One

Today on FUNNYBOOKS OFFLINE, the much-hyped and publicized Superman: Earth One, from J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis.  There’s been a lot of press on the book, calling it “Superman for the Twilight generation,” and of course the polarizing opinions on the art, ranging from people saying it’s amazing stuff, to others completely writing it off due to the lightboxing, specifically of Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) for Lois Lane.

But you know we here at Ideology of Madness and Funnybooks will give it to you straight.  Is Superman: Earth One worth a damn?  Full review after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 8th, 2010 , Columns, Comics, DC, Funnybooks Offline
Funnybooks Offline: Bruce Wayne – The Road Home

We talked about the first few issues of DC Comics on Funnybooks, but given that most the guys didn’t finish reading the series, I decided to take it OFFLINE and talk about here.  See, as we mentioned, the whole Return of Bruce Wayne, due to the artistic delays, is already turning into a mess akin to the return of Steve Rogers.

Not that any of us were really naive enough to believe that Bruce Wayne wouldn’t be returning at some point, and, again, not that the whole “romp through time” thing that Steve Rogers just did and now Bruce Wayne is doing was actually expected to be good…but it’s still managed to confound me at just how poorly this has all been handled.  Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 3rd, 2010 , Columns, Comics, DC, Funnybooks Offline
Funnybooks Offline: Avengers – The Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!

Welcome to FUNNYBOOKS OFFLINE, comics-related reviews that just don’t make it into the weekly podcast.  It’s similar to Funnybooks After Hours, except that OFFLINE is more review based, whereas AFTER HOURS is more conversation based, and features opinions from the rest of the boys.  We don’t always get a chance to talk about all the comics we read (due to time limitations), or even the comics-related media we may see, so here’s the place where you’ll get those kinds of reviews, whether it be comics/graphic novels, television, ,movies, or comics-related video games.

Today on FUNNYBOOKS OFFLINE, my review of the first four televised episodes of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Marvel’s new animated series featuring the adventures of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, and the rest.  Check out my review after the jump! Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 1st, 2010 , Columns, Funnybooks Offline
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