Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Who is Jake Ekiss?

Artist Jake Ekiss joins us this week.  You may know Jake from his Solomon Azua webcomic or perhaps his Knights of Reignsborough artwork.  Below, you’ll find links to his most recent pieces.

In this episode we natter on about Google+ and how not enough folks are using it, Paul plans to make a pilgrimage to Blood on the Beach where he will seek forgiveness at the feet of Michael Biehn and we each set a table for four dinner guests while pondering the table manners of Alan Moore and the effects on his beard.

  • Aron’s Blackest Friday Follow-Up
  • The new trailer for John Carter
  • FCBD Announcement
  • Ron Marz’ Four For Dinner
  • What Would You Release on a Five-Week?
  • NEW COMIC RELEASE SPOTLIGHT
  • Wolverine and the X-Men #2
  • FF #12
  • Shinku!!!!!
  • Who is Jake Ellis?

Aron's commissioning a series of works featuring superheroes enjoying an adult beverage and a cigar. This piece by Jake Ekiss is the first in the series.

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Written on December 5th, 2011 , Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Podcasts Tags: , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Comics for Everyone?

This was a week so big in comics we generated TWO shows to cover it all!  In this episode, we talk about the non-New52 books.

Our round-up of the September’s New 52 will drop on Wednesday.

Next week’s assigned reading is Edgar Delgado’s Ultra Duck!  The first 23-pages of this OGN are available free!

(*) In this episode Aron mentions an interview episode Paul hosted with Jonathan Maberry.  Yeah, that never happened.  Aron’s drunk a lot.  But the other series of novels he mentioned?  Those are Maberry’s Joe Ledger books.  Those are awesome.

Yesterday, our second episode of Star Trek: Aegean hit the webz!

Don’t miss issue 9 of Knights of Reignsborough… coming this weekend!

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Written on October 3rd, 2011 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Podcasts Tags: , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Tim’s First Monkey Book!

  • Paul’s in Orlando
  • Free online superhero MMORPGs
  • Daredevil #4
  • Batman #1
  • Catwoman #1
  • Green Lantern Corps #1
  • Nightwing #1
  • Red Hood and the Outlaws #1
  • Wonder Woman #1
  • Other new 52 books
    • Birds of Prey #1
    • Blue Beetle #1
    • Captain Atom #1
    • DC Universe Presents #1
    • Legion of Super-Heroes #1
    • Supergirl #1
  • Planet Of The Apes #6
  • Star Trek #1
  • Thunderbolts #163.1
  • Ultimate Comics Hawkeye #2
  • Ultimate Comics X-Men #1

Don’t miss Knights of Reignsborough Issue #8!

This weekend, our second episode of Star Trek: Aegean hits the webz!

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Written on September 28th, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Podcasts Tags: , , , , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Questionable Priorities

It was a crazy week.  Both Aron and Wayne worked long hours.  Aron even had to send The Wife to pick up his comics.  Add to that, comics sold out all across the country sending books back for second and third print runs.  If it felt like the 90s, maybe that’s because the speculator market has seen a resurgence and there’s a lotta Rob Liefeld out there?  Join Aron, Tim and Wayne for a rousing roundtable of the week in comics.

  • Comics selling out
  • New52 and the speculator market
  • New52 news
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #669
  • FEAR ITSELF #6
  • JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #627
  • NEW DC 52 BATMAN AND ROBIN #1
  • NEW DC 52 BATWOMAN #1
  • NEW DC 52 GREEN LANTERN #1
  • NEW DC 52 RED LANTERNS #1
  • NEW DC 52 SUPERBOY #1
  • NEW DC 52 RESURRECTION MAN #1
  • FLY #4
  • PIGS #1
  • ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #1
  • THE INFINITE #1 and #2

This past Friday, our first episode of our all-new Ideology of Madness Actual Play dropped.  We’re running a Star Trek game this time around.  The first episode is our sandbox session.  So beam aboard STAR TREK: Aegean for an RPG Actual Play romp acrpss the final frontier!

And don’t forget Knights of Reignsborough Issue #8 hits the webz the Friday, September 23rd!

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Written on September 18th, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Podcasts Tags: , , , , , , ,
Funnybooks Offline: Magdalena Volume I

Released this week in comic shops everywhere, writer Ron Marz’s first sold out storyline of Image/Top Cow’s Magdalena collects the first six issues of the series, featuring writing from Marz, art by Nelson Blake II, David Marquez, Sal Regla, and covers by Ryan Sook.

We talked a bit about the first couple of issues of Magdalena in our regular Funnybooks show, but didn’t really discuss the last half of the storyline, primarily because we didn’t want to repeat ourselves.  That being said…in case you didn’t listen to the episodes….just f*cking buy this book.  Ron Marz has very publicly stated that, despite having an immensely popular Witchblade run (about to come to an end), he came to Top Cown primarily because he wanted to write Magdalena, and it shows.

Magdalena tells the story of Patience, who’s only the most current Magdalena.  See, the Magdalena have actually been the official protector and warrior of the Catholic Church for over two thousand years, sworn to defend the Faith with the Spear of Destiny against all manner of supernatural threats.  They’re the descendants of Christ Himself, but Patience…well, she’s actually lost her patience with the church.  She’s abandoned the church and struck out on her own, to fight creatures outside the sanctity of the church.  However, her old employers have come across evidence that the Antichrist has been born.  Not only that, he’s about to unleash the devil upon Earth. Read the rest of this entry »

Written on August 4th, 2011 , Comics, Image
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Li’l Red Skull
  • Aron’s ethical, digital dilemma
  • The last Harry Potter (and Midnight in Paris)
  • SF Television
  • Amazing Spider-Man #665
  • Ultimate Comics Fallout #1
  • Green Lantern #67
  • Booster Gold #46
  • Flashpoint: Emperor Aquaman #2
  • FF #6
  • Charismagic #2
  • Shinku #2

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Written on July 17th, 2011 , Comics, DC, Digital Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Movies & TV, Podcasts Tags: , , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Jim Starlin

One of the many pleasures of comic book podcasting is that you get to talk to amazingly talented people… and sometimes you get to talk to amazingly talented people who you’ve idolized for decades.  Such is the case with this week’s interview.

With a career in comics spanning 40 years, Jim Starlin was responsible for re-imagining such characters as Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock for Marvel… and then killed them.

He’s the fellow who gave us Thanos (who loves Death) and over at DC, he killed off Jason Todd in the now infamous A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Sensing a theme?

Currently, Jim Starlin is producing the third volume of his creator owned BREED over at Image Comics.  It’s a horror story centering on the activities of Ray Stoner who is half-demon, half-man.  Monstrous hijinks ensue.

Of course, Starlin was a pioneer in the realm of creator-owned content.

Starlin debuted his Vanth Dreadstar character in the serialized Metamorphosis Odyssey appearing in the pages of Marvel’s Epic Illustrated.  Beyond that initial serialized story, Dreadstar moved onto his own original graphic novel followed by a monthly under Marvel’s Epic banner followed by a series at First Comics and then a mini-series at Malibu.

And I ain’t the only one sporting a chubby for Big Jim.  Oh no, Paul has a deep and abiding love for all things Thanos and the Infinity gems.

Brother Starlin teases a little news in this episode about Dreadstar… and Thanos and a certain movie project.

Join our unabashed geek love fest as we adore Jim Starlin.

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Written on June 22nd, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , , , , , ,
Dale Keown to wrap up ARTIFACTS!

Because no one’s making a big enough deal out of it …

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Yeah … Dale Keown is the artist on Artifacts #13, which releases this September, probably not-so-coincidentally the same month Witchblade #150 releases, which is Ron Marz’s last issue on the title (sad Paul).  Kinda shocked that this wasn’t released in USAToday or something … maybe the solicits came out early.  Anyway, here’s the solicit copy on Artifacts #13:

ARTIFACTS #13 (of 13)
story RON MARZ
art DALE KEOWN & SUNNY GHO
cover A DALE KEOWN
cover B JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
cover C JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
OCTOBER 5
32 PAGES / FC / T+
$3.99

THE DECISION!

It all comes down to this! The Survivor’s plan has come to fruition. All thirteen Artifacts and their bearers are in their fated place. The stakes are simple – the very fate of the Top Cow Universe. And the only question that remains is, will either Jackie Estacado or Sara Pezzini doom the world as Tom Judge predicted? Legendary special guest artist DALE KEOWN (THE DARKNESS/PITT, Hulk) joins Top Cow Universe architect RON MARZ to bring fans an event conclusion they will never forget!

PLUS: Each issue will also feature an Artifacts: Origin story written by RON MARZ and drawn by a guest superstar artist.

Can’t. Wait.

Written on June 15th, 2011 , Comics, Image Tags:
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Reboot

In this the biggest comic book news week in years, Paul and Wayne go missing. Slackers.  No commitment, I say.  In the blinding flashpoint of this monumental news they were found wanting, consumed no doubt by fear itself.

But that’s okay.  Aron, Tim and Andrew bring it this week.

  • DC’s reboot and day-and-date digital distribution
  • VALIANT’s Return
  • Aron and Andrew see X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
  • FLASHPOINT #2
  • WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #1
  • BATMAN: KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1
  • SECRET SEVEN #1
  • WONDER WOMAN #611
  • FEAR ITSELF #3
  • THUNDERBOLTS 158
  • THE DEEP #1
  • ASM #663
  • AVENGERS ACADEMY #14.1
  • SHINKU #1 plus Ron Marz leaves Witchblade

Don’t miss the first episode of Knights of Reignsborough season 2 released last Friday and come back this Friday for Issue #0.5!

Just a two weeks left ’til big episode 100. We’re getting our tuxes pressed and preparing all the awesome. You can be part of the show.

  • You can ask a question on the Funnybooks hotline by dialing 972-763-5903 and leaving us you message and/or:
  • You can suggest show topics in the comments section below.

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Written on June 6th, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Podcasts Tags: , , , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: Revenge of Ron Marz

Ron Marz returns to the show to talk about his all new, creator-owned project – Shinku.  Shipping this week from Image Comics, Shinku tells the tale of vampires both in modern-day and feudal Japan.  There are samurai, motorcyles and lots of bloody killing.  It’s a terrific book.

We also discuss Ron’s upcoming Green Lantern one-shot for DC, his experience on Thor for Marvel and – oh yes – his current work on Witchblade and Magdalena for Top Cow.

It’s another terrific interview with Ron Marz.

Listen now!

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Written on June 1st, 2011 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts Tags: , , , , ,
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