Funnybooks and Firewater

Bryan has never read a Hulk book before, and this is a highly recommended Hulk story is also the basis for part of the next Thor movie.  This week we are filling the gaps in our gapes in our knowledge by reading Planet Hulk.

Next week we're reading the best selling graphic novel of all time (or so the cover says), The Death of Superman.  It’s the comic book event that crossed over to pop culture in a big way.  It also influenced the film Batman v. Superman.

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Its a book that Adam missed: Sandman.  Gaiman’s lucid dream of a comic blends superhero’s and the supernatural in a book that has rightly been labbeled a classic.

Next time on Funnybooks and Firewater were reading Planet Hulk.  Bryan has never read a Hulk book before, and this is a highly recommended Hulk story.  Also the basis for part of the next Thor movie.

This week we are begging out month of Gaps in Knowledge, books we feel we should have read before, but for some reason are just getting around to know.  We start with a gap in Q's knowledge, JLA.

Next Week its a book that Adam missed: Sandman.  Just in time for the premier of one of Gaimans other books as a TV series: American Gods.  

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This week we join a group of DC’s finest females was they fight crime in Birds of Prey. Its a big summer blockbuster of a comic book. Its Gail Simone’s first outing putting theseDC heroines thru their paces.

Next month we are filling in the gaps of our comic book knowledge, reading books we should have read, but for some reason haven’t yet.  Were starting with Grant Morrison's run on JLA.

On this week's episode, it’s a combination of fair tales and espionage with Cinderella: From Fabeltown with Love.  A Fables crossover with a kick ass woman as our hero. 

Next week we join a group of DC’s finest females was they fight crime in Birds of Prey.

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This week we join Kamala Khan as she learns to control her new powers in the book Ms. Marvel.  Just cause she doesn’t drink, doesn’t mean were not going to.

Next week it’s a combination of fair tales and espionage with Cinderella: From Fabeltown with Love.  A Fables cross over with a kick ass woman as our hero.

This week we begin our month of Women Empowerment comics, with a 1950’s Ass Kicking Assassin / House Wife and Mother.  It’s Donna Reed meets James Bond in Lady Killer.

Next week we join Kamala Khan as she learns to control her new powers in the book Ms. Marvel. 

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Shit gets a little dark this month, we're talking about the death of a child, the aids epidemic, revolution and civil war, and the suicide of a closeted dad.  We’re getting personal, as we hold on for a month of autobiographical comics.

This week we are reading Fun Home, Alison Bechdel's story that deals not only with her own coming out as a lesbian, but her closeted father's life of secrets and his eventual suicide.  The is also the basis for the Tony Award winning Musical of the same name.

Next month it's all about strong women.  We're celebrating a month of women empowerment with Birds of Prey, Lady Killer, Ms. Marvel, and Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love.  

Shit gets a little dark this month, we're talking about the death of a child, the aids epidemic, revolution and civil war, and the suicide of a closeted dad.  We’re getting personal, as we hold on for a month of autobiographical comics.

This week we are reading Persepolis from Marjane Satrapi.  This is her tale growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Spanning her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, she sees the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. 

Next Week we are reading Fun Home, Alison Bechdel's story that deals not only with her own coming out as a lesbian, but her closeted father's life of secrets and his eventual suicide.  The is also the basis for the Tony Award winning Musical of the same name.

This week is more “Real World” issues, as we read Pedro and Me.  Written by Judd Winick from Real World season 3, its the story of Judd’s friendship with fellow housemate Pedro, and Pedro’s fight, and eventual death of AIDS.

Next week we are reading Persepolis.  The story of a outspoken young woman growing up in war torn Iran.