Funnybook Babylon - The Lateness of the New Gods Mixtape Review
1) Fourth World’s Finest pt. 2 (WW1 Germany mix) - ft. the ghost of Jack Kirby
**** - Following up on their last new godz track, FBB discusses the merits of Apokolips powerhouse Virman Vundabar and new leader/former psychoanalyst Takion. Great track […]
Schedule conflicts among the Funnybook Babylon cast has forced us to provide you with Round 2 of the Epically Long and still amazing podcast from last week.
Leading off the discussion from last week about Vertigo’s Great Disaster, we discuss it’s fifth world replacement, Zuda Comics. The cast of FBB ponders stories like Bayou and Black […]
While Joe’s away, the cast of Funnybook Babylon is left to their own devices and where does it lead them?
Back to the age old (2 weeks) question of whether or not Vertigo is falling apart. With Jeph Loeb and Brian Michael Bendis’ help, they reveal the secret ultimate origin of the Vertigo U, hint: Sandman […]
Pedro, Chris and Jamaal engage in a lengthy discussion about Sentences, the critically acclaimed ‘graphic novel’* written by Percy Carey, a/k/a M.F. Grimm with art by Ronald Wimberly. As a special bonus, this podcast also offers a FBB patented off topic conversation about unverifiable hip-hop history from the mid ’90’s. We are Joeless again […]
Sorry about the late ass podcast, but Joe is working in Hollywood, Jamaal is lawyering, Chris is teaching, and I’m back at school.
But this week we rundown on Liefield shooting on Moore, the Tigra controversy, Cap’s new duds, and Comics Journalism.
In our earth, he just likes their comics.
THIS WEEK ONLY:
Jamaal Breaks down the Zuda Contracts.
We talk theoretical sales figures, and theoretical insights that can be brought out of it.
And a bit of Unicorn hunting: Should DC drop the Wildstorm imprint and just stick the DC imprint on it?
And a special, DC Editor Rumor Round-up!
This week we discuss Daniel Clowes, pornographer and how herpes is just not as good thematic device as murder.
This podcast was mixed by Pedro and Fixed by Joe.
We got a bit of a surprise for you this week, so even if you don’t like to hear us blather on and on about comics, you absolutely have to listen to the opening of this week’s show, I spent waaaay too much time on it.
This weekend I was working on a cooking show, Jamaal and Pedro were watching the Flamingos win a championship and Chris was landing in Sunset Park. So we decided to treat you guys to a review recorded a few weeks ago. We discuss two books recent Vertigo titles by Jason Aaron: Scalped The Other Side.
This Week!
We play, Save the Comics industry! (from who?), We pontificate about numbers a bit, and manage to do the IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
*spoiler alert*
We DON’T TALK ABOUT DC EDITORIAL! At least not directly. Well, sorta.
Jamaal: “Let’s assume for the sake of the argument that they’re reasonable people who actually want to sell their comics and that they’re […]
Could this Masked Man be the father of your child?
Will Agatha Christie Comics, save the comic book industry (Or find Ray Palmer)?
Former Runaways Artist runs away to Spider-man Loves Mary Jane! Will this creative team ’swapping’ become rampant in Marvel?
And will Superboy Someone special be punching Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan into an arena with […]
Hey, Jamaal came over the other night, started to talk about what is going on with the Superboy litigation, and I put microphones in front of us. I hope you enjoy.
This Week.
Alex Ross teases, Dan Didio Spoils, Puckett and Johnson take over Supergirl. Somehow a Cap argument ensues.
Our review of the critically acclaimed Fun Home.
I’ve spent the morning dealing with, the post office, my landlord, and the housing commission so I don’t really have any smart quips for you all, they’ve stolen a bit of my soul.
So, here you go…
The file is back up…
This week on the podcast: Wizard World news, and some discussions.
Pedro asks - “Are there really 3 versions of Nightshade that people care about?”
Joe asks - “Why would you want to go to Disneyland if you’re Reed Richards?”
Chris asks “How many Batman is a Vampire and everyone is dead stories can you do?”
Jamaal asks “Do […]