Funnybooks and Firewater

We are going way out into space for a sci-fi tale involving a green lantern, illegal emotions, a murder mystery, and politics. It's more fun than that description implies. 

The earth is about to end,  and an alien species is here to collect our DNA and make big intergalactic bucks on selling an extinct species. 

May thee 4th be with you! We are starting our month of Sci-fi books with the back story of the Star Wars Emo kid supreme - Kylo Ren. 

This week we finish up our month of true crime books with a fictional interpretation of one of the oldest unsolved murders in LA history. 

We continue our true crime month with the story of one of the detectives who spent a good part of his career hunting down a serial killer.  

Once again this week we are looking at a true crime tale from the state of Wisconson.  This weeks killer has been the basis  of  some of the movies scariest killers. 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  We are beginning our month of True Crime comics with My Friend Dahlmer.  The backstory of the notorious killer, cannibal, and collector Jeffery Dahlmer.  This is is the story of his High School days, written and illustrated by a fellow classmate who knew Dahlmer fairly well. 

It's the end of our Sword and Scorchy month. This week is the French comic that depicts fairies, fantastical worlds, life, and death. 

This week's installment of Sword and Sorcery month called on the Arthurian legend.  With a character, we all lovingly refer to as "the John Wick of Grandmas".

This week we have some good ole' fashioned Norse ass kicking.  Some early work from some of our favorite creators. Join us for part two of the Rikard series (although you don't have to read book one to enjoy this book, trust us, we didn't).

We talk about the book in this episode, I swear! We discuss a lot of other stuff first.  And we sort of have a split decision on this one, which is also fun. 

Were doing sword and sorcery this month.  We are starting with Monstress a beautiful book about power, corruption, and the main character's road to reclaiming her life after it was torn apart by war. 

It's the origin/backstory to one of the best villains in the MCU.  This week Black Panther's rival returns to Wakanda. 

This week we have a new hero in training. Ironheart takes up the Iron Man gig. 

This week we read what we refer to as "The Good Strange Fruit".  Last year we read something else, while Alaina read this lovely book.  Now we get to read the book she loved.  

We begin our celebration of Black comics with the conclusion of Congressmen John Lewis's autobiographical comic March.  Book three of March deals with the voting rights act and the march to Selma, Alabama. 

The End is Neigh!  This week we explore the final chapter of I Hate Fairyland. 

Nice guys finish last, but can a "Good Gert" get out of fairyland?  Probably not.  

We continue our epic tale of Gerd and her adventures in Fairyland. Last week, she ended up as the Queen of Fairyland...yeah, that's gonna be a thing. 

We are starting out the new year with a book that is basically Alaina in comic form!

We end our year with a twist on the classic Christmas Carol story.  England is overrun by Zombies and it may or may not be Scrooges' fault. We're taking a few weeks off for the Holidays, so we will see you back here in January with I Hate Fairyland. 

It's the ending of our six-week run exploring the Saga of the Swampthing.  Does the Swampthing find his way back to his lady love? Does Alaina ever forgive us for making her read these books? Join us for the thrilling conclusion. 

Swampthing returns from hell to find his girlfriend in jail for "unnatural relations".  So he does what any angry boyfriend would do, holds the entire city of Gotham hostage. 

Swampthing Goes to Hell in this volume of Alan Moore's Saga. 

This week's volume of the Saga of the Swampthing is a greatest-hits of horror characters.  From underwater Vampires to a guy called nukeface, Swampthing has his hands full with creatures of the night.