A motley band of amateur bartenders, avid comic book readers, and critics. Join us each week we ramble and discuss a different Graphic Novel, Trade Paper Back, or Comicbook and attempt a cocktail pairing (cause pairing chocolates and wine doesn’t have enough superheroes involved).
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Our last Mai Tai book was intended to focus on the beach aspect of this tiki drink. We don't have a lot of beaches, but we have some fun spy action.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Were pairing one of the first tiki cocktails with one of the first families. This week we are reading the Flinstones.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Drink of the Month: Mai tai. Features two different types of Rums. St. Young Men features two religious icons, Jesus and Budah, sharing an apartment in Tokyo as they vacation among the humans.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Drink of the Month: Mai Tai. One of the first tiki drinks. Spawn is one of the first image comics.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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It's our last book for pride month. A romantic story of love and baking.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 278 - Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicle
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This week we are reading a book that has no business being as good as it is. Snagglepuss of cartoon fame stars as a closeted playwright in the middle of the Macarthy "red scare".על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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It's week two of Pride, and we are reading the book that puts the sass in Assassin. This week we are reading Killer Queens.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We're back after a more extended break than we intended. It's pride month and we are starting with a follow-up to a book we read last year. Join us as we read Volume 2 of Heartstopper.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 275- Klaus - How Santa Claus Began
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It's that time of year to read goofy books about men who make an entire town love them in order to spite the dude who stole his girlfriend. Nothing says holidays like next-level-passive-aggression.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We have come to the end of our grand experiment. It's the last of our Aquaman books. Will Alaina ever learn to love the fish-talking aquatic lover boy? Listen in to find out!על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 273- Aquaman - Sword of Atlantis
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Our second to last Aquaman book. Will Laina every survive? If she does, will she every forgive us?על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 272 - Aquaman- Unspoken Water
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Laina is a woman on the edge. She may not be the biggest Aquaman fan. But we liked the book ok.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Week two of our look into Aquaman. Will Laina learn to love the underwater hero? Probably not, but it makes for a fun conversation.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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This month we are doing a grand experiment. We are reading five different creative teams take on a character we know very little about - Aquaman. We start with the new 52 relaunch written by Geoff Johns.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We end our Halloween month with our traditional Archie Horror Book. This time it's the evil-est kids in Riverdale, the Blossoms, raising hell.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Only the mushroom tea can save you now...because...reasons...I guess.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We are continuing our dive into Halloween comics with a witch/cop in the book Black Magick.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We are back! We return from hiatus with the start of our 6th year of Horror Comics for Halloween! This week we are reading the Carrie / Fight Club mash-up Alena. Which Todd described as "Girls Are Mean".על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We end our collection of pride books with an autobiographical tale of people with issues, and their dog with issues.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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This week we are reading a manga dealing with the experience of a young man discovering his sexual identity as he connects with a commune of interesting characters.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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A theme park haunted house is the home base for a band of misfits, and a portal to hell in this week's comic.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Happy Pride Month! We are starting this year with a book that was on a lot of top 10 LGBTQIA+ Comic book lists. Just maybe not for this volume.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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It's gonzo-journalism in a dark American future. We are finishing out our month of sci-fi with a book about what goes on inside Alaina's head.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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This week we are reading a comic book adaptation of one of the greats in Sci-fi. With multiple adaptations of this classic work to choose from, how does this comic compare?על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 257 - Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo ren
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 254 - Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.…
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It's the end of our Sword and Scorchy month. This week is the French comic that depicts fairies, fantastical worlds, life, and death.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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".על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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).על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 247 - Killmonger - By Any Means
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It's the origin/backstory to one of the best villains in the MCU. This week Black Panther's rival returns to Wakanda.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 246 - Invincible Ironman - Ironheart
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This week we have a new hero in training. Ironheart takes up the Iron Man gig.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 245 - Strange Fruit - Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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The End is Neigh! This week we explore the final chapter of I Hate Fairyland.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Nice guys finish last, but can a "Good Gert" get out of fairyland? Probably not.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We are starting out the new year with a book that is basically Alaina in comic form!על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Ep 239 - Marvel Zombie Christmas Carol
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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Swampthing Goes to Hell in this volume of Alan Moore's Saga.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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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.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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We go to hell and back with Swampthing in this week's volume. We continue down in our deep dive into Allen Moore's bizarre epic.על ידי Funnybooks and Firewater
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