Funnybooks and Firewater
Funnybooks and Firewater
Funnybooks and Firewater
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).
Ep 283- James Bond: Black Box
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.
Jul 25, 2023
22 min
Ep 282 - The Flinstones
Were pairing one of the first tiki cocktails with one of the first families.  This week we are reading the Flinstones.
Jul 19, 2023
22 min
Ep 281 - St Young Men
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.
Jul 11, 2023
21 min
Ep 280 - Spawn
Drink of the Month: Mai Tai.  One of the first tiki drinks. Spawn is one of the first image comics.
Jul 4, 2023
27 min
Ep 279 - Bloom
It's our last book for pride month. A romantic story of love and baking.
Jul 3, 2023
28 min
Ep 278 - Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicle
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".
Jun 20, 2023
31 min
Ep 277  - Killer Queens
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.
Jun 13, 2023
18 min
Ep 276 - Heartstopper vol 2
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.
Jun 6, 2023
27 min
Ep 275- Klaus - How Santa Claus Began
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.
Dec 13, 2022
38 min
Ep 274 - Aquaman by Peter David
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!
Dec 8, 2022
52 min
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