Last week, I told you about The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross. It is the first book in the Laundry files. I was pleased to find out that Cubicle 7 had put out a role playing game based on this series entitled aptly enough, The Laundry. In order to capture the feel of the books, the authors […]
You know what’s funny? There so so few “best Superman artists” of all time listings online, it’s kind of a crime. I found only two when I searched Google. I mean, there have been hundreds of artists who have drawn the Man of Steel – it’s surprising how little appreciation there is for them. Now […]
Brief summary: Total Recall is a visually exciting film, clearly inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, where everyone in the world lives in England or Australia, but speak with American accents. While spectacular to look at and quick-paced, the one thing the film lacks that the original had is a sense of humor, instead focusing […]
It’s all led up to this! The Rogues of Reignsborough have Escaped from Dauger Island… The Ghosts of Reignsborough have rampaged across the city… …And now The Squires of Reignsborough are on the scene. Can the city’s youngest heroes save the day? Join Partisan Boy, Kid Ricochet, Adept, Golden Girl and Monkey Boy as they […]
Please accept my apologies for the tardiness of this episode. TimeWarner Cable had an issue in my neighborhood this week and my interwebz were only recently restored making this episode two days late. Grant Morrison and Rob Liefeld leaving the New 52 Superman #11 Amazing Spider-Man #690 Justice League Dark #11 National Comics: Eternity #1 […]
Geoff Johns had a pretty successful Green Lantern storyline called Secret Origin, a retcon of the origin of the character that set up storylines like Blackest Night, bringing new characters and concept to the origin and linking them with current continuity. It was both successful and entertaining, and so DC decided that Johns should bring […]
After my recent review of Casting Call of Cthulhu, I was pondering my reading within the Cthulhu mythos. I have read many of the stories by H P Lovecraft and several of those by the inheritors of his legacy. In spite of my best efforts, I was never a fan of Cthulhu. It wasn’t until I […]
Today’s podcast is the first of three new shows releasing this week here at Ideology of Madness. Due to the spoilery nature of our Dark Knight Rises conversation, we decided to release this as a stand-alone episode. So those who don’t want to be can easily avoid being spoiled, We’re all about creating a James […]
The Dark Knight Rises with the Man of Steel trailer! Comicon News Item 47, Kevin Smith, Thomas Jane returns as the Punisher, Guardians of the Galaxy, Winter Soldier movie, and Arrow TV series Tim Drake is a nobody Daredevil rights may return to Marvel from Fox Cyberforce Kickstarter was ¼ funded in the first day […]
Okay, so maybe I don’t agree with the decision on how to market the new Man of Steel movie, but it did have an effect on me. Now I just wanna read a good Superman story. Of course, if you listen to our podcast, you’ll know we’re struggling on that a little bit with some of the […]