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 […]
Do you Cthulhu? I know I do! Ok, not as much as I used to but that is only because I’m getting old. I hear your old man jokes. Get off my lawn! Where was I…Oh, Do you Cthulhu? If the answer is yes then I may have a book for you. Casting […]
You may have noticed that the Knights of Reignsborough are gearing up for another season. They have released several new Actual Plays for your listening enjoyment. My favorite so far has been Rogues of Reignsborough: Escape from Dauger Island. Listening to the players deal with the prison environs was very entertaining but it […]
There are those who who dwell apart from us. Their eyes unaccustomed to the bright rays of our golden sun. The darkness is their home for they dwell in a city under our city. These… Mollochs… Have been content to silently shadow the citizens of Reignsborough, but the recent escape of the Rogues from […]
On Monday’s episode of Funnybooks, you’ll hear Wayne and I have differing opinions on the effectiveness of the new MAN OF STEEL trailer. I feel that, while pretty to look at, it’s ineffective as a teaser. Especially since most folks’ issue with the last entry, Superman Returns, was its lack of action. This teaser does […]
It’s been 9 years since Sandy Collora’s homage to Batman debuted at San Diego ComiCon. In a 2011 interview with Media Mikes, Collora reflected: It was really just a big experiment. So much of what I was attempting to do, had never been done on film at the time. I wanted to present the Batman […]