Dig this original piece, Ciphers, featuring The Spirit, Rorschach, and The Question. I always knew Superman was a Christ-figure, but was surprised to learn he’s a Methodist. The world is lousy with Catholic heroes, but where are the Episcopal superheroes? Could be maybe… Batman? You know you’ve been asking, “Who is Daniel?” Levar Burton jumps […]
In 1977, Black Lightning appeared in Black Lightning #1 becoming the first African American character to headline his own book at DC Comics. His stomping grounds were the slums of Metropolis. While Superman fought his battles high in the skies, Black Lightning was beating down the badguys in the streets. High school principal by day, […]
We have a winner! The winner of the Batman: Private Casebook Give-A-Way is….(drum roll please)…well, dammit, since we’re all a little kooky here are IoM, I think we’ll just go ahead and draw TWO names out of the hat…what say you? Congratulations to Noble Bear and Grungydan, the two winners of a brand new BATMAN: […]
In keeping with the theme of Black History Month, we here at Ideology of Madness are proud to dig into the long boxes and share the most interesting and notable black comic book characters. There is a rich history to be explored here, to be honored. We’ll be doing that right here through out the […]
In the early spring of 1976, I discovered my very first comic book. I was nine years old and hanging out at the corner convenience store with my best friend, Stevie. While the clerk had his back turned, I dared my chum to steal something. He stole a two cent piece of Bazooka Bubble Gum. […]
We have a winner! The winner of the Final Crisis Give-A-Way, our very first contest here at Ideology of Madness, is Seraph. Seraph’s favorite Superman is… well… Supermen: “…Namely Red Superman and Blue Superman from the Silver Age, because that was the first Superman comic I ever read. Good luck with the site!” These are […]
Hey kiddies! This one will be at the top for a while to give everyone a chance to enter the contest! Scroll down for the latest news! I just watched the last part of Newsarama’s 20 Questions with Dan Didio video series, and read the questions asked of him at NYCC, and I have to […]
On occasion, folks will say “it’s just a phone.” Bah! They don’t get it because they don’t have one. Don’t make me choose between you and my iPhone! My iPhone completes me! Much as the silver cord connects my astral form to the Prime Material Plane, the iPhone connects me to the vast, wondrous world […]
(NOTE: To give everyone a chance to enter, this will be at the top of the site for a couple of days. For the most current news, scroll down! New posts added all the time!) Maybe the review didn’t scare you off, or perhaps you just want to see for yourself what the fuss is […]
I fully expect to be asking questions at the end of one of these things leading me into the next story. I don’t expect to ask “What the hell did I just read?!?”