Continuing our conversation with this week’s IoM Artist Showcase illustrator Scott Blair… Ideology of Madness: You’ve got a busy con schedule this year – I’m looking forward to seeing you in Austin, by the way. What types of work are you producing at cons this year? Scott Blair: For cons this year, I’m still focusing […]
It’s no secret that we here at Ideology of Madness miss the Elseworlds books from DC Comics. Elseworlds was the DC take on Marvel’s What If. Rather than simply being content on telling alternate endings to stories as Marvel was, DC told wildly fanciful alternate universe stories. Whereas Marvel might tell the story of What […]
Welcome back to the Showcase! Continuing our conversation with this week’s IoM Artist Showcase illustrator Scott Blair… Ideology of Madness: We love your pinups, those 40s era ladies you draw are amazing. What got you into that style? Scott Blair: Growing up surrounded by vintage magazines, movie posters and memorabilia from the 1940’s in our […]
Continuing our conversation with this week’s IoM Artist Showcase illustrator Scott Blair… Today, we focus on the artist/client experience. Ideology of Madness: From my own experience, I get the best work from artists when I can get them excited about the project. When someone is seeking commission work from you, how best can a client […]
There are a couple of core facts that are common to almost every role-playing game. Even for newcomers to role-playing games, people not like me who have been doing it for decades; one of the most basic items of every game, one that seems intrinsic to role-playing is dice. Unless you are playing a pure […]
Flash…Aaaaaaahhhhh! He saved every one of us! Yes folks, we have a new Flash Gordon book and, spoiler warning, it’s freakin’ fantastic! We’ve also got new #1’s from Marvel and Zenescope, Invicible has a really bad day, and we give our full thoughts about Captain America: The Winter Soldier! Kings Watch #5/Flash Gordon #1 Iron […]
Hello and welcome to the opening of the Ideology of Madness Artist Showcase! We love comics here at IoM. We especially love comic artists. Within the gallery of the IoM Artist Showcase we will feature a different artist each week, showcasing artist’s self-selected pieces in a week-long series. Our effort here is to introduce you […]
Two things before I begin. Spoiler warnings on! Yes, I know it has been out for a few weeks but there still could be people that haven’t seen it and I don’t want to ruin it for them. No, I have not read the books. Yes, I know that makes me a horrible human being. […]
A few weeks back Aron and Paul mentioned a new offering coming to the All New Marvel Now. The title was to be Loki: Agent of Asgard. I sounded interesting and this second incarnation of the Marvel Now was being touted as new reader friendly. So with their recommendation and the promise of being a […]
The Nights of the Crusades game’s bread and butter is the juxtaposition of a fairly gritty, down-to-earth representation of the historical world during the crusades and just enough of the odd, mystical and supernatural to make it as haunting and frightening as the people of the period thought the world actually was. Your character is […]