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 […]
All I knew going into Bad Dog #1 was that it was about a werewolf bounty hunter. Not a bounty hunter chasing werewolves, no. A werewolf who makes a living as a bounty hunter. So already, I was hooked. The book, published by Image and written by Joe Kelly (I Kill Giants, Deadpool), is startlingly […]
There have been many Phantoms before the current one – a lineage of fathers passing the torch to their sons, an oath to defend the jungles of Bangalla from piracy, cruelty, and injustice. The story of the modern Phantom, the 21st, continues in The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks, published by Moonstone Books, starting with […]
Back in December 2006, probably my favorite living comic book artist, Humberto Ramos, announced a project that he and Paul Jenkins (one of my favorite comic writers) were working on together called Fairy Quest. Now, like I said, I’m a HUGE fan of both of these guys, and absolutely have loved everything they’ve done together […]
Somewhere out of the blue the other day, I came across Th3rd World Studios, an independent comic book publisher started in 2006 that, to be honest with you, I had never heard of. Checking out their website, it looks to me like they have some great comics. Here’s just a sampling of some of their […]
Why waste hard earned cash on a series that you’ve been collecting for a year, but really don’t like? You can take that 3 or 4 bucks and buy something new and exciting! DVD’s, Video Games, Comics, the occassional book…check here for your one-stop listing of all the stuff you should add to your collection […]
Seriously? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles turn 25 this year. Why the hell haven’t they made a bigger deal about this? I mean…the Turtles are a phenomenon! Well, were. I still think their current cartoon is pretty popular. Check out www.tmnt25.com for all the latest news on the upcoming planned events for the Turtles’ anniversary. […]