http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com If we geek about it, we speak about it. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:56:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 IdeologyofMadness.com where if we geek about it, we speak about it! IdeologyofMadness.com is a geek culture website where we focus on comics, role playing games, video games, movies, you name it. If it excites us, we talk about it. We host a number of podcasts... Funnybooks (with Aron and Paulie) is a weekly comic book discussion show. We chat about the business of comics, new releases, experiences in the hobby and old favorites. Plus, we chat with some of the biggest names in the industry in our New Comic Book Day Interview Series! HOSTS: Aron Head, Paul Aponte, Wayne Cole, Tim Shaw, and Jonathan Landreth Knights of Reignsborough is a sandbox superhero role playing game series featuring both world building episodes and actual play. HOSTS: Aron Head, Paul Aponte, Wayne Cole, Tim Shaw, and Jonathan Landreth Cardboard Crack is a Magic: The Gathering podcast exploring strategy for the collectible card game. HOSTS: Jonathan Landreth and John Anderson Aron Head and Paul Aponte yes Aron Head and Paul Aponte ideologyofmadness@gmail.com ideologyofmadness@gmail.com (Aron Head and Paul Aponte) 2011 If we geek about it, we speak about it! IdeologyofMadness.com is a geek culture website where we focus on comics, role playing games, video games, movies, you name it. If it excites us, we talk about it. Funny Books with Aron and Paulie is our weekl... comics, discussion, batman, superman, blackest night, RPG, CCG, MTG http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/funnybooks_itunessmall.png http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/19192 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/19192#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:50:08 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/?p=19192 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/19192/feed 0 raven gregory,zenescope We're big fans of Raven Gregory on Funnybooks.  We've spoken about his latest titles, Fly and The Theater, with much love because they're just damn good books that you should definitely check out. Sad thing, though?  We've never had Raven on the show. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/fb2011_ravengregory.png)We're big fans of Raven Gregory on Funnybooks.  We've spoken about his latest titles, Fly and The Theater, with much love because they're just damn good books that you should definitely check out. Sad thing, though?  We've never had Raven on the show.  We've only really been able to do interviews via e-mail due to his busy calendar.  Well...until now. Raven and Paul get on the mic to discuss all of his latest goodies, including Fly, Theater, and Alice in Wonderland, the much anticipated prequel to his hugely successful Return to Wonderland trilogy.  Not only that, we get some exclusive news on The Waking 2, a sequel to a book that Raven never intended there to be a sequel to.  Plus, we chat about rum, and Raven realizes you can drop the f-bomb on our podcast about halfway into the interview. Check it out! Paul yes 44:55 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18310 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18310#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:59:29 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/?p=18310 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18310/feed 0 Comics,DC,doctor who,idw Hard to believe, but it's been two years since we last interviewed Matt Sturges.  In this episode, we play catch-up becayse Matt's been up to a whole lot of stuff since 2009.  We discuss the finale to Jack of Fables, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fb2011_sturges.png)Hard to believe, but it's been two years since we last interviewed Matt Sturges (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7825).  In this episode, we play catch-up becayse Matt's been up to a whole lot of stuff since 2009.  We discuss the finale to Jack of Fables, writing House of Mystery for Vertigo and Doctor Who for IDW. We yammer about digital comics, the DC Reboot and Matt's early geekery. Plus in an Ideology of Madness/Funnybooks exclusive, Matt reveals his... wait... you'll have to listen for that. Aron yes 58:40 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18242 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18242#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:21:14 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/?p=18242 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18242/feed 2 A very special bonus interview this week as Paul chats with COO of Ape Entertainment, Brent Erwin.  You may be familiar with Ape Entertainment from their popular line of titles based off of Dreamworks properties such as MegaMind, Shrek, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/fb2010_erwin1.png)A very special bonus interview this week as Paul chats with COO of Ape Entertainment, Brent Erwin.  You may be familiar with Ape Entertainment from their popular line of titles based off of Dreamworks properties such as MegaMind, Shrek, and Kung Fu Panda, or their new take on Richie Rich. Brent Erwin is a 22-year veteran of the Comics Industry, having opened his first Comic Shop “Four Color Comics & Cards” in Waco, TX at age 19. Brent went on to become a Sales Representative for Diamond Comics Distributors, working with Acclaim Comics in New York City. Leaving Diamond Comics Distributors, Brent became a Marketing Coordinator for the direct market, under the authority of Fabian Nicieza, the Publisher of Acclaim Comics. Brent has also worked for Wizard Entertainment, known as publisher of the leading comics industry magazine “Wizard the Comics Magazine”. His position with Wizard was as Senior Advertising Account Manager. In 1998, Brent launched SmallPressComics.com, an on-line community devoted to Small Press and Independent Comics. In 2003, comics devotees David Hedgecock and Mike Hall teamed with Brent and founded Ape Entertainment. They are publishers of high-quality original graphic novels, comic books, and illustrated fiction. Stay tuned on Monday for a chance to win a signed copy of Ape Entertainment's new Richie Rich comic! Paul yes 25:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18233 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18233#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:00:51 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/?p=18233 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18233/feed 0 Avengers movie,Comics,DC,Dreadstar,Marvel,podcast,thanos One of the many pleasures of comic book podcasting is that you get to talk to amazingly talented people... and sometimes you get to talk to amazingly talented people who you've idolized for decades.  Such is the case with this week's interview. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/fb2010_starlin.png)One of the many pleasures of comic book podcasting is that you get to talk to amazingly talented people... and sometimes you get to talk to amazingly talented people who you've idolized for decades.  Such is the case with this week's interview. With a career in comics spanning 40 years, Jim Starlin was responsible for re-imagining such characters as Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock for Marvel... and then killed them. He's the fellow who gave us Thanos (who loves Death) and over at DC, he killed off Jason Todd in the now infamous A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. Sensing a theme? Currently, Jim Starlin is producing the third volume of his creator owned BREED over at Image Comics.  It's a horror story centering on the activities of Ray Stoner who is half-demon, half-man.  Monstrous hijinks ensue. Of course, Starlin was a pioneer in the realm of creator-owned content. Starlin debuted his Vanth Dreadstar character in the serialized Metamorphosis Odyssey appearing in the pages of Marvel's Epic Illustrated.  Beyond that initial serialized story, Dreadstar moved onto his own original graphic novel followed by a monthly under Marvel's Epic banner followed by a series at First Comics and then a mini-series at Malibu. And I ain't the only one sporting a chubby for Big Jim.  Oh no, Paul has a deep and abiding love for all things Thanos and the Infinity gems. Brother Starlin teases a little news in this episode about Dreadstar... and Thanos and a certain movie project. Join our unabashed geek love fest as we adore Jim Starlin. Aron yes 33:10 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18045 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18045#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:00:40 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/?p=18045 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/18045/feed 0 DC,green lantern,Image Comics,Shinku,Thor,top cow Ron Marz returns to the show to talk about his all new, creator-owned project - Shinku.  Shipping this week from Image Comics, Shinku tells the tale of vampires both in modern-day and feudal Japan.  There are samurai, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fb2011_marz.png)Ron Marz returns to the show to talk about his all new, creator-owned project - Shinku.  Shipping this week from Image Comics, Shinku tells the tale of vampires both in modern-day and feudal Japan.  There are samurai, motorcyles and lots of bloody killing.  It's a terrific book. We also discuss Ron's upcoming Green Lantern one-shot for DC, his experience on Thor for Marvel and - oh yes - his current work on Witchblade and Magdalena for Top Cow. It's another terrific interview with Ron Marz. Listen now! Aron yes 1:11:55 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/17972 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/17972#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 03:42:02 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=17972 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/17972/feed 1 Boom!,dracula,Planet of the Apes The first thing you have to understand about Daryl Gregory is that despite all evidence to the contrary he is not in fact British. I know, right? The next thing you need to know about Daryl Gregory?  He's writing two of the best comics around. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/fb2011_gregory.png)The first thing you have to understand about Daryl Gregory is that despite all evidence to the contrary he is not in fact British. I know, right? The next thing you need to know about Daryl Gregory?  He's writing two of the best comics around.  His Dracula: Company of Monsters is simply the best Dracula story since Wolfman and Colan's Tomb of Dracula.  It is one of the finest, genuinely horrorific comics to see print in years. His Planet of the Apes returns the franchise to the original continuity picking up where the fifth film, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, leaves off.  It's a talking-monkey-aficionado's dream come true.  It's a terrific simian whodunit with all kinds of organic human.  We're enjoying it so much, we're finging poo! Daryl's writing some great stuff and we had a blast talking to him about it.  Even though he isn't British. Aron yes 1:04:20 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/16456 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/16456#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:01:58 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=16456 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/16456/feed 0 Comics,Marvel,spider-man The truth of the matter is that Paul drug me to Amazing Spider-man kicking and screaming.  I hadn't read the title in more than ten years and while I loved the character, I'd not been jazzed by a Spider-man story in a long while. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fb2011_danslott.png)The truth of the matter is that Paul drug me to Amazing Spider-man kicking and screaming.  I hadn't read the title in more than ten years and while I loved the character, I'd not been jazzed by a Spider-man story in a long while. Then Paul introduced me to Spidey-scribe Dan Slott's Big Time, the current story running in Amazing Spider-man.  Oh. My. God. I said two things to Paul after reading the first book. "This book is freaking awesome," and "We gotta get this Slott-guy on the show." Join our conversation with a very sleep deprived Dan Slott as we discuss all things web-headed including Big Time, using his spider-scribe powers for personal gain, Shattered Dimensions, and even Peter Porker: The Spectacular Spider-ham! Aron yes 1:02:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14887 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14887#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:00:22 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=14887 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14887/feed 0 Comics,DC,Horror,pauloween horror nights,podcast,top cow In a special joint venture between Pauloween Horror Nights 2010 and Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, we've been talking to some awesome horror comic writers this month!  This week?  David Hine, writer of The Darkness: Four Horsemen from Top Cow Comics! (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fb2010_davidhinetall.png)In a special joint venture between Pauloween Horror Nights 2010 and Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, we've been talking to some awesome horror comic writers this month!  This week?  David Hine, writer of The Darkness: Four Horsemen from Top Cow Comics! David Hine is the writer of many popular titles, includin g the Marvel mini series X-Men: The 198, Civil War: X-Men, and Silent War. He was also the writer of Spawn for Image comics from issues # 151 to # 184 .  He recently wrote the Arkham Asylum one-shot for the Batman Battle for the Cowl event, as well as the Arkham Reborn and Detective Comics follow-ups, chronicling Jeremiah Arkham's decent into madness. You can also catch more Hine-infused horror with Radical Comics' FVZA: The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency, and The Bulletproof Coffin with artist Shaky Kane from Image Comics! Paul yes 30:55 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/15221 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/15221#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:00:03 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=15221 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/15221/feed 0 Pinocchio is one angry little puppet.  His father has been killed, then turned into a vampire, and he's lost everything...except the lies that turn his nose into a vampire killing stake!  This week, we talk to the creators of Pinocchio Vampire Slayer a... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/fb2010_vanjensentall.png)Pinocchio is one angry little puppet.  His father has been killed, then turned into a vampire, and he's lost everything...except the lies that turn his nose into a vampire killing stake!  This week, we talk to the creators of Pinocchio Vampire Slayer and its upcoming sequel, The Great Puppet Theater. Dusty Higgins is the creator and artist behind Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer. He is an award winning illustrator and graphic artist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Arkansas. Van Jensen, the writer behind the graphic novels, segued from comic journalism to write the exploits of our favorite vampire killing puppet! Find out why Pinocchio is so angry, how he hooks up with other vampire slaying puppets, and more in this awesome new interview!  And don't forget to pick up Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theater on October 27th! Paul yes 22:35 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14876 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14876#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:00:18 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=14876 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14876/feed 0 BONE is back! For the first time since completing in 2004, brand new tales set in Jeff Smith's Bone universe are being revealed, with the recent release of Bone: Tall Tales, and the upcoming Quest for the Spark trilogy, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fb2010_sniegoski.png)BONE is back! For the first time since completing in 2004, brand new tales set in Jeff Smith's Bone universe are being revealed, with the recent release of Bone: Tall Tales, and the upcoming Quest for the Spark trilogy, both under the skillful pen of novelist and comic writer Tom Sniegoski! Sniegoski also wrote a four-book series called The Fallen, which were loosely adapted for an ABC Family Channel mini-series in 2006-2007.  Not only that, he writes the popular Remy Chandler series, including books like Dancing on the Head of a Pin (http://www.sniegoski.com/apocalypse/pin.html) and Where Angels Fear to Tread (http://www.sniegoski.com/apocalypse/tread.html). We talk about all this and more in this AWESOME interview!  Note to younger listeners (who may be checking this out for Bone) ... PG-13 language! Paul yes 56:20 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14880 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14880#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:46:43 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=14880 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14880/feed 2 Ghost Rider working for the Kingpin? Getting super powers just in time to find out you only have one month to live? What mad genius could spawn such tales? Well, as it turns out ... that man is Rob Williams! This week, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fb2010_robwilliamstall.png)Ghost Rider working for the Kingpin? Getting super powers just in time to find out you only have one month to live? What mad genius could spawn such tales? Well, as it turns out ... that man is Rob Williams! This week, we speak to Rob about ONE MONTH TO LIVE, which tells the tale of Dennis Sykes, an ordinary guy in New York who suffers an accident that gives him superpowers. The catch is that the accident also leaves him with one month to live. And continuing our SHADOWLAND coverage, we speak about the recently released GHOST RIDER: SHADOWLAND featuring art by Clayton Crain, and how it fits into both the larger Ghost Rider and Shadowland stories! Paul yes 29:30 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14752 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14752#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:28:32 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=14752 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14752/feed 0 Comics,podcast,top cow Yeah...we know. We talk about Ron Marz and Top Cow Comics all the time.  You're thinking we should just change the name of the show to Top Cow Books With Aron and Paulie. But, when you get a chance to talk to someone as interesting as Marz, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/fb2010_ronmarz2_tall.png)Yeah...we know. We talk about Ron Marz and Top Cow Comics all the time.  You're thinking we should just change the name of the show to Top Cow Books With Aron and Paulie. But, when you get a chance to talk to someone as interesting as Marz, and about comics as good as Velocity, Angelus, Magdalena, Witchblade, and Artifacts, you jump at the chance. Our first interview (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/12774) with Ron was a blast, and now that Artifacts #1 has hit shelves (with issue 2 due in a coupla weeks), we figured it was time to touchbase with what's coming up in the big crossover, as well as where the stories are going in his other titles.  Not only that, we touch on fat, sweaty fanboys and sweet, sweet lesbian lovin'.  Oh and sex with household appliances.  And we cuss a lot...probably because we were all drunk. Seriously...why are you not listening yet? Paul yes 1:04:25 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13916 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13916#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:11:42 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13916 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13916/feed 0 Finally able to grasp the concept of the difference between US time and England time, your Funnybooks hosts Wayne and Paulie have a nice little chat with comic book, video game, novel writer and all around nice guy Antony Johnston. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/fb2010_antonyjohnstontall.png)Finally able to grasp the concept of the difference between US time and England time, your Funnybooks hosts Wayne and Paulie have a nice little chat with comic book, video game, novel writer and all around nice guy Antony Johnston. In our second Shadowland interview, we talk about his work on the Daredevil tie-in issues of Shadowland, what's coming next for ol' Horn Head, and the tie-in mini series, Shadowland: Blood on the Streets, featuring Silver Sable.  We also chat about his long running epic Wasteland and his work on the Dead Space video game series, as well as what fans can expect in the prequel to the upcoming sequel, Dead Space: Ignition. We even find time to talk about his advice for aspiring comic writers! A great interview for video game and comic fans alike! Note: We make reference to a couple of websites for Johnston-related projects, including: * Antony Johnston's Official Site (http://www.antonyjohnston.com) * The Big Wet: The official site for Wasteland (download the first issue for free!) * Dead Space (http://www.noknownsurvivors.com/home.action) Oh, and we feature music from the Wasteland official soundtrack, also available at the official Wasteland web site! Paul yes 48:35 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14191 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14191#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:54:38 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=14191 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/14191/feed 1 Did you know that Venice was sinking?  Apparently, the city of Venice floods at least 100 days per year, especially in the tourist areas. What does that have to do with Christopher Golden, writer of the upcoming Baltimore: The Plague Ships mini-series... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/fb2010_chrisophergoldentall.png)Did you know that Venice was sinking?  Apparently, the city of Venice floods at least 100 days per year, especially in the tourist areas. What does that have to do with Christopher Golden, writer of the upcoming Baltimore: The Plague Ships mini-series from Dark Horse Comics?  Well, not only do we talk with Golden about his recently released novel The Chamber of Ten, but we also talk at length about his work with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, including his Hellboy novels, like The Lost Army. Months after a devastating plague ends World War I, Europe is suddenly flooded with deadly vampires. Lord Henry Baltimore, a soldier determined to wipe out the monsters, is on the hunt for the creature responsible for this chaos and his own personal tragedy. What he uncovers is a terror as horrific and frightening as any he's seen on the battlefield. This week, Baltimore: The Plague Ships #1 releases from Dark Horse Comics, and before you read it, you must listen to this awesome interview with writer Christopher Golden! Paul yes 30:20 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13995 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13995#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:39:52 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13995 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13995/feed 0 Comics,podcast Your Funnybooks chaps Paulie, Wayne, and Tim have a delightful chat with current Avengers Academy writer, Christos Gage. There's so much goodness in this interview, that we have to describe it with exclamation points. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fb2010_christosgagetall.png) Your Funnybooks chaps Paulie, Wayne, and Tim have a delightful chat with current Avengers Academy writer, Christos Gage (http://www.christosgage.com/). There's so much goodness in this interview, that we have to describe it with exclamation points. Marvel at how Christos calls Tim "Chip" repeatedly! Find out the startling secret of how Christos (http://twitter.com/christosgage) got into writing comics! Discover the Top Cow project that he's writing that won't be announced to everyone else until this weekend at Comic Con! Gasp as we discuss the ending of Avengers: The Initiative and the beginning of Avengers Academy! Tense up with anticipation as we discuss the film adaptation of Paradox, Christos' first creator-owned title! And rush out to your comic shop to buy his new mini-series, Spider-Man/Fantastic Four! Aron yes 42:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13836 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13836#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:48:16 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13836 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13836/feed 2 Comics,Marvel,RPG,Science Fiction Paul and I can't tell time. Specifically, we can't convert the time difference between the U.S. and the U.K.  Fortunately, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have mastered such pedantic concepts as time, thus affording us the opportunity chat with them one S... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/fb2010_danabnetttall.png)Paul and I can't tell time. Specifically, we can't convert the time difference between the U.S. and the U.K.  Fortunately, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning have mastered such pedantic concepts as time, thus affording us the opportunity chat with them one Saturday morning. We chat about Dan's novel work in the Warhammer 40K universe such as Gaunt's Ghosts, his passion for Cthulhu, and a whole lot about his affection for role playing games such as Traveller.  Of course it's a comics podcast and it's DnA, so we talk about their origins in writing Marvel's cosmic books and go deep, deep, deep into their current event and it's impact on Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova.... we discuss Rocket Raccoon and even Groot and of course the big event itself... The Thanos Imperative. Fhtagn! Aron yes 43:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13663 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13663#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:15:07 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13663 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13663/feed 0 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13453 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13453#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:13:29 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13453 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13453/feed 0 curse of the mutants,victor gischler,x-men The X-Men are about to face their deadliest threat...Vampire A Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse!  No, that's not right...but they are about to start a brand new ongoing series, an adjectiveless X-Men #1, written by Vampire A Go-Go and Go-Go Girls of the A... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fb2010_victorgischlertall.png)The X-Men are about to face their deadliest threat...Vampire A Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse!  No, that's not right...but they are about to start a brand new ongoing series, an adjectiveless X-Men #1, written by Vampire A Go-Go and Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse novelist Victor Gischler!  Not only that, the premiere of the series kicks off a huge Marvel event known as the Curse of the Mutants, which will see the X-Men team up with Blade and others to take down the growing vampire menace in the Marvel U.  And it all starts with this week's release of The Death of Dracula, also written by Gischler. We sat down recently to talk to Victor Gischler about Deadpool Corps, the ending of Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth, the new X-Men series, vampires, and his growing collection of awesome novels, ranging from post-apocalyptic horror to hard-boiled crime. Paul yes http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13335 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13335#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:24:40 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13335 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13335/feed 0 Comics,DC,green arrow,podcast Green Arrow #1 comes out this week.  To celebrate, we have Green Arrow writer J.T. Krul! In this week's New Comic Book Day Interview, we chat with J.T. (call him J.T.  Never call him Jeffery.  He'll kill you if you call him Jeffery) about his experien... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fb2010_jtkrultall.png)Green Arrow #1 comes out this week.  To celebrate, we have Green Arrow writer J.T. Krul! In this week's New Comic Book Day Interview (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews), we chat with J.T. (call him J.T.  Never call him Jeffery.  He'll kill you if you call him Jeffery) about his experience working as a production assistant on Seinfeld and his work at Aspen (http://www.aspencomics.com/) on books such as Fathom and Soulfire.  We reminisce about Michael Turner.  We discuss J.T.'s creator-owned Mindfield and what he's got in store for Green Arrow.  Most important we learn how to pronounce J.T.'s last name! Aron yes http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13207 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13207#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:03:18 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=13207 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/13207/feed 0 artifacts While we love all of our interviews, every once in a while, we here at Funnybooks have an interview experience that far surpasses anything we expected.  Today's New Comic Book Day Interview with Top Cow publisher Filip Sablik is far and away one of our... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fb2010_filipsabliktall.png)While we love all of our interviews, every once in a while, we here at Funnybooks (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com//archives/category/columns/funny-books-with-aron-paulie) have an interview experience that far surpasses anything we expected.  Today's New Comic Book Day Interview (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com//archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews) with Top Cow publisher Filip Sablik is far and away one of our best. We talk with Sablik about everything Top Cow - overcoming predispositions and delays, successes and failures in trying to bring in new readers, the rising costs of comic books, media properties, all of their current titles, and, of course, the upcoming Artifacts crossover.  We don't shy away from the tough topics on this one, and Sablik was frank and honest the entire time. Whether you're a Top Cow fan or not, this is definitely going to be one of the most unique comic books interviews you've ever heard! Don't miss it! Paul yes http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12901 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12901#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:29:28 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12901 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12901/feed 1 Comics,Independent,mouse guard,podcast David Petersen, the immensely talented "arter/writist" of Mouse Guard, joins Aron, Paul, and Wayne for an depth conversation of such mousey goodness that it can barely be contained by mere digital media.  Subjects ranging from Petersen's all-new Legend... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fb2010_davidpetersentall.png)David Petersen, the immensely talented "arter/writist" of Mouse Guard (http://www.mouseguard.net/), joins Aron, Paul, and Wayne for an depth conversation of such mousey goodness that it can barely be contained by mere digital media.  Subjects ranging from Petersen's all-new Legends of the Guard (http://www.archaia.com/blog/titles/mouse-guard), why the books are "that shape,"  The Mouse Guard Role Playing Game (http://www.gnomestew.com/reviews/mouse-guard-rpg-review-want-to-play-a-mouse-with-a-sword), Mouse Guard: The Motion Picture, and even Mouse Guard crossovers. It's crazy awesome and it's all right here. Watch out for weasels. Aron yes 57:20 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12774 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12774#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 04:02:13 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12774 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12774/feed 1 artifacts,Comics,DC,green lantern,magdalena,Marvel,podcast,top cow In this week's interview, we chat with Ron Marz, creator of the crab-mask-wearing Green Lanterm, Kyle Rayner.  Ron is the current writer of Top Cow's Witchblade, Magdalena, and Velocity.  We talk to him about stuffing women into refrigerators and all t... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fb2010_ronmarztall.png)In this week's interview, we chat with Ron Marz (http://ronmarz.com/), creator of the crab-mask-wearing Green Lanterm, Kyle Rayner.  Ron is the current writer of Top Cow's (http://www.topcow.com/Site/index.html) Witchblade, Magdalena, and Velocity.  We talk to him about stuffing women into refrigerators (http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/) and all those artifacts (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/tag/artifacts) in the Top Cow-niverse! It's an awesome primer we have for Artifacts.  Check it out! Aron yes 52:25 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12688 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12688#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 05:27:21 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12688 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12688/feed 0 Comics,iron man,Marvel,podcast Fred Van Lente is a tease. Seriously, the writer of such books as Iron Man: Legacy, Incredible Hercules, Marvel Zombies, Amazing and Web of Spider-Man teases all kinds of hot, gooey awesomeness in his interview with Paul. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fb2010_fredvanlentetall.png)Fred Van Lente (http://www.fredvanlente.com/) is a tease. Seriously, the writer of such books as Iron Man: Legacy, Incredible Hercules, Marvel Zombies, Amazing and Web of Spider-Man teases all kinds of hot, gooey awesomeness in his interview with Paul.  He's got lots of stories in the pipeline at Marvel and he talks all about 'em in this belated New Comic Book Day (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews)edition of Funnybooks. Aron yes 30:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12589 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12589#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 04:32:05 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12589 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12589/feed 3 It's been a couple of weeks since we talked about new books, so settle in for our epic discussion of the books that have come since Free Comic Book Day.  Aron, Paul, Wayne, Jonathan, and Tim all got up extra early so that we could cram in some extra aw... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fb2010_45tall.png)It's been a couple of weeks since we talked about new books, so settle in for our epic discussion of the books that have come since Free Comic Book Day.  Aron, Paul, Wayne, Jonathan, and Tim all got up extra early so that we could cram in some extra awesome into this week's show. * White trash * Pull lists and awkward moments * War of the Supermen update * War of the Supermen #1 * War of the Superman #2 * World War Hulks update * Hulk #22 * Incredible Hulk #609 * BRIGHTEST DAY update * Brightest Day #1 * The Flash #2 * Green Lantern Corps #47 * Birds of Prey #1 * Titans: Villains for Hire * Booster Gold #32 * Justice League: Generation Lost #1 * SECOND COMING Update * X-Force #26 * Uncanny 524 * New Mutants #13 * Revelations: Hellbound * RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE update * Red Robin #12 * Batman and Robin #12 * Return of Bruce Wayne #1 * SIEGE UPDATE * Siege #4 * The Sentry: Fallen Sun * The New Avengers Finale * Avengers: The Initiative #35 WHAT IF WE WERE WRITING SIEGE? Aron yes 1:48:55 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12598 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12598#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 23:17:32 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12598 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12598/feed 1 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12500 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12500#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 02:56:57 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12500 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12500/feed 0 Comics,love buzz A very special New Comic Book Day interview this week, as we talk to the writer of Oni Press' latest hit graphic novel, Love Buzz, Len Wallace.  Love Buzz went through a hell of an interesting road making it to publication. - (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/fb2010_wallacetall.png)A very special New Comic Book Day interview this week, as we talk to the writer of Oni Press' latest hit graphic novel, Love Buzz, Len Wallace.  Love Buzz went through a hell of an interesting road making it to publication. Love Buzz tells the tale of Norm Raymer, an aspiring comic artist, who has a turbulent relationship with Maggie. With their passionate ups and chaotic downs, is this love, or a youthful lust? For better or worse, Norm and Maggie must discover whether or not they can ever really make it as a normal couple. Can you really be a normal couple when your whole life is just fodder for your comic book? Love Buzz is a mature take on love that we don't normally see in comics, and a stellar first work from the entire creative staff.  We talk to Wallace about Love Buzz, and the struggles a creator goes through to come up with a follow-up.  All independent comic creators should listen to this episode! Paul yes 34:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12234 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12234#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:23:21 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=12234 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/12234/feed 0 Comics,Free Comic Book Day,podcast This coming Saturday, May 1st, is Free Comic Book Day, a global event in which millions of free comic books will be given away absolutely free-of-charge to people visiting participating stores.  So, what better time to visit with Joe Field whose brainc... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fb2010_joefieldtall.png)This coming Saturday, May 1st, is Free Comic Book Day (http://freecomicbookday.com/), a global event in which millions of free comic books will be given away absolutely free-of-charge to people visiting participating stores.  So, what better time to visit with Joe Field whose brainchild FCBD is?  Joe's not just a mad genius bent on putting free comics into your hands.  No, he's also the owner/operator of Eisner Award Winning comic shop Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff (http://flyingcolorscomics.com/)in Concord, California. Joe's got a lot to say about Free Comic Book Day, retailing, comics that excite him and the business of comics itself. Aron yes 49:15 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11985 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11985#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:02:39 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11985 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11985/feed 2 brightest day,dan jurgens,flashpoint,return of bruce wayne Well, we talked to Dan Jurgens earlier this week (check out our awesome interview here) to coincide with the release of his final issue of Booster Gold, #31.  As it turns out, as teased in our interview, that final issue hinted at many great things to ... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fb2010_jurgens1.png)Well, we talked to Dan Jurgens earlier this week (check out our awesome interview here (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/11980)) to coincide with the release of his final issue of Booster Gold, #31.  As it turns out, as teased in our interview, that final issue hinted at many great things to come and, Thursday morning, DC Nation dropped the big news (http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/04/15/prepare-for-time-masters-vanishing-point/). TIME MASTERS: VANISHING POINT starts this July, and ties directly into The Return of Bruce Wayne, featuring Rip Hunter, Booster Gold, Superman, and Green Lantern traveling through time trying to find their friend.  The six-issue mini will be written and drawn by Jurgens and, as you'll find out exclusively on our podcast, The Return of Bruce  Wayne isn't the only series that Time Masters will tie into.  What's the big DC event coming that the series is leading directly into? Find out by listening below! Paul yes 12:50 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11980 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11980#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:14:54 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11980 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11980/feed 2 Comics,DC,Marvel,podcast On the day his final (for now) issue on this volume of Booster Gold hits the stands, Dan Jurgens guests on the podcast.  Aron, Paul, and Wayne spent an evening chatting with the man who created Booster back in the 80's. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fb2010_jurgens.png)On the day his final (for now) issue on this volume of Booster Gold hits the stands, Dan Jurgens guests on the podcast.  Aron, Paul, and Wayne spent an evening chatting with the man who created Booster back in the 80's.  Jurgens has worked on such amazing titles as Solar for Valiant Comics, 52, 79 issues of Marvel's Thor and as if all that wasn't enough contributed to the epic Death of Superman storyline and even created one of the most iconic images in modern comics. In our interview with Dan, we talk about where he's been with Booster, projects he's worked on in his nearly 30 years in comics as well as those projects he'll be working on, and... his future return to Booster Gold. Aron yes 42:00 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11855 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11855#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:55:07 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11855 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11855/feed 1 daniel way,deadpool,hitmonkey While down in the Orlando, Florida area recently, Paul visited A Comic Shop, where he had the good fortune of having a nice leisurely conversation with Daniel Way (check out pictures of the event here). - Of course, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fb2010_way.png)While down in the Orlando, Florida area recently, Paul visited A Comic Shop (http://www.acomicshop.com/), where he had the good fortune of having a nice leisurely conversation with Daniel Way (check out pictures of the event here (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/11679)). Of course, regular listeners of Funnybooks (specifically this episode (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/11708)) know the real story - Paul braved Asian Massage Parlors, volcano finishes, forgotten digital recorders, inconvenient dinner hours, long ass drives, and Mickey Mouse himself for this interview, in which we talk about Deadpool, Hit Monkey, Dark Wolverine, and Wolverine: Origins.  We even get an exclusive bit of news about the fate of Daken (Dark Wolverine) near the end of the episode! So prepare yourself for a tobacco chewing, Guinness drinking, dick-joke making good time with Paul and Daniel Way! Paul yes 17:48 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11592 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11592#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:33:24 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11592 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11592/feed 1 Comics,podcast Aron, Wayne, and Jonathan prepare for Fear The Con 3 while Paul stays at the office to mind the store. Deadpaul Corps Three Tales of Full-Bellied Puking The real reason why Paul didn't attend Fear the Con 3 Marvel's plans for New Avengers (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fb2010_11.png)Aron, Wayne, and Jonathan prepare for Fear The Con 3 while Paul stays at the office to mind the store. * Deadpaul Corps * Three Tales of Full-Bellied Puking * The real reason why Paul didn't attend Fear the Con 3 * Marvel's plans for New Avengers * Punisher gets re-titled * We are the X-Men * X-Men: Second Coming... Prepare! We also include in this episode Paul's interview with Lucifer writer Mike Carey.  Carey's comics work includes X-Men: Legacy for Marvel and The Unwritten for DC's Vertigo imprint.  Also of note are his Felix Castor novels (http://mikeandpeter.com/category/felix-castor-books/), which sound pretty damned cool. Aron yes 1:07:10 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11432 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11432#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:33:09 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11432 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11432/feed 3 Comics,Marvel,podcast FULL DISCLOSURE: This is our second recording with Agents of Atlas Writer Jeff Parker.  Our first interview with Jeff was awesome covering the full span of his admirable body of work.  Where can you download that episode you ask?  No where, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fb2010_parker2a.png)FULL DISCLOSURE: This is our second recording with Agents of Atlas Writer Jeff Parker.  Our first interview with Jeff was awesome covering the full span of his admirable body of work.  Where can you download that episode you ask?  No where, that's where! Due to a colossal failure of technology and technician, we lost that episode (aka FailCast).  Fortunately, Jeff Parker returned for a second review.  And this time, we pushed RECORD. THE SHOW: We talk about all kinds of cool stuff such as Fall of the Hulks, Agents of Atlas, The Uranian, reprints in Marvel Comics, sad comic conventions,the value of new ideas, Portland, mustaches, DC vs Marvel, Doctor Rape, his Image comic Underground and Parker's upcoming stint as college professor.  And much, much more. This interview was one of the most enjoyable we've done.  Parker's a hoot.  Thanks for your patience, Professor Parker. Aron yes 1:07:50 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11343 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11343#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:40:36 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11343 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11343/feed 2 Comics,Movies & TV,podcast Aron returns from his journeys across the snow-ravaged lands of New England to rejoin Paul, Wayne, and Jonathan for another rousing discussion of the week in comics... Paul hates on fatties while we talk about Kevin Smith, encroaching, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fb2010_08.png)Aron returns from his journeys across the snow-ravaged lands of New England to rejoin Paul, Wayne, and Jonathan for another rousing discussion of the week in comics... * Paul hates on fatties while we talk about Kevin Smith, encroaching, and Smodcast #106 (http://www.smodcast.com/smods/smodcast106.html) and #107 (http://www.smodcast.com/smods/smodcast107.html) * Geoff Johns and Jim Lee get promotions over at DC Comics and Jonathan feels similar changes should occur at Marvel * BLACKEST NIGHT UPDATE * Blackest Night Flsh #3 * Green Lantern Corps #45 * Green Lantern #51 * Adventure Comics #7 * SIEGE UPDATE * Dark Avengers #14 * Haunt #5 * Doomwar #1 * FALL OF THE HULKS UPDATE * Hulk #20 * Incredible Hulk #607 * Deadpool #19 * Hit Monkey #1 * Atomic Robo V4 #1 - Revenge of the Vampire Dimension * Paul's Surprise Topic * We talked a bit about old radio serials.  Here are a few favorites: * The Old Time Radio Superman Show (on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-old-time-radio-superman/id271202930), on the Web (http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=11773&cmd=tc)) * The Shadow Podcast (on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-shadow-podcast/id266946983), on the Web (http://shadow.libsyn.com/)) * Green Hornet (on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/green-hornet/id212386315), on the Web (http://www.botar.us/greenhornet.html)) * Vengeance of the Moon Knight writer and V consulting producer Greg Hurwitz (starts at 01:27). And if you haven't gotten enough of Paul and Jonathan, please be sure to check out this week's episode of Kicked in the Dicebags (http://kickedinthedicebags.libsyn.com/) (episode released week of 02/21/2010 - NOTE: Extremely explicit content on KITDB). Aron yes 1:52:35 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11186 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11186#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:00:07 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11186 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11186/feed 1 Comics,Marvel Eisner Award winning writer Matt Fraction joins the conversation this week.  We chat about his stellar work on Iron Man, his upcoming run on Thor, Free Comic Book Day, and the return of Kitty Pryde. - Please note that this post will be at the top thro... (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fb2010_fraction.png)Eisner Award winning writer Matt Fraction joins the conversation this week.  We chat about his stellar work on Iron Man, his upcoming run on Thor, Free Comic Book Day, and the return of Kitty Pryde. Please note that this post will be at the top through Thursday - play it in a pop up window while you cruise below for the latest news! Aron yes 46:13 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11116 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11116#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:00:46 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11116 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11116/feed 0 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11107 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11107#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:19:12 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11107 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11107/feed 0 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11057 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11057#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:45:30 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=11057 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/11057/feed 1 Comics,Marvel We wrap up the month of January by sharing our conversation with Fantastic Four writer, Jonathan Hickman.  We talk about Hollywood movies, his love of Frank Herbert's DUNE books, why in the world Sue Richards stays with Reed, Secret Warriors, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fb2010_hickman.png)We wrap up the month of January by sharing our conversation with Fantastic Four writer, Jonathan Hickman.  We talk about Hollywood movies, his love of Frank Herbert's DUNE books, why in the world Sue Richards stays with Reed, Secret Warriors, and all manner of other comic book awesome. Plus... in a Funnybooks exclusive, Jonathan Hickman answers why he is the best lover on the planet. Aron yes 45:15 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10950 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10950#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:32:47 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=10950 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10950/feed 2 Comics,podcast Rick Remender, writer of Fear Agent and The Punisher,  joins Paul and Jonathan for a discussion on Frankencastle, XXX Zombies, The Last Days of American Crime movie,  sex-toys and sodomy - and much, much more! It's an all-age, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fb2010_remender.png)Rick Remender, writer of Fear Agent and The Punisher,  joins Paul and Jonathan for a discussion on Frankencastle, XXX Zombies, The Last Days of American Crime (http://www.radicalcomics.com/titles/comics/the-last-days-of-american-crime) movie,  sex-toys and sodomy - and much, much more! It's an all-age, no-holes-barred  show this week from the good folks at Funnybooks! This post will be on the top through Friday - scroll down for the latest updates! Aron yes 52:10 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10854 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10854#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:14:23 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=10854 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10854/feed 4 Comics,podcast This post will be at the top through Thursday!  Scroll down for the latest updates! You may remember him from his contribution to Amiga Power, but we know him from his current run on Thor, this past summer's Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter, Phonogram, (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fb2010_kieron-136x300.png) This post will be at the top through Thursday!  Scroll down for the latest updates! You may remember him from his contribution to Amiga Power, but we know him from his current run on Thor, this past summer's Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter, Phonogram, and many other fantastic reads.  Kieron Gillen joins us for a lively conversation about previewing comic stories, Marvel's Siege, X-Men: S.W.O.R.D. and the balance of being a good dad versus being a good God of War. Funnybooks gets cultured this week in its first trans-Atlantic interview. Aron yes 49:20 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10562 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10562#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:12:16 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=10562 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10562/feed 2 Comics,podcast This Wednesday, December 30th, is the start of Indy Comic Book Week (ICBW).  Dozens of creators nationwide generated brand new books just for this occasion and will have books available at stores all over this great country of ours.  In today's show, This Wednesday, December 30th, is the start of Indy Comic Book Week (http://indycomicbookweek.com/) (ICBW).  Dozens of creators nationwide generated brand new books just for this occasion and will have books available at stores all over this great country of ours.  In today's show, we chat with two of the guys behind ICBW, Jake Ekiss (http://jakeekiss.blogspot.com/) and Vinh Luan Luu (http://vinhluanluu.com/).  We discuss the weather, art education, the genesis of Indy Comic Book Week, and - oh yes - my hand. Jake's Solomon Azua with letters by Luan debuts Wednesday.  Both Jake and Luan contributed to the David Hopkins (http://antiherocomics.com/) anthology mini-comic  One Night Stand which comes out Wednesday as well.  There are TONS of great books you've never heard of coming out this week.  Check with your friendly local comic shop to get your hands on them. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/funnybooks_icbw.png) Aron yes 51:30 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10388 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10388#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:00:35 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=10388 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10388/feed 6 Comics,podcast This post will be at the top through Thursday!  Scroll down for the latest news! We recently had the good fortune to visit with Jake Parker.  "Visit" is the appropriate word as Jake is just good company this episode being more a recording of three guy... This post will be at the top through Thursday!  Scroll down for the latest news! We recently had the good fortune to visit with Jake Parker.  "Visit" is the appropriate word as Jake is just good company this episode being more a recording of three guys chatting rather than interview.  That said, we still ask him a lot about his background, his animation career (Titan A.E), and his upcoming Missile Mouse (http://www.missilemouse.com/) from Scholastic. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/funnybooks_jakeparker1.png) Aron yes 51:27 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10184 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10184#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:00:23 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=10184 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10184/feed 5 Comics,DC,Marvel,podcast This post will be at the top through Thursday!  Scroll down for the latest news! I feel bad for Paul.  I never let him get a word in edge-wise in our interview with comics legend Marv Wolfman.  I'm a huge fan of Marv's work. This post will be at the top through Thursday!  Scroll down for the latest news! I feel bad for Paul.  I never let him get a word in edge-wise in our interview with comics legend Marv Wolfman.  I'm a huge fan of Marv's work.  He was generously indulgent of my near hour long gushing over him. We discuss his ground breaking work on Tomb of Dracula, the creation of the New Teen Titans with George Perez, and authoring the revolutionary Crisis on the Infinite Earths.  To top it off we chat about lots of the characters he's created over the years including Blade, Nightwing, Black Cat, Bullseye, and NKVDemon (or maybe he didn't do that one). (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/funnybooks_wolfman.png) Aron yes 39:53 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10102 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10102#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:05:53 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=10102 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/10102/feed 1 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9820 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9820#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:24 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=9820 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9820/feed 2 Comics,Horror,podcast Our New Comic Book Day Interview for this week with the folks from We Kill Monsters will be at the top of the page through Thursday.  Scroll down for new articles. It's New Comic Book Day Interview time again and this time we chat with the writing tea... Our New Comic Book Day Interview for this week with the folks from We Kill Monsters will be at the top of the page through Thursday.  Scroll down for new articles. It's New Comic Book Day Interview () time again and this time we chat with the writing team of Laura Harkcom and Christoper Leone.  Their first and current effort into comics is We Kill Monsters, a title that has been lauded as "refreshing" () and "charming." () Harkcom and Leone may be new to comics, but you might be familiar with their work whether you know it or not.  Together they wrote the SciFi Channel's The Lost Room mini-series. Issue 5, the penultimate issue, of We Kill Monsters hit stands last week setting the stage for the big finish. Recently we visited with Leone and Harkcom chatting about their book, digital comics, as well as what's in store for them when We Kill Monsters wraps up. Oh, and my beagle fell in the pool. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/funnybooks_monsters.png) Aron yes 28:02 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9680 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9680#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:27 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=9680 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9680/feed 1 death troopers,Horror,podcast,Star Wars This post will be at the top THROUGH Thursday, so scroll down for all the LATEST news, including THREE new contests! In today's New Comic Book Day Interview, we chat with Joe Schreiber best selling author of the new STAR WARS novel DEATH TROOPERS. This post will be at the top THROUGH Thursday, so scroll down for all the LATEST news, including THREE new contests! In today's New Comic Book Day Interview (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews), we chat with Joe Schreiber (http://scaryparent.blogspot.com/) best selling author of the new STAR WARS novel DEATH TROOPERS (http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/starwars/deathtroopers/).  In addition to Wookie zombies, we also chat about his new novel released on the same day as Death Troopers, NO DOORS NO WINDOWS (http://www.amazon.com/No-Doors-Windows-Novel/dp/0345510135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257910667&sr=8-1).   Joe talks about his writing habits, comics, action figures, the upcoming Death Troopers prequel novel and the SUPERNATURAL novel he's working on right this very moment. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/funnybooks_deathtroopers.png) Aron yes 40:32 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9187 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9187#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:22:11 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=9187 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/9187/feed 0 Comics,podcast For this week's New Comic Book Day Interview, we chat with Geoff Gerber of The BrickHouse Law Group. Geoff is a comic book lawyer.  He is an intellectual property litigator and represented Todd McFarlane in Gaiman v. McFarlane. - For this week's New Comic Book Day Interview (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews), we chat with Geoff Gerber (http://brickhouselaw.com/Brickhouse_Law/Geoff.html) of The BrickHouse Law Group. (http://brickhouselaw.com/Brickhouse_Law/HOME.html) Geoff is a comic book lawyer.  He is an intellectual property litigator and represented Todd McFarlane in Gaiman v. McFarlane (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gaiman_v._McFarlane). We talk a lot about comics including the Siegel and Kirby cases and a little McFarlane.  For good measure, we even chat a bit about Monster's cease and desist letter (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/8988) to Rock Art Brewery over their Vermonster Beer. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/funnybooks_comiclawyer.png) Aron yes 1:06:42 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/8146 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/8146#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:48:57 +0000 Paul http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=8146 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/8146/feed 1 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7926 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7926#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:00:50 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=7926 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7926/feed 0 Comics,podcast This interview will be at the top until Friday!  Scroll down for the latest news! Okay, so New Comic Book Day is actually Thursday this week and not Wednesday.  Just because Diamond and the publishers took off for the weekend doesn't mean we did! This interview will be at the top until Friday!  Scroll down for the latest news! Okay, so New Comic Book Day is actually Thursday this week and not Wednesday.  Just because Diamond and the publishers took off for the weekend doesn't mean we did!  That's right.  Paul and I?  We got work ethic... In this week's New Comic Book Day Interview (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/category/columns/new-comic-book-day-interviews), we visit with John Layman (http://themightylayman.blogspot.com/).  Layman's credits include work for both Marvel and Wildstorm.  He is currently writing hit cannibal cop comic Chew for Image (http://www.imagecomics.com) and penning much of the script for Champions Online (http://champions-online.com/).  We woke him up early Saturday morning for a chat about Chew, Champions, comic book lettering, and Hollywood. We even talked a bit about table-top role playing. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/funnybooksLAYMAN.png) Aron yes 50:12 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7825 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7825#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:41:58 +0000 Aron http://ideologyofmadness.com/?p=7825 http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/archives/7825/feed 6 Comics,DC,podcast Kicking off our series of New Comic Book Day interviews, we bring you DC  Comics writer Matt Sturges.  Author of such titles as Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!, House of Mystery, Jack of Fables, Justice Society of America (with Bill Willingham) and the up... Kicking off our series of New Comic Book Day interviews, we bring you DC  Comics writer Matt Sturges.  Author of such titles as Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!, House of Mystery, Jack of Fables, Justice Society of America (with Bill Willingham) and the upcoming JSA: All-Stars, Sturges spoke with us about his current and upcoming projects inclusive of hints regarding his All-Stars storyline, wussy elves, and even offers a special message to Geoff Johns. (http://ideologyofmadness.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/funnybookssturges.png) Aron yes