Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: The Third Annual Funnybook Awards

It’s that time of year, again. It is the time when we gather to reflect on the best the year has offered us and the worst with which it has afflicted us. Andrew returns joining the regular crew of Aron, Paul, Tim and Wayne as we reflect, praise and even curse the comics of 2011.

  • Holy Sh*t of the Moment
  • Best/Worst Comic Book Movie
  • Best/Worst Publisher
  • Best/Worst Event
  • Best Mini-Series (one-shot)
  • Best/Worst Cover
  • Best/Worst DC New 52 Title
  • Best New Series (started in 2011)
  • Best/Worst Writer/Writing Team
  • Best/Worst Artist/Art Team
  • Best Non-DC/Marvel Series
  • Best DC/Marvel Series

Give us a call at 972-763-5903 and leave us your thoughts on the Third Annual Funnies. If we use your voicemail, you’ll win an Ideology of Madness SurPrize.

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Written on January 14th, 2012 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Podcasts, Red5, Zenescope Tags: , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: The Intrepid Atomic Hobo

Historians will designate the time we find ourselves in as A.T. (After Thor). That’s right, we now live in a world with not just a Thor movie, but an awesome Thor movie. All of your Funnybooks hosts saw it and in this week’s episode, we tell you all about it, Free Comic Book Day and – oh yes – the week’s comics.

Due to a shorter turn-a-round time than usual this week, editing is a little rough.

  • Fear Itself #2 (of 7)
  • Avengers Academy #13
  • Moon Knight #1
  • Uncanny X-Force #9
  • Our Free Comic Book Day wrap-up!
  • Super Dinosaur Free Comic Book Day Special
  • Amazing Spider-Man
  • Green Lantern/Flashpoint
  • Locke and Key
  • Avatar/Star Wars
  • Intrepid Escapegoat
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Atomic Robo

We announce our Morning Glories trade paperback winner!

Monday, May 9th is Free Funnybook Day right here at Ideology of Madness!  We’re giving awesome stuff away all freakin’ day!

Give us a call at 972-763-5903 and leave us your feedback!

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Written on May 8th, 2011 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Image, Marvel, Movies & TV, Podcasts, Red5 Tags: , , , , ,
FCBD Spotlight: Atomic Robo And Friends 2011

This Saturday, after you sleep in a little bit to recover from all the awesome of seeing Thor on Friday, make sure to eat your Wheaties and get your ass out to your Local Comic Shop for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!  Yes friends, the greatest day of the year, the first Saturday in May, is HERE!!!!  (well, second greatest day, really, after Free Funnybook Day, coming next Monday!)

All week on IoM, we’re going to give advance reviews of some of the mostly hotly anticipated comics this Saturday and let you know which ones are worth checking out, or which ones might be better left for other fans.

Atomic Robo has become not only a mainstay of FCBD these last couple of years, it’s also become one of the books I look forward to the most every year.  From Red 5 Comics, Atomic Robo tells the story of Robo and his group of Action Scientists that travel the world and go on adventures in science.  Each mini-series jumps to a different time period in Robo’s life with the most current, Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science taking place in the 1930′s.

Atomic Robo‘s FCBD issue takes place in modern times and features Robo as the guest judge at a science fair that gets crashed by…wait for it….DR. DINOSAUR!  Yes, Dr. Dinosaur, who’s been Robo’s most popular enemy with fans makes another hilarious appearance in this pretty awesome comic book.  It’s a short read, but it’s a helluva lot of fun.  Also featured in the book are previews of Red 5′s Foster Broussard and Moon Girl, though the previews are too short to really have much of an opinion on.

Suitable for fans of all ages, Atomic Robo is an absolute must to pick up this Saturday on Free Comic Book Day!

Written on May 5th, 2011 , Comics, Red5 Tags: ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: FCBD 2010 Wrap-Up

fb2010_44tallAfter gorging themselves on free comics, Aron, Paul, Wayne, and Tim share their stories from this most sacred of holy days and discuss the books they got for free.

  • Iron Man/Thor
  • Iron Man/Nova
  • War of the Supermen
  • Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock
  • Atomic Robo
  • Artifacts
  • Doctor Solar/Magnus Robot Fighter
  • Radical
  • GI Joe

Free Funnybook Day is Monday, May 3rd!  Keep checking IoM all day for new contests all day!

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Written on May 2nd, 2010 , Comics, DC, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Independent, Marvel, Podcasts, Red5 Tags: , , , ,
Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie: They Kill Monsters!

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.

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Written on November 18th, 2009 , Comics, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, Horror, New Comic Book Day Interviews, Podcasts, Red5 Tags: , ,
Atomic Robo and Carl Sagan Attack Christmas!

Kinda.  See, this December, Red 5 Comics will be releasing the trade paperback for Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time (guest starring Carl Sagan!), along with new printings of the first two super excellent books in the series, Fighting Scientists of Tesladyne (review) and Dogs of War (review)!  If I haven’t told you enough already how great this series is, let me reiterate – comic fan or not, Atomic Robo is essential reading for smart people!  Put it on your Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Chrismukah, or Aronmas list this December!

This December, the third volume of Atomic Robo debuts with the trade paperback Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time. It collects the acclaimed five-issue mini-series, with bonus stories and art… and the web-short “Atomic Robo vs The Yonkers Devil” in print for the first time.

To celebrate, the completely-sold-out first volume of Atomic Robo will return with a second printing with an all-new cover by artist Scott Wegener. If you’ve been missing out, be sure to pre-order this edition at your local comic shop now, so you’re not left out again.

Not to be left out, volume two Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War is being re-issued as well with a new Diamond order code.

All three volumes are in PREVIEWS now… order them from your local comic shop in October to ensure a merry Christmas.

Atomic Robo TPB Volume 1 (Second Printing) (OCT091063)

In his double-Eisner-nominated debut series (Best Limited Series, Best Coloring), ATOMIC ROBO takes on Nazis, giant ants, clockwork mummies, walking pyramids, Mars, cyborgs and his nemesis, and Baron von Helsingard. Reprints the sold-out first edition of the smash hit with all-new cover.

180 pages, $18.95, 2009-12-09

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Atomic Robo TPB Volume 2 (OCT091064)

Eisner-nominated ATOMIC ROBO lands on the front lines of World War II against the science freaks and devastating weird weaponry of Nazi Germany — from invincible walking tanks to atomic-powered weather cannons to the Monster Soldiers of the Third Reich. Can ROBO and THE SPARROW, Britain’s greatest covert operative, complete their mission and turn the tide of the war without killing one another?

152 pages, $19.95, 2009-02-25

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Atomic Robo TPB Volume 3(OCT091062)

It is 1926 when H.P. LOVECRAFT comes calling to warn ATOMIC ROBO of imminent doom. But the SHADOW FROM BEYOND TIME escapes into the future, intersecting with our world through the 20th century. The future and history of the universe hangs in the balance as ATOMIC ROBO teams up with, uh, ATOMIC ROBO in a last ditch effort to protect reality itself.

152 pages, $18.95, 2009-12-09

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Written on October 1st, 2009 , Comics, Red5 Tags:
Red 5 Comics First Look Reviews – 9/16/2009!
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Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time #5

Two new Red 5 Comics hit the stands today, and with them come the endings of some great storylines!

Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #5 ends the saga of Robo and the trans-dimensional Unknowable Horror, as we finally get to present day, and a surprising revelation causes the creature to appear way earlier than Robo was prepared to deal with! Is the issue great? That goes without saying. I’d say that Shadow from Beyond Time may actually be my favorite of the three Robo series thus far. The humor has been stronger in Volume 3 than in either of the previous volumes, with some laugh-out-loud dialogue that you won’t see coming. It’s smartly written and has quite a bit of believable science talk for a comic about a robot and a giant Lovecraftian monster. Highest Possible Recommendation – don’t wait for the trade! Or do…they usually have some cool bonuses in them. Either way – buy this damn comic!

We Kill Monsters #3 ends the initial storyline (kinda) of the mechanics turned Monster Hunters as more light is shed on the origin of the creatures, while the protagonists avenge the death of a loved one by kicking some monster ass! Mostly an action-issue without a ton of exposition, We Kill Monsters is still a fun book. I’m definitely curious to see where it’s going, and I recommend it for people looking for a fun comic. It’s got monster brain blood! Do you need anything else? Highly recommended!

Check out a 6-page preview of each book, and a first look review of November’s DRONE after the jump!

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Written on September 16th, 2009 , Comics, Red5 Tags:
Red 5 Comics First Look Reviews – 8/19/2009!
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Atomic Robo and the Shadow From Beyond Time #4

We’ve got some previews for you of this week’s two Red 5 comics – Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #4 and We Kill Monsters #2!

Having read both of the upcoming books, I can definitely say that you should pick both up.

There’s really nothing more to say about Atomic Robo that I haven’t said already.  The series, about Robo fighting a Lovecraftian creature that exists at multiple places in time simultaneously is imaginative, hilarious (especially the upcoming issue 4), and action packed.  Atomic Robo is not only one of the absolutely best comic books on stands today, it’s a perfect example of why we love comics in the first place.

We Kill Monsters is the new kid on the block, the story of two mechanics who are trying to protect their town from an infestation of creatures.  One of them is injured while battling a monster, and the monster blood he gets in his wound gets him a super cool, super strong monster arm.  If you’ve listened to our podcast, or checked out Aron’s preview of the first issue, you know we’re already digging the book.  Issue two continues the goodness, as our heroes do more monster battlin’, and more craziness ensues.  If you haven’t jumped on to this title, make sure you pick up issue one and two ASAP (you can buy them online at HeavyInk)!

Read after the jump for previews of both books!

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Written on August 16th, 2009 , Comics, Red5 Tags: ,
Advance Review! Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #2
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Go buy this right now. Well, not right now. Maybe tomorrow, since that's when it comes out.

I loves me some Atomic Robo.  I think I might actually have an unhealthy obsession with Atomic Robo, based on how many times I‘ve written about him.  Still, I felt the second volume, Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War, just wasn’t as fun as the first, Atomic Robo and the Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne.  I have to admit, I think I’m a little spoiled, given that I was able to enjoy both of the first two volumes in their trade paperback editions (why no hardcovers?).  No waiting between issues.  Sometimes, I like to enjoy things that way – like the TV show 24.  I know half the fun in a cliffhanger is the wait, but there’s just something about instant gratification, you know?

So it’s frustrating having to wait a full month between issues of Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time.  And it’s so frustrating because the book is so damn good. Volume 3 in the Atomic Robo series, The Shadow From Beyond Time brings back some of the more fun aspects of the first volume, while bringing something new to the mythos.

As it starts, it’s 1926 and Robo is studying for a test while his creator, Nikola Tesla, is out of town.  Two men come knocking one night, one of which is a man named Howard Lovecraft, looking for Tesla, the only man capable of stopping a tremendous tentacled creature that is here to destroy all of existence.  Of course, with Tesla out of town, that leaves Robo and some lightning guns to save the day.  Madcap hilarity ensues as Robo tries to track the monster as it demolishes through town.

Continue reading my review after the jump!

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Written on June 2nd, 2009 , Comics, Red5, Role Playing Games Tags: ,
Your Morning Head: We Kill Monsters available for pre-order

we-kill-monsters-001I was afforded the opportunity to take a peak at the entire first issue of We Kill Monsters coming this July from Red 5.  You may recall We Kill Monsters from Free Comic Book Day, when the nice folks at Red 5 provided a free preview.

Gotta tell you, this book looks awfully cool.  It’s the story of two brothers who find out the hard way that monsters are real.  So they go all Dean and Sam on ‘em.

Who kills monsters?

We Kill Monsters!

Retailers are placing orders for issue #1 right now.  Call your friendly local comic shop and let ‘em know that you want a copy of We Kill Monsters #1 (Diamond order code of MAY091014).

Otherwise, that thing in your closet?  Will eat you!

True.


Written on May 14th, 2009 , Columns, Comics, Red5, Your Morning Head Tags:
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