#257 - Costumed Shenanigans

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Ep. #257 - Costumed Shenanigans

• Intro - EVERY SINGLE HELLBOY BOOK IS 45% OFF, but the sale will end soon, so stop reading and GO.
• Holy crap, Dave Marquez stops by to talk about the just-announced Civil War II with Brian Michael Bendis! Then we discuss the Iron Fist TV news, random stuff we've read recently, and the Bret Easton Ellis podcast.
• We break the locks and kick down the doors back into CLUB BOOK! This week, we continue our multi-part discussion of Mike Mignola's magnum opus, Hellboy! So kick back with volume 7, The Troll Witch and Others, and listen to us talk about what works, what doesn't (the answer to that is that everything works), and why Hellboy is the single greatest comic book of all time.

#256 - Pure Fish Invasion

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Ep. #256 - Pure Fish Invasion

• Intro - EVERY SINGLE HELLBOY BOOK IS 45% OFF. It's going going, and soon it'll be gone. Go buy comics for cheap! David's grumpy, we read a comment from artist/reviewer Seth Hahne, and then we review Monstress #1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda; and Barrier #1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente.

• Club Book - Hellboy vol. 6, Strange Places is up in the club with us this week. It includes two stories, both that do a good job of helping to define Hellboy's world. Yet again we're discussing how amazing Mike Mignola is. Sort of excited now about finding something that will upset me. Shit, something that will be just mediocre.

#255 - Conquerer Jones

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Ep. #255 - Conquerer Jones

• Intro - EVERY SINGLE HELLBOY BOOK IS 45% OFF. This is not a drill. It's the holidays, so make someone happy with the gift of Hellboy (or other Dark Horse books, which are all 45% off too). Knitting, listener email, Iron Fist opinions, opinions about other comics, and what we think about Jessica Jones on Netflix. Comics and comics and comics.

• Club Book - Hellboy vol. 5, Conqueror Worm is on the dance floor and we are swingin' with it, doing the Mashed Potato, every dance you can think of. Yes, we are Whipping and Nae Nae-ing too. This is a big turning point in the story of Hellboy, and this trade is a great demonstration of character work by Mike Mignola as writer, which is occasionally maybe overshadowed by Mike Mignola the artist.

#254 - The Shirt Cannon of Doom

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Ep. #254 - The Shirt Cannon of Doom

• Intro - EVERY SINGLE HELLBOY BOOK IS 45% OFF. Still. Go over there and buy that stuff. Austin is sick, Frank Miller hates, full stop, he Hates. Well, he doesn't hate giving Superman a huge dick. But whater'ya'gonna'do? We review Superman American Alien #1 by Max Landis, Nick Dragotta, Alex Guimares, and John Workman.

• Club Book - Hellboy Right Hand of Doom, Volume 4. This volume has more short stories than the previous, and a nice varied palette of storytelling, both character- and visually-driven. We see Mignola's writing start to gain its finer point, with the focus being shifted, and we also have the most iconic three panels from any comic ever.

#253 - Coffin Full of Tears

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Ep. #253 - Coffin Full of Tears

• Intro - EVERY SINGLE HELLBOY BOOK IS 45% OFF. Not only those books though, it's all Dark Horse. Time to invest your money into some great stories. And then, listen to us agonize over what art is and what it's doing to us. Will we survive? Maybe. The art might, so at least we have that.

• Club Book - Volume 3 of Hellboy, The Chained Coffin and Others. A book of short comics, and basically there's not a single misstep in any of them. That's hyperbolic, but it is true that the comics are super well done and artistically amazing. We do have minor things we disliked, but yeah. Minor. We love Hellboy.

#252 - Paprika Chicken Baby!

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Ep. #252 - Paprika Chicken Baby!

• Intro - You can check out the pilot of Ash Vs. the Evil Dead online, legally, for free. David does an impression to remind you of that? The Manson family was totally nuts and crazy. And then...

• Club Book - Volume 2 of Hellboy, Wake the Devil is on the dance floor with us this week. Is the book funnier than all other Hellboy volumes, and is that weird? Plus, did Mike Mignola write later issues, or did Hellboy? We do discuss things like his characterization through dialogue use, and also Guillermo Del Toro and the film Crimson Peak. Wait. Yeah. Yeah we did do that. Thanks for stopping by!

#251 - Hellbook

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Ep. #251 - Hellbook

• Intro - Normalcy returns, and our disappointment in us is back and alive. Our sponsors DCBS want to sell you things for a great discount, so go there and do that. Everything is between 20% and 40% off of cover price.

• Club Book - A return to the hottest dance club this side of what ever dance club is hip and topically relevant now. Mike Mignola's Hellboy is here to be discussed, specifically volume 01, Seed of Destruction, co-written by John Byrne. We're cover all 13 volumes of the softcovers, so if you have them, grab them and read along. If you don't, give it a week before checking DCBS for something we're working on. If it doesn't work out them we're sorry.

#250 - Spooky Star Wars

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Ep. #250 - Spooky Star Wars

• Intro - Time to celebrate?! Well yeah, kinda'. We have recorded 250 episodes. It's a number that's bigger than others. Our sponsors DCBS are a singular service offering many different things, and that service includes everything being between 20% and 40% off of cover price.

• Stuff - Spooky happenings in our own towns, and others too. Our Top 5 Comic Book Monsters, and then yes, Star Wars, even though we promised not to talk about it. Why we would ever promise that, I have no idea.

#249 - We Love DC (Sort Of)!

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Ep. #249 - We Love DC (Sort Of)!

• Intro - Whether you're actually elitist or not, we accuse ourselves of being elitist, so maybe you can sympathize? Our sponsors DCBS offer comics and comics-related objects for 20% - 40%, and there are plenty of versions of 52 you can go purchase. It's worth your time, trust us.

• Topic Thunder, Sort Of! - David has a shit load of Criterion movies, and hasn't even watched them all; Barry Allen and the origin that was and/or wasn't maybe changed; DC's crimes against humanity; DC's wonderful and exalted gifts, varied and plentiful; what makes us love DC? And a tiny little rundown of the single issues we've read recently.

#248 - Netflix and Chill

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Ep. #248 - Netflix and Chill

• Intro - Our sponsors DCBS offer comics and comics-related objects for 20% - 40%, including the Alias hardcover, which will be a a lot of the basis for the Jessica Jones show.

• Topic Thunder - Netflix has some Marvel shows coming up, and we tell you exactly what they'll have and not have, and then we basically write episodes/story arcs for the shows. Oh, we cast them too. All out of love for you.

#247 - Comics Journalism

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Ep. #247 - Comics Journalism

• Intro - Our sponsors DCBS offer comics and comics-related objects for 20% - 40% off, including plenty of comics that are also journalism. Check it out. Warning: One or more comics creators may want to charge you money to sign their comics. Here.

• Topic Thunder - After reading various tweets, small blog posts, and yes even some articles, we began wondering about the state of comics journalism. Controversies surrounding writers Brian Wood and Nathan Edmondson helped to contribute to this. A post by Sarah Horrocks highlighted the internet's willingness to hop on the shaming train, which also sparked our curiosity as to how this could be curbed.

We researched, through reading and short interviews with creators, the topic of comics journalism. By reaching out to creators and other professionals in the comics field we gathered quotes from cartoonist Liz Suburbia, an anonymous comics professional, and artist David Marquez aimed at highlighting the failures and successes of journalism within the world of comics, along with possible reasons for the current state of writing about comics. In the course of the discussion with the anonymous comics professional, Janelle Asselin was brought up, and an article related to that topic can be read here.

All opinions presented in this podcast are the representation of the speaker themselves, and no one else. We are dedicated to protecting anonymous sources, and will do so going forward when the situation arises. Any responses, opinions, or objections should be emailed to hideousenergy@gmail.com.

#246 - The SPX 2015 Show!

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Ep. #246 - The SPX 2015 Show!

• Intro - Go to DCBS where comics and comics-related things are between 20% and 40% off.

• Small Press Expo - We visited SPX and saw/bought a bunch of stuff we love, and also gave out copies of our Hotline Miami: Carl minicomic. On this episode we chat about the Ignatz awards, and their sponsor Comixology.

#245 - Sci-Fly

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Ep. #245 - Sci-Fly

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We discuss sci-fi comics, specifically some of our favorite ones. We also talk about the Hamburglar, weird things we'd eat...look, we weren't prepared. Let's just be real.

#244 - Metal Gear Snobbery

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Ep. #244 - Metal Gear Snobbery

• Intro - Go to DCBS where comics and comics-related things are between 20% and 40% off. You're bound to find something you love. Is Metal Gear Solid the modern equivalent of whatever is great from any and all past ages? Discuss. Aziz Ansari used research (conducted by someone else) to figure out the Japanese people hate dating. What does that mean? We're not sure. But his co-writer Eric Klinenberg didn't get credited on the cover of the book he helped write, so maybe it's all just made up anyway.

• Topic Thunder - Writer for The Comics Journal, R. Fiore, recently published an article titled A Problem For the Comics Snob, which was eye-catching, but also interesting to read. It focuses on comics written by Matt Fraction, mostly, and does so as a way of gravitating towards "mainstream" comics that are "acceptable" to the "snobs." Trust me, those quotation marks are needed. Here's the article!

#243 - Original Vs. Predator

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Ep. #243 - Original Vs. Predator

• Intro - Please check out Eerie, Intl. over on FanOff, a brand new horror themed podcast hosted by David, Andi, and Dave! Go to DCBS where comics are between 20% and 40% off. Not all of them, but like, a huge amount of them.

• Topic Thunder - Aliens, Predators, their respective ages-long battle; Max Landis and the death of all things original; some more stuff I can't remember; and David is going on vacation, so next week we'll be off.

#242 - Panel Regression

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Ep. #242 - Panel Regression

• Intro - There's a potential David is in need of showering and some kind of medical help. Austin probably can't help him because he's messed up too. Oh nooooo. Please check out Eerie, Intl. over on FanOff, a brand new horror themed podcast hosted by David, Andi, and Dave! Go to DCBS where comics are between 20% and 40% off and do NOT go to Amazon.

• Topic Thunder - Bill Willingham moderated a writer's symposium panel at Gen Con 2015 called, and yes this is true, "Writing Women Friendly Comics." I bet you can't guess how that turned out. We discuss it and much more about the current climate of comics, and cite two articles quite a bit, one from the Mary Sue, and the other from Indianapolis writer Niki Messmore.

#241 - Steal This Episode

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Ep. #241 - Steal This Episode

• Intro - Can't steal something that's free, right? Or, what about downloading it through channels that aren't approved by the creators? Yeah, it's all a giant complex mess. Make sure you swing by Eerie, Intl. over on FanOff, a brand new horror themed podcast hosted by David, Andi, and Dave! Go to DCBS where comics are between 20% and 40% off. You will be happy I promise.

• Topic Thunder - A movie came out with four superheroes in it, and oooooh boy did the world have a pretty unanimous reaction. And what about piracy and Digital Rights Management? Hey, wanna' rob some people? Find a Merry Maids car.

#240 - GenCon, Edara, and Spoons

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Ep. #240 - GenCon, Edara, and Spoons

• Intro - Seriously, we talked for 15 minutes about recording a show like we were DOGS, and specifically how long we could go through with it before we broke down. Make sure you swing by Eerie, Intl. over on FanOff, a brand new horror themed podcast hosted by David, Andi, and Dave! Go to DCBS where comics are between 20% and 40% off. They have it all!

• GenCon! - David and I (and his wife) went to GenCon in Indianapolis, bought games and looked at games and dice. Today we chat about the con and more with Ryan Schoon, head writer of Edara, a Steampunk Renaissance, the tabletop RPG available to purchase and play. If you're interested in creating your own tabletop game, or getting into the tabletop gaming world at all, give the interview a listen!

#239 - Cape Fear

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Ep. #239 - Cape Fear

• Intro - For comics at an outrageously high discount, head over to DCBS where comics are between 20% and 40% off. I bet you'll find any Spawn comic you want.

• Spawn - David and Austin are now filled to the tops of their skulls with Spawn-related media, and it all comes a-tumblin' out in this episode. How did Image Comics form (in brief) and what was Spawn's role in that process, not to mention the process of making comics what they are now, and were in the 90s? We cover the comic, the movie, the TV show, and some other small bits of the phenome-Spawn OHHH...thank you for listening.

#238 - The Art of Legacy

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Ep. #238 - The Art Of Legacy

• Intro - For comics at an outrageously high discount, head over to DCBS where comics are between 20% and 40% off. It's psychotic madness I'm tellin' ya'! Brycen emails us from Utah and we're mean to him because we love him. Then we quickly review Ant-Man!

• The Legacy of Art - What makes a piece of art stand the test of time? Why are some books consider classics and then others completely forgotten? Join us as we get conversational about important stuff like Persepolis, and then ACTUAL important stuff like Boy Meets World and Dawson's Creek.

#237 - The SDCC 2015 Recap

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Ep. #237 - 

• Intro - For comics at an outrageously high discount, head over to DCBS - their site offers between 20 and 40% off! Thank you to Catie for the email, and Brian Jaspellonius Jaggett Daggett for our voicemail. You can be like them! Email us at hideousenergy@gmail.com, call our Google voice account at 720-HIDEOUS.

• Topic Thunder - San Diego Comic Con International happened, a lot of announcements were made, and we discuss the ones that we think will be fun to discuss. And yes, there is an argument about the word "romp" and which things it can and cannot be applied to. If that's your jam, then you're in luck. We didn't even talk about Star Wars.

#236 - Apologetic Nostalgia

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Ep. #236 - Apologetic Nostalgia

• Intro - For comics at an outrageously high discount, head over to DCBS - their site offers between 20 and 40% off! Batman Begins was a film (is still a film, in fact) and it gets a few seconds.

• Topic Thunder - We discuss Airboy #2, written by James Robinson and illustrated by Greg Hinkle. The issue contained some transphobic language and situations. James Robinson issued a statement through GLAAD, and the Comics Alliance article we cite on-air by Charlotte Finn is available here.

• Nostalgia In Art - How much is nostalgia utilized by modern art and pop-culture? Is it having a detrimental effect? Is everything created inherently nostalgic? A Top 5 caps off this segment, and then a special appearance by a phone message (sort of) recorded literally as we were recording. That makes sense once you hear it.

#235 - Art Within Art

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Ep. #235 - Art Within Art

• Intro - Swing by the best online retailer DCBS for a bunch of huge discounts. Email us and get your message read on the air! Swing by KidsPrizePack.com, which our good friend Brent Hibbard is the Creative Director for.

• Art Within Art - Beginning our new format kind of, we tackle the concept of creators using art forms, and specific pieces of art, within their own art. It's not as confusing as that sentence makes it sound. Does the inclusion of the comic Tales of the Black Freighter in Watchmen mean the readers are being spoon feed a metaphor, rather than the creators subtly showcasing those same concepts? We discuss. Come with us, won't you?HIDEOUS

#234 - Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World Commentary

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Ep. #234 - Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World Commentary

• Intro - Thanks to our sponsors DCBS for offering everything on their site for between 20% and 40% off. You can get the color versions of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels there, and you should absolutely do so, because they're amazing.

• Film Commentary - We recorded a commentary for Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, the 2010 film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley. We've seen it a bajillion times. We love it. A gig is a gig is a gig is a gig. Sometimes we just watch the movie, and other times we talk about production of the film, influences, the adaptation of the comic and its successes and possible failures, and at times we discuss Bill Pullman's lika/lovability.

#233 - Maximilian Bandersnout

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Ep. #233 - Maximilian Bandersnout

• Intro - A longer show today! Thanks to our sponsors DCBS for offering everything on their site for between 20% and 40% off. We discussed a lot of comics today, so check one or all of them out through them! Head over to FanOff and check out the brand new horror podcast Eerie, International featuring David Hopkins, Dave Roberts, and Andi Preller. If you love horror it's the show for you.

• Topic Thunder - The DC comics Twitter account tweeted a "joke" about race; Jon Byrne hates people and logic; Jon-Joe Bernthal is the Punisher in season two of Netflix's Marvel's Daredevil.

• Read 'Em and Weep - Nonplayer issues #1 and #2 by Nate Simpson; Injection issues #1 and #2 by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire, and Fonografiks; Broken World #1 by Frank J. Barbierre, Christopher Peterson, Marissa Louise, and Ed Dukeshire; and Airboy #1 by James Robinson and Greg Hinkle.

#232 - War, Magic, Religion, & Glenn

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Ep. #232 - War, Magic, Religion, & Glenn

• Intro - Some brief chats about movies of various types, and then our sponsors DCBS arrive as always to sell you comics for between 20% and 40% off!

• You Should Read This - We recommend FOUR books we think you'll love: Curses by Kevin Huizenga; The Marquis: Inferno by Guy Davis; Last Man Vol. 1 by Bastien Vivès, Balak, and Michaël Sanlaville; and The Fixer by Joe Sacco.

#231 - Paging Dr. Feelings

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Ep. #231 - Paging Dr. Feelings

• Intro - Well thank you DCBS for sponsoring this entire episode of self-reflection, and thank you to Liz Suburbia for the email that set it all off. No joke, this whole episode is about figuring out how to balance a day job and the fun job, and there is a lot of self-diagnosis, self-delusion, and self-flagellation, in a sense. Make sure you check out Sacred Heart when it comes out from Fantagraphics!

Seriously. This is the whole show.