Hideous Energy
308 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsHideous Energy is a place where thoughts and words can't be stopped. David Hopkins and Austin Wilson love comics, and can never stop reading them, or talking about them. Listen to their opinions, some based on facts and others that are wild lies. They reanimated monsters. All for comics.
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Episodes
#420 – Basements, Hotels and Wish Lists
October 19, 2021 19:27 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBIt’s high time we got back to recording a podcast WINK WINK. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:13:33 This week, David and Austin create a joint recording in person! Things might get loud, but we swear this episode is dope! We talk about books we’ve read lately, enjoy some baked goods, and
#353 – Star Wars: The Vasectomized Edition
July 11, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBOne voice connected to two balls cries out in terror. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:49:27 This week, David surprises Austin at his apartment in [REDACTED] with a copy of the Star Wars Despecialized Edition! They discuss it, watch it, then talk about their thoughts afterward. Also, a bonus episode at the
#352 – BTW BTK
May 20, 2021 15:39 - 3 hours - 186 MBCome on and slam…and welcome to this jam. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 3:05:02 Topics discussed: Space Jam, the music of Space Jam, the new Space Jam movie, the importance of Space Jam, the legacy of Space Jam. Also: Max Payne 3, the new Nine Inch Nails / Health song, Army of
#351 – The ’70s Cinema Hour With Two Sad Losers
March 11, 2021 16:33 - 3 hours - 217 MBBrought to you by DCBS, maybe! Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 3:10:35 Do you like our show? Or do you like the idea of our show? Either way, this will probably disappoint you. Enjoy!
Extreme Self-Analysis
October 27, 2020 03:57 - 2 hours - 131 MBGhostbusters meets midlife crisis. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 2:30:38 Extreme Ghostbusters, comics we’ve read, Tenet, video games, YA comics, Josh Simmons, and have we grown up too much?
Music From and Inspired By
July 23, 2020 02:58 - 2 hours - 129 MBHideous Energy: The Album Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 2:20:49 We’re back with another random-ass episode, this time focusing on all of the dumb/great/horrible/weird songs and albums created for comic book movies. From Queen to Drowning Pool to Seal to Robert Zombie, we get funky with some of the wackiest music in
Ballsdemic Asstravaganza
March 31, 2020 04:59 - 3 hours - 175 MBYa’ll like three-hour episodes, right? Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 3:11:23 Need a distraction for a bit? We got you. Listen to us discuss stuff we’ve been reading/watching/listening to lately, and we’ll even play some songs for you to enjoy as well. We also talk about 69’ing each other’s buttholes. Thanks for
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
December 23, 2019 14:43 - 1 hour - 156 MB*sigh* We get the band back together since there’s a new Star Wars movie out (maybe you’ve heard of it?) and we do our now-patented Star Wars podcasting format: a live recording on the way to the theater, and then our thoughts in the car immediately after watching it. Enjoy!
Are They All Dogs In That Movie?
August 16, 2019 19:32 - 1 hour - 156 MBIt’s a legitimate question. We haven’t recorded an episode in awhile, so…we recorded a new one! Books we’ve read, Q&A from the FB group, A Goofy Movie, etc. Also, our connection was bad, so it’s pretty annoying to listen to. David cleaned some of it up though, but there was a minimal amount of effort
Avengers: Endgame
May 04, 2019 18:22 - 1 hour - 122 MBStealth sequel to The Sound of Music. Avengers: Endgame came out, and we saw it! And we’re gonna spoil it!
MCU Retrospective
April 23, 2019 13:59 - 2 hours - 218 MBWe rewatched all 21 films! (lol jk) Avengers: Endgame comes out this weekend, so we figured it was high time for us to revisit all of the preceding films in the MCU timeline. We prepped hard for this…meaning we did basically nothing and did not rewatch any of the films for this recording and David
Captain Marvel
March 10, 2019 18:28 - 1 hour - 100 MB10/10 because of NIN. We’re back for a quick discussion episode over the new Captain Marvel movie! David also fills Austin in on what the internet is and they spend the first 5 minutes discussion what discussion and criticism even is, so it should feel like nothing has changed while we’ve been gone.
Catching Up
January 16, 2019 23:19 - 1 hour - 146 MBWhat we’ve been reading and what we’ll be doing. What’s up, weirdos? We haven’t recorded an episode in awhile so we figured we should check in. At this point, this show is sort of a post-apocalyptic, pirate radio, transmission repeating in French type of thing for all 15 of you out there still listening to
SPX18: Comicsgate
September 24, 2018 03:11 - 1 hour - 151 MBBuckle in. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:50:05 Topics The last leg of our road trip is an almost two-hour discussion over Comicsgate, the current internet battle that is raging in the comics industry. David takes Austin through the history and current status of the Comicsgate…debate? Conflict? We’re not sure what to
SPX18: The Black Monday Monsters
September 23, 2018 14:31 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBBand name, or another episode about our personal lives? Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:41:53 Topics We’re winding down on the return trip episodes as we do a quick discussion over The Black Monday Murders and the manga Monster. Stay tuned for more from us in the coming week! Make sure to follow us
SPX18: Retro Gaming & Destiny
September 22, 2018 00:25 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBDestiny isn’t retro though. OR IS IT (it’s not). Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 0:55:54 Topics Continuing our drive back to Indiana, Austin brings up the idea of “retro” aesthetics in gaming and how language has lost all meaning. After that, a discussion of our love of Destiny and why it doesn’t deserve
SPX18: Homebound
September 22, 2018 00:16 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBCOMIN’ HOME AGAIN. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:27:21 Topics As SPX comes to a close, we recap the final day and hit the road to the misremembered tunes of John Denver. Stay tuned for more from us in the coming week! Make sure to follow us on Twitter @HideousEnergy and you
SPX18: SPX Book Haul!
September 21, 2018 13:29 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBIndie comics as far as the eye can see. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 0:58:01 Topics Back from the first day of the convention, we run down everything we bought between the con floor and the Politics and Prose bookstore in the D.C. area. Stay tuned for more from us in the
SPX18: Seabather’s Eruption
September 21, 2018 13:05 - 7 minutes - 11 MBIt’s not what you think it is…but maybe it is. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:07:58 Topics David has a condition…and it’s a weird one. Listen to find out the gross details. Also, a discussion on socks. Stay tuned for more from us in the coming week! Make sure to follow us
SPX18: The Predator
September 21, 2018 12:53 - 24 minutes - 33 MBTwo severed thumbs up! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 0:24:03 Topics After driving for approx. 9+ hours, the boys decide to go see The Predator. What follows is a sleep-deprived discussion starting in a parking garage and ending after visiting a CVS Pharmacy that looked like a haunted house. Stay tuned for more
SPX18: Hail Metal
September 20, 2018 02:59 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBThrow your little horns up. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:37:45 Topics David fell head over heels into the world of heavy metal a few years ago and hasn’t looked back since. Listen as we have a quick impromptu side discussion about the genre and sub-genres. Stay tuned for more from us
SPX18: Chris Gethard & TCGS
September 19, 2018 23:44 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBLose well, nerds! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 0:41:01 Topics David has alluded to Chris Gethard and The Chris Gethard Show over the years here on Hideous Energy, but now that TCGS is officially over, the guys devote an entire segment to the show and what it has meant to David over the years. Stay
SPX18: Jeff Lemire & Watchmen
September 19, 2018 21:02 - 46 minutes - 63.9 MBWho watches the Lemiremen? Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:46:33 Topics We get back to comics for a bit and discuss three books by Jeff Lemire: Descender, Royal City, and Black Hammer. Then, because of a Watchmen comparison, we get into the new Watchmen TV show in development over at HBO. Stay tuned for more from
SPX18: Unemployment & Weight Loss
September 19, 2018 04:11 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBTwo unrelated things from two different people. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:11:42 Topics In true Hideous Energy form, we get into some non-comic-related introspection and personal life developments. Listen to our tears and embrace our baby-like cries. Stay tuned for more from us in the coming week! Make sure to follow us
SPX18: Wolverine & Audio Dramas
September 18, 2018 18:13 - 49 minutes - 68 MBSound effects, bub. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:49:29 Topics We (well, one of us) listened to the first two episodes of Marvel’s Wolverine: The Long Dark audio drama podcast so we break it down along with audio dramas in general. Stay tuned for more from us in the coming week! Make sure
SPX18: Intro & Motor Girl
September 17, 2018 23:19 - 1 hour - 116 MBThe journey begins! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:24:17 Topics Hey what’s up, nerds! Our trip begins as we head out on the 9 hour drive to the Small Press Expo (SPX) in Maryland. We kick things off with a brief (lol) intro to what’s ahead and then a discussion of Terry
Preparing For SPX 2018
September 03, 2018 21:41 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBSend us your questions and complaints! Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 0:12:52 Topics Hey what’s up, nerds! We’re headed to SPX in Maryland here in a couple of weeks and we need you to send us questions / topics / suggestions / etc. to discuss on the drive there and back! We’re
Solo: A Star Wars Story
June 10, 2018 23:50 - 173 MBMr. Solo Dolo Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 2:05:58 Topics Austin FINALLY saw Solo: A Star Wars Story so let’s get into it! Before that though, we catch up on some recent comics we’ve read including Invincible, Questionable Content, and the world’s slowest absorption of Otomo’s Akira. And hey…do you like it when Austin gets mad
Avengers: Infinity War
April 28, 2018 19:11 - 110 MBAvengers: Suck On Our Chin-Nuts, Nerds Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:20:17 Topics Did you see Infinity War? We did! And we’re going to spoil it for you unless you go watch it first! Listen to our car-journey as we discuss our expectations and theories going into the film and our immediate reactions
Black Panther (2018)
February 18, 2018 18:49 - 115 MBWakanda Forever! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:23:35 Topics Hey, new episode! Over the winter break we’ve been hard at work making pretty killer Star Wars jokes about blowing space-horses so we’ll catch you up on that before heading into our discussion of Marvel’s latest cinematic picture Black Panther! We know and absolutely recognize
#350 – The Last Jedisode
December 20, 2017 14:43 - 266 MBIf you hated this movie…then episode #349 is the last time you’ll like us. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 3:13:30 Topics Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Robert Kirkman & Paul Azaceta’s Outcast! Star Wars:
The 2017 Film Olympics with R.J. Ryan!
December 15, 2017 12:51 - 131 MBA top 3…of sorts. Featuring: Austin Wilson, David Hopkins, and special guest R.J. Ryan! Running Time: 1:35:31 Topics Writer R.J. Ryan stops by to chat about some of our favorite films of 2017! Josh (as we call him) is a good friend and friend of the show, so we weren’t going to pass up an
#349 – The Star Wars Holiday Special
December 13, 2017 14:43 - 126 MBGrab a bag of drugs and tune in! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:31:49 Topics Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! Topic Thunder – This new Miles Morales trailer (AKA Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) has David losing his mind a little
#348 – Secret Invasion
December 06, 2017 01:53 - 126 MBEmbrace ch-ch-change! Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:31:27 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Topic Thunder – Marvel is doing podcasts now?! With Chris Gethard?! Kind of. • Stuff We’ve Watched/Read Lately – Zegas! Calla Cthulhu! Descender! And more! • Secret Invasion – we revisit
#347 – Identity Crisis 2
November 29, 2017 01:49 - 108 MBThis time…it’s meta. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:18:57 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Topic Thunder – C.B. Cebulski starts off his new job with a small controversy, so we get into that and what ramifications
#346 – Identity Crisis
November 22, 2017 04:03 - 153 MBWith a bonus Justice League film review! Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:51:05 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Watched Lately – David watched Justice League, the first episode of The Punisher, and the first half of the Future Man series
#345 – Art Doesn’t Matter
November 15, 2017 03:39 - 143 MBLong live the despair. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:44:18 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Green Valley and Hubert are the only two this week, and they couldn’t be more different. • Topic Thunder, But
#344 – Podcast Ear Blindness
November 08, 2017 01:17 - 120 MBIt’s different from being deaf. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:27:29 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Listened To Lately – Podcasts, podcasts, and more podcasts! Also some books. But we read those. • Topic Thunder, But Not Edited
#343 – Standard Werewolf Rules
November 02, 2017 02:17 - 107 MBYou know the ones. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:17:26 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBS or InStockTrades! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • We begin by arguing about something we rain checked on twitter to argue about specifically on the show,
#342 – Nameless
October 26, 2017 20:06 - 113 MBThis episode has a name. Or does it. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:22:09 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – The Goddamned! Kill Or Be Killed! Pantheon! • Nameless– We jump into the crazy minds of Morrison
#341 – Way Too Much Nervous Self-Pity
October 11, 2017 00:29 - 124 MBGet over it, shy people! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:30:03 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Reunion! Motor Crush! Archangel! My Pretty Vampire! The Flintstones! • Alex + Ada – We jump into Sarah Vaughn & Jonathan Luna’s Alex
#340 – This Hellboy Is A Podcast
October 04, 2017 18:38 - 122 MBAll characters are Hellboy. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:29:09 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Webcomics! YA comics! Darth Vader! • Top 5 Hellboys – Continuing our dumb joke that we love,
#339 – Topgunning
September 20, 2017 00:26 - 104 MBThe picture will make more sense once you listen. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:15:56 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – After a quick discussion of the 24 franchise, we talk more about
#338 – Scott Kroger
September 13, 2017 03:24 - 142 MBHe’s an enigma wrapped inside a supermarket. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:43:05 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Topic Thunder (sort of) – did you hear the Star Wars news? Cause you’re about
The Clem Robins Interview!
September 08, 2017 15:25 - 177 MBSitting down to chat with a legend among letterers. Featuring: David Hopkins, Austin Wilson, and special guest Clem Robins Running Time: 2:08:47 Topics • We have the unique and special honor of getting to sit down with letterer Clem Robins about his spectacular and wide-ranging career in comics (spanning over 40 years!). You know Clem’s work from
#337 – Balls of Cthulhu: Corrupt Estate
August 30, 2017 17:47 - 221 MBTime to role-play these games!! Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson, with special guests Dave Roberts (Rave Doberts), and Kent Blue! Running Time: 2:40:43 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • CORRUPT ESTATE: A Call of Cthulhu Adventure
#336 – Why Are Comix?
August 23, 2017 03:14 - 163 MBAny picture is every comic. Featuring: Austin Wilson & David Hopkins Running Time: 1:58:27 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Revenger, The Art of Stranski, and more! • When Are Comics Comics? – the answer
#335 – Very Much More Romance
August 17, 2017 00:19 - 123 MBGet ready for a LOT of comic “reviews” or…whatever it is we do. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:29:14 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Way too many to list, but there’s
#334 – Cowboys & Airboys
August 02, 2017 00:30 - 169 MBTook everything I had not to make a Kid Rock reference. Featuring: Austin Wilson, David Hopkins, and special guest Andi Preller! Running Time: 2:02:46 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Stuff We’ve Read Lately – Trees, the Warren Ellis Castlevania TV
#333 – Schrödinger’s Box
July 26, 2017 01:47 - 155 MBCalm down, loser. I know what it’s called. Featuring: David Hopkins & Austin Wilson Running Time: 1:52:46 Topics • Have you bought any comics lately? It better have been from DCBService.com! Check them out and get your stuff for cheaper! • Topic Thunder! – We run down the big SDCC stories and give our opinions because