January 17, 2013 Johanna Manga News 7 comments

Kodansha Comics Done Rescuing Del Rey Titles

Kodansha Comics effectively replaced Del Rey Manga in late 2010. Their release plans then were a mix of new-to-US titles and reissues, some in omnibus form. Some series picked up where Del Rey left off, particularly if they were popular titles. However, the Kodansha Comics Twitter account has some bad news for fans hoping to see other series return: @starlightk7 Sorry, barring some special circumstance we’re not rescuing any more Del Rey Manga titles. — Kodansha Comics (@KodanshaUSA) January 16, […]

January 15, 2013 Johanna Fantagraphics Leave a comment

I Love Led Zeppelin

After greatly enjoying Ellen Forney’s Marbles, I thought I’d check out her earlier book, I Love Led Zeppelin, a varied collection of short pieces. A couple of these strips were familiar to me from Marbles, in fact, having been referenced or appearing in that book. Most of them, though, are much different. Not only are they shorter, a lot of them are non-fiction, focused outwards instead of to the artist’s interior. The first major section of the book contains 14 […]

January 6, 2013 Johanna Yen Press Manga Reviews Leave a comment

Blood Lad Volume 1

What could have been an amusing comedy commentary on fandom becomes just another shonen manga by Yuuki Kodama. The Blood Lad of the title is a teenage-looking vampire who runs a domain in the demon world, but he’s really fascinated with Japanese popular culture, especially video games. When a human girl appears in his kingdom, he quickly runs through lust, bloodlust, and love before settling on trying to get her back home as a way of visiting the human world. […]

January 5, 2013 Johanna Comic Book Films 2 comments

Dredd on Blu-ray January 8

Dredd is an extremely violent science fiction action movie that is also very faithful to its comic source. For fans of either genre, it’s worth watching. Comic fans will also appreciate the mini-documentary on the source material included in the home video release. Judge Dredd was created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in 2000 AD in 1977. In a nice touch, that’s the very first of the end credits, before even the actors’ names appear. The movie is faithful […]

January 3, 2013 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

Bloodhound Coming From Dark Horse

Remember Bloodhound? No, you don’t. I didn’t, even though it was one of my favorite DC titles coming out at the time. There were 10 issues from 2004-2005, about a prisoner working with the FBI to track those with superpowers although he wasn’t similarly gifted. It was written by Dan Jolley with art by Leonard Kirk & Robin Riggs and covers by Dave Johnson. This was a period, just before Identity Crisis and the rise of Dan DiDio, where DC […]

Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss book cover

January 1, 2013 Johanna Other Prose One comment

Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature

Catchy subtitle, isn’t it? Unfortunately, the book doesn’t quite live up to two-thirds of it. It’s a great picture of the life Ruth Krauss (noted children’s book author) and Crockett Johnson (Harold and the Purple Crayon, Barnaby) had together, but the FBI bit turns out to be some files due to the couple’s politics, and the last part isn’t explained fully enough for someone not already familiar with the field. However, as the first biography of either of them, it’s […]

January 1, 2013 Johanna Art Leave a comment

Noelle Stevenson’s Illustrated Year in Review

What a story! Noelle Stevenson has posted an illustrated look back at 2012. In that year, she went from someone who “hadn’t made a comic longer than four pages” to having a book deal with HarperCollins for her webcomic Nimona. She also, last year, interned at BOOM! Studios, drew some terrific movie satire cartoons, went to her first San Diego Comic-Con … and turned 21. My gracious. That’s a year to brag about for anyone, let alone someone so young. […]

January 1, 2013 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

Peter David Has Stroke on Vacation; Some Thoughts on Stroke Recovery

I have been unsure whether to talk about this, because the news hit very close to home and every time I think about it, I tear up. On Sunday, noted comic writer Peter David posted that he had had a stroke that affected his vision and caused him to lose control of the right side of his body. Long-time readers will recall that my husband KC had a mini-stroke almost four years ago. Every time I hear news like this, […]

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