September 6, 2013 Johanna Comic News One comment

Smut Peddler Returns for 2014, Submissions Now Open

This is so much fun! C. Spike Trotman and I are again seeking submissions for the women-friendly erotica anthology Smut Peddler. The new volume is planned to publish in 2014. We’ve already invited a number of wonderful ladies to contribute — Trudy Cooper, Danielle Corsetto (with Randy Milholland), Joanna Estep, Jess Fink, Ghostgreen, Polly Guo, Niki Smith, Faith Erin Hicks, Kate Leth, and Jen Vaughn — but there’s room for more. Check out the submission guidelines page and if you’re […]

September 4, 2013 Johanna Mysteries Leave a comment

The Impersonator

Although in her 20s, Leah works as a teen dancer in vaudeville until the family act breaks up. With no other options, she takes a job from “Uncle Oliver” — who wants her to impersonate his long-lost niece Jessie, sole heir to millions of dollars (which means even more in 1924) and missing for almost seven years. It seems mostly harmless, a way to share the inheritance, although Oliver has secrets of his own and, Leah suspects, a mean streak. […]

September 1, 2013 Johanna Other Publishers One comment

Dumbing of Age: This Campus Is a Friggin’ Escher Print

I’m sure Dumbing of Age, by David Willis, is one of those webcomic strips that I’ve only just found but everyone else has been reading for ages. Still, I enjoyed it, and I want to talk about why. Reason #1: There’s a book, Dumbing of Age: This Campus Is a Friggin’ Escher Print. The comic has been running for three years, with a large cast, but I can jump back to the beginning and find out who everyone is* with […]

August 31, 2013 Johanna IDW / Top Shelf Leave a comment

Polly and Her Pals 1933

Polly and Her Pals 1933 reprints that year’s worth of the daily comic strip often described as surreal. Without the Sundays, you won’t see cartoonist Cliff Sterrett’s most imaginative layouts, but the characters and situations are still funny, if not as artistically accomplished in the smaller space. It’s in the Library of American Comics Essentials format, which means the book is short and wide, the shape of a comic strip, with each day’s entry getting a full page. The series […]

August 26, 2013 Johanna Graphix / Scholastic Leave a comment

The Lost Boy

You’ve likely read something like the plot of The Lost Boy before — kid moves to new house with a history, discovers a fantasy world beyond the gate / through the trees / inside the cupboard. In this case, Nate finds a reel-to-reel tape recorder under the floorboards. The long-disappeared Walter Pidgin had used it to record his observations about the odd things he saw, things no one else seemed to notice. Things like a grasshopper in a suit and […]

August 25, 2013 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

One Week Left to Submit to the Strumpet

The Strumpet, a transatlantic anthology featuring lady cartoonists from the UK and the US, is accepting submissions for its third issue — but there’s only a week left, since the submission period ends September 1. The first issue had a dress-up theme; the second one was about travel. The third will be “the tasty issue”. The issues are funded in part by Kickstarter, with successful campaigns for issue one and issue two. Watch for a third this fall. I’ve enjoyed […]

August 25, 2013 Johanna Other Publishers Leave a comment

Cartozia Tales #1

Cartozia is a wonderful concept. It’s a fantasy place, with two main parallel islands and several hangers-on. There’s a map, and that allows a variety of comic creators to explore the world through a variety of stories, which assemble into this ongoing shared-world anthology dedicated to fantasy for all ages. It’s edited by Isaac Cates, and regular contributors (in addition to him) are Mike Wenthe, Jen Vaughn, Lucy Bellwood, Shawn Cheng, Sarah Becan, Tom Motley, and Lupi McGinty. (Becan and […]

August 25, 2013 Johanna Yen Press Manga Reviews 4 comments

Judge Volume 1

The author of Doubt, Yoshiki Tonogai, returns with another series about kids wearing animal heads trapped in a warehouse where they’re killed off one by one. However, Judge has more to recommend it than Doubt. (Although don’t get me wrong, that was quite the adrenaline ride, even if the end made little sense.) As you can see from the cover, there are different animals this time around. They’re themed, to match the seven deadly sins: the pig is gluttony, the […]

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