Castle Waiting Volume 2: The Definitive Edition

April 21, 2013 Johanna Fantagraphics One comment

Revised Edition of Castle Waiting Volume 2 Termed “Definitive”

I enjoy Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting, a modern take on a fairy tale world, a lot. In fact, the first edition of this second collection was my best graphic novel of 2010, when it was released. However, there were unanswered questions about that release, since it didn’t really have an ending and the author’s name wasn’t anywhere on the cover. Now that that book is out of print, Fantagraphics and Medley have released an updated “definitive edition” that’s gone from […]

April 19, 2013 Johanna Comic Book Films Leave a comment

R.I.P.D. Looks Fun — But Does It Make Me a Bad Fan?

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming R.I.P.D., a buddy-cop action movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges as dead lawmen who work for the Rest in Peace Department hunting down bad escaped souls. The film, out this July, looks like a not-too-far-removed twist on the “saving the world from an alien invasion” idea. (And, once you consider “grizzled vet takes cute newcomer under his wing”, the Men in Black comparison becomes inevitable.) It’s based on a miniseries from Dark Horse […]

April 14, 2013 Johanna First Second 4 comments

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong

I sure hope Faith Erin Hicks doesn’t get typecast as only being able to handle teenagers in school because she does such an excellent job with these kinds of stories. I love reading her young people (in such books as The War at Ellsmere and Friends With Boys), but then again, I’d read any work she does regardless of the age of the characters. In Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, Hicks adapted a story by Prudence Shen (she’s posted online […]

April 8, 2013 Johanna Comic News One comment

Interview With Mixtape’s Brad Abraham (Video)

The experiment worked! Last weekend at MoCCA Fest, I interviewed Brad Abraham, author of Mixtape, on video. There are three parts. (And next time, I’ll work on isolating the sound better.) In the first clip (4 1/2 minutes), Brad and I talk about what the comic is about, his music background, and what brought him to creating the comic. In the second clip (4 1/2 minutes), we discuss the different distribution strategy Brad’s trying with Mixtape and the importance of […]

April 7, 2013 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

MoCCA Fest 2013 Best Ever!

As I tweeted, this was the best MoCCA Fest ever! It was a fabulous show taken to a whole new level. I bought way too much (based on the luggage space I had to take stuff home), saw old friends, found new reads, and had a wonderful time. The new management made all kinds of great improvements, from plenty of volunteer staffing to clear signage, good-sized aisles, and the pipe-and-red-drape booths that made the space look professional. All the key […]

April 4, 2013 Johanna Comic Book Films Leave a comment

Marvel’s Movie Phase 2 Kicks Off With Iron Man 3

Which makes it, what, six times the fun? Marvel (Disney) has released a short (minute-long) trailer for Phase 2 of the “Marvel Cinematic Universe”, as producer Kevin Feige highlights what all this means. It’s all part of the promotion for the big Blu-Ray box set of Marvel superhero movies so far (delayed due to trademark violations around the case). Six movies on ten discs includes “collectible packaging supplemented by prop reproductions and artifacts from the motion pictures!” and a new […]

April 4, 2013 Johanna Abrams / Amulet 2 comments

Will & Whit

I’ve been a huge fan of Laura Lee Gulledge‘s work since I read her wonderful Page by Paige, which was one of my best books of 2011. Her new book, Will & Whit, has much the same charm as Page by Paige, with similar beautiful linework, but by expanding the cast, Gulledge demonstrates new skills. It’s a terrific read, enjoyable to explore and yet deep in meaning. Will, short for Willhemena, is an insomniac who creates artistic lamps because she’s […]

April 2, 2013 Johanna First Second 3 comments

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas

This science biography about three anthropologists who lived with primates is astounding. I’ve heard of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey before, but I didn’t realize just what they accomplished. Primates brings their discoveries to life. In 1960, Goodall lived in Africa for a long-term observation of chimpanzees. It’s a good thing that she didn’t mind spending a lot of time alone, doing nothing but watching animals, because she discovered them using tools. That was a revelation, since until that time, […]

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