February 10, 2013 Johanna Other Publishers Leave a comment

The Accidental Candidate

Remember Alvin Greene? In 2010, he won the Democratic primary for Senator in South Carolina, although he was an unknown, unemployed veteran who did no campaigning and was running against a much better-known competitor, experienced politician Vic Rawl. Two SC reporters, Corey Hutchins and David Axe, present his story in The Accidental Candidate. Their journalistic backgrounds keep the focus on the facts and dates, and as the indicia says, “Much of the information in this book was obtained from personal […]

February 4, 2013 Johanna Marvel 2 comments

I Miss Amadeus Cho

While reorganizing some comic boxes from the move — I should copy and paste that phrase to use over the next two years — KC found a good memory for me. Amazing Fantasy (Volume 2) #15 was cover-dated January 2006. According to the text page in the back, it was created to “revisit, revamp, or recreate… idle Marvel character names.” The lead story in the anthology was the introduction of Amadeus Cho, by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa. Given the […]

February 1, 2013 Johanna DCU Original Animation 2 comments

Trailer Released for Superman: Unbound, Next DC Animated Movie

Superman: Unbound, the next original DC animated movie, is due out later this year (and was promoted on the just-out Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2). The trailer is now available, showing Supergirl’s fear of Brainiac based on what he did to her home planet. Brief thoughts: Matthew Bomer has a nice authority as Superman, and Molly Quinn does a good job as the tortured Supergirl. Superman’s odd neck was distracting to me. Overall, looks like a big fight, […]

January 31, 2013 Johanna Motion Comics Leave a comment

Marvel Knights Motion Comics to Continue With Inhumans

I had thought that the Marvel Knights Animation motion comic series from Shout! Factory might be wrapping up after the four-volume Joss Whedon Astonishing X-Men releases. I was wrong. Shout! Factory has just announced that Inhumans, based on the (out of print) comic by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee with the same cover, will be out on DVD on April 23. List price is $14.97, same as previous Marvel Knights Animation releases, and the bonus feature is “A Look Back […]

January 27, 2013 Johanna DCU Original Animation 3 comments

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Out Tuesday is Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, the conclusion of the movie series that began with Part 1 last fall. Commissioner Gordon is being replaced by Ellen Yindel, who declares Batman’s actions illegal and demands his arrest. Meanwhile, Superman has been sent by the government to rein Bruce in, as Batman tries to stop the Joker from doing what he always does. The President (Jim Meskimen) sounds and looks like Reagan, bringing back memories of the time […]

January 27, 2013 Johanna Kodansha Manga Reviews One comment

Missions of Love Volume 2

This installment of the series wasn’t as interesting for me as the first book, but I’m not giving up on it yet. Missions of Love is settling into its groove. Without the author, Ema Toyama, having to introduce the characters and premise, the events become more typical, without the emphasis on odd elements that made the previous volume grab me. Yukina blackmails Shigure into acting as her boyfriend. He goes along with it, but since he’s learned her weakness, he […]

January 27, 2013 Johanna Vertical Manga Reviews 3 comments

Limit Volume 1

My thanks to Alexander Hoffman for running a contest where I won this book and volume 2. It’s the kind of story I never would have tried otherwise, and I’m glad I got a chance to discover it without risk. It’s written and drawn by Keiko Suenobu. Limit, to describe it briefly and in reductionist fashion, is Lord of the Flies with Japanese schoolgirls. Konno is surviving her teen years by hanging out with the popular queen bee Sakura and […]

January 20, 2013 Johanna Comic Book Films Leave a comment

The Rabbi’s Cat

The Rabbi’s Cat, which did not get nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar this year (since all the slots were taken by bigger-budget, non-foreign cartoons), will be out on Blu-ray later this spring. It’s also playing a few selected theaters in the U.S. starting this month. In the meantime, I got a chance to check out a screener. Here’s a subtitled trailer: Like the trailer, the movie is told in French with English subtitles. The first thing I noticed […]

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