February 3, 2015 Johanna Comic News One comment

Wizard World Madison Gets Local Press

The Wizard World Madison convention launches its first show this coming weekend. It’s already getting a good amount of local press, like this two-page spread in the local free weekly, Isthmus, emphasizing how geek-friendly our city is. The numbers cited are a little out of date, since I believe the New York Comic-Con has surpassed Wizard Chicago as the second largest after San Diego, but I hope this prediction is true: Wizard World Madison is expected to bring in more […]

February 1, 2015 Johanna DCU Original Animation 4 comments

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

The latest original animated DC Universe direct-to-video movie is much like the others: mediocre animation, lots of fighting, and little to interest anyone looking for more than yet another superhero battle. I found it so tedious I couldn’t get all the way through it. But then, I’ve never been much of an Aquaman fan, due to the flavor of fantasy ruler he carries. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis tells the origin of Aquaman (voiced by Matt Lanter). Before he realizes […]

February 1, 2015 Johanna Warner Archive 4 comments

Young Justice: Invasion

OK, everyone who told me, when I said I didn’t like Young Justice, that it got better, was right. Young Justice: Invasion, the renamed second and final season of the animated series, is much more watchable. In fact, I enjoyed it enough to watch the whole thing in one long day. At the start of this season, we’ve jumped ahead in time five years, which means the characters aren’t so whiny and juvenile, a plus. The overarching theme is battling […]

February 1, 2015 KC Warner Archive Leave a comment

Loopy de Loop: The Complete Collection

Review by KC Carlson An extremely rare piece of Hanna-Barbera history was recently released from the Warner Archive. Loopy de Loop is frequently described as Hanna-Barbera’s “lost” character. He was a relatively long-running character (debuting in 1959 and ending in 1965), but unlike popular HB characters Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, and The Flintstones — whose prime-time series ran approximately during the same time as Loopy’s run — you couldn’t see Loopy’s adventures on your television screen. Loopy de Loop cartoons […]

February 1, 2015 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

Whatever Happened to Dork Tower?

That’s a misleading headline, since Dork Tower by John Kovalic is alive and well as a webcomic. I hadn’t thought much about it since, oh, about 2007, though, when the last of the print comic book collections, Dork Decade, came out. Although Dork Tower is quite successful as a gag strip about gamers and related nerditry, I read the comic because the space allowed for longer stories, which gave the cast more character, particularly when it come to the never-quite-right […]

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