May 31, 2018 Johanna PR: What Not to Do Leave a comment

Action Lab: Bad at Timing

I’m assuming that readers of this site generally agree with me that, in many respects, the collected edition is the preferred format. It’s easier to keep track of a story when it’s all in one place, and the price is generally equal (or cheaper) while the format is preferable for durability and ease of use. But serialization is necessary in the current economic setup. Few publishers have enough banked resources to pay for a complete story in advance, so they […]

May 30, 2018 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

Geppi’s Entertainment Museum Closes, Collection Goes to Library of Congress

Steve Geppi, president and CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors, is shutting down Geppi’s Entertainment Museum. The last open day of the Baltimore, Maryland, museum (which started in 2006) will be Sunday, June 3, and that day will have free admission. The collection of more than 3,000 comic book and pop culture items will be donated to the Library of Congress, to be displayed beginning this summer. Oddly, the museum promotes exhibits of “nearly 6,000 pop culture artifacts including comics, toys, […]

DC's Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete Third Season

May 29, 2018 Johanna TV News 4 comments

Warner Announces a Bunch of Superhero Show DVD Sets

Since season finales are airing, it’s time to get those complete season DVD sets announced so viewers can plan to catch up, binge, or rewatch before the September debuts of the new seasons and shows. Warner has announced the following releases of their superhero quartet of series. (Black Lightning was announced last month.) In order of release: Arrow: The Complete Sixth Season Arrow: The Complete Sixth Season will be out August 14. The granddaddy of the pack as the CW’s […]

May 29, 2018 Johanna Art Leave a comment

Skip to the End Preview: Can a Time-Traveling Guitar Prevent a Suicide?

You may know Insight Editions as the publisher of such books as The Art of Harley Quinn and DC Comics Variant Covers: The Complete Visual History, but they also have a burgeoning comic line. Out in two weeks (June 12) from this line is a graphic novel inspired by the history of Nirvana called Skip to the End. Written by Jeremy Holt with art by Alex Diotto, it’s the story of Jonny Wells, former musician, now junkie. The bassist of […]

May 29, 2018 Johanna Movie News Leave a comment

There’s Going to Be a Choose Your Own Adventure Movie That Will Let You Actually Choose

Twentieth Century Fox has a Choose Your Own Adventure movie in development. That’s not surprising — in a world that’s seen a Battleship licensed movie, every fond memory of our childhood is suitable for brand extension, and this one is better-known than many. What did surprise me is the announcement that they will be using CtrlMovie technology to allow the audience to decide how the movie will go using an app. Viewers vote to decide what characters will do at […]

May 28, 2018 Johanna Kodansha Manga Reviews 6 comments

Cells at Work! Volume 1

I may have enjoyed Cells at Work! so much because, when I first read it, I was getting over a winter cold. That made the exploration of the body’s defense system by Akane Shimizu even funnier to me, particularly when the giant missile labeled “Sneeze One” appears in a glorious two-page spread. The cute young lady on the front cover is a red blood cell, responsible for moving packages of oxygen around the body. She’s new, so she keeps getting […]

I Moved to LA to Work in Animation cover

May 27, 2018 Johanna Art One comment

Natalie Nourigat’s Memoir Comic About Getting an Animation Job

Boom! Studios has announced that they will be publishing Natalie Nourigat’s graphic novel I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation in December. I enjoyed her previous book of diary comics, Between Gears, so I’m eagerly anticipating this memoir, particularly given the unique topic. When she left her life in Portland to move to Los Angeles and pursue a job in animation, Natalie Nourigat realized that despite her research, nothing truly prepared her for the wild world that awaited […]

Misfits of Avalon Volume 1: The Queen of Air and Delinquency

May 25, 2018 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

When Should You Self-Publish or Use a Publisher?

Kel McDonald has put up a lengthy blog post about publishing costs and sales with actual numbers. She’s created and released out her own black-and-white books and published Misfits of Avalon through Dark Horse. Comparing the two, given how much she can make with a Kickstarter and pushing her own books at conventions, leads to some key points: This is why Kickstarter has been such a great thing/game changer for indie comics. It’s become much easier to get self-published books […]

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