August 31, 2018 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

Wizard World Announces 2019 Schedule, Cancels Some 2018 Shows

Last weekend was one of the biggest shows of the Wizard World calendar, Wizard World Chicago. Which means it’s time to be looking at what’s left in their calendar for this year. Back in the spring, Wizard announced the following shows still to come in 2018: September 7-9, Tulsa, Oklahoma September 21-23, Austin, Texas October 5-7, Sacramento, California October 26-28, Springfield, Missouri November 9-11, Montgomery, Alabama November 30-December 2, Madison, Wisconsin Looking at their website, and per a recent announcement, […]

August 31, 2018 KC Books About Comics 4 comments

Justice League: 100 Greatest Moments: Highlights From the History of the World’s Greatest Superheroes

Review by KC Carlson Well, right off the bat, I have to reveal that I’m mentioned in the introduction of this book by Robert Greenberger because I assisted (along with about nine other comics individuals, as well as members of Facebook groups) in nominating specific selections to be considered. Since I did this at least two years ago (and my brain is now two years further into senility), I don’t have the faintest recollection about what I contributed — but […]

Kitten Construction Company by John Patrick Green

August 29, 2018 Johanna Art Leave a comment

See Kittens Decide to Run a Construction Company in These Preview Pages

Out next week is Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens, the first in a charming new series by John Patrick Green. It’s exactly what it sounds like: little cats want to build houses, but no one takes them seriously. The publisher has provided these preview pages to give you an idea of just how adorable the whole thing is. And the format aims to “bridge the gap between picture book and chapter book for kids 5-8.” You can get […]

August 26, 2018 Johanna Vertical Manga Reviews One comment

What Did You Eat Yesterday? Volume 13

What Did You Eat Yesterday? isn’t my favorite manga series because every chapter has yummy-sounding (or eye-opening) recipes for home-cooked Japanese meals. It’s not my favorite manga because of the relationship struggles and small victories the two leads experience as they deepen their life together. It’s my favorite manga because, as in volume 13, it’s about two middle-aged people building a life together and what it means to be an adult. So few comics deal with that time of life […]

August 26, 2018 Johanna Yen Press Manga Reviews Leave a comment

A Bride’s Story Volume 9

Following on from the previous book, we continue with the story of Pariya’s engagement in A Bride’s Story volume 9. (That’s her on the cover, expressing her feelings through the symbolism of bread designs in her typically brash manner.) I suspect many readers can identify with her. She cares strongly, but she doesn’t know how to express herself in a culturally appropriate fashion. She’s got a friend who seems to naturally know how to say the right things, making people […]

August 26, 2018 Johanna Mysteries One comment

Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s

Mystery fans, if you’re interested in learning more about the history of the medium, there’s a super-sized — over 1100 pages! — volume coming out this fall you’ll want to check out. Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s reprints four significant mystery novel launches, plus the inspiration for one of the classic gangster movies. And they’re all annotated by Leslie S. Klinger, who did The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes (and is responsible for getting Holmes into the public domain). […]

August 26, 2018 Johanna DCU Original Animation One comment

Freedom Fighters: The Ray

Out on Tuesday, August 28, is the home video version of the DC animated movie Freedom Fighters: The Ray. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray for this review.) As previously announced, they’ve expanded the animated content that ran on the CW Seed into a 72-minute movie. It’s a spinoff of the DC CW TV shows to give a promising character more attention, as they did with Vixen last year. This one is set […]

August 26, 2018 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews Leave a comment

Idol Dreams Volume 5

When it came out last year, I criticized the previous volume of Arina Tanemura’s age-changing fantasy for not giving us enough of the older version of the character. Idol Dreams volume 5, after wrapping up a competition between the singers, which means plenty of glamour shots of the cute girls in pigtails and short skirts, gives us more with the adult Chikage. However, the storyline isn’t about her. It’s about her patching up the relationship between her friend Tokita and […]

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