February 17, 2013 Johanna Graphic Universe Leave a comment

My Boyfriend Is a Monster: A Match Made in Heaven

This volume, the eighth in the My Boyfriend Is a Monster series, is a bit different from the others. Oh, like the other books, A Match Made in Heaven is still completely predictable in the development of its romance, from the “he’s different, which makes him attractive” introduction to the eventual end of the relationship. (Because really, human girls and supernatural beings? not meant to last.) Plus, there’s a really over-the-top threat, so the pair have something to fight, that […]

February 17, 2013 Johanna Comic Book Films Leave a comment

Captain America (1992) Comes to Blu-ray

The 1990/1992 Captain America movie that came to home video as a made-on-demand DVD in 2011 is now going to be available on Blu-ray courtesy of Shout! Factory. (As best I can piece it together, the movie was made in 1990 but shelved in the US until a 1992 home video release, although it played in some European countries earlier.) Unlike the DVD release, there is an extra included here, “Looking Back at Captain America With Director Albert Pyun and […]

February 17, 2013 Johanna Fantagraphics One comment

Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Romance Comics

Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby’s Romance Comics by the masterful team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby is a hoot to read, a real time capsule. Most of the stories reprinted here first appeared in Young Romance, the book that created the romance comic, during the period 1947 to 1959. Also included are a couple of Western love stories (a genre that had its own, multiple titles) and three from Young Love. All have a dynamism to […]

February 17, 2013 Johanna Boom! Studios / Archaia One comment

Strange Attractors

I first looked at this graphic novel because I have a fondness for the mid-90s indy comic of the same name. This Strange Attractors is no relation. Then I was interested by writer Charles Soule’s clear affection for New York City, one of the book’s characters. The premise is that, with enough math and deep understanding, one person can keep the city going by using a variant of chaos theory and the Butterfly Effect. A lot of little actions manage […]

February 16, 2013 Johanna DC / Vertigo One comment

I’ll Miss Saucer Country

Yeah, I know the news broke a month ago when writer Paul Cornell posted that his series Saucer Country would end with issue #14, due out in April, but I didn’t talk enough about this series when it might have done some good, so consider this a last apology. I liked Saucer Country, and I’m surprised that more people didn’t. The biggest discussion in the U.S. over the past few years has been about politics and the idea that the […]

February 16, 2013 Johanna Mysteries 2 comments

Is Sherlock Holmes Public Domain?

Techdirt sums up a recent request for courts to declare that Sherlock Holmes is now public domain. Of course, the estate of writer Arthur Conan Doyle wants to claim otherwise, because they’re still making licensing fees from the character. And that’s what drives restrictive intellectual property — there’s nothing easier than letting money roll in from other people’s creativity, over 120 years since the character was first created. What drove this particular challenge was an upcoming book by Leslie S. […]

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 […]

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