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March 30, 2010 Johanna Warner Archive Leave a comment

Steel and the Warner Archive

The Warner Archive DVD-on-demand program has expanded its coverage. Now it’s not just old movies but includes fan favorites or early work by known stars from all decades. For example, I just received for review a kitschy favorite of mine, the 1997 Steel. You can buy Steel beginning April 6. Although the DVDs are made to order, based on this, they’re very professional in quality, with attractive cover art, a standard-looking informative back cover, and image on the disc itself. […]

February 10, 2010 Johanna Digital Manga Reviews One comment

Digital Harlequin Manga: The Apartment, Millionaire Husband

Digital Manga, at their book site emanga.com, recently gave reviewers the chance to check out a variety of their titles online. I thought I’d take the opportunity to see what their Harlequin offerings (manga adaptations of romance novels) looked like. My Background With Romance First, the caveats: like most women, I have read romance novels in the past (although most recently, I’ve been dabbling in the smutty imprints, like Blaze), and while many of them are incredibly formulaic, that’s not […]

February 3, 2010 Johanna Other Publishers 2 comments

Love and Capes #11-12

After a bad day, there’s nothing that picks me up like the romantic comedy of Thom Zahler’s Love and Capes. Issue #11 has the couple, Mark and Abby, preparing for their upcoming marriage. Abby’s having problems finding the right wedding dress. When she does find the perfect gown, there’s a catch … it’s connected to Mark’s ex-girlfriend, Amazonia. That’s a bit of a stretch, but it does allow us to see a lot more of the superheroine than her previous, […]

September 28, 2009 Johanna Toon Books Leave a comment

Little Mouse Handmade Plush Doll

To celebrate the successful release of Jeff Smith’s first children’s book, Little Mouse Gets Ready, Toon Books has an exclusive handmade plush of the little mouse (no longer available). It’s by dollmaker Sabrina Cho, sells for $75, and comes with a certificate of authenticity and an autographed copy of the book.

September 10, 2009 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

Interview With Steve Lieber (Whiteout)

The movie adaptation of the graphic novel Whiteout opens tomorrow. Artist Steve Lieber, who illustrated the comic written by Greg Rucka, was kind enough to answer some questions about how the two different media versions of the story compare. When Whiteout was first being published, did you envision it in another medium as well? STEVE LIEBER: Back when I first read the comics script, Whiteout struck me as very likely to get other-media interest. It works as a movie, obviously. […]

June 25, 2009 Johanna NBM / Papercutz 4 comments

Famous Players

Rick Geary continues his Treasury of XXth Century Murder series with Famous Players, covering “The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor”. This murder case, long an unsolved mystery, took place in 1922 Hollywood, where moving pictures were just settling into being an industry. William Desmond Taylor was a director for Famous Players, the most prestigious studio of the time, and actress Mabel Normand was the last person to see him alive. When Taylor was found dead, suspicion fell on young […]

June 23, 2009 KC Television Reviews One comment

Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

Review by KC Carlson There are a lot of good reasons to recommend Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection, the new two-disc collection from Warner Bros. The first is right there in the title — it’s all of Chuck Jones’ Tom and Jerry cartoons, whether as a producer, director, writer, or various combinations of all three. There are 34 cartoons in all. In fact, except for two notable non-T&J omissions, this set represents all of MGM’s theatrical cartoon releases […]

Oishinbo a la Carte: Ramen & Gyoza cover

May 20, 2009 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews 2 comments

Oishinbo a la Carte 3: Ramen & Gyoza

The more I read this series by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki, the more I enjoy it. I just have to learn not to read it when I’m hungry, because I start craving food that I can’t find! Oh, some types of ramen (noodle soup) and gyoza (dumplings) are available in my area, but I never dreamed of the possible variations covered here. And it’s not just about the food: The first two stories in Oishinbo a la Carte 3: […]

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