January 22, 2017 Johanna TV News 6 comments

A New Science Fiction TV Network Giveaway

I didn’t realize that there was a science fiction TV network available for free. I quit watching SyFy when I gave up cable, but now there’s COMET TV, “dedicated to sci-fi entertainment offering popular favorites, cult classics, and undiscovered gems”. Use the link to find out where they’re available in your area; mine has them both over-the-air and through cable. Right now, they’re showing Stargate: Atlantis, The Outer Limits, Dead Like Me, and the classic Mystery Science Theater 3000, among […]

January 22, 2017 Johanna Comic News 3 comments

How Long Is Too Long? Nothing Better Kickstarter

I enjoyed Nothing Better, the story by Tyler Page about two college roommates struggling with finding their own beliefs. But I last read it in 2009, when I reviewed the second volume. Now comes word that he’s ready to release a third collection, launching a Kickstarter to collect work that had been serialized online. I’m torn. I’m thrilled that we live in an era where favorite items can return, but I also find that a work I loved a decade […]

January 21, 2017 Johanna Mysteries Leave a comment

The Big Rewind

I absolutely adored The Big Rewind by Libby Cudmore. It’s a wonderful blend of murder mystery, satiric portrait of hipster life, quarter-century nostalgia (silly as that is), awkward burgeoning romance, and love for music, with the right song capturing the perfect memory or even changing your life. Jett lives in her grandmother’s apartment in Brooklyn. She wants to be a music journalist, but as we all know, print is dead, so she temps where she can and glides through life, […]

Eight Ways To Resist Donald Trump by Shannon Wright

January 21, 2017 Johanna Art Leave a comment

A Very Timely Educational Comic

I really liked this comic by Shannon Wright and Sarah Mirk, “Eight Ways To Resist Donald Trump“. It’s timely, full of useful information, and approachable. One could consider it simply an illustrated list, instead of a comic, but the images add so much emotional affect to the items. I particularly could see a full story behind the second image (shown here), with a young woman explaining something meaningful to older relatives (I assume). Plus, the hand-style lettering makes it more […]

DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High

January 21, 2017 Johanna Comic News 3 comments

Read Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High for Free

Through the end of the month, DC Comics has made the first two issues of the digital comic series DC Super Hero Girls: Past Times at Super Hero High free! Their announcement has the details and promo code — you’ll need a ComiXology account — as well as some preview pages from the latest issue, number 8, in which Batgirl and Harley Quinn meet Amelia Earhart and Emily Dickenson. I liked the issues I’ve read, by Shea Fontana and Agnes […]

January 21, 2017 Johanna Television Reviews 4 comments

Immortal Guys Solving Crimes

I have recently realized that I enjoy a rather specialized television sub-genre: immortal guys and normal women solving crimes. Examples: Lucifer season 2 has just returned, with the prince of hell trying to figure out his feelings for the police detective he works with. In this most recent episode, “Stewardess Interruptus”, the two murder victims are former lovers of Lucifer, a nice device to complicate things. I recently binged the only season of Moonlight, a vampire PI series starring that […]

January 15, 2017 Johanna Movie News Leave a comment

Doctor Strange Blu-ray Details Announced

The specifics for the home video release of Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the medical mystic, have been announced. The movie has made more than $650 million worldwide, making it “the biggest single-character introduction in the Marvel Cinematic Universe” and the 14th consecutive Marvel movie to open at #1 domestically. You probably already know the plot description: the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident renders his hands […]

The Defenders Entertainment Weekly cover

January 15, 2017 Johanna TV News One comment

Defenders Show Likely to Succeed, Given Popularity of Other Netflix Marvel Shows

A site called CableTV.com has put together a list, based on Google Trends, of which Netflix Original TV shows are most popular in each state. According to their rankings, the Marvel shows are clear winners, with Daredevil coming out on top in 14 states: Alaska Arizona Georgia Indiana Kansas Louisiana Michigan Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee Texas And Jessica Jones taking another 7: Colorado Illinois Maine Maryland Nevada New Hampshire Wisconsin Together, that makes up 21 states, […]

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