September 21, 2014 Johanna Movie News One comment

What Defines a Writer of a Popular Property?

I did a double-take when shown this poster for the upcoming video-on-demand movie Wolves. As you can see, the tagline reads “from the writer of X-Men and Watchmen“. I was surprised to think for a minute that Alan Moore wrote a werewolf movie. The name they’re actually crediting is David Hayter, who wrote the screenplays for those films and has written and directed Wolves, which will be available on VOD on October 16 and stars Lucas Till, who played Havok […]

Powers stars Sharlto Copley as Christian Walker and Susan Heyward as Deena Pilgrim

September 21, 2014 Johanna TV News 3 comments

Powers TV Show a PlayStation Exclusive

They first started trying to make a TV show based on Powers, the comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, back in 2009. A pilot was shot in 2011 for the FX network, but it didn’t fly. Now, there are more definite plans. Sony will air the Powers TV show exclusively to subscribers of the PlayStation Network beginning in December. The first hour-long episode is free; following episodes will require subscription to PlayStation Plus. This is the first […]

September 21, 2014 Johanna TV News 4 comments

There’s Going to Be a Supergirl Show!

This is surprising but exciting news. I guess superheroes are still a hot trend. According to Deadline.com, CBS has committed to a Supergirl series produced by Greg Berlanti, who’s also been responsible for Arrow and The Flash. Ali Adler will write the pilot; she previously worked on No Ordinary Family and The New Normal. The title character will be Superman’s cousin, and unlike the long-running Smallville, she’ll have and use superpowers for heroing. “Also closely involved in the development of […]

September 21, 2014 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

ComiXology Announces Second Wave of DRM-Free Comics

In July, ComiXology announced that certain publishers would provide DRM-free backups of the digital comics you rented through their service, moving them closer to being purchases. Now, ComiXology has announced a second wave of publishers included in the program. Joining the previous list of Image Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Zenescope Entertainment, MonkeyBrain Comics, Thrillbent, and Top Shelf Productions are IDW Publishing Valiant Entertainment Oni Press Fantagraphics Books Aspen Comics Action Lab Entertainment and a bunch of smaller publishers: Th3rd World Studios, […]

September 21, 2014 Johanna Television Reviews 4 comments

Arrow: The Complete Second Season

I found the first season of Arrow a pleasant surprise. I hadn’t tried it on the CW, but I discovered it on disc, and watching several episodes at once allowed me to appreciate the character aspects of the superhero adventure series. Last week, the second season came out on home video. Thankfully, the first episode is a refresher. “Year One” consists of character profiles and event summaries from the first season, reminding the less-than-devout viewer where things left off. That […]

September 17, 2014 Johanna Other Publishers 2 comments

On the Books: A Graphic Tale of Working Woes at NYC’s Strand Bookstore

Now that I’m living in Madison, Wisconsin, with its progressive history and more recent union-busting legislation (and the subsequent protests, which included a failed election to recall Governor Scott Walker, legislators fleeing the state to avoid a vote, and thousands of people occupying the State Capitol), I’m more aware of labor disputes and the complicated history of worker/management relations. So I was fascinated to discover On the Books: A Graphic Tale of Working Woes at NYC’s Strand Bookstore from Microcosm […]

September 17, 2014 Johanna Other Prose Leave a comment

Alex as Well

Out in early 2015 is this fascinating young adult novel dealing with the issues of being transgender and intersex. Alex appears to be a boy, but she’s determined that she should really be a girl. When she decides to go public, attending a different school while dressing as female, her family falls apart, revealing a secret that’s been kept from her her whole life. As written by Alyssa Krugman, Alex as Well is told mostly in internal monologue, giving the […]

September 16, 2014 Johanna Kodansha Manga Reviews One comment

Sherlock Bones Volume 7

story by Yuma Ando; art by Yuki Sato The series comes to an abrupt end in this final volume of Sherlock Bones. Volume 7 starts by wrapping up the plastic surgery case from volume 6 with help from friend and journalist-in-training Miki. I wish we’d seen more of her work, but she’s treated like an information source, a way to explain Takeru getting certain bits of data without having to pound the pavement himself. As usual, the detective team with […]

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