Amanda Waller in Batman: Assault on Arkham

August 8, 2014 Johanna DCU Original Animation 2 comments

Batman: Assault on Arkham on Digital Now, DVD Next Week

The newest original DCU animated movie, Batman: Assault on Arkham, will be available on home video next week, although you can get it digitally now. I’ve already linked to the trailer, and to promote the release, Warner Bros. has released two clips. The first shows Batman being Batman in a relatively standard fight scene. The second is more exciting, since it shows Amanda Waller, voiced by CCH Pounder, demonstrating why she has the nickname “The Wall” as she briefs Task […]

August 8, 2014 Johanna Art One comment

Read a Cat Comic for World Cat Day

Twitter says it’s World Cat Day, so what better time to remind you to read A Stray in the Woods, Alison Wilgus’ spooky webcomic. Originally, the story was user-driven, but now that it’s completed, you can find out what’s going on in one sitting. And her cats are so fluid and design-y and lovely to view! The problem with not having to wait, though, is that you might lose the dreamy, mystical feel to the story, so pace yourself. You […]

August 7, 2014 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews 3 comments

My Love Story!! Volume 1

A simple premise, executed with care for all the characters, makes for an enjoyable read in My Love Story!! volume 1. Takeo and Sunakawa are schoolboy best friends. Takeo already looks like an adult, though, and maybe a wrestler — he’s large and bulky. Sunakawa, on the other hand, is your typical manga pretty boy, so he always gets the girls. Until they meet Yamato. They rescue her from a groper on the train, and when she comes to Takeo’s […]

August 7, 2014 Johanna Comic Book Films 2 comments

Kingsman: The Secret Service the Latest Mark Millar Comic to Become a Movie

Kingsman: The Secret Service might be the first Mark Millar-written comic to become a movie that I bother seeing. Kick-Ass looked too violent (and frankly, stupid), while Wanted seemed generic. But Kingsman has Colin Firth in some fine suits, as shown in this trailer. Unfortunately, the hero, a kid (Taron Egerton) taken under superspy Firth’s wing, is the generic lower-class white guy with unexpected (and unexplained) skills and natural abilities that Millar loves so much. The comic, a six-issue miniseries […]

August 7, 2014 Johanna Comic Book Films One comment

Amazing Spider-Man 2 Now Available on Digital, DVD Coming August 19

I was surprised when a co-worker mentioned that he was going to finally get to see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (which like me, he’d missed in the theaters), because I hadn’t realized it was available already from your favorite digital movie source, including Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, Xbox Video, and Sony Entertainment Network. As with so many others these days, the digital copy is available several weeks before the home video version can be bought. Here’s a trailer to […]

August 7, 2014 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews One comment

Spell of Desire Volume 1

The author of Midnight Secretary returns with another supernatural romance, although many will find the lead here more interesting. Tomu Ohmi’s latest translated manga series, Spell of Desire, has the same naive young lady forced into close contact with a mysterious, brooding, darkly handsome, magically powered man from a group of fantasy creatures, but this version adds cute animals. Kaoruko runs a small-town herb shop on her own after her grandmother’s recent passing. She’s never had a boyfriend, and she’s […]

August 6, 2014 Johanna Warner Archive One comment

Young Justice on Blu-ray From Warner Archive

The first season of Young Justice, 26 episodes on two Blu-ray discs, will be available from Warner Archive next week, on August 12. No extras, it appears, but fans of the show (which only ran two seasons) might appreciate having the full season instead of on four separate DVD volumes. (I’ve talked about the first three: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3.) I wasn’t a fan because I wanted to see more female heroes sooner, and I wasn’t thrilled with […]

August 6, 2014 Johanna Comic News One comment

New Marvel S.H.I.E.L.D. Series TV Tie-In Sounds Great

Sometimes, fans worry about media versions of their favorite comics, because they’re concerned that changes they don’t like will be made to draw more interest. However, a new series coming from Marvel tied into the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show sounds like it’s making all the right moves to draw a wide audience. S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 launches in December. It’s written by Mark Waid, who does classic superheroes in fresh fashion, with new and unique ideas. Of course, it’s going to […]

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