Bunny Drop Volume 4

Ah, they grow up so fast. Rin’s now a schoolgirl, so no more “aww, what a cute kid” stories in this series. Instead, dad Daikichi observes a cousin’s family struggles, takes care of Rin when she gets sick and later loses her first tooth, and helps her train for a school jump rope competition. There’s a lot of observing other parents’ struggles in the tales contained here. All these characters that come into Daikichi’s life are to show him how […]

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Where Are the New Archie Stories? Reprints and Reduced Publication Schedule

I’m looking at the Previews catalog for October, listing what publishers plan to sell in December, and I found the Archie Comics section a little odd. Their big project this month is Archie Meets Kiss, with the first two of four planned issues offered in which their characters interact with the classic shock rock band. They’ve gotten a lot of attention for this unique project, justifiably. However, when you look at the rest of the line… there are four digests, […]

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Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series DVD

Review by KC Carlson Probably best known for its earwig of a theme song (“It’s truly, truly, truly outrageous!”), Jem and the Holograms holds a unique place in animation history, is of interest to comic book historians, and has a truly dedicated fanbase — how many other long-defunct cartoon shows have their own annual convention? It’s also an incredibly influential show, having ties to both music and fashion, an extremely collectible toy line, and most likely inspired a generation of […]

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DC’s Editorial Policy of Ignoring Women

From “Relevance in Comics”, an article by Alex Boney printed in Back Issue #49, the “1970s Time Capsule issue”: DC’s Editorial Policy Code, for example, declared as late as the 60s that “the inclusion of females in stories is specifically discouraged. Women, when used in plot structure, should be secondary in importance, and should be drawn realistically, without exaggeration of feminine physical qualities.” Even before such requirements, though, comics had been a medium dominated by male voices writing about male […]

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Finally! A Meaningful Jean Harlow DVD Collection

This year would have been Jean Harlow’s 100th birthday (in March), so fans were hoping for some recognition in terms of a nice centennial DVD set. (The only significant release of her films on DVD previously was a TCM Greatest Classic Legends collection, but that was a repackaging of four movies previously available separately. While fine films, they weren’t her best-known or most significant to her career personally. And really, isn’t “Greatest Classic Legends” multiply redundant?) Now, Warner Archive has […]

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PR: What Not to Do: Release Wishful Thinking

This is, perhaps, one of the oddest press releases I’ve ever seen, since it basically says “we’re talking and we hope we get to do this”. Tomorrow, I’m putting out a press release that says I hope I can get Adam Hughes to draw a script I’m writing. From Ape Entertainment: Ape Entertainment hopes to set up shop on Sesame Street! Ape Entertainment announced today that it is currently negotiating with Sesame Workshop for the right to produce a series […]

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Avengers Movie Trailer Released

Marvel’s The Avengers (apparently the official name of the film) will be released in theaters May 4, 2012. Here’s the first trailer: What do you think? My favorite bits are the snarky Robert Downey, Jr. comments, but then, he’s my favorite film superhero. I really wish there was more than one woman, and I’m not a fan of Scarlett Johansson. I’m more eager to see Thor now, though, because Chris Hemsworth looks like he’s having fun. I would have liked […]

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Girl Superheroes Get Cartoon “Super Best Friends Forever”

At a kids’ entertainment conference in France earlier this month, Sam Register, Executive Vice President for Creative Affairs at Warner Bros. Animation, revealed some of the company’s upcoming plans. Other sites focused on the CGI Beware the Batman cartoon (featuring “the sword-wielding samurai” Katana and “new villains” from the “villain library”), but I was more interested in a throwaway remark. He also announced that the one-hour DC Nation block, which premieres in spring 2012, will include a mixture of animated […]

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