December 8, 2010 Johanna Other Publishers One comment

Two Generals

Scott Chantler has previously created some astounding historical fiction — Northwest Passage was one of my Best Graphic Novels of 2007 — but here, he expands into a real-life “graphic memoir”. Two Generals is based on his grandfather’s diary during World War II, as Chantler explains in an illustrated prologue. Law Chantler and his buddy Jack were officers in the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, but much of their service took place overseas as part of the Allied invasion of […]

December 7, 2010 Johanna Television Reviews 2 comments

Batman Beyond: The Complete Series

First, an apology — the Batman Beyond: The Complete Series set is very cool and deserves more attention than we give it here, but KC is currently recovering from eye surgery (he’s fine, thanks) and wasn’t able to write about it as much as he’d like. I’m working from his notes, and any errors are probably mine. — Johanna It’s hard to believe that something this good came out of a meeting that started “we need a Batman show that […]

December 2, 2010 Johanna TV News 2 comments

Don’t Cartoon Makers Have Daughters? Thoughts on Young Justice

I watched the Young Justice cartoon pilot over Thanksgiving weekend. My reaction was very similar to Anika’s daughter’s, written about in depth here: “Where are the girls?” Well, with about five minutes to go [in the hour-long show], three female characters finally did show up: Wonder Woman, silently speaking in a background shot; Black Canary, who was introduced as the team’s main trainer — but also stood silently for it; and Miss Martian, the fifth member of the team, who […]

November 30, 2010 Johanna DCU Original Animation Leave a comment

All-Star Superman DVD Announced With Digital Comic Bonus; Next DCU Animated Movie Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Warner Home Video has followed up on the All-Star Superman video news that broke last October with an official announcement, including this box art. All-Star Superman is due out February 22, 2011, as the 10th DC Universe original animated movie at a 75-minute running time. The voice cast will be James Denton (Desperate Housewives) as Superman, Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) as Lois Lane, and Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) as Lex Luthor. The story, based on the comic by Grant […]

November 29, 2010 Johanna Yen Press Manga Reviews 4 comments

Not Love But Delicious Foods Make Me So Happy!

It’s the perfect manga for me! Not Love But Delicious Foods Make Me So Happy! combines the foodie love of Oishinbo with the josei-style work focus of Suppli, only the career is making manga, a subject artist Fumi Yoshinaga previously covered in Flower of Life. Yoshinaga herself stars as the thinly relabeled Y-naga, a slobby creator of yaoi manga. She adores good food, though, and dresses up for it (making for amusing visual contrast). Her roommate S-hara is one of […]

November 28, 2010 Johanna Boom! Studios / Archaia, Image Comics, Other Publishers, SLG Publishing 2 comments

Slush Pile: Unemployed Man, Shadrach Stone, Forget Sorrow, Athena Voltaire, Screamland, Return of the Dapper Men, Sixsmiths, Francis Sharp, I See the Promised Land

All books are review copies provided by the publishers. The Adventures of Unemployed Man written by Erich Origen and Gan Golan; pencils by Ramona Fradon, Rick Veitch, Michael Netzer; inks by Terry Beatty, Joe Rubinstein; additional art by Benton Jew, Thomas Yeates, Shawn Martinbrough Little, Brown and Company, $14.99 US The superhero genre is used for satire of our current economic system, with stunning art by some accomplished veterans. The Ultimatum represents the hypocrisy of rich people who blame the […]

November 27, 2010 Johanna Movie Reviews One comment

Lennon Naked

I don’t know very much about the life of John Lennon; it’s KC who’s the big Beatles fan. I was interested in seeing this more because Christopher Eccleston (the first modern Doctor Who) plays the lead, and when I first saw the DVD cover, I didn’t recognize him, he’d done such a good job of projecting the artist. Lennon Naked is a BBC production that recently aired on PBS. The film is about 80 minutes and opens with a disclaimer: […]

November 26, 2010 Johanna Comic News One comment

Archie Plans to Release Two New Graphic Novels a Month in 2011, Starts New Subscription Program

An ad currently running in the Archie comic books is promoting the Archie Comics Book Club, a new subscription offer beginning January 2011. For $19.99 a month, billed automatically to your credit card, you’ll get two new graphic novels a month, plus a one-year subscription to an Archie comic book, plus a one-year subscription to Archie Digital Comics. The digital product itself is priced at $9.95 month or a year for $49.95. The Archie “baby trade” collections (my term, since […]

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