March 27, 2010 Johanna Digital Manga Reviews Leave a comment

Ichigenme… The First Class Is Civil Law

This two-book series follows the same pattern as Fumi Yoshinaga’s The Moon and the Sandals. The first book sets up the situations and the cast, while the second one is mostly about watching them have sex. However, compared to that title, Ichigenme… The First Class Is Civil Law, is more advanced, both in explicitness and character development. (That structure, by the way, makes sense when you considered that the material here reprinted was originally serialized. At the beginning, more attention […]

March 26, 2010 Johanna Comic Book Films Leave a comment

Scott Pilgrim Movie Looks Amazing!

The movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley, is due out on August 13. Based on this trailer, it looks fantastic. The special effects are great, capturing the brilliant blend of video game thinking into slacker lifestyle, and I’m particularly impressed by how faithful the characters look. Comics Alliance has a wonderful comparison post in which they show off the seven evil exes. I’m impressed at who they got to play […]

March 23, 2010 Johanna Comic News One comment

Archie Creates Alternate Universe Marriage Line

Archie Comics sent out a press release announcing that they would be creating two new titles in July: The Married Life: Archie Loves Betty and The Married Life: Archie Loves Veronica. So the imaginary Archie marriage storylines must have sold well! The titles are each described as “an entirely new ongoing series with endless possibilities in its creative evolution, both in terms of its visual aesthetics and its more literary approach to storytelling.” I’m not sure what Archie thinks makes […]

March 22, 2010 Johanna Manga News One comment

Legal Doesn’t Matter: More on Scanlation Sites

For the last month or so, spinning out of the Nick Simmons plagiarism mess, various smart people online have been bemoaning scanlation sites like One Manga and MangaFox. (Probably the two best known. I know some will say I shouldn’t be linking to them, but plenty of people easily find them by typing “read free manga online” or similar into Google.) These sites post manga scans online without having the copyright owner’s permission. Some have been translated by fans — […]

March 22, 2010 Johanna NBM / Papercutz 2 comments

NBM: On the Odd Hours, Joe and Azat, Year of Loving Dangerously

All books are from NBM Publishing and were provided by the publisher for review. On the Odd Hours by Eric Liberge The latest entry in the series co-published with the Louvre Museum is slim but elegant, with subdued colors and French flaps. I found the story more approachable than the other books in the series — On the Odd Hours is about a deaf student who takes a position as a guard at the museum. An older night guard, also […]

March 20, 2010 Johanna DC / Vertigo Leave a comment

The Spirit Archives Volume 26

Kudos to DC for following through on their commitment to complete the Spirit Archives series, even if most of the books are now out of print. Still, most collectors bought them on release — spreading out purchases is the only way to afford the whole thing! This last volume, released last summer, is particularly odd, and of interest mostly to completists, since it has very few actual comics in it. It collects lots of Will Eisner art featuring the character […]

March 19, 2010 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

Archie Sales Figures for 2009

Continuing a yearly tradition, here are the Archie sales figures based on the Statements of Ownership, Management, and Circulation Archie Comics is required to file in their publications. This is my third year of posting: here are the figures published in 2009 and those printed in 2008. These are the Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation figures that Archie files with the government. The first number is the Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months; the second is No. […]

March 18, 2010 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews One comment

Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs Volume 15

It’s been almost half a year since we left Suguri at the pet shop, trying to find a suitable home for the abandoned mutt Hinomaru, but it took me no time at all to get right back into the story. The poor dog risks becoming a victim to a murderous pet abuser, but that overwrought drama soon settles down to more believable conflict. A new family wants to adopt Hinomaru, but to do so, they have to accept that the […]

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