November 11, 2009 Johanna Books About Comics Leave a comment

One Con Glory

Sarah Kuhn has written a short novel featuring characters and settings of interest to many readers here. One Con Glory is the story of Julie, a geek journalist covering a huge comic/sci-fi convention. She’s bitter and jaded, with few friends, and those she hangs out with are likewise media types, nerdy enough to fit in but feeling set apart by their glimpse behind the curtain. The title comes from Julie’s love of Glory Gilmore, a lesser-known superhero team member and […]

November 10, 2009 KC Television Reviews 2 comments

Justice League: The Complete Series

Review by KC Carlson Out today is Justice League: The Complete Series, and I can’t think of a better gift for any superheroic animation fan — even if it’s a gift that you give yourself. The set features all 91 episodes of both Justice League and Justice League Unlimited on 14 DVDs, plus ALL the Special Features that appeared on the previous DVD collections — all wrapped up in a nifty collector’s tin. Plus there’s a bonus 15th disc, featuring […]

November 5, 2009 Johanna PR: What Not to Do Leave a comment

PR: What Not to Do: New Technology Is No Longer News

I don’t have a specific press release to show you for this topic, because I’ve gotten too many of them that say basically the same thing: “Hey, my comic/graphic novel that didn’t sell before/you’ve never heard of is going to be on the iPhone!” How nice for you. I don’t have an iPhone, so I don’t really care. I know lots of people do, though, and that’s why there are now something like 100,000 apps out there for that platform. […]

November 2, 2009 Johanna Yen Press Manga Reviews Leave a comment

Yotsuba&! Volume 6

The beloved series by Kiyohiko Azuma returns from a new publisher (who thankfully has also brought the previous volumes back into print) with all its charm intact. The stories in Yotsuba&! volume 6 fall into the category of “what it’s like to live with a young child” — they see the world differently. Everything’s new to them, yet they also start forming their own conclusions about the way things work. The result is creative comedy that rings adorably true. In […]

November 2, 2009 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

R. Crumb w/ Francoise Mouly in Richmond, VA, October 27, 2009 Part 2: Music, Genesis, Open Questions

Here’s part two of Ben Towle’s writeup. Part 1 covered Crumb’s thoughts on France and women. Robert Crumb is a well-known aficionado of old-time American blues, jazz, and ragtime music, and this love of music has often found its way into his artwork. Among the many examples of this is the image Françoise showed next: one of Crumb’s portraits of a musician, the blues singer/guitarist Robert Johnson. I’d seen a pen and ink version of this image before, but not […]

November 1, 2009 Johanna Tokyopop Manga Reviews 2 comments

Aria Volume 5

When I’m feeling out of sorts, nothing calms like a new volume of Aria by Kozue Amano. It’s the manga equivalent of a hot cup of tea and a sit-down, a lovely mediation on appreciating the quieter aspects of life. The series had some unexpected delays, but that means it’s timely — in this volume, Akari, the apprentice gondolier (undine), is beginning her second autumn on the water planet, just as fall has firmly fallen here in the U.S. The […]

October 31, 2009 Johanna Movie Reviews Leave a comment

Condorman

I was thrilled to discover that Disney had made Condorman available on DVD. I got mine by cashing in Disney Movie Rewards points, or apparently you can get it through their Disney Movie Club (a subscription service). I have fond memories of this 1981 goofy superhero/spy spoof. It stars Michael Crawford, who went on to greater fame as the original musical Phantom of the Opera, and Oliver Reed as the Russian baddy. Crawford is Woody Wilkins, a comic artist and […]

October 30, 2009 Johanna Other Publishers Leave a comment

The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

Review by Ed Sizemore Crumb doesn’t follow any organized religion; in fact, he might be an atheist. In the introduction to The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb, he tells us that he doesn’t believe that the Bible is the Word of God, or even inspired by God. Yet he strove to produce the most straightforward, faithful-to-the-text, illustrated version of Genesis. And succeeded. Every word found in the Biblical text is included in Crumb’s version. Further, Crumb didn’t make […]

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