September 2, 2009 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

Interview With Jamie Rich (You Have Killed Me)

(An edited version of this interview with Jamie Rich was previously published at Publishers Weekly Comics Week. We discussed some things I didn’t have room to cover there, so the following is longer and in question-and-answer format.) Jamie Rich’s most recent graphic novel is You Have Killed Me. Here, we discussed how the noir genre is a departure from his previous romance stories, his influences, how the graphic novel fits in with other detective tales yet could only have been […]

September 1, 2009 Johanna Motion Comics One comment

Darn, That ‘Motion Comic’ Name Is Sticking

Yet another company jumps on the “motion comic” bandwagon… Eagle One Media sent out a press release announcing that they were producing “animated motion comic productions” of Street Fighter (formerly a video game) and Voltron: Defender of the Universe (formerly an anime series) to air on Syfy starting September 28. Since the Eagle One website prominently pushes their cartoon DVDs of the same titles, I guess I know where they’re getting the content. I find it amusing that, although they […]

September 1, 2009 Johanna Manga News One comment

Tokyopop Loses Kodansha Titles

As reported by Brigid at MangaBlog, Tokyopop has announced that its license to print titles from Kodansha has expired and will not be renewed. That means that they will not continue with new volumes or reprint previous volumes (after they have sold out) in the affected series. A full list of Kodansha Tokyopop books can be found at David Welsh’s blog. Some CLAMP series — Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Clover — have already been announced as coming in new omnibus editions […]

August 31, 2009 Johanna Comic News 9 comments

Disney Buys Marvel

When I saw this headline this morning, I had to double-check the calendar to confirm that it wasn’t April. But this press release is posted to the official Disney site. (At the time of this writing, nothing is available at the Marvel news site. And here’s Marvel’s post. (Link no longer available.)) DISNEY TO ACQUIRE MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has agreed to acquire […]

August 30, 2009 Johanna Tokyopop Manga Reviews One comment

Bizenghast Wins! Last OEL Manga Standing

I was surprised to receive a copy of Bizenghast volume 6, since I’d thought Tokyopop had ended all of their OEL manga print plans. (OEL manga are comics created by non-Japanese creators in the English language but drawn in a manga style. I’m ignoring Princess Ai, of course, since it’s co-created by Stuart Levy, CEO of Tokyopop, so it gets special treatment.) Even though I’ve never read earlier volumes in the series, I figured the longevity deserved recognition, so I’d […]

August 29, 2009 Johanna No Starch Press Manga Reviews 3 comments

The Manga Guides to Calculus and Electricity

The Manga Guide to Calculus written by Hiroyuki Kojima; art by Shin Togami As I’ve read more of this series, I’ve come to appreciate better what they’re doing. I’ve found most of them fun ways to brush up on technical subjects. And the more imaginative and developed the framing story is, the more interested I am. A book that says “Girl student needs to study and here’s what she learns” isn’t as involving as, for example, “Princess needs to save […]

August 29, 2009 Johanna Tokyopop Manga Reviews 2 comments

CSI: Intern at Your Own Risk

My expectations, given that this was a spin-off tie-in, were low enough that I was pleasantly surprised to get a likable character and reasonably enjoyable story in CSI: Intern at Your Own Risk (story by Sekou Hamilton and art by Steven Cummings). Kiyomi is a student optimistically trying to cope with how badly the economy is treating her single father — the standard plucky manga schoolgirl type, in other words, who’s about to be given the opportunity to show how […]

August 26, 2009 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews 8 comments

20th Century Boys Volume 4

Review by Ed Sizemore **Warning: This review contains spoilers.** With this volume, the narrative jumps ahead three years to the summer of 2000. We finally discover what happened to Otcho since he disappeared twelve years ago in 1988. We also discover what happened to Professor Sikishima and his family. Remember, volume 1 opened with police investigating the Sikishima family’s disappearance. On a structural level, 20th Century Boys volume 4 is really about tying up some loose ends and reintroducing Otcho […]

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