December 8, 2008 Johanna Comic Book Films One comment

Punisher: War Zone Flops

As reported by Tom McLean, Punisher: War Zone is considered a failure. It had the worst opening ever for a Marvel-related movie, at $4 million over the weekend. I feel no glee at this. It wasn’t my kind of movie, but for those who like testosterone-soaked bullet-fests, it seemed watchable. I think McLean has it right, that it’s a matter of timing. December films are expected to be blockbuster crowd-pleasers, family films, or prestige pics; this is none of the […]

December 8, 2008 KC Television Reviews One comment

Lost Season 4

Review by KC Carlson In which a creative compromise set an endpoint and revitalized a meandering TV series. Lost: Season 4 (6 DVD set, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, $59.99) set some very high standards for the future of scripted network programming — still somewhat in doubt over the shortsighted dominance of low-cost “reality” programming at the big networks — as well as once again demonstrating that the DVD is the perfect format for shows like Lost, which improve with — […]

December 7, 2008 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews 3 comments

Nana Volumes 12-14

Picking up from volume 11, I figured it was time I indulged myself and got caught up on this amazing series. Time is flexible with this series, what with its narration frequently taking a nostalgic tone of wistful memory. That’s even more obvious in the first chapter, in which we’ve jumped ahead to see Hachi and her daughter (!) Satsuki and her friends gathering for a summer fireworks festival, just as they did back then (which is the reader’s current […]

December 6, 2008 Johanna DC / Vertigo 4 comments

Token

Token, last of the Minx line, is also the best. Alisa Kwitney writes a story about a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl in Miami in 1987. Shira’s best friends are her grandmother and her buddy, a former movie star. They feed her nostalgic dreams of glamour, which don’t help when her father gets seriously involved with his secretary. She feels like she’s losing his love, with no one’s support to replace it. Some of the elements are standard — mean blonde classmates, […]

December 5, 2008 Johanna Books About Comics

Interview With Roger Ash: Modern Masters – Mike Ploog

This week, TwoMorrows released their latest Modern Masters volume — the 19th in the series — covering Mike Ploog. Old friend Roger Ash wrote it, so I asked him a few questions about his work and the book. Please tell us a little about the book and your contributions. Well, like the other Modern Masters volumes, it features a career-spanning interview with a comic artist. In this case, it’s Mike Ploog. The book was edited and designed by the creator […]

December 4, 2008 Johanna SLG Publishing 10 comments

The War at Ellsmere

I didn’t read Faith Erin Hicks’ first graphic novel, Zombies Calling, because, you know, I hate zombies. But I enjoyed The War at Ellsmere so much I need to rethink that. Juniper is a scholarship student joining Ellsmere Academy, a private girls’ school she’s attending for its excellent academic record. Being away from her home and family is a challenge for her, but her most immediate battle is with Emily, queen bee. Jun didn’t expect to make friends, which is […]

December 3, 2008 Johanna Books About Comics 4 comments

A Bad Week for Magazines: Write Now! Ends

I would think that a magazine aimed at aspiring comic writers would have a built-in market, but maybe it’s easier to fill pages with art samples than scripts. Write Now!, published by TwoMorrows, announced today that its final issue would be #20. Write Now!, the professional “how-to” magazine on writing for comics, animation, and sci-fi, concludes its six-year run with TwoMorrows Publishing this February. The final issue, #20, is solicited in the December issue of Diamond Comic Distributors’ Previews catalog, […]

December 3, 2008 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

Interview With Danielle Corsetto: Girls With Slingshots

In this time of economic concern, I wanted to talk with someone about the business of webcomics. Danielle Corsetto’s strip Girls With Slingshots is over four years old, and she’s just released her second self-published book, so she seemed an excellent choice. (And she was willing to address my sometimes nosy questions directly, for which I have immense gratitude.) So let’s start with the big one: Is GWS your only business? That is, does your webcomic support you? Almost entirely. […]

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