Takane & Hana Volume 1

I’ve found my next frothy romance manga to enjoy — Yuki Shiwasu’s Takane & Hana is ridiculous from the start but has a fun sense of humor, as the leads tell each other off while getting glimpses into each other’s very different lives. Hana is 16, a high school student, but as the book opens, she’s been dolled up for a marriage meeting. She doesn’t want to be there, but her gorgeous, spoiled, seven-years-older sister, who’s supposed to be taking [...]
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IDW Offers International Services to Other Publishers

Now here’s a smart way to make additional money — set something up that you need, then offer the service to others like you. IDW International manages foreign rights (international licensing) for publishers including themselves, Oni Press, Archie Comics, and now Tokyopop. That means they help sell these publishers’ comics into non-English-language markets. That’s a useful source of extra money for publishers, but it requires skills and time that smaller firms likely don’t have. (I do wonder about Tokyopop as [...]
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Usagi Yojimbo, Rabbit Samurai, Optioned for Cartoon

The incredibly long-running Usagi Yojimbo comic — most recent issue was #165 in December, and it’s all been written and drawn by one guy, Stan Sakai, with colors by Tom Luth — has been optioned for an animated TV series by the French company Gaumont. Co-producers will include Sakai, Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg, and James Wan’s Atomic Monster (which is best known for horror movies and the MacGyver relaunch). Gaumont’s President of Animation, Nicolas Atlan, said [...]
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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is my new favorite of the DCU original animated films. It takes the original source and changes it to make for a better cartoon movie, emphasizing atmosphere over plot (although the story is full of twists, keeping my attention throughout). I previously posted the trailer and plot description, but the high concept is simple: Steampunk Batman fights Jack the Ripper. However, there are a number of deviations from the original comic (which was retroactively called the [...]
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DC Launches YA, Kids Graphic Novel Lines

In this NY Times article, it’s revealed that DC will launch two new graphic novel imprints this fall. DC Zoom will feature stories for middle school readers, and DC Ink will focus on young adults…. Though a few of the graphic novels will have creators who are already working in the comic book industry, the majority of the writers are a Who’s Who of popular novelists for young readers. Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics is quoted as saying “material [...]
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Bosom Buddies: The Complete Series

Paramount/CBS will be releasing this week Bosom Buddies: The Complete Series. This sitcom about two men in drag ran from 1980-1982. Its two seasons contain a total of 37 episodes, and it’s best known today for being Tom Hanks’ first major role. Hanks plays Kip Wilson. He and his best friend Henry Desmond (Peter Scolari) work together for an ad agency. When their apartment is condemned, they have to find a new place to stay quickly. Their co-worker Amy (Wendie [...]
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How Many Comic Publishers Does Disney Need?

Disney owns Marvel, so Marvel puts out the Star Wars comics now (after Dark Horse having them for years). Unless they’re the all-ages versions, which are released by IDW, who also puts out Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories. Fantagraphics has the historical strips, with their Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck classic comic collections. Then there are Tokyopop’s manga Disney reprints, and whatever Joe Books does. That’s five. And that’s only what’s currently/recently being published. Now comes number six: Dark Horse [...]
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Giant Days: Early Registration Reprints Earliest Issues

Giant Days is one of this site’s favorite ongoing comics. The story of Esther, Daisy, and Susan navigating college is funny and insightful. It’s written by John Allison (Scary Go Round) and drawn mostly by Max Sarin. However, before Boom! began publishing the ongoing series in 2015, Allison wrote *and drew* three self-published issues with the same characters. The first of these was published as an extra in the Not on the Test Edition volume 1 hardcover. The second was [...]
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