Geppi’s Entertainment Museum Closes, Collection Goes to Library of Congress

Steve Geppi, president and CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors, is shutting down Geppi’s Entertainment Museum. The last open day of the Baltimore, Maryland, museum (which started in 2006) will be Sunday, June 3, and that day will have free admission. The collection of more than 3,000 comic book and pop...

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There’s Going to Be a Choose Your Own Adventure Movie That Will Let You Actually Choose

Twentieth Century Fox has a Choose Your Own Adventure movie in development. That’s not surprising — in a world that’s seen a Battleship licensed movie, every fond memory of our childhood is suitable for brand extension, and this one is better-known than many. What did surprise me is the announcement...

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Natalie Nourigat’s Memoir Comic About Getting an Animation Job

Boom! Studios has announced that they will be publishing Natalie Nourigat’s graphic novel I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation in December. I enjoyed her previous book of diary comics, Between Gears, so I’m eagerly anticipating this memoir, particularly given the unique topic. When she left her...

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The Bride Was a Boy

The Bride Was a Boy presents author Chii’s true story of her gender transition and wedding. It’s a timely topic, cutely told. Each chapter covers an obvious question readers might have, from the couple’s meeting (and her concerns over when and how to tell him about her status) to Bride-chan’s surgery....

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Making Friends

Kristen Gudsnuk’s Making Friends freshens up the idea of “kid gets magic way to make life changes, learns what true friendship is” with a layer of magical-girl media influences. Danielle is struggling with being separated from her friends now that she’s in seventh grade. Feeling lonely, she draws a...

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Open Earth

Open Earth is the first original graphic novel from Limerence Press, the Oni Press imprint dedicated to erotic and sex education comics. As expected, it has several diverse and explicit sex scenes (which makes it problematic to read on an airplane, as I tried to). Unfortunately, the actual story isn’t...

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Geeky Fab 5: It’s Not Rocket Science

Geeky Fab 5 has an explicit purpose — to show girls taking part in STEM activities. I support that, and this book achieves its goal, although it’s more about determination and teamwork than actual math or science. We hear about girls coding, for example, but don’t see much of the actual practice. Lucy...

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Preview of John Allison’s New Series for Boom!

Staring next month, Boom! Studios will launch By Night, a twelve-issue monthly series written by John Allison (Giant Days) and illustrated by Christine Larsen (Adventure Time). It’s “about coming home, discovering identity, and accidentally smashing a hole to another dimension”, and it will be available...

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Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up

The second Lumberjanes young adult novel, Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up, is now available, and like the first, Unicorn Power!, as written by Mariko Tamaki, it captures the feel of the series well for fans. (Particularly with the few but significant illustrations by Brooklyn Allen.) The camp is preparing...

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Daphne & Velma

Thanks to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, who gave me a copy of this Scooby-Doo live-action prequel, I was able to check out Daphne & Velma. This G-rated original movie runs an hour and fifteen minutes, and we found it too long at that. The plot is predictable, and the visual quality is that of...

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Book Club: The Movie

I got a chance to see Book Club, the star-studded comedy that opens today, at a free preview screening on Tuesday. They know their target audience — 85% of the full theater was white-haired ladies, who were encouraged to tell their friends about the movie. In case you’ve been distracted by all the explode-y...

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Wizard World Gets Positive Results, Still Sticking Around

Since I talked about how badly Wizard World lost money in 2017, I figured it was only fair to mention this as well. Wizard World, “the nation’s largest producer of pop-culture events”, has announced its financial results for first quarter 2018, and they are positive! That’s a pleasant change from losing...

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Comic Creators Come to Line Webtoon

Line Webtoon is a free online comic site that’s making some interesting announcements lately. Originally started in Korea in 2005, they’re now global in reach, and their latest list of upcoming releases has some names attached that are familiar to traditional comic readers. Here are their descriptions...

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TCAF 2018 in Review

It’s Monday, and I’m lazing around waiting to get ready for my flight home. TCAF 2018, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, is in the rearview mirror, and as always, it was a fabulous time. I wanted to capture a few memories and moments. Saturday morning, I was focused on getting the must-dos done, picking...

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More DC Universe News Includes a Swamp Thing TV Show

We’ve been hearing about the proposed DC digital service since last year, but since it’s going to debut this year, promotion is slowly ramping up. There’s now a name, DC Universe, and more TV show news. DC Universe is a first-of-its kind, immersive digital experience designed just for DC fans. One of...

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Rocky and Bullwinkle Return

Available starting today on Amazon Prime Video are The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, 13 new episodes inspired by the classic early-60s show from Jay Ward Productions. Now it’s a serialized comedy about two goofball best friends who routinely find themselves thrust into harrowing situations but...

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Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Volume 5

After spending most of books 2-4 on flashbacks to the 1940s-50s apprenticeship of two young rakugo artists, Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju volume 5 wraps up that story tragically. (Rakugo is a monologue storytelling performance.) We find out what happened to the talented but erratic...

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Will iZombie Have Another Season?

I probably shouldn’t have used that headline, since the answer to headline questions is usually “no”, but I hope that’s not the case. However, last month, the CW renewed all of their comic book shows — Riverdale (for season 3), Arrow (season 7), Black Lightning (season 2), Legends of Tomorrow (season...

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Riverdale Second Season DVD Announced

With Riverdale season two ending next week, it’s time to think about binge-watching! Which makes this announcement particularly timely. Riverdale: The Complete Second Season will hold all 22 episodes on four DVDs. As with the first season, there will be a Blu-ray version through Warner Archive with...

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Sleepless #6

Sleepless has continued to be a satisfying fantasy series that wraps together themes of family, devotion, and politics. This latest issue concludes the first arc with several surprising twists around the relationship between the princess and her sleepless knight protector. Writer Sarah Vaughn provides...

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New Random House Graphic Novel Imprint for Kids & Teens Led by Gina Gagliano

Congratulations to Gina Gagliano, who has been a fabulous marketing and publicity director at First Second! She’s going to lead a new graphic novel imprint, part of Random House Children’s Books, as Publishing Director. This is a big switch, since Gina has been with First Second since their launch in...

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Black Panther Extras Promote the Women of Wakanda

To draw attention to the imminent release of Black Panther on home video — you can rent the digital version starting tomorrow, with the Blu-ray release a week after, on May 15 — Marvel is promoting one of the special features, “The Warriors Within”, which focuses on the importance of the women of Wakanda...

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Are Iron Man Variant Covers a New Low in Creativity or a Clever Way to Block Shelf Space?

Tony Stark is going to be back as Iron Man in the comics — which makes sense, since that’s who the mass, movie-going audience thinks should be in the armor. To promote the release of Tony Stark Iron Man #1, written by Dan Slott, illustrated by Valerio Schiti, and out this June, Marvel has announced...

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Batman Ninja

Out this week is Batman Ninja, an anime-styled superhero adventure in which Batman and his enemies are sent back in time and around the world. Here’s the official plot description and trailer. Gorilla Grodd’s time displacement machine transports many of Batman’s worst enemies to feudal Japan — along...

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Enough Is Enough

This cute little picture book by Barney Saltzberg features two siblings who happen to be sheep and a playful approach to page structure. Enough Is Enough demonstrates both the need for alone time, sometimes, and the pleasure of interacting together at other times. Olive wants to read, but younger brother...

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