Check out some cool punk-era videos by the Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash and others.
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From ASIFA: Scans and excerpts from the 1941 book "How to Make Animated Cartoons" by Nat Falk, with a foreward by Paul Terry (Terrytoons).
...this book brings together information from all of the major studios of the day... Disney, Terrytoons, Screen Gems, Warner Bros, Fleischer, Lantz and Harman-Ising.
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Mark Evanier shares video from "The Mad Show," a 1964 off-Broadway show inspired by Mad Magazine.
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Elvis Costello, George Jones, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and others will guest on a new album by country legend Charlie Louvin, Billboard reports.
The self-titled 12-track set will arrive Feb. 20 via Tompkins Square Records and be supported with an extensive tour.
Louvin, who turns 80 in July, recorded the album earlier this year in Nashville with producer Mark Nevers. Also contributing to the sessions were Will Oldham, Tom T. Hall, Bobby Bare Sr., Marty Stuart, The Clean's David Kilgour and members of Lambchop, Superchunk, Bright Eyes and Clem Snide.
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IGN provides a 10-page preview of cartoonist Darwyn Cooke's spiffy looking "Batman/The Spirit" comic out Nov. 27.
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Former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston will join the cast of "Heroes" in January, TV Guide reports.
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Scripter Mark Waid talks to Newsarma about DC Comics' revived "Brave and the Bold" title. While it starts with a Batman-Green Lantern team-up, the Caped Crusader won't always be the lead star.
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Also at Newsarama, comics artist Tim Sale talks about his work for the "Heroes" TV series.
The Eccleston news will surely be the highlight of my day.
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