Pop Culture Roundup Feb. 5, 2007

Andrew D. Cooke and brother Jon Cooke, editor of Comic Book Artist mag, say they're nearly finished with their documentary film about the late cartoonist Will Eisner. You can get an update and see a fresh trailer here.

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The Beatles and Apple Inc. have resolved their legal differences. Still no word on whether the Fabs' songs will be available soon via iTunes, though.

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Drool, drool: Check out this preview of "The Marvel Vault," a "museum-in-a-book," compiled by Roy Thomas and Paul Sanderson that traces the comic company's history via various artifacts, including rare sketches, fan club memorabilia and more.





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Via the Bat-Blog: Bob Kane's tombstone.

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Drag: Joss Whedon says he's now off the Wonder Woman film.

I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked. Hey, not that complicated.

Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did. Everybody knows how long I was taking, what a struggle that script was, and though I felt good about what I was coming up with, it was never gonna be a simple slam-dunk. I like to think it rolled around the rim a little bit, but others may have differing views.

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Joe Hunter, pianist on a zillion Motown hits, has died.

Hunter's piano work was an integral part of such songs as Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave" and "Come and Get These Memories," and Marvin Gaye's "Pride and Joy." After Motown left Detroit in 1972, like many musicians, Hunter took what gigs he could find.