Pop links: Giant Dalek, superhero supplies, Johnny Craig, Len Wein, Bud Shank, Green Lantern

Giant Dalek invades Belfast!

The stunt comes ahead of a charity convention for fans of Doctor Who and a number of other sci-fi TV series at the Europa hotel in Belfast.

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I need to check out the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company.

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Pappy pays tribute to the late, great Johnny Craig.



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Sad news: The home of legendary comics scribe (and co-creator of Wolverine, among other things) Len Wein has burned down. I haven't seen that there are any efforts afoot to help Len out financially, etc., in the wake of this terrible event, but will definitely post info if/when I do.

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The great West Coast jazz saxophonist Bud Shank died late last week. The New York Times remembers.

Mr. Shank, whose career spanned 60 years, was a versatile player, both as a sideman and bandleader, in a wide variety of musical arenas, from big band swing to symphonic to pop, with a wide variety of collaborators. He played with the Stan Kenton big band in the early 1950s; in the 1960s he accompanied the sitarist Ravi Shankar, and he recorded with the Mamas and the Papas, playing the flute solo on their hit “California Dreamin.’ ” In 1985, he was the featured soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on a recording of a concerto for alto sax and orchestra.

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See a teaser for the upcoming, direct-to-DVD Green Lantern film.

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