Neal Adams Green Lantern comics covers

The upcoming Green Lantern flick focuses on the more cosmic of the hero's adventures. But, in the comics, some of the best stories were well-grounded here on earth. During the early 1970s, writer Denny O'Neill and artist Neal Adams did an acclaimed run on the title, which paired Green Lantern with Green Arrow in a series of across-America adventures that touches on hot issues of the day: politics, the generation gap, the media, drug abuse and racism.

Here are some of Adams' covers from that time:














Paul McCartney recording project on vintage gear

Macca tells Wired magazine about his latest experimental recording projects, which hearkens back to the days of four-track and "Tomorrow Never Knows"-style tape loops. As demonstrated by his most recent Fireman album, the best work Paul has done in years, McCartney in relaxed, experimental mode can yield good stuff. I'm also looking forward to the expanded remasters of McCartney I and II next week.

“I’ve dusted off the same two old machines that I used for ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,’” McCartney said during a wide-ranging phone interview to be published soon by Wired.com. “We’re having trouble finding spare parts. But my man Eddie Klein, who works in my studio and is an old Abbey Road guy, is a real boffin and has got the machines working again.”

“The new project is going to take a couple years,” said McCartney. “It’s very long-range. I’ve no idea when it is actually going to happen, but I’m really into it.”

New Google doodle pays tribute to Les Paul: Record your own song!

This is pretty cool: In honor of what would be the guitarist/innovator's 96th birthday, Google has posted an interactive guitar graphic on its main page. You can strum the strings and even record your playing. Then play back the recording and play over it in the overdubbing fashion Paul pioneered.

Video: New song from Ray Davies

Via The Guardian: Backed by the Leisure Society, the former Kinks' front man performs a new song, "Sane."

Matt Smith returns for Doctor Who season 7

The floppy-haired one will be back for 14 new episodes, the BBC reports.  But there's no word yet on when that season may air.

DC/Marvel Crossover Omnibus on the way

This recently cropped up on Amazon: A 512-page hardcover collecting all the DC-Marvel Comics crossovers, including Superman Vs. Spider-Man, Batman vs. the Hulk, X-men and Teen Titans, etc.

The release date is listed as Feb. 7, 2012, with a discounted price of $31.49, from $49.99.