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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Badlands (Criterion Collection)
This Is 40
Love For Levon
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Criterion Collection)
Gorgo: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Strange Frame
Pop culture roundup
Comics historian Ron Goulart remembers Golden Age great Fred Ray.
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Another comics historian, Barry Pearl, shares a couple of cool 1968 interviews: One with Stan Lee and a second with Lee, Jack Kirby, Gary Trudeau and Gahan Wilson. Barry's stuff is always worth checking out.
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Radio Times' 2005 "Vote Dalek" cover has been nominated as a "cover of the century" by the Professional Publishers Association in Britain.Voting is open here through September.
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Booksteve shares the true story of the Beach Boys' "Susie Cincinnati."
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The producers of "Mad Men" have hired a veteran 1960s illustrator, Brian Sanders, to design a period-correct image to promote the upcoming season of the show. Here's a sample of Sanders' 1960s work:
And here's his "Mad Man" art:
No doubt his best remembered Superman cover is that for #14, showing the Man of Steel standing tall in front of a giant red, white and blue shield and holding a spread-winged American Eagle on his arm. Ray provided as well the dozen illustrations for Superman’s Super Contest in three 1941 issues of Action.
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Another comics historian, Barry Pearl, shares a couple of cool 1968 interviews: One with Stan Lee and a second with Lee, Jack Kirby, Gary Trudeau and Gahan Wilson. Barry's stuff is always worth checking out.
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Radio Times' 2005 "Vote Dalek" cover has been nominated as a "cover of the century" by the Professional Publishers Association in Britain.Voting is open here through September.
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Booksteve shares the true story of the Beach Boys' "Susie Cincinnati."
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The producers of "Mad Men" have hired a veteran 1960s illustrator, Brian Sanders, to design a period-correct image to promote the upcoming season of the show. Here's a sample of Sanders' 1960s work:
And here's his "Mad Man" art:
IDW to publish silver-age Superman, Batman and 1944 Wonder Woman newspaper strips
This is cool news: Whilst the 1940s runs of the Superman and Batman comic strips have been published in book form, we haven't seen collection of later strips.
IDW typically does a great job with these historic comics projects, so I look forward to these..
Details:
IDW typically does a great job with these historic comics projects, so I look forward to these..
Details:
Although DC and Kitchen Sink Press reprinted the first few years of the Superman and Batman newspaper strips in the 1990s, they only scratched the surface of the comics’ run: Superman, which featured the work of such creators as Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Curt Swan and Wayne Boring, was serialized from 1939 to 1966. The Batman strip, originally titled Batman and Robin, saw three major runs — 1943 to 1946, 1966 to 1974, and 1989-1991. Wonder Woman’s newspaper tenure was much short-lived, lasting less than a year (in 1944).
The Superman daily strips will be released in three collections, organized by era — the Silver Age, the Atomic Age and the Golden Age — with Sunday reprints published in a separate, concurrent series later in the year.
“It’s like discovering an entire alternate universe of famous Silver Age comic book stories,” Dean Mullaney, who’s editing and designing the series, said in a statement. “It’s better than an imaginary story — it’s Jerry Siegel doing a remake of his classic Superman’s Return to Krypton! … it’s Curt Swan, not Al Plastino, drawing The Menace of Metallo. Superman fans might want to consider these strips as taking place on a brand-new world — Earth-N for Newspapers!”
Pete Poplaski, who created the covers for the Kitchen Sink Press editions, designed the covers, while It’s Superman! author Tom DeHaven wrote the foreword for the Silver Age collection.
BBC Radio this week: David Bowie, Tennant's Night with a Vampire, Goon Show, disco sucks, Miles plugs in
Click the links to hear the following shows.
David Bowie at the BBC. Ken Bruce introduces a look at David Bowie's BBC career from 1970 to 1973.
A Night With a Vampire. David Tennant reads five disturbing Victorian vampire stories.
The Goon Show: The Gold Plate Robbery. Ned Seagoon goes overseas to pursue some stolen booty, but can Bloodnok be far behind? Stars Spike Milligan. From February 1959.
Earth, Wind and Pyre. Candi Staton recalls the bizarre evening in 1979 when a Chicago DJ led an anti-disco crowd to burn disco records and chant 'Disco sucks!'
Miles Plugs In. Craig Charles explores Miles Davis' controversial electric period from 1969-1975.
David Bowie at the BBC. Ken Bruce introduces a look at David Bowie's BBC career from 1970 to 1973.
A Night With a Vampire. David Tennant reads five disturbing Victorian vampire stories.
The Goon Show: The Gold Plate Robbery. Ned Seagoon goes overseas to pursue some stolen booty, but can Bloodnok be far behind? Stars Spike Milligan. From February 1959.
Earth, Wind and Pyre. Candi Staton recalls the bizarre evening in 1979 when a Chicago DJ led an anti-disco crowd to burn disco records and chant 'Disco sucks!'
Miles Plugs In. Craig Charles explores Miles Davis' controversial electric period from 1969-1975.
New comics March 13, 2013: Buffy, Conan, Captain Marvel, Mike Hammer, Batman, more!
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Library Edition Volume 4
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 23: Well of Souls and Other Stories
Crime Does Not Pay Archives Volume 4
The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Small Miracles
Avengers: Season One
Essential Captain Marvel, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)
Mickey Spillane's From the Files of...Mike Hammer: The complete Dailies and Sundays Volume 1
Complete list of new comics this week.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Library Edition Volume 4
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 23: Well of Souls and Other Stories
Crime Does Not Pay Archives Volume 4
The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Small Miracles
Avengers: Season One
Essential Captain Marvel, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)
Mickey Spillane's From the Files of...Mike Hammer: The complete Dailies and Sundays Volume 1
Complete list of new comics this week.
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