Pop culture roundup: New Rocky and Bullwinkle comic! Woody Guthrie's resolutions! Beatles at the Beeb! Marvel Comics 1975 or 2014!

Kid comics: IDW Publishing is coming out with a new Rocky and Bullwinkle series written by comics vet Mark Evanier and illustrated by Eisner-winning artist Roger Langridge. The first issue is out in March.
Each issue will include a self-contained story featuring the characters of Jay Ward’s Rocky & Bullwinkle animated series.  The first issue will include a supporting Dudley Do-Right story as well.
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See Woody Guthrie's 1943 New Year's Resolutions! Number 3: "Wash teeth, if any"!

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PBS interviews Kevin Howlett, compiler of the Beatles' latest batch of BBC recordings and author of a new book about the band's sessions for the Beeb.
  "I first investigated this material way back at the end 1981 and you could discover all the paperwork related to the Beatles radio programs, what songs they covered, but finding the tapes, that was another matter."
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Apparently, when it comes to the days of the week matching up, 2014 is the same as 1975. So, no reason not to use your 1975 Marvel Comics Calendar this year!


Fab Friday: Vintage Beatles pics







New pics from Captain America: Winter Soldier!

Movie opens April 4.








Video find: Jim Henson short film "Ripples" from 1967 - music by Raymond Scott!

Via Electronic Cerebrectomy:
In 1966-67, Jim created two short films for a contest at Montreals Expo 67. One of these was "Ripples." Shot on 16mm film, Ripples explored motion and movement and was accompanied by an electronic score created in collaboration with jazz composer Raymond Scott. Shot in January 1967, Ripples featured an architect (played by Sesame Street colleague Jon Stone) tossing pebbles into water making ripples.



New pics of the Beatles US Albums box set!

New images of the Beatles' U.S. Albums box set, out Jan. 21, have been released.

The set includes all the American-version LPs issued during the 1960s by the Capitol and United Artists labels. These are the albums we Americans grew up with before the CD era, when EMI opted to go with the band's British as the "official catalog."

Before Sgt. Pepper, after which the U.S. and British albums were uniform, Capitol released the Beatles' music in different configurations from how they appeared in the U.K. We ended up with LPs such as Beatles 65 and Yesterday and Today not issued in England. The Hard Day's Night and Help! albums included instrumental music from those films in addition to songs by the Beatles.

This new collection includes all those LPs, which were once abundant, but are now considered rarities. The albums also will be available individually.

Here's a pic of the new box, along with the banned "butcher" cover of Yesterday and Today. Apparently, the new CD of that will feature a "peel-away" cover, so you can see the approved second cover and the banned one beneath it.



And here's the Beatles 50 logo Apple will evidently be using this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first visit to America.



Here's the lineup of individual LPs. Click links to order from Amazon.

Here's the lineup.




Today's best picture ever: Cassius Clay and Sam Cooke