Pop link: Flash Gordon!
Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents a cool batch of Flash Gordon imagery, including this 1938 Look magazine article about the "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" serial and great Flash Gordon comics work by Wally Wood and Al Williamson.
TV documentary to celebrates Monty Python's 40th anniversary.
From USA Today:
Their offbeat humor poked fun at everything from British royalty to killer rabbits. On the 40th anniversary of the debut of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the series' principal performers will be making an extended appearance on cable network IFC.
The six-part documentary Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) airs Oct. 4-10 and features John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, who, along with founding member Graham Chapman created groundbreaking humor with such sketches as "The Ministry of Silly Walks" and "The Upper Class Twit of the Year."
IFC's Python Week also will include airings of the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
Pop links: Hembeck Watchmen! Bernard Baily!
Who draws the Watchmen? Will, Fred Hembeck of course!
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Pappy presents a Bernard Baily-drawn monster tale.
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Pappy presents a Bernard Baily-drawn monster tale.
Pop links: More Jack Cole! Ginger sings! Jim Aparo!
The Horrors of it All provides one more Jack Cole-illustrated spook story.
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Today in sharity.
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It's Davy Jones and Yvonne Craig on "Ben Casey"!
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Diversions of the Groovy Kind checks out Charlton Comics' The Prankster, illustrated by the great Jim Aparo!
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Today in sharity.
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It's Davy Jones and Yvonne Craig on "Ben Casey"!
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Diversions of the Groovy Kind checks out Charlton Comics' The Prankster, illustrated by the great Jim Aparo!
Official Simon and Kirby Library details and pics
Here's the skinny on this much-anticipated (by me, anyway) reprint series.
Titan Books has expanded its publishing agreement with comic book pioneer Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America, to launch The Official Simon and Kirby Library beginning in 2009. In addition to the previously announced volumes The Best of Simon and Kirby and The Simon and Kirby Superheroes, the library will include volumes collecting the greatest horror, detective, and romance stories ever produced by the legendary Dream Team of comics.
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby first joined forces on the superhero character Blue Bolt in 1940, and later that year created the seminal hero Captain America (soon to be featured in a major motion picture by Marvel Studios). “When Jack and I created Captain America, it sent a shock across the nation even before America had entered World War II,” Simon noted. “But that was only the beginning, and we followed it up with titles like Boy Commandos and Young Romance. They weren’t superhero books, but each one sold millions of copies.”
Beginning in summer 2009 with The Best of Simon and Kirby, Titan Books will release full-color hardcover editions featuring some of the greatest stories ever told in the graphic medium, painstakingly restored by Simon and Kirby historian Harry Mendryk. Simon himself will oversee the process, and will offer original insights and secrets from behind the scenes.
The volume will feature the team’s most famous characters, including Fighting American, Stuntman, and The Fly, as well as genre adventures from such legendary titles as Black Magic, Justice Traps the Guilty, and the industry’s first romance title, Young Romance. Through the generous support of Marvel Comics and DC Comics, The Best of Simon and Kirby will include stories featuring Captain America, The Vision, Sandman, and The Boy Commandos.
“It’s simply astonishing, the materials Joe has kept over the years,” Titan owner and publisher Nick Landau said. “It shows uncanny foresight that he retained so many rights, and preserved those wonderful stories so that today’s readers will be able to enjoy some of the finest comics ever produced.” Details on the contents and format of the books are still being determined, as Landau added, “We want to come up with editions that are as perfect as they can be.”
Simon will attend the February 2009 New York ComicCon to celebrate the launch of The Official Simon and Kirby Library, and will sign exclusive limited edition lithographs. Titan plans to release two books a year, and these will be the only editions authorized by both Joe Simon and the estate of Jack Kirby. In addition to The Official Simon and Kirby Library, Titan will publish the autobiography of Joe Simon in 2010.
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