Get a peek at the new Doctor Who!
Trailer for "Doctor Who" season 8, coming this August, with new Doctor Peter Capaldi at the TARDIS controls.
Pop Culture Roundup: Jack Kirby! The Thing! Colorforms! Disneyland!
Before he became a comic book artist, and long before he co-created the Marvel Universe, Jack Kirby worked as an "in-betweener" for Fleischer Studios, Inc., on an assembly line animating "Popeye" and other characters.
Here's a rare Kirby-drawn sketch of the Sailor Man, signed by Kirby using his pre-fame name Jacob Kurtzberg. Posted on Twitter by the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center.
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Speaking of Jack Kirby, what's the deal with the the ever-changing stature of the Fantastic Four's ever-lovin' Thing? "Kid" Robson investigates.
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Collectors Weekly explores the history of Colorforms...
I had a pretty cool Batman set...
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BoingBoing presents the lost Disneyland prospectus.
Here's a rare Kirby-drawn sketch of the Sailor Man, signed by Kirby using his pre-fame name Jacob Kurtzberg. Posted on Twitter by the Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center.
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Speaking of Jack Kirby, what's the deal with the the ever-changing stature of the Fantastic Four's ever-lovin' Thing? "Kid" Robson investigates.
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Collectors Weekly explores the history of Colorforms...
....a toy whose only two elements are a handful of colorful die-cut vinyl shapes and a shiny play surface upon which those shapes can be placed and repositioned. That’s it—colored forms and something to put them on. Yet despite its simplicity, or probably because of it, more than a billion incarnations of Colorforms have been sold, whether it’s the basic-colored, geometric original, which has been re-released in special 50th and 60th anniversary editions, or the latest 3D Deluxe Playset featuring characters from the children’s TV show “Yo Gabba Gabba!”
I had a pretty cool Batman set...
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BoingBoing presents the lost Disneyland prospectus.
...the extremely high-resolution scans were made from one of the three sets of pitch-documents Roy and Walt Disney used to raise the money to build Disneyland. There are no archive copies of this document. Neither the Walt Disney Company nor the Walt Disney Family Museum have it.
New comics May 21, 2014: Showcase Presents Super Friends; Alex Toth animation; Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past, more!
Top picks this week. Click the links to order discounted items from Amazon.
Showcase Presents: Super Friends Vol. 1
Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past
First Kingdom Vol 4: Migration
Showcase Presents: Super Friends Vol. 1
Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Ghosts of the Past
First Kingdom Vol 4: Migration
Music new releases May 20, 2014: Devo; Dolly and Porter; McGuinn, Clark and Hillman; Joey Molland demos, more!
Click the links to order discounted CDs, vinyl or downloads from Amazon.
Something Else For Everybody by Devo
Just Between You & Me by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Live at the Boarding House by McGuinn, Clark and Hillman
American Interior by Gruff Rhys
Live 2013 by Mott the Hoople
Demos Old & New by Joey Molland
The Big Broadcast, Volume 9: Jazz And Popular Music Of The 1920s And 1930s
Donovan of Trash by Wreckless Eric
Walk on the wild side-Jazz side of Mod - Various
La Dolce Vita soundtrack on vinyl
Something Else For Everybody by Devo
Just Between You & Me by Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
Live at the Boarding House by McGuinn, Clark and Hillman
American Interior by Gruff Rhys
Live 2013 by Mott the Hoople
Demos Old & New by Joey Molland
The Big Broadcast, Volume 9: Jazz And Popular Music Of The 1920s And 1930s
Donovan of Trash by Wreckless Eric
Walk on the wild side-Jazz side of Mod - Various
La Dolce Vita soundtrack on vinyl
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