Pop focus: Aurora superhero model kits

Ah, clumsy fingers and the disorienting fumes of Testors glue. Building models was fun, though I was particularly good at it, or dedicated to the hobby. I did make a few, though. Including - with the patient assistance of my mom - Aurora's Batman figure.

The Caped Crusader was just one of a lineup of pop culture characters Aurora produced in the 1960s and 70s, including other DC and Marvel comics heroes.

Here's a selection of pics focusing on the entire lineup. Which did you build?

 






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New Brian Wilson album - No Pier Pressure - out in April

A release date and details on Brian Wilson's long-awaited new solo album have emerged.

No Pier Pressure, which features guest vocals from Zooey Deschanel and M Ward,  Fun's Nate Ruess, country singer Kacey Musgraves and Wilson's former Beach Boys bandmates Al Jardine, David Marks and Blondie Chaplin, will be out April 6.

There's only a spendy "import" version of the album listed on Amazon U.S. We'll keep you posted when the domestic release pops up.

Here's the track list:
'This Beautiful Day'
'Runaway Dancer' [featuring Sebu Simonian]
'What Ever Happened' [featuring Al Jardine and David Marks]
'On The Island' [featuring She & Him]
'Our Special Love' [featuring Peter Hollens]
'The Right Time' [featuring Al Jardine and David Marks]
'Guess You Had To Be There' [featuring Kacey Musgraves]
'Tell Me Why' [featuring Al Jardine]
'Sail Away' [featuring Blondie Chaplin and Al Jardine]
'One Kind Of Love'
'Saturday Night' [featuring Nate Ruess]
'The Last Song'
'Half Moon Bay'

Cool pics from Jack Kirby exhibition in France

The Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center has posted a bunch of pics from a Kirby retrospective presented at Angoulême 42nd International Comic Festival.

We need to honor Kirby and other comics pioneers with exhibitions like this in our nation.