Eisner 100: More Golden Age covers

Continuing our celebration of Will Eisner's 100th birthday this year, here's a look at a batch of his 1940s covers for various series.

See a trailer for Hulu's new documentary on Batman co-creator Bill Finger

Premieres May 6.

Music New Releases April 21, 2017: Ray Davies; Supremes; Big Star; Robyn Hitchcock, more

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Robyn Hitchcock


Honeybeat: Groovy 60s Girl-Pop


Thank You, Friends: Big Star's Third Live...And More


Diana Ross / Diana: The Original Chic Mix


Ella Fitzgerald: 100 Songs For A Centennial


The Supremes / Supremes A Go Go


Ray Davies / Americana

Pop Culture Roundup: Doctor Who; King Kong; King Kirby; Silver Surfer; Guardians of the Galaxy; Steve Ditko

How'd you like to have breakfast with Doctor Who? Times seven?
As part of Red Nose Day's 'Best Auction Ever', seven Time Lords – past and present – are gathering in one place for the best meal of the day and there are four empty spots up for grabs. 
The Doctors are: Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, David Tennant, Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davison and Colin Baker.


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Calvin shares production art from the original "King Kong."


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Read a review of "King Kirby," a play about Marvel Comics creator Jack Kirby.



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Kid checks out the 1988 Silver Surfer graphic novel by Stan Lee and John Buscema.


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Don't get up so fast: There will be five post-credit scenes in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2."

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Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae takes a look at Steve Ditko's 1969-71 work for Charlton.

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Via Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Vintage comic book letter column logos.


Coming up: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 sountrack "Awesome Mix Vol. 2"

Out April 28. Order from Amazon here.



Tracks:
  1. "Mr. Blue Sky" — Electric Light Orchestra
  2. "Fox on the Run" — Sweet
  3. "Lake Shore Drive" — Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah
  4. "The Chain" — Fleetwood Mac
  5. "Bring It on Home to Me" — Sam Cooke
  6. "Southern Nights" — Glen Campbell
  7. "My Sweet Lord" — George Harrison
  8. "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" — Looking Glass
  9. "Come a Little Bit Closer" — Jay and the Americans
  10. "Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang" — Silver
  11. "Surrender" — Cheap Trick
  12. "Father and Son" — Cat Stevens
  13. "Flash Light" — Parliament
  14. "Guardians Inferno" — The Sneepers feat. David Hasselhoff

Coming Up: Wonder Woman action figures from Mattel

Here's a look at some of the Wonder Woman figures coming out in conjunction with the new movie. You can pre-order figures from Amazon here.







Meanwhile ... 50 years ago!

See more comics covers from April 1967 here!


Vintage movie poster: Captain Sinbad


New Comics Collections April 18, 2017: Silver-Age Justice League; Spider-Man by Peter David

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Justice League of America: The Silver Age Vol. 3


Spider-Man: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by Peter David - The Complete Collection


Video: Peter Capaldi talks about his reasons for leaving Doctor Who



"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" trailer and more




New Music Friday April 14, 2017: Mike Nesmith

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Infinite Tuesday by Michael Nesmith


Pop Culture Roundup: Batman '66; Mad Magazine; John Cleese; Steve Ditko

I'm in: DC Comics plans a Batman '66 Meets the Legion of Superheroes one-shot penciled by Mike Allred. The comic will appear online in June, followed by a print version in July.


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Mad Magazine is moving is offices from the Big Apple to beautiful downtown Burbank.
Mad was launched by EC Comics in August 1925 out of offices at 225 Lafayette Street in Manhattan, New York. In the early 1960s, Mad moved to 485 Madison Avenue. Soon after, Mad was sold to Kinney Parking Company which later acquirred National Periodicals - the then-parent company of DC Comics. In the 1990s, Mad was consolidated under the DC Comics umbrella, relocating it to 1700 Broadway.

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John Cleese is returning to the BBC in a new sitcom. The show, "Edith," will reunite him with his "Clockwise" co-star Alison Steadman.

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Cool: The showrunner of HBO's "Veep" has a Steve Ditko chair.