Pop culture roundup: Beach Boys; Marvel goes pink; Jack Kirby; Alex Toth; remembering Don Grady, more!
This Beach Boys reunion could stretch beyond the group's 50th anniversary to yield more studio recordings and performances, Billboard reports.
Songwriter/producer/mastermind Brian Wilson initiated the group's new studio recording and has more songs in the can. There's plans for a second single off the current LP (which hit #3 on the charts), a live album and video, TV specials and more.
And it sounds like the Mike Love version of the group may do some dates without Wilson and Al Jardine.
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Marvel Comics will go pink in October, offering several variant covers that month with a pink-tinge as a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure breast cancer charity.
Check out this huge gallery of Jack Kirby double-page comics spreads!
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A four-page Space Ghost comic illustrated by the 'toon series' designer Alex Toth? Cool!
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Don Grady, the eldest of TV's "My Three Sons," has passed away at 68. Grady was also a former Mousketeer and a talented musician, serving as the lead singer for the great sunshine pop band, The Yellow Balloon in the late 1960s. Read more about him here.
Songwriter/producer/mastermind Brian Wilson initiated the group's new studio recording and has more songs in the can. There's plans for a second single off the current LP (which hit #3 on the charts), a live album and video, TV specials and more.
And it sounds like the Mike Love version of the group may do some dates without Wilson and Al Jardine.
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Marvel Comics will go pink in October, offering several variant covers that month with a pink-tinge as a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure breast cancer charity.
“Marvel is proud to partner with Susan G. Komen For the Cure to support their unparalleled efforts to raise awareness about the risk of breast cancer to both women and men,” said Dan Buckley, Publisher & President of the Print, Animation & Digital Divisions, Marvel Worldwide, Inc. “We’re in a unique position to educate all our fans and increase awareness of the ways to fight—and reduce-- this risk of this disease by utilizing our comics and online presence.”-----
The following comic books, on-sale in October, will feature special Susan G. Komen variant covers:
· Avengers #31
· Captain America #18
· Captain Marvel #5
· Fantastic Four #611
· Invincible Iron Man #526
· Mighty Thor #21
· Uncanny X-Men #20
· Wolverine #315
Check out this huge gallery of Jack Kirby double-page comics spreads!
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A four-page Space Ghost comic illustrated by the 'toon series' designer Alex Toth? Cool!
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Don Grady, the eldest of TV's "My Three Sons," has passed away at 68. Grady was also a former Mousketeer and a talented musician, serving as the lead singer for the great sunshine pop band, The Yellow Balloon in the late 1960s. Read more about him here.
BBC Radio this week - stream music documentaries, drama, comedy and more
Click the links to stream the following programs.
20th Century Boy - The Marc Bolan Story
Paul Sexton looks at glam rock star Marc Bolan's life, music and legacy.
Jerseybeat: the Four Seasons Story
How an underachieving bunch of singers from New Jersey rose to international stardom
Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda
Swashbuckling adventure set in fictional Ruritania in the 1890s. Starring Douglas Hodge
Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9
Dashiell Hammett's thriller stars Stuart Milligan and Connie Booth
Doctor Who
Time-travelling adventure series
The Goon Show
Classic material from one of the all-time radio comedy greats
Scots Gothic: A Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe in Ayrshire
Billy Kay discovers whether Poe's imagination was born from a childhood visit to Scotland.
Stories of Ray Bradbury
Short stories from the celebrated science fiction writer. Read by Sean Barrett
Terry Pratchett - Mort
Dramatistaion of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel in which Death takes an apprentice
Terry Pratchett - Night Watch
Captain Vimes confronts his past - literally. Comic fantasy starring Ben Onwukwe
The Psychedelic Spy
Andrew Rissik's thriller, starring James Aubry and Gerald Harper
20th Century Boy - The Marc Bolan Story
Paul Sexton looks at glam rock star Marc Bolan's life, music and legacy.
Jerseybeat: the Four Seasons Story
How an underachieving bunch of singers from New Jersey rose to international stardom
Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda
Swashbuckling adventure set in fictional Ruritania in the 1890s. Starring Douglas Hodge
Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9
Dashiell Hammett's thriller stars Stuart Milligan and Connie Booth
Doctor Who
Time-travelling adventure series
The Goon Show
Classic material from one of the all-time radio comedy greats
Scots Gothic: A Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe in Ayrshire
Billy Kay discovers whether Poe's imagination was born from a childhood visit to Scotland.
Stories of Ray Bradbury
Short stories from the celebrated science fiction writer. Read by Sean Barrett
Terry Pratchett - Mort
Dramatistaion of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel in which Death takes an apprentice
Terry Pratchett - Night Watch
Captain Vimes confronts his past - literally. Comic fantasy starring Ben Onwukwe
The Psychedelic Spy
Andrew Rissik's thriller, starring James Aubry and Gerald Harper
New comics June 27, 2011: Batman Archives 8; Conan; Legion of Super-Heroes; Nick Fury classic; more!
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The Chronicles of Conan Volume 22: Dominion of the Dead and Other Stories


Conan Volume 11: Road of Kings


The Batman Archives Vol. 8


Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1: Hostile World (The New 52)


Archie Americana Volume 4: Best of the 1970s


The Defenders, Vol. 1


Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men - Volume 5


Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Classic - Volume 1
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 22: Dominion of the Dead and Other Stories
Conan Volume 11: Road of Kings
The Batman Archives Vol. 8
Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1: Hostile World (The New 52)
Archie Americana Volume 4: Best of the 1970s
The Defenders, Vol. 1
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men - Volume 5
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Classic - Volume 1
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