Pop Culture Roundup: Ernie Colón; Valley of the Dinosaurs;

ITEM! The great comics artist Ernie Colón, best-known for his work on DC's Arak, Son of Thunder and Amethyst, along with an award-winning graphic novel adaptation of the 9/11 Commission Report, died at age 88 earlier this week. Comics historian Mark Evanier and Colón's collaborator Roy Thomas posted tributes.

ITEM! Monster Island News remembers 1970s Saturday morning cartoon "Valley of the Dinosaurs."