Pop Culture Roundup: Monkeemobile, compensation crisis in comicsland, more!

ITEM! Let's take a moment to check on the whereabouts of the original Monkeemobile. 

ITEM! A $5,000 check and a "thank you note": Marvel and DC Comics are taking some heat on how little they compensate many of the the artists and writers whose concepts are incorporated into the companies' blockbuster films.

ITEM! Maybe those comics creators would do better on Substack. Many of them are giving the platform a try, it turns out.