Showing posts with label pop culture roundup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pop culture roundup. Show all posts

Pop Culture Roundup: Charley Harper, Trouser Press, Neil Gaiman


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Mike Lynch Cartoons spotlights the delightful art of Charley Harper.

ITEM! An auction of comic art and memorabilia owned by author Neil Gaiman raised more than $1 million for comic creators and authors in need.

ITEM! An anthology of pieces from the late, lamented Trouser Press music magazine is on the way.

Pop Culture Roundup: Guinness on Netflix, 'The Bear,' Teen Titans, More


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Happy Early St. Patrick's Day! A Netflix series about the Guinness brewing family is on the way from "Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight.

ITEM! Bananarama discuss not having heard Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer" yet.

ITEM! Voice stars of an animated series based on the "Among Us" video game will include Randall Park, Ashley Johnson, Yvette Nicole Brown and Elijah Wood.

ITEM! "How to Get to Heaven from Belfast," a new series from "Derry Girls" creator Lisa McGee, is heading to Netflix.

ITEM! Seasons 3 and 4 of "The Bear" will be filmed back-to-back.

ITEM! A live-action Teen Titans film is in the works.

Pop Culture Roundup: Mad, Wonder Woman, 'Black Mirror,' More


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The first issue of Mad is set for a facsimile release in June. 

ITEM! Remember the first Wonder Woman movie? I do.

ITEM! Former "Doctor Who" Jodie Whitaker will be on an episode of "Great Celebrity Bake Off."

ITEM! A legendary comic book warehouse in NYC is shutting down.

ITEM! A new season of "Black Mirror" will air on Netflix next year.

Pop Culture Roundup: Doctor Who Times Two, SNL, More


ITEM! Former "Doctor Who" David Tennant is evidently set to host a new TV game show. 

ITEM! Current "Doctor Who" Ncuti Gatwa will be spotlighted in Titan's Free Comic Book Day release this year.

ITEM! The BBC is adding more than 1,000 radio plays to its online archive.

ITEM! Kristen Wiig and Ryan Gosling are set to host "SNL" episodes in April. 

Pop Culture Roundup: Trina Robbins, Dick Tracy, Ryan Gosling


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Veteran cartoonist Trina Robbins talks about fashion in the comics.

ITEM! Mark Evanier examines the 1967 "Dick Tracy" TV show pilot. 

ITEM! How Ryan Gosling planned out at that amazing Oscars performance.


Pop Culture Roundup: Marv Wolfman, Dick Giordano, Micronauts


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The Micronauts will be featured on a batch of Marvel Comics variant covers next month.

ITEM! Veteran comics writer Marv Wolfman has scripted a new Spider-Man story. 

ITEM! Check out the Batman Merchandising Art of Dick Giordano.

Pop Culture Roundup: 'The Celestial Toymaker,' "My Adventures with Superman,' 'Last Air Bender'


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 The team restoring the "lost" "Doctor Who" adventure "The Celestial Toymaker" is defending its experimental animation approach.

ITEM! Netflix has renewed the live-action version of "The Last Air Bender" series for two more seasons.

ITEM! DC is launching a comic book tie-in to the "My Adventures with Superman" animated series.

Pop Culture Roundup: Bond, Superman, Lou Reed, 'Hacks'


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007's "Goldfinger" car and other cool vehicles from the James Bond films are going on display at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. 

ITEM! Laurie Anderson created an AI chatbot of Lou Reed

ITEM! Speaking of which, a Lou Reed tribute album out in April features songs performed by Keith Richards, Angel Olsen, Afghan Whigs and more. See Keef perform "I'm Waiting for the Man" here.

ITEM! Season 3 of HBO Max's wonderful comedy "Hacks" debuts May 3.

ITEM! Wendell Pierce ("The Wire") will star as Perry White in the new Superman film.

Pop Culture Roundup: Sea Devils, Frankenstein, 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' More


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 Remembering the Sea Devils' debut on "Doctor Who."

ITEM! Frankenstein is next up in the Universal Monsters series of comic book adaptations.

ITEM! "The Crown" star Emma Corrin will appear in "Deadpool & Wolverine" as Cassandra Nova, the evil twin sister of X-Men leader Professor Charles Xavier.

ITEM! A new Dick Tracy comics series is coming soon.

Sad News: Comedian Richard Lewis, known for his great appearances on Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is dead at age 76. 

Pop Culture Roundup: Flash Gordon Redux, Eugene Levy Joins 'Only Murders' Cast, Hendrix and Elvis on the Moon


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A whole mess of new and classic Flash Gordon comics and comic strip collections are on the way. 

ITEM! Eugene Levy is joining the cast for season 4 of "Only Murders in the Building."

ITEM! Music by Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, the Who and more has been placed on the moon in an “arts-centric time capsule” by the Odysseus lunar lander.


Pop Culture Roundup: Ramona Fradon, Fantastic Four, 'All Creatures Great and Small'


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Comics veteran Ramona Fradon is dead at age 97. She was best known for work on DC's Aquaman and as the co-creator of Metamorpho the Element Man. Comics historian Mark Evanier shares a couple/few stories about Fradon here.

ITEM! The new Fantastic Four cast has a group chat.

ITEM! The delightfully cozy "All Creatures Great and Small" has been renewed for two more seasons.


Pop Culture Roundup: DC Finest, Uncle Scrooge, Noel Fielding, Anansi Boys, More



ITEM! The Comics Journal pays tribute to the late Italian cartoonist Alfredo Castelli

ITEM! British comic Noel Fielding (we Yanks know him from "The Great British Baking Show") says his new series, "Dick Turpin" is a return to "Python-style British comedy."

ITEM! Both TV and comic book adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s "Anansi Boys" are on the way.

ITEM! Uncle Scrooge is entering the multiverse - in a Marvel comic!

ITEM! Oh oh, said my pocketbook: DC Comics is creating its own version of Marvel's Epic reprint line, DC Finest.


Pop Culture Roundup: SNL, Alberto Breccia, "Fargo" Biquick, More


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Check out the stunning Western art of comics master Alberto Breccia.

ITEM! The lineups for the next three eps of SNL is:

  • Feb. 24 - Shane Gillis / 21 Savage
  • March 2 - Sydney Sweeney / Kacey Musgraves
  • March 9 - Josh Brolin / Ariana Grande
ITEM! You can get "Fargo" Bisquick now.

ITEM! As reported yesterday on our sister blog, biopics of all four Beatles are in the works.


Pop Culture Roundup: Fantastic Four, Space Ghost, Bronze-Age Superman, More


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Will Marvel's "Fantastic Four" film be set in the Sixties? I kinda hope so.

ITEM! "Trivial Pursuit" and "Scrabble" game shows are coming to the CW.

ITEM! A new Space Ghost comics series is on the way this spring.

ITEM! The Robots From Tomorrow podcast examines the greatest Bronze-Age Superman stories.

Sad News: British comics artist Paul Neary, known for his work on Captain Britain and Captain America, is dead at age 74. 

Pop Culture Roundup: Fantastic Four Cast Announced, Doctor Who Scripts Online, Crisis on Infinite Earths Redux


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It's official, the cast for Marvel's Fantastic Four will include Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm. The FF are my favorite Marvel characters. Don't f--- this up!

ITEM! More than 200 "Doctor Who" scripts have been added to the BBC Script Library, which I didn't know existed. 

ITEM! DC Comics will reissue its 1984-85 Crisis on Infinite Earths (a.k.a. the "event" that wrecked DC Comics) series as monthly facsimile editions.

Pop Culture Roundup: Jimi Hendrix Comic, Brian Wilson Country Album, DC/Marvel Crossover Collections, More


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Preview a new Jimi Hendrix graphic novel (art by veteran comics ace Tom Mandrake). 

ITEM! DC and Marvel are collecting their various crossover comics in omnibus editions set for release this summer.

ITEM! Dracula is returning to the Marvel Comics Universe.

ITEM! Brian Wilson is set to finally release a country album he produced in the 1970s featuring the Beach Boys manager Fred Vail on vocals.

ITEM! Finally, here's Rick Astley singing a cover of Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License."

Pop Culture Roundup: Super Bowl, Godzilla, Disneyland, More


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Check out these cool Super Bowl program covers. Taylor is on this year's cover. Viva Le Swiftspiracy!

ITEM! A comics anthology celebrating the 70th anniversary of Godzilla is on the way.

ITEM! The many weather vanes of Disneyland.

ITEM! A look back at UK's Misty, a horror comic anthology aimed at girls.

ITEM! New details on the next "Game of Thrones" TV spin-off.

Sad News:

Pop Culture Roundup: Weird-Ohs, Captain America, Wood Woodpecker, More


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Check out these Weird-Ohs

ITEM! Remembering the 1940 Captain America movie serial. 

ITEM! A new Woody Woodpecker movie is on the way.

ITEM! A peek inside the late Maurice Sendak's memorabilia-packed art studio.

ITEM! A reflection on pioneering Black crime novelist Chester Himes.

Pop Culture Roundup: 'Fawlty Towners' On Stage, Beach Boys 'Love You,' Carl Weathers RIP


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A stage production of "Fawlty Towers" is launching in London.

ITEM! Here's a great little documentary about the Beach Boys' controversial/wonderful Love You LP. 

Sad News: Actor Carl Weathers, best-known as Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" films and his appearances on "Arrested Development" and "The Mandalorian" is dead at age 76.

Pop Culture Roundup: Monster Stamps, Talking Heads, 'Suits,' More


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Monster stamps!

ITEM! Talking Heads reportedly turned down offers to reunite for a couple of big music fests.

ITEM! Views of Gotham City: "Batman: The Animated Series"-style.

ITEM! "Suits," which many people just realized existed, has spawned a spin-off series.