Drawn! notes that several volumes of the new Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions books feature cover art by alt comix artists such as Seth, Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Roz Chast and others.
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Just Jared has a bunch of "Mission Impossible 3" pics. Ordinarily, I'd have no desire to see this thing. But Philip Seymour Hoffman is the baddie and J.J. Abrams (co-creator of "Lost") is director, so I'll likely give it a look.
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Get well soon, Mike.
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The two-hour season (series?) finale for "Arrested Development" is set for Feb. 10 on Fox. Funniest dang show on TV, I'm telling ya...
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Scar Stuff helps you practice your typing.
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Via Engadget: Former Doctor Who actor Tom Baker is now the official voice of British Telegraph: "BT has scrapped the computerized voice the company had been using for the system, and replaced it with the voice of Tom Baker of Dr. Who fame. Baker spent 11 days recording nearly 12,000 words and sounds, which were then processed by BT engineers for five months in order to be usable by the text-to-speech system."
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Director Julien Temple is working on a documentary of the late Clash singer Joe Strummer.
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Dial B for Blog presents some nice vintage Marvel Comics house ads.
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The reformation of Pink Floyd at last year's Live 8 concert was a one-off, band members report. They insist the group won't be getting together for a tour.
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Marvel Figure Factory action figures
These are assemble-them-yourself figures that come in a plastic box.
Marvel Figure Factory Wolverine
Marvel Figure Factory Green Goblin
Marvel Figure Factory Spider-Man
Marvel Figure Factory Thing
Marvel Figure Factory Iron Man
Marvel Figure Factory Doc Ock
Marvel Figure Factory Hulk
Marvel Figure Factory Venom
Marvel Figure Factory Wolverine
Marvel Figure Factory Green Goblin
Marvel Figure Factory Spider-Man
Marvel Figure Factory Thing
Marvel Figure Factory Iron Man
Marvel Figure Factory Doc Ock
Marvel Figure Factory Hulk
Marvel Figure Factory Venom
Marvel Super Hero Showdown figures
This is a new card-based game featuring smaller-scale Marvel Legends-type action figures:
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Starter Set A (Hulk and Wolverine)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Starter Set A (Spider-Man and Thing)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Battle Pack A (Dr. Octopus)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Battle Pack A (The Punisher)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Battle Pack A (Ghost Rider)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Booster Pack A (Venom)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Starter Set A (Hulk and Wolverine)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Starter Set A (Spider-Man and Thing)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Battle Pack A (Dr. Octopus)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Battle Pack A (The Punisher)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Battle Pack A (Ghost Rider)
Marvel Super Hero Showdown Booster Pack A (Venom)
DVD new releases Jan. 31, 2006
Archie Bunker's Place: The Complete First Season
Benny Hill: Complete and Unadulterated -- the Hill's Angel's Years, Set Four (1978-1981)
Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)
Curse of the Pink Panther
Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 22
Diff'erent Strokes: The Complete Second Season
Hill Street Blues: Season 1
Knight Rider - Season Three
Magnum, P.I. - The Complete Third Season
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Rat Patrol: The Complete First Season
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Roy Rogers Show, Vol. 1
A Shot in the Dark
Son of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
More Upcoming DVDs.
Benny Hill: Complete and Unadulterated -- the Hill's Angel's Years, Set Four (1978-1981)
Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)
Curse of the Pink Panther
Dark Shadows: DVD Collection 22
Diff'erent Strokes: The Complete Second Season
Hill Street Blues: Season 1
Knight Rider - Season Three
Magnum, P.I. - The Complete Third Season
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Rat Patrol: The Complete First Season
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Roy Rogers Show, Vol. 1
A Shot in the Dark
Son of the Pink Panther
Trail of the Pink Panther
More Upcoming DVDs.
CD new releases Jan. 31, 2006
Brian Eno and Jah Wobble Spinner
The Everly Brothers The Price of Fame 1960-1965
Wanda Jackson I Remember Elvis
The Kronos Quartet with Terry Riley Cadenza on the Night Plain
Wilson Pickett Midnight Mover and Sound of
Sam and Dave Hold on I'm Comin', I Thank You and Soul Man
Matthew Shipp One
Robert Wyatt EPs
See last week's new cd releases.
The Everly Brothers The Price of Fame 1960-1965
Wanda Jackson I Remember Elvis
The Kronos Quartet with Terry Riley Cadenza on the Night Plain
Wilson Pickett Midnight Mover and Sound of
Sam and Dave Hold on I'm Comin', I Thank You and Soul Man
Matthew Shipp One
Robert Wyatt EPs
See last week's new cd releases.
Pop Culture Roundup Jan. 30, 2006
The latest great Beatles beatleg podcast is up.
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The trailer for "The Notorious Betty Page" is up.
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Just Jared has some early pics of Kirsten Dunst in "Spider-Man 3."
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From Dial B for Blog: Superman meets Lucy.
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It's your last chance to snatch a batch of shared, rare LPs from PCL Linkdump.
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More sharity: Pinicchio has a whole bunch good stuff up right now.
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World of Kane is taking in-depth looks at Gerry Anderson's non-Thunderbirds "supermarionation" series Capt. Scarlet.
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World's Finest has details on the upcoming--and final--episodes of "Justice League Unlimited."
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Yikes!
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Check out the new Power Records sharity blog.
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Looks like the 1988 "Superboy" series is coming to DVD.
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The trailer for "The Notorious Betty Page" is up.
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Just Jared has some early pics of Kirsten Dunst in "Spider-Man 3."
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From Dial B for Blog: Superman meets Lucy.
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It's your last chance to snatch a batch of shared, rare LPs from PCL Linkdump.
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More sharity: Pinicchio has a whole bunch good stuff up right now.
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World of Kane is taking in-depth looks at Gerry Anderson's non-Thunderbirds "supermarionation" series Capt. Scarlet.
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World's Finest has details on the upcoming--and final--episodes of "Justice League Unlimited."
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Yikes!
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Check out the new Power Records sharity blog.
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Looks like the 1988 "Superboy" series is coming to DVD.
Comics previews
Mile High Comics has first looks at: Batman and The Monster Men #4; Exterminators #2; Hard Time Season Two #3; Seven Soldiers Bulleteer #3; Thunderbolt Jaxon #1; Y The Last Man #42; I Heart Marvel: My Mutant Heart #1; Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #12; Marvel Romance Redux: But I Thought He Loved Me #1; New Excalibur #4; Spider-Girl #95; Sentry #5; Uncanny X-Men #468; Underworld #1; X-Factor #3 and X-Men: The End Men and X-Men #2.
Marvel Legends box set previews
Action Figure.com has some exclusive pics from the UK Toyfair, including shots of these upcoming Marvel Legends box sets:
See More Marvel Legends.
See More Marvel Legends.
Pop Culture Roundup Jan. 27, 2006
Booksteve goes to Hanna-Barbera Land.
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Artist Jim Steranko is doing some new comics work.
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There'll be a single-DVD release featuring a selection of episodes from the first season box of "The Adventures of Superman," TV Shows on DVD reports. Out Feb. 21, the disk will include:
More Superman on DVD.
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Artist Jim Steranko is doing some new comics work.
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There'll be a single-DVD release featuring a selection of episodes from the first season box of "The Adventures of Superman," TV Shows on DVD reports. Out Feb. 21, the disk will include:
- Superman on Earth
- The Haunted Lighthouse
- The Talkative Dummy
- The Mystery of the Broken Statues
- The Monkey Mystery
- A Night of Terror
More Superman on DVD.
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Review: Sgt. Rock -- The Prophecy
Thomas Wolfe obviously didn't know what he was talking about, because veteran comics artist Joe Kubert has gone home time and time again.
Home to Sgt. Rock, whose World War II exploits Kubert has drawn off and on for a period of nearly 50 years.
The artist, who will be 80 this year, says he views Rock as "an old friend." And it's obvious Kubert has a deep affinity for the rough, always-bestubbled character and his wartime setting.
We fans who grew up reading Rock's exploits in DC's "Our Army at War" series are pretty fond of the guy too.
So it was a treat picking up this first issue of a six-part mini-series and being able to see Rock and Kubert back together again.
As ever, the action flows cinematically with Kubert expertly varying panel counts and sizes to capture a smooth flow of action.
The opening, two-page splash is one dramatic example. The main, huge, panel shows a soldier perched, ready to parachute from an airplane as those who leapt before him drift below. Three small vertical panels to the right depict the parachutists' descent. Kubert's got our attention from there on, as Rock and his guys hike through a bomb-ravaged Lithuanian city on their way to a mysterious rendevous.
The story is just getting started. We learn Easy Co. is supposed to pick something up and bring it home--something that can possibly help shorten the duration of the war. But in the meantime the guys need to negotiate a no-man's land between Russian and German troops. Kubert also hints at tension (racial, personal) within the Easy ranks.
And we see some action. An Easy Co. story wouldn't be an Easy Co. story unless the guys took out a Nazi tank crew. And they do just that in another splendidly drawn sequence excerpted below. Witness what Kubert does via shifting perspective, varying panel sizes and pacing--all without a word of copy. Young artists don't need to enroll in Kubert's cartooning school if they want to see how it's done, because the master shows them right here.
The colors, done by Kubert in collaboration with Pete Carlsson, are also just right: Very muted and mostly flat with lots of grays and pale army greens. They suit the setting and tone of the action perfectly.
My only qualm, really, is that we're still waiting for the meat of this story. I think we'll get to it in the next issue. But the action scenes here, great as they are, seem a little like padding.
The series likely will read a lot better once it's collected in a single book. But those of us eager to see Kubert at work don't want wait that long.
Still, whether you jump on board now or hang in there for the collection, I doubt you'll be disappointed. This is a wonderful opportunity to see one of the form's top practitioners (still) doing marvelous work.
Home to Sgt. Rock, whose World War II exploits Kubert has drawn off and on for a period of nearly 50 years.
The artist, who will be 80 this year, says he views Rock as "an old friend." And it's obvious Kubert has a deep affinity for the rough, always-bestubbled character and his wartime setting.
We fans who grew up reading Rock's exploits in DC's "Our Army at War" series are pretty fond of the guy too.
So it was a treat picking up this first issue of a six-part mini-series and being able to see Rock and Kubert back together again.
As ever, the action flows cinematically with Kubert expertly varying panel counts and sizes to capture a smooth flow of action.
The opening, two-page splash is one dramatic example. The main, huge, panel shows a soldier perched, ready to parachute from an airplane as those who leapt before him drift below. Three small vertical panels to the right depict the parachutists' descent. Kubert's got our attention from there on, as Rock and his guys hike through a bomb-ravaged Lithuanian city on their way to a mysterious rendevous.
The story is just getting started. We learn Easy Co. is supposed to pick something up and bring it home--something that can possibly help shorten the duration of the war. But in the meantime the guys need to negotiate a no-man's land between Russian and German troops. Kubert also hints at tension (racial, personal) within the Easy ranks.
And we see some action. An Easy Co. story wouldn't be an Easy Co. story unless the guys took out a Nazi tank crew. And they do just that in another splendidly drawn sequence excerpted below. Witness what Kubert does via shifting perspective, varying panel sizes and pacing--all without a word of copy. Young artists don't need to enroll in Kubert's cartooning school if they want to see how it's done, because the master shows them right here.
The colors, done by Kubert in collaboration with Pete Carlsson, are also just right: Very muted and mostly flat with lots of grays and pale army greens. They suit the setting and tone of the action perfectly.
My only qualm, really, is that we're still waiting for the meat of this story. I think we'll get to it in the next issue. But the action scenes here, great as they are, seem a little like padding.
The series likely will read a lot better once it's collected in a single book. But those of us eager to see Kubert at work don't want wait that long.
Still, whether you jump on board now or hang in there for the collection, I doubt you'll be disappointed. This is a wonderful opportunity to see one of the form's top practitioners (still) doing marvelous work.
Top 10 graphic novels, DVDs, CDs and action figures Jan. 26, 2006
At Amazon:
Graphic Novels
1. Serenity
2. Watchmen
3. Fables Vol. 6: Homelands
4. The Walking Dead Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
5. V for Vendetta
6. Girl on Girl (Y: The Last Man, Book 6)
7. 300
8. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
9. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2: Dangerous
10. Black Hole
DVDs
1. The Aristocrats
2. Wedding Crashers - Uncorked (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
3. Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Widescreen Edition)
4. Flightplan (Widescreen Edition)
5. Serenity (Widescreen Edition)
6. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)
7. Grey's Anatomy - Season 1
8. Firefly - The Complete Series
9. The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
10. Lost - The Complete First Season
CDs
1. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ~ Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
2. The Greatest ~ Cat Power
3. At Folsom Prison ~ Johnny Cash
4. Rabbit Fur Coat ~ Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
5. Illinois ~ Sufjan Stevens
6. Comfort of Strangers ~ Beth Orton
7. Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits ~ Wilson Pickett
8. Get Behind Me Satan ~ The White Stripes
9. Demon Days ~ Gorillaz
10. Aerial ~ Kate Bush
Action figures
1. Krypto the SuperDog - Krypto's Rocket
2. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: Iron Man Hulk Buster
3. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: ULTRON
4. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: Task Master
5. Marvel Legends Sentinel Series Figure: 1st Appearance Spider-Man
6. Kevin and Krypto Figure Pack with Bonus DVD
7. Marvel Legends-Sentinel Series-Angel Red
8. Marvel Legends Sentinel Series Figure: Mr. Sinister
9. Marvel Legends Sentinel Series Figure: Black Panther
10. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: Wonder-Man
Graphic Novels
1. Serenity
2. Watchmen
3. Fables Vol. 6: Homelands
4. The Walking Dead Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
5. V for Vendetta
6. Girl on Girl (Y: The Last Man, Book 6)
7. 300
8. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
9. Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2: Dangerous
10. Black Hole
DVDs
1. The Aristocrats
2. Wedding Crashers - Uncorked (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
3. Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Widescreen Edition)
4. Flightplan (Widescreen Edition)
5. Serenity (Widescreen Edition)
6. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)
7. Grey's Anatomy - Season 1
8. Firefly - The Complete Series
9. The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
10. Lost - The Complete First Season
CDs
1. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ~ Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
2. The Greatest ~ Cat Power
3. At Folsom Prison ~ Johnny Cash
4. Rabbit Fur Coat ~ Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
5. Illinois ~ Sufjan Stevens
6. Comfort of Strangers ~ Beth Orton
7. Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits ~ Wilson Pickett
8. Get Behind Me Satan ~ The White Stripes
9. Demon Days ~ Gorillaz
10. Aerial ~ Kate Bush
Action figures
1. Krypto the SuperDog - Krypto's Rocket
2. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: Iron Man Hulk Buster
3. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: ULTRON
4. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: Task Master
5. Marvel Legends Sentinel Series Figure: 1st Appearance Spider-Man
6. Kevin and Krypto Figure Pack with Bonus DVD
7. Marvel Legends-Sentinel Series-Angel Red
8. Marvel Legends Sentinel Series Figure: Mr. Sinister
9. Marvel Legends Sentinel Series Figure: Black Panther
10. Marvel Legends Legendary Riders Figure: Wonder-Man
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