Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 20, 2006

Comics artist Neal Adams plans a feature cartoon based on his Bucky O'Hare character.

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A movie spin-off of the old Jim Henson "Fraggle Rocks" TV show is in the works. From the press release:

The untitled film will for the first time take Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red on an adventure outside of Fraggle Rock where they will interact with the strange beings in "outer space" (also known as humans). The treatment is being written by author Ahmet Zappa (The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless) who will also executive produce the project with Brian Henson and Jason Lust. Lisa Henson will produce.

Lisa Henson said, "'Fraggle Rock' has remained a favorite project at our Company and has certainly continued to be loved by its many devoted fans, so we are thrilled to begin work on this project. With its message of celebrating diversity and its ambitious goal of promoting world peace, now is the perfect time to embark on a new Fraggle adventure."
"I'm very excited to be working with The Jim Henson Company on this project," said Ahmet Zappa. "So much of my childhood was spent watching 'Fraggle Rock' ... I never missed an episode! I'm also really looking forward to using music to tell the story; it played such a central role in the original series and truly helped create the 'Fraggle Rock' that we know and love today."


Ahmet Zappa, incidentally, is the son of late musician Frank Zappa.

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Check out Flash Hembeck's latest cover recreation!

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Naomi Watts has been offered the Tippi Hedren part in a remake of Hitchcock's "The Birds."

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NBC is rerunning three episodes of "Heroes" as a mini-marathon Sunday night. Check yer local listings.

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Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 19, 2006

20th Century Danny Boy posts some rare pencil art by the great comics artist Ross Andru.

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Ain't it Cool reviews the "Doctor Who" spin-off show "Torchwood."

The basic premise of the show is that there is a secret organisation, Torchwood, who work outside the Government protecting against alien threats and scavenging any technology left behind. They are led by Captain Jack from Series 1/27 of Doctor Who, whom we last saw being resurrected by a superpowered Rose and abandoned in the 50th century.

The episode we saw last night was the first one and it did all the jobs a pilot should do - introduced the set-up and the characters and added enough mystery to make you want to keep watching.


More info on the show here.

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Indy comics publisher Fantagraphics is opening a Seattle retail store.

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Scar Stuff serves up a big batch of Halloween-themed LPs for sharing.

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Yoko Ono is suing the EMI label saying she's been shorted royalties on John Lennon's record sales.

The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, accuses EMI and Capitol Records Inc. of violating a half-dozen agreements by "willfully and knowingly underreporting royalties" by hiding the "true use and disposition of Lennon's recordings."

Ono's three-page filing, which included a summons and notice but no detailed complaint, also accuses EMI and Capitol of "intentionally and systematically rendering dishonest and grossly deficient accounting statements."


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Meanwhile, George Harrison's widow Olivia Harrison says long-awaited reissues of the Traveling Wilburys CDs are slated for release sometime soon. The disks have been out of print forever.

UPDATE: Pre-order and see full info about the Traveling Wilburys reissue here.

"Lost" clues: "Further Instructions" Ep. 3, Season 3



Synopsis:

We catch up with Locke, Desmond and Eko after the Hatch implosion. Locke and Desmond are battered but ok. Eko is missing.

Back on the beach, Locke quickly builds a sweat lodge where he retreats in order to meditate and determine what to do next. He has a series of visions, in which he talks with the deceased Boone and determines Eko has been taken by a surviving polar bear. With Charlie, Locke rescues a half-dead Eko from the bear's lair.

Also, Hurley returns to the beach camp and updates everyone on what's happened to Jack, Kate and Sawyer.

In flashbacks, we see Locke living on a farm/commune that supports itself by growing marijuana. The settlement is infiltrated by an undercover cop picked up hitchhiking by Locke. Locke has finally found happiness in the commune and wants to do anything he can to protect the situation. He lures the cop alone into the woods, planning to kill him, but he can't force himself to commit murder. We see the cop leave, not knowing how the situation resolves.

Clues, observations, speculation:

* There are bones and remnants of a Dharma uniform in the bear's lair. Along with a Tonka dump truck!



* Eddie, the undercover cop, is wearing a Geronimo Jackson t-shirt, which is remarked on by Mike, the leader of Locke's farm/commune. Eddie said the shirt belonged to his dad. Last season, a Geronimo Jackson LP is discovered in the Hatch.



* The Hatch implosion blew off all of Desmond's clothing.

* Desmond remarks to Hurley about Locke's speech about going to rescue Jack, Sawyer and Kate. The thing is, Locke hadn't yet made this speech. Hurley is duly freaked out.

* Is Desmond psychic? Does Locke project his thoughts somehow (last season, he and Eko exchanged dreams)? In this episode, Eko seems to awake from unconsciousness to give Locke guidance, but we're not sure if Locke imagines this or if it really happened. Are the three implosion survivors somehow sharing a mind link or something?

* In Locke's vision, he sees all the other key plane crash survivors. Charlie and Claire are shown and Boone tells Locke "they'll be ok... for a while." Is this a clue to future problems for the couple?



* Speaking of Charlie, could he be any more self-centered and annoying? His lack of concern for what became of Locke, Eko and Desmond is startling. By episode's end, though, a glimmer of his old self seemed to be coming through.

* Does Locke's vision give us a view of the future, with people getting on planes to go home after getting off the island? Or does it refer to before the crash?

* In the vision, Sawyer is holding what appears to be a tourist pamphlet for San Francisco, with the Golden Gate Bridge on it. Last season, there was an upside-down pic of the bridge on the wall of the Australian psychic's place.



* Desmond is shown in the vision as a pilot, followed by flight attendants. In a way, it appears he's responsible for the "trip" everyone is on--his inaction resulted in the plane crashing and his girlfriend is somehow tied in with Dharma and everything that's going on with the island. Boone says Desmond is "looking after himself."

* And Benjamin Linus is depicted as an airline security guard.

* Looking at the remnants of the Hatch (basically now just a big hole in the ground), how in the world did anyone survive the implosion?

* The tip of Eko's walking stick features a verse from John 3.05: "Lift up your eyes and look north."



* An error or clue: Locke has different birthdates on his driver's license and gun registration when he's pulled over by the Sheriff's deputy.



* Charlie tells Locke: "You can't tell me what I can't do." Variations on this sentiment crop up often on the show. Locke, Jack and others have said it.

* Is the drawing on this promo shot for the episode a joke, or an outtake?



* The episode includes a jokey reference to the film "Altered States" when Charlie cautions Locke about changing into a monkey when entering the sweat lodge. Another possible in-joke, Charlie remarking about tree being good conversationalists. Is this a reference to Dom's previous role in the "Lord of the Rings" films?

New and upcoming action figures Oct. 19, 2006

Complete List of Marvel Legends Action Figures
Complete List of DC Direct Action Figures

Here's a look at action figures available via your local comics shop or via the TIP!-supporting links below:

DC Direct Action Figures

Alex Ross Justice League Action Figures Series 4
--Shazam
--Black Adam
--Hawkman
--Zatanna
--Solomon Grundy

Batman Dark Victory
--Batman
--Commissioner Gordon
--Scarecrow
--Robin and Penguin

Crisis on Infinite Earths Series 3
--Weaponer of Qward
--Doctor Light
--Superboy prime
--Batman
--Huntress

DC Direct Reactivated Action Figures
--Batman
--Wonder Woman
--Lobo
--Superman

DC 13-inch Figures
Deluxe Edition 13-inch Green Lantern
Deluxe Edition 13-inch Lex Luthor
Deluxe Edition 13-inch Two-Face
Deluxe Edition 13-inch Aquaman

Elseworlds Action Figures Series 2
--Red Son Batman
--Red Son President Superman
--Kingdom Come Jade
--Kingdom Come Spectre and Norman McKay
--Gotham By Gaslight Batman

Infinite Crisis Action Figures Series 1
--Powergirl
--Omac
--Mongul
--Earth Prime Superboy
--Alexander Luthor

JSA Action Figures
--Mr. Terrific
--Hawkgirl
--Dr. Midnite
--Hourman
--Golden Age Atom 2-pack

Hanna Barbera Series 2 Action Figures
--Captain Caveman
--Fred Flintstone and Dino
--Johnny Quest
--Magilla Gorilla
--Penelope Pitstop and Muttley
--Tom and Jerry
--Yogi Bear
--Flintstones at the Drive-In

Hasbro Spider-Man Origins Figures
--Set of 8
--Spider-Man
--Spider-Man Venom costume
--Green Goblin
--Doctor Octopus
--Iron Spider-Man
--Wolverine
--Captain America
--Daredevil

John Lennon
--JOHN LENNON 18" Action Figure

Lost series 1 action figures
--Jack
--Charlie
--Hurley
--Kate
--Locke
--Shannon
--Hatch box set

Lost series 2 action figures
--Crash site box set
--Sawyer
--Jin
--Sayid
--Desmond
--Sun

Marvel Figure Factory Sets
--Angel
--Beast
--Black Costume Spider-Man
--Deadpool
--Invisible Woman
--Silver Surfer

Marvel Legends Action Figures

Hasbro Marvel Legends Figures Series 1
--Emma Frost
--Ultimate Iron Man
--Movie Beast
--Planet Hulk
--Banshee
--Hercules

Hasbro Marvel Legends Action Figures Series 2
--Wolverine
--She-Hulk
--Yellow Jacket
--Quick Silver
--Lord Asgard Thor
--Magneto Xorn
--X3 Jean Grey
--First Appearance Storm

Marvel Legends Series 14
--Original Armor Iron Man (variant)
--Longshot
--Baron Zemo (variant)
--Luke Cage: Powerman
--The Falcon (variant)
--Psylocke

Marvel Legends Series 15
--Mandarin
--Beta Ray Bill
--Moon Knight
--Spider-Woman (variant)
--Quicksilver (variant)
--Thor-Buster Iron Man
--Wasp (variant)
--Captain Marvel (variant)

Marvel Legends Masterworks Sets
--Spider-Man Vs. Green Goblin
--Fantastic Four Vs. Mole Man
--Hulk Vs. The Thing
--Galactus Vs. Everybody

Marvel Select Figures
--Cloak and Dagger

Best of Marvel Select Figures
--Grey Hulk
--Thanos
--Ultimate Spider-Man
--Green Goblin

Marvel Studios
--Dr. Doom with Mask
--Dr. Doom unmasked

Star Wars Transformers
--Millennium Falcon With Han Solo and Chewbacca

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Image from the Grand Comic Book Database.

Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 16, 2006

Members of Monty Python reunited for the London premiere of "Spamalot."

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"Veronica Mars" producer Diane Ruggiero is developing a superhero/comedy series for the CW.

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Indy cartoonist Daniel Clowes ("Art School Confidential," "Ghost World") is recovering from open heart surgery performed earlier this week.

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The mainstream press finally cottons to the fact that pop artist Roy Lichtenstein was a plagiarist, swiping his "comics panel" paintings wholesale from real comics panels by the likes of Irv Novick, Russ Heath and other folks who toiled throughout their careers as work-for-hire freelancers with no benefits or royalties.

Comic book companies owned the original copyrights. DC Comics declined to comment for this article. Russ Heath, a DC artist whose work Lichtenstein used, says the publisher was never interested in suing Lichtenstein, probably because there wasn't much money to be made. ``He never even had me over for a cocktail, and then he died. So I guess I'm out of luck."

Ninety-year-old artist George Tuska couldn't come to the phone, but his wife, Dorothy, says they had no idea that a 1961 Buck Rogers panel drawn by her husband became ``Emeralds," a valuable Lichtenstein canvas. ``Oh my God," she says. ``That is unbelievable." Sotheby's sold ``Emeralds" to an anonymous buyer for $1.6 million in 1999.

One artist whose work Lichtenstein appropriated, Joe Kubert , says he doesn't care. ``My focus is on what is happening today." As it happens, the Lichtenstein Foundation uses an exact copy of a Kubert picture of a fierce dog, titled ``Grrrrrrrrrrr!!" to illustrate a warning to copyright violators on its website. Grrrrr indeed.


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Oct. 29 is Wonder Woman Day in Portland, Ore.:

...as a charity benefit for Portland's most protective women and children's shelters — Raphael House and Bradley-Angel House — Excalibur Comics will host "Wonder Woman Day" on Sunday, October 29th from 2pm to 6pm. The free all-ages event will include a trio of comic book artists signing Wonder Woman comics and special art prints, as well as a silent art auction with over 100 of the world's top artists contributing original art, plus raffles, costumes, rare memorabilia, and more!

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Via Drawn!: Check out the Comics Cover Browser.

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"Lost" secrets: Here's the transcript of a long interview with "Lost" creators J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.

"Lost" preview Oct. 18, 2006: "Further Instructions"

See a video teaser for tonight's show.

Read ABC teaser copy about tonight's show. Spoilers may apply.

Read about what happened last week, including This is Pop Culture's roundup of clues and observations.

See promo pics for tonight's episode.

See the Best "Lost" Sites on the Web.

Come back here tomorrow for a roundup of clues and observations from "Further Instructions."

The Beatles' Love album out Nov. 21

Here are details from the official press release:

APPLE CORPS LTD/CAPITOL RECORDS TO RELEASE THE BEATLES "LOVE" ALBUM IN STEREO AND 5.1 ON NOVEMBER 21, 2006

Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol Records are to release the Beatles LOVE album in stereo and 5.1 November 21st. This will be the first Beatles album available in 5.1

The stereo CD will contain 78 minutes of music. The DVD surround sound version on DVD disc album will be a slightly extended version with 81 minutes of music.

After being asked by the remaining Beatles, Ringo and Paul, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, to make experimental mixes from their master tapes for a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, Sir George Martin, The Beatles legendary producer, and his son Giles Martin have been working with the entire archive of Beatles recordings to create LOVE. The result is an unprecedented approach to the music. Using the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios, Sir George and Giles have created a unique soundscape. The release of this album, which is also featured in the Cirque du Soleil/Apple Corps collaborative production of the same name at The Mirage in Las Vegas, has been much anticipated.

"This album puts the Beatles back together again, because suddenly there's John and George with me and Ringo," said Paul McCartney. "It's kind of magical."

"George and Giles did such a great job combining these tracks. It's really powerful for me and I even heard things I'd forgotten we'd recorded." commented Ringo Starr.

"The album has the feeling of love and that's why the title is Beatles LOVE," added Yoko Ono Lennon, "They have let everything that is beautiful and daring come out." "The music is stunning. I think the most amazing thing about it is that you can pull it apart and find that all the elements carry with it the essence of the entire song," said Olivia Harrison.

Andrew Slater, President & CEO, Capitol Records said, "The Beatles and George Martin invented everything we love about modern recorded rock music. It is only fitting that they now shake things up and create the new blueprint for rediscovering and falling in love again with the soundtracks to our lives."

The 5.1 disc is a DVD-Audio/DVD-Video hybrid. The audio is presented in high-resolution 96/24 5.1 surround on the DVD-Audio part of the disc. The DVD-Video part carries 5.1 surround in DTS and Dolby Digital as well as a PCM stereo mix. This DVD album is designed to be played on DVD video equipment but will carry no video component.

The "LOVE" CD and DVD track listing is:

1. Because
2. Get Back
3. Glass Onion
4. Eleanor Rigby
Julia (Transition)
5. I Am The Walrus
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing
8. Gnik Nus
9. Something
Blue Jay Way (Transition)
10. Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter
11. Help!
12. Blackbird/Yesterday
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
14. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
15. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
16. Octopus's Garden
17. Lady Madonna
18. Here Comes The Sun
The Inner Light (Transition)
19. Come Together/Dear Prudence
Cry Baby Cry (Transition)
20. Revolution
21. Back In The U.S.S.R.
22. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
23. A Day In The Life
24. Hey Jude
25. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
26. All You Need Is Love

You can pre-order both the
special edition and standard versions of the album now on Amazon.


New Comics Oct. 18, 2006

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Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 17, 2006

Pete Townshend tells Rolling Stone about the first Who album in 24 years.

...Roger had committed publicly to the idea that we were going to make a record, and he felt he'd look like a complete idiot if we didn't make any new music.

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Patrice Holloway, who voiced Valerie Brown on the "Josie and the Pussycats" toon has passed away.

Before her singing role as Valerie, Holloway recorded records for Motown and Capitol Records and co-wrote the hit song "You've Made Me So Very Happy" with her sister Brenda, which became a hit for Blood, Sweat, and Tears in 1969.

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"Lost" episode preview: "The Cost of Living" Nov. 1, 2006

Scroll over the hidden text to see spoilerish info:

"The Cost of Living" - A delirious Eko wrestles with demons from his past, while Locke and some of the other castaways head back to The Pearl -- one of the Dharma Initiative's island stations -- hoping to find a computer that they can use to locate Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Meanwhile, Jack doesn't know whom to trust when two of "The Others" seem at odds with one another, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

Guest starring are Kiele Sanchez as Nikki, Rodrigo Santoro as Paulo, Michael Bowen as Pickett, Adetokumboh M'Cormack as Yemi, Muna Otaru as Amina, Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Emeka, Jermaine "Scooter" Smith as Daniel, Michael Robinson as trader, Ariston Green as guard, Lawrence Jones as soldier and Alicia Young as blind woman.

"The Cost of Living" was written by Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen and directed by Jack Bender.


See the Best "Lost" Sites on the Web.

Upcoming DC Direct items January 2007

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FABLES STATUE: BIGBY & SNOW WHITE
Designed by Mark Buckingham, sulpted by Jim Maddox.
This statue of Bigby Wolf and Snow White from Vertigo's Fables series statue stands approximately 10.5" high x 8" wide x 9" deep (including base), includes a four-color Certificate of Authenticity and is packaged in a four-color box.
$195, in stores on June 6.


BATMAN/SPAWN STATUE
Designed and Sculpted by Todd McFarlane and McFarlane Toys.
Tying in to the Image comic Spawn/Batman: Inner Demons, this incredible, limited-edition hand-painted cold-cast porcelain statue of Batman and Spawn measures approximately 12.5" high x 12.75" wide x 10.75"deep. It is packaged in a four-color box and includes a four-colorCertificate of Authenticity.
$225, in stores on June 20.


REACTIVATED! KINGDOM COME SERIES 2: ACTION FIGURES
Each figure features multiple points of articulation and a base. Figures include Batman (7"), Superman (6.75"), Wonder Woman (6.75") and Green Lantern (6.75").
Price TBA, in stores on June 13.


WHO'S WHO MYSTERY BOX SET #3
A new series of Mystery Box figures featuring the JLA on Apokolips! This series of 2.5" scale micro trading figures features six JLA figures battling on Apokolips! In addition, bonus parts included with each character can be assembled to create a miniature Darkseid statue! Each includes a full-color collectible character profile card. These 6 figures are individually packaged in a closed four-color box (with a check on the back of the box designating the figure inside). Shipped in a counter-ready four-color display. Some minor assembly required.
Includes Superman (3.5"), Batman (3.5"), Plastic Man (3.75"), Big Barda and Mr. Miracle (3.5"), Wonder Woman (4") and Orion and Kalibak (4.25").
Price TBA, in stores on June 6.


BATMAN DELUXE VINYL STATUE BY KOTOBUKIYA
Under special arrangement with Japanese manufacturer Kotobukiya, DC Direct brings this deluxe 1:6 scale vinyl statue of Batman back in a new production run! This statue stands approximately 11.5" tall and is packaged in a 4-color window box. This new production run of the Batman Vinyl Statue is manufactured to order.
$99.99, in stores on June 27.


THE JOKER DELUXE VINYL STATUE BY KOTOBUKIYA
Under special arrangement with Kotobukiya, DC Direct presents this brand-new, deluxe 1:6 scale vinyl statue of The Joker, Batman's deadliest arch-nemesis! This statue stands approximately 9.75" tall and is packaged in a 4-color window box. The Joker 1:6 vinyl statue is manufactured to order.
$89.99, in stores on June 27.

CD new releases Oct. 17, 2006

Live to Win by Paul Stanley

One More Drifter in the Snow by Aimee Mann

Real Live Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou

Hill Country Christmas by Willie Nelson

More CD releases

DVD new releases Oct. 17, 2006

Over the Hedge (Widescreen Edition)

Charmed - The Complete Sixth Season

La Femme Nikita - The Complete Fifth Season

C.S.I. New York - The Complete Second Season

Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Fourth Season

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Two

That '70s Show: Season 5

Starsky & Hutch: Complete Fourth Season

Big Love - The Complete First Season

The Omen (Widescreen Edition)

Icons of Horror: Boris Karloff

The Other

The Magus

The Very Best Of Sabrina - The Animated Series

Monty Python albums -- now remastered on CD

The recorded works of Monty Python have received a sonic sprucing up and are now available on CD with added bonus tracks.

Click the titles below to order any of the albums from Amazon.

B000NJWJB6 Matching Tie and Handkerchief
Buy New: $11.98

B000HT3RYA Another Monty Python Record
Buy New: $12.97

B000HT3RXQ Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Buy New: $15.99

B000HT3RX6 Monty Python's Previous Record
Buy New: $12.97

B000HT3RYU Life of Brian
Buy New: $12.97

B000HT3RZ4 Meaning of Life
Buy New: $14.97

B000HT3RY0 Live at Drury Lane
Buy New: $15.99

B000NJWJBG Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
Buy New: $11.98