Ian Fleming James Bond books complete list

Here's a list of James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, along with great cover art from vintage reprints Penguin Books published a while back. Click the titles to order from Amazon.


Casino Royale (1959)


Live and Let Die (1954)


Moonraker (1955)


Diamonds are Forever (1956)


From Russia with Love (1957)


Doctor No (1958)


Goldfinger (1959)


For Your Eyes Only (1960)


Thunderball (1961)


The Spy Who Loved Me (1962)


On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)


You Only Live Twice (1964)


The Man with the Golden Gun (1965)


Octopussy and the Living Daylights (1966)

See the Best James Bond Sites on the Web.

Hip tip: Apple a Day CD series collects Beatles-related psychedelia

I'm an avowed Beatles freak, but just recently became aware of these two CD comps:


94 Baker Street: The Pop-Psych Sounds of the Apple Era: 1967-1969
94 Baker Street - The Pop Psych Sounds Of The Apple Era '67-'69. 2003 compilation highlights the exciting pop & psych sounds that originated at 84 Baker St., where The Beatles launched their Apple organization. 21 tracks from the likes of Focal Point, Grapefruit, & The Iveys (who would evolve into Badfinger). Includes many very rare, previously unreleased, & exclusive tracks. RPM. 2003.

Track list:

1. Sycamore Sid - Focal Point
2. Love You Forever - Focal Point
3. Never Never - Focal Point
4. Girl on the Corner - Focal Point
5. 'Cept Me - Focal Point
6. Dear Delilah - Grapefruit
7. Ain't It Good - Grapefruit
8. Lullaby - Grapefruit
9. Another Game - Grapefruit
10. Breaking Up a Dream - Ways And Means
11. I'm Too Shy - The Iveys
12. Maybe Tomorrow - The Iveys
13. Tube Train - The Iveys
14. She Came Out of the Cold - The Iveys
15. I've Been There Once Before - The Iveys
16. Getting Ready for Love - Paintbox
17. Romantic Attitude - John Fitch,
18. Find the Hidden Door - The Misunderstood
19. Stoned Out of It - John Fitch,


An Apple a Day: More Pop Psych Sounds from the Apple Era 1968-1970
94 Baker St, (RPM 270) , the Pop Psych Sounds from the Apple Era has been one of the RPM catalogue’s strongest sellers in recent years. Thus with the assistance of, the author of the History of the Beatles Apple Organization book, we have constructed a second volume. The Apple Music publishing company was first into battle for the new organisation, making its initial signings in mid 1967, in fact before the company even got to 94 Baker St. Over the next two years they demo’d many writers and placed recordings where possible. Inevitably given the amount recorded much remained unissued and we are happy to be able to give many of those songs a well deserved airing. Highlights includes four more previously unissued Iveys tracks, the first recordings of Gallagher & Lyle, and the cult Bachdenkel who provide the title track. The sleeve notes are a lovingly documented essay by Stefan Granados including many rare pics and memorabilia.

Track list:

1. Apple a Day [#] - U (Don't) No Who
2. Great Idea - Jigsaw
3. Ivy Unrehearsed [#] - Gallagher & Lyle
4. I Am Nearly There - Denis Couldry
5. Black & White Rainbows [#] - The Iveys
6. Girl in a Mini Skirt [#] - The Iveys
7. Soldier [#] - Lace
8. Technicolour Dream [#] - Gallagher & Lyle
9. In Your Wonderful Way [#] - Gallagher & Lyle
10. People Who Are Different [#] - Mortimer
11. Tomorrow Today [#] - The Iveys
12. James in the Basement - Denis Couldry
13. Strange People [#] - U (Don't) No Who
14. Charlotte Rose - Majority One
15. Somebody's Turning on the People - Goldrush
16. Fairytale - Second Hand
17. Sister Saxophone [#] - Turquoise
18. Now and Again Rebecca [#] - U (Don't) No Who
19. Mr. Strangeways [#] - The Iveys
20. Good as Gold - The Cups
21. Woodstock [#] - Turquoise
22. Evil Loving Woman [#] - Peter Cooper

You can click the links above to order either disk from Amazon. Note that these are import titles and you can likely get them cheaper by clicking the link to "new and used" copies at Amazon.

See the Best Beatles Sites on the Web.

Hip tip: 1970s' Fantastic Four radio show

Think about the golden age of radio drama and the 30s and 40s likely come to mind. But the mid 1970s weren't too shabby, either, if you lived in the right market.

I was lucky. The college radio station in my town--along playing a diverse assortment of great music--played some great radio adventure programs. I've already mentioned the Jack Flanders adventures like "The Fourth Tower of Inverness" and "Moon Over Morocco" here, but they also played "The Fantastic Four" radio show.

Listening now, yeah, the show may sound a little cheesy. But, compared to many TV programs and movies based on comics (even those produced today) it was great. Nice sound effects, decent voice acting and--best of all--scripts that were loyal to the comic. In fact, the scripts were the comic. In most cases, narration and dialogue came straight out of early issues of FF. Even nicer, the narrator for these shows was none other than Stan Lee--the guy who wrote the scripts in the first place.

And, oh yeah, the role of Johnny Storm: The Human Torch was voiced by none other than Bill Murray, future star of movies and "Saturday Night Live" and movies, but then a comic working on the "National Lampoon Radio Hour"--another cool show my college station aired.

The NLRH had a stellar cast, in fact, featuring lots of Second City folks who later went on to do big stuff: John Belushi, Christopher Guest, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner...

Anyway, if you're a comics fan--particularly if you enjoy early Marvel Age stuff--the FF show is something you're sure to enjoy. If you can get ahold of copies. Sadly, the show is commercially unavailable--although if you Google around you might be able to find CD copies or downloads. It'd be really nice if someone--I don't know who exactly owns the rights--made it available. Maybe Marvel could offer it up on their Web site.

I did see, recently, original broadcast LPs of the program for sale on e-Bay, which sparked this recollection. Here are cover images of those:









Also of interest, is this in-depth interview with the show's producer Peter B. Lewis over at the Fantastic Four Plaza.

More info:

National Lampoon Radio Hour

New comics Nov. 22, 2006

See complete lists:
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Comics shipping Nov. 22, 2006

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Pop Artifact! James Bond radio

See the Best James Bond Sites on the Web.

Vintage James Bond Thunderball poster pt. 2

Pop Culture Roundup Nov. 21, 2006

Steve Carrell will star in a big screen version of "Get Smart." Anne Hathaway is Agent 99.

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Captain Jack will appear in season 3 of "Doctor Who," says actor John Barrowman. Best Doctor Who sites.

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Lying in the Gutters shared this mock movie poster by cartoonist Frank Miller for a proposed movie featuring Will Eisner's "The Spirit."



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Mmmmmm.... Space Sticks! (Via Bedazzled)

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Deal alert: Amazon is offering 50 percent off selected CD box sets and selected new release CDs for $7.99 this week.

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Sharity: Liberace's "The Night Before Christmas."

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What if religious tract cartoonist Jack Chick had illustrated Marvel Comics' "Galactus" saga instead of Jack Kirby?

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George Takei, Sulu of "Star Trek" fame, has been cast as Hiro's dad on "Heroes."

"It was one of those lightning-bolt ideas," series creator Tim Kring told TV Guide.

Best Heroes Sites.

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London's Indica Gallery, where John Lennon first met Yoko One, has been recreated

The exhibition consists of works by artists such as Ono, some of which were shown at the original gallery and some newer works, as well as a series of specially commissioned pieces by some younger, modern counterparts, all of which relate in some way to each other. "London is at the zeitgeist of the contemporary art scene and we wanted to see how the work from this earlier, more innocent age, related to what is happening now," said Tot Taylor, a director of Riflemaker. "It is about comparing and contrasting the work."

Best Beatles Sites.

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Video: Beat writer Jack Kerouac's appearance on the "Steve Allen Show."

Chris Ware New Yorker covers

The New Yorker has posted big scans of all four covers cartoonist Chris Ware did for the mag's Nov. 27 issue, along with an original strip and an MP3 interview.

Hip tip: The Handbook of Bronze

Any Doc Savage fans out there? Y'know, the Man of Bronze? Big guy? Ripped shirt?

If so, you may be in the market for "The Handbook of Bronze," a Doc Savage collectors reference written by Jay Ryan and available in print or PDF from Lulu.com.

Featuring lots of pics, the book lists all of Doc's adventures--from the pulp days up through the Bantam paperback reprints and comic book incarnations.

With the adventures finally back in print again, this makes for a nice reference.

See the Best Doc Savage Sites on the Web.

See a Complete List of Doc Savage books.

DVD new releases Nov. 21, 2006

Ice Age - The Meltdown (Widescreen Edition)

An Inconvenient Truth

Alias - The Complete Fifth Season

Seinfeld - Season 7

Boston Legal: Season 2

Perry Mason: Season 1, Volume 2

Star Trek - The Animated Series

Alias - The Complete Collection (Seasons 1-5 + Rambaldi artifact box)

How I Met Your Mother: Season 1

Preston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - (50th Birthday Deluxe Edition)

Family Affair: Season 2

Elvis Presley - Ed Sullivan Shows

Dark Shadows: Bloopers and Treasures

Da Ali G Show: Da Compleet Seereez

Funny Factory with Goofy, Vol. 3

Funny Factory with Huey, Dewey and Louie, Vol. 4

More upcoming DVD releases

New CD releases Nov. 21, 2006

Orphans by Tom Waits

Perception (6CD/6DVD, Boxset) by The Doors

Keep Cool: Guitar Solos 1950-1953 by Django Reinhardt

Christmas Time Again by The DB's & Friends

Love by The Beatles

Love (CD + Audio DVD) by The Beatles

18 Singles [CD/DVD Combo] by U2

Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens

Perception (6CD/6DVD, Boxset) by The Doors

Alive! Box Set by Kiss

Quiet Village by Martin Denny

I Love the Way You Love Me by Betty Wright

From Here to Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set by New York Dolls

She's So Good by Eartha Kitt

Number Ones by Abba

Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett

With His Hot and Blue Guitar by Johnny Cash

Complete Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert 1938 by Benny Goodman

Maximum Syd Barrett by Syd Barrett

It Came From the Suburbs: Rare Teen Rock by Various Artists

Complete Singles 94-06 by Oasis

The Curtom Story by Various Artists

The Fabulous Mae West by Mae West

Heavy Juice 1950-1955 by Tiny Bradshaw

Joy of a Toy by Kevin Ayers

Shooting at the Moon by Kevin Ayers

Whatevershebringswesing by Kevin Ayers

Getz Au Go Go by Stan Getz

At the Shrine by Stan Getz

In Stockholm by Stan Getz

Oscar Peterson Trio Plays by Oscar Peterson

Brown & Roach Incorporated by Clifford Brown

Live by Bill Evans

Swinging Guitar of by Tal Farlow

Lover Man by Billie Holiday

Organ Grinder Swing by Jimmy Smith and Burrell

Waiting Game by Zoot Sims

See You at the Fair by Ben Webster

No Count Sarah by Sarah Vaughan

East Broadway Run Down by Sonny Rollins

Lullabies of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald

Magic of Juju by Archie Shepp

Oscar Peterson Trio+One Clark Terry by Oscar Peterson

Max Roach by Max Roach

Give Him the Ooh La La by Blossom Dearie

You Better Know It!!! by Lionel Hampton

West Coast Jazz by Stan Getz

More Study in Brown by Clifford Brown

Duke Ellington Meets by Hawkins Coleman

Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus

Jazz Message by Art Blakey

Oscar Peterson Quartet #1 by Oscar Peterson

Four for Trane by Archie Shepp

This Is by Tal Farlow

More upcoming CDs

Pop Artifact! James Bond Lotus Esprit toy

James Bond Thunderball poster pt. 1

Pop Culture Roundup Nov. 20, 2006

The CW has extended "Veronica Mars" to 20 full episodes this season.

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And you thought variant covers were just for the X-men: Cartoonist Chris Ware provided four separate covers for the Nov. 27 issue of The New Yorker.

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Mike Allred's Madman has found a new publishing home at Image Comics, with a new series to begin in April. Before that, though, Image is releasing a humongous, 852-page hardcover that collects all the character's previous adventures.

Madman Gargantua! will carry a $125.00 cover price, and will be limited to 2,500 copies. Gargantua! will not be reprinted in this format.

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The Beatles' Love will be producer George Martin's last album.

"I've had a pretty good run I must say. I started with the Beatles in 1962 and they broke up around about 1970 so we had a long period of time together," he said.

"It is the last I should think I shall do, because in two months' time I will be 81 and I am thinking of taking early retirement."

He thought Lennon would have balked at the idea of allowing a Las Vegas musical with Beatles music, but that the end result would have won him over.

"John, for all his inventions was really quite conservative sometimes about taking leaps in the dark, particularly where showbiz was concerned. He wasn't a showbiz person, but he was a great character."

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix pictures

Pop Artifact! Gilbert James Bond action figure

Vintage James Bond movie poster pt. 4

Altogether now:

Pop Culture Roundup Nov. 17, 2006

Whoa! Via Bubblegumfink, I learn reproductions of fuzzhead-era Action Team G.I. Joes are available at Hot Topic stores, of all places. I might need one of these. I had a pre-Kung Fu grip fuzzhead that could talk until the string broke. Best G.I. Joe sites.



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NPR talks with Christopher Guest about his new flick, "For Your Consideration." And the New York Times has a review.

“For Your Consideration” is by far the broadest comedy Mr. Guest and company have made. Despite its merriment, it is also the flimsiest. Unlike Mr. Guest’s earlier films, the movie has no airs of being a fake documentary. As farce trumps satire, the humor’s subversive edge is lost, along with meaningful character development, with the brilliant exception of Ms. O’Hara’s Marilyn.

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The BBC talks with "Casino Royale" screenwriters Robert Wade and Neal Purvis.

Though there's often been talk of going back to basics with Bond and making him more 'Flemingian' this was the best opportunity ever because we're starting again with the first novel.

It was published in 1953 and it's Bond at the beginning of his career. We still had to satisfy people's expectations and have a certain amount of humour -that's one of the biggest differences between the films and the books. But we tried to be as faithful to the novel as possible and keep it fairly dark.

Best James Bond Sites.

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An auction of items from the George Martin-owned Air recording studios includes a number of Beatles rarities.

Highlights include: A rare psychedelic hand painted, jacket designed by Mick Jagger's brother Chris for John Lennon. A super rare Beatles' signed Sgt Peppers gatefold album sleeve. John Lennon very rare proof copy of an unpublished book Power To The People: The Political Thoughts of John Lennon. George Harrison played Maton Mastersound MS-500 guitar from 1963. John Lennon's grey button down collar shirt, given to a fan at the end of the bands Australian Tour in 1964. Together with rare recordings, photographs with copyright, presentation awards, instruments, signed items and much more.

Best Beatles Sites.

Pop Artifact! James Bond spy set

Vintage James Bond movie poster pt. 3

See the Best James Bond Sites on the Web.

Pop Culture Roundup Aug. 15, 2006

There's a new Beatles beatleg podcast up.

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UK musician Captain Sensible, a former member of pioneering punk band the Damned, has started a new political party in Britain.

The Blah! Party [is] campaigning for no-nonsense, straight-talking politics and aims to become the biggest political party in the UK with over 300,000 members. He's fed up with people marching on Westminster and then nothing happening, so he wants to take the politicians on, on their own turf. Come election time he wants people to vote for The Blah! Party and register a protest vote, then they'll be forced to listen. Your support would really be appreciated and everybody else who is currently fed up with the state of British politics.

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Via BoingBoing: More great vintage punk/new wave videos, this time with the Flying Lizards, X-ray Spex and Bow Wow Wow.

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Booksteve evaluates people's fascination with Wonder Woman weirdness.

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Deal alert: Amazon is offering the 8-DVD "Mel Brooks Collection" for $52. 97, a 47 percent discount. The set includes Blazing Saddles / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie / Robin Hood: Men in Tights / To Be or Not to Be / History of the World, Part 1 / The Twelve Chairs / High Anxiety.

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A new documentary DVD and anthology album pay tribute to late Small Faces/Faces bassist Ronnie Lane.

Lane, who succumbed to multiple sclerosis in 1997, is best known to American listeners for such '60s and '70s hits as "Itchycoo Park" and "Ooh La La" and for his well-publicized fight against his disease. But that's a fraction of the story, and Lane's amazing life and his little-heard solo work are coming to light with the DVD release of a new documentary and a CD anthology.

Just issued by Eagle Vision, "The Passing Show" is a feature, produced and directed as a labor of love by BBC staffers Rupert Williams and James Mackie, that takes a deep look at Lane's career. "Just for a Moment," released by Lane Signature Sounds through indie Burnside Distribution, marks the first American CD release for many of Lane's finest solo recordings.

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NPR has a piece on the ultra rare tome "The Book of Bond," a 1965 work on 007 by Sir Kingsley Amis, published under the pen name William (Bill) Tanner.



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It's time to boycott Fox TV, methinks.

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Via PCL LinkDump: A gorgeous collection of paper "programs" designed for movie releases in Germany. Here's one for "Roman Holiday."



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Beatles producer Sir George Martin has been inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.

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More deal alerts: Amazon is offering 50 percent off on DVD box sets collecting the Marx Brothers, Looney Tunes, Tarzan films, James Dean, Cary Grant, Elvis, John Wayne and more.

Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix teaser poster revealed

New and upcoming action figures Oct. 16, 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:


Alex Ross series 5 JLA action figures-see below


13-inch Shazam figure-see below

DC Direct Action Figures

Alex Ross JLA series 5 action figures
--Brainiac
--Lex Luthor
--Green Arrow
--Martian Manhunter
--Red Tornado
--Translucent Martian Manhunter

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

Batman Through the Ages
--Box Set

Batman/Superman Series 4
--Batzarro
--Bizarro
--Superwoman
--Batwoman
--Batman Beyond
--Kryptonite Batman

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
Deluxe Edition 13-inch Superman
Deluxe Edition 13-inch Shazam

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

Elseworlds Action Figures Series 3
--Supergirl
--Batgirl
--Nightstar
--Kingdom Come Aquaman
--Red Son Green Lantern

First Appearance Series 4
--Blue Beetle translucent
--Blue Beetle
--Brave New World Atom
--Warlord
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Infinite Crisis Action Figures Series 1
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JSA Action Figures
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Hanna Barbera Series 2 Action Figures
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Hanna Barbera Series 3 Action Figures
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Hasbro Spider-Man Origins Figures
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Star Wars Transformers
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Steve Rude returns with Nexus and The Moth mini-series

Fresh press release:

Steve Rude announced today the formation of Rude Dude Productions, LLC. Rude Dude will publish Nexus and the Moth. The ground-breaking, award-winning Nexus first appeared on Capital Comics in 1981. The story of a cosmic avenger driven by dreams of mass murder captured the imagination of the comic-reading public throughout the eighties. Dark Horse recently released hard-bound volumes of the first twenty-four issues in their prestigious "Archives" editions. Mike Baron will script, Steve Rude will draw and Gary Martin will ink.

The Moth, a more-traditional super hero comic, was created by Rude and is written and inked by Gary Martin. The Moth follows the adventures of circus strong man Jack Mahoney and has been compared to the early work of Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby.

Baron described the new Nexus as "the most intense thing I have ever written" and promises far-ranging repercussions for Horatio Hellpop and his world. Nexus has garnered numerous industry awards including three Eisners.

Following the four issue Nexus run, which will begin in July, will be Amazing Dude Tales, a 64-page anthology all drawn by Steve Rude. Writers include Mike Baron, F. Paul Wilson, Heidi MacDonald, and Gary Martin.

Following Amazing Dude Tales, the Moth begins its four issue run. Rude Dude plans to release four new issues of Nexus and four new issues of The Moth annually.

Pop Culture Roundup Nov. 15, 2006

Check out some cool punk-era videos by the Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash and others.

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From ASIFA: Scans and excerpts from the 1941 book "How to Make Animated Cartoons" by Nat Falk, with a foreward by Paul Terry (Terrytoons).

...this book brings together information from all of the major studios of the day... Disney, Terrytoons, Screen Gems, Warner Bros, Fleischer, Lantz and Harman-Ising.

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Mark Evanier shares video from "The Mad Show," a 1964 off-Broadway show inspired by Mad Magazine.

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Elvis Costello, George Jones, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and others will guest on a new album by country legend Charlie Louvin, Billboard reports.

The self-titled 12-track set will arrive Feb. 20 via Tompkins Square Records and be supported with an extensive tour.

Louvin, who turns 80 in July, recorded the album earlier this year in Nashville with producer Mark Nevers. Also contributing to the sessions were Will Oldham, Tom T. Hall, Bobby Bare Sr., Marty Stuart, The Clean's David Kilgour and members of Lambchop, Superchunk, Bright Eyes and Clem Snide.

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IGN provides a 10-page preview of cartoonist Darwyn Cooke's spiffy looking "Batman/The Spirit" comic out Nov. 27.

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Former Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston will join the cast of "Heroes" in January, TV Guide reports.

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Scripter Mark Waid talks to Newsarma about DC Comics' revived "Brave and the Bold" title. While it starts with a Batman-Green Lantern team-up, the Caped Crusader won't always be the lead star.

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Also at Newsarama, comics artist Tim Sale talks about his work for the "Heroes" TV series.

Gonick produces "A Cartoon History of the Modern World"

Cartoonist Larry Gonick, whose books have included the three-volume "Cartoon History of the Universe," turns his humorous eye to modern times with "A Cartoon History of the Modern World Vol. 1" out in January.

According to Publishers Weekly:

The book, published by HarperCollins's design and art imprint Collins, covers the period between Columbus's voyage and the creation of the U.S. Constitution with Gonick's typical mix of historical insight, lively art and dry wit.

The book is available for pre-order now for $12.21 from Amazon.

New comics Nov. 15, 2006

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