New comics Dec. 4: Creepy Archives, Showcase Presents Supergirl, Doctor Who Classics, Disney Christmas Parade
Comics are out a day later this week. Here's what looks interesting to me. Please click the title links to order books from Amazon. Proceeds of sales help support this site.
Creepy Archives Vol. 2
Showcase Presents Supergirl Vol. 2
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #1
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS Vol. 2
WALT DISNEYS CHRISTMAS PARADE #5
Creepy Archives Vol. 2
Showcase Presents Supergirl Vol. 2
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #1
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS Vol. 2
WALT DISNEYS CHRISTMAS PARADE #5
Pop links: Specials reunion a go, Faces reunion a go, George said no to Jesus and more!
One of my favorite bands, The Specials, is reuniting for a 2009 tour, the BBC reports.
The gigs will see the line up of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Horace Panter and John Bradbury reconvene.
The band are largely credited with the popularity of ska punk in the late 1970s and the emergence of the 2-Tone sound.
Rumours of an announcement had grown after the majority of the band made a special appearance together at this year's Bestival festival in September.
It's too bad group founder Jerry Dammers won't be along, however.
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Meanwhile, the reuniting Faces are looking for a bassist.
"We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go," revealed Ronnie Wood. "It’s like no time has passed by”. Original bassist and enigmatic Small Face Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997, meaning a whole list of four-string fanatics are lining up to join Wood, Rod Stewart, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones onstage next year. "There’s a lot of guest bass players that want to do it - including Flea" says Wood.
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Bigger than Jesus: A newly unearthed interview with George Harrison reveals that the ex-Beatle was the original choice to play Jesus in "Monty Python's Life of Brian."
"They wanted me to play the part of Christ. At the beginning, when he's doing the sermon on the Mount. That's what they tried to get me to do. But I thought it was a bit too controversial,” Contactmusic quoted Harrison as saying in the interview.
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Speaking of Monty Python and/or Indiana Jones, I need one of these on my desk:
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And now for something completely different, a walrus playing saxophone:
The gigs will see the line up of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Horace Panter and John Bradbury reconvene.
The band are largely credited with the popularity of ska punk in the late 1970s and the emergence of the 2-Tone sound.
Rumours of an announcement had grown after the majority of the band made a special appearance together at this year's Bestival festival in September.
It's too bad group founder Jerry Dammers won't be along, however.
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Meanwhile, the reuniting Faces are looking for a bassist.
"We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go," revealed Ronnie Wood. "It’s like no time has passed by”. Original bassist and enigmatic Small Face Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997, meaning a whole list of four-string fanatics are lining up to join Wood, Rod Stewart, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones onstage next year. "There’s a lot of guest bass players that want to do it - including Flea" says Wood.
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Bigger than Jesus: A newly unearthed interview with George Harrison reveals that the ex-Beatle was the original choice to play Jesus in "Monty Python's Life of Brian."
"They wanted me to play the part of Christ. At the beginning, when he's doing the sermon on the Mount. That's what they tried to get me to do. But I thought it was a bit too controversial,” Contactmusic quoted Harrison as saying in the interview.
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Speaking of Monty Python and/or Indiana Jones, I need one of these on my desk:
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And now for something completely different, a walrus playing saxophone:
New DVD, CD releases Dec. 2, 2008: the real Frost/Nixon, Yogi, Flintstones, Neil Young rarities, Colbert Christmas and more!
Here's what looks interesting this week. Click the links to order from Amazon. Sales help support this site!
DVDs:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
Perry Mason - The Third Season - Vol. 2
Saturday Night Live - The Complete Fourth Season
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The Man Called Flintstone
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition) Blu Ray
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
CDs:
Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD) by Neil Young
The Hits by Dave Clark Five
Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull
Grimm's & Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales by Danny Kaye
Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records by Various Artists
DVDs:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
Perry Mason - The Third Season - Vol. 2
Saturday Night Live - The Complete Fourth Season
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The Man Called Flintstone
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition) Blu Ray
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
CDs:
Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD) by Neil Young
The Hits by Dave Clark Five
Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull
Grimm's & Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales by Danny Kaye
Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records by Various Artists
Pop links: Elvis Costello Spectacle, Dr. Who calendar, more Space Pirate, Supergirl preview and more!
The New York Times checks out Elvis Costello's new music interview show, "Spectacle," which debuts on the Sundance Channel this Wednesday.
Stylistically it is a blend of “The Dick Cavett Show,” “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Charlie Rose,” with singers like Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright and Smokey Robinson discussing their history and influences at length.
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The BBC's annual Doctor Who online advent(ure) calendar is up!
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A Cincinnati radio station TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP. There's no Johnny Fever on staff, however.
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Steve Buscemi may star in a Martin Scorsese-produced series on HBO.
Written by Terrence Winter and to be directed by Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire" is based on Nelson Johnson's nonfiction book, which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Buscemi would play Nucky Johnson, a cunning businessman who runs a liquor distribution ring at the onset of Prohibition.
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Via Occasional Superheroine: The not-so-original origin of Emily the Strange.
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Pappy presents another Star Pirate adventure.
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Read about 20 pop song references in "Doctor Who."
* 4. I Am The Walrus (The Beatles) – The Three Doctors
Okay, you don't actually hear a sample, but when guesting Doctor 2 (Patrick Troughton) tries to explain who he is in relation to incumbent Doctor 3 (Jon Pertwee) he states “I am he and he is me,” to which baffled yet fab'n'groovy Jo Grant replies “And we are all together, goo goo coo choo?” She explains it's a song by the Beatles, and recorder-clutching Troughton is delighted - “Oh, how does it go?” putting it to his lips. Sadly the exciting drama of evil reality-eating antimatter, which looks a bit like Space Blancmange, cuts short the music lesson.
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Hey, there's a new Guns'n'Roses album out. Where's my Dr. Pepper?!
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Newsarama previews the pretty fun-looking Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade #1.
Stylistically it is a blend of “The Dick Cavett Show,” “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Charlie Rose,” with singers like Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright and Smokey Robinson discussing their history and influences at length.
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The BBC's annual Doctor Who online advent(ure) calendar is up!
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A Cincinnati radio station TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP. There's no Johnny Fever on staff, however.
-----
Steve Buscemi may star in a Martin Scorsese-produced series on HBO.
Written by Terrence Winter and to be directed by Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire" is based on Nelson Johnson's nonfiction book, which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Buscemi would play Nucky Johnson, a cunning businessman who runs a liquor distribution ring at the onset of Prohibition.
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Via Occasional Superheroine: The not-so-original origin of Emily the Strange.
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Pappy presents another Star Pirate adventure.
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Read about 20 pop song references in "Doctor Who."
* 4. I Am The Walrus (The Beatles) – The Three Doctors
Okay, you don't actually hear a sample, but when guesting Doctor 2 (Patrick Troughton) tries to explain who he is in relation to incumbent Doctor 3 (Jon Pertwee) he states “I am he and he is me,” to which baffled yet fab'n'groovy Jo Grant replies “And we are all together, goo goo coo choo?” She explains it's a song by the Beatles, and recorder-clutching Troughton is delighted - “Oh, how does it go?” putting it to his lips. Sadly the exciting drama of evil reality-eating antimatter, which looks a bit like Space Blancmange, cuts short the music lesson.
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Hey, there's a new Guns'n'Roses album out. Where's my Dr. Pepper?!
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Newsarama previews the pretty fun-looking Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade #1.
Amazon Black Friday Deals!
Hey pop culture fans, here's your link to Black Friday deals at Amazon. Any sales help support this site:
Hulk Vs. straight-to-DVD cover art
Here's the cover art for the straight-to-DVD animated film "Hulk Vs.", due out Jan. 27 and available for pre-order now from Amazon for $14.99.
The disk features the Green Goliath squaring off against both Thor and Wolverine.
The disk features the Green Goliath squaring off against both Thor and Wolverine.
The Family Way, featuring McCartney soundtrack, due on DVD
"The Family Way," a 1967 film starring Hayley Mills and featuring a soundtrack composed by Paul McCartney and arranged by George Martin is finally DVD-bound.
The DVD is due out Jan. 27 and is available for pre-order at Amazon for $22.49.
The DVD is due out Jan. 27 and is available for pre-order at Amazon for $22.49.
Pop links: Wally Wood, 60s Marvel
Captain Britain Omnibus on way from Marvel
Marvel Comics has announced a "Captain Britain Omnibus by Alan Moore and Alan Davis" collection due out next April.
Here's the skinny:
This is one of the Marvel Universe's most staggering sagas from two of Britain's most remarkable writers, reprinted in total for the first time! Captain Britain fights to save a universe...and fails! But a single reality is small change in the game Merlyn's playing against Mad Jim Jaspers, who's rewriting reality so he's the center of the universe! Worlds collide, heroes and villains die, and Captain Britain's beside himself - except when he's fighting himself...to the death!This title is featuring the first appearances of the metamorphic Meggan, Opal Luna Saturnyne, the Captain Britain Corps, and more! Plus, Psylocke joins the X-Men, and the X-Men join Captain Britain on a cosmic quest into the secrets of life and death! The fiendish Fury, the horrific Horde, and the malevolent Mojo are only a few of the adversaries who await within! Also guest-starring the New Mutants and Captain America! This title collects "Marvel Super-Heroes" (UK) Numbered 377-388, "The Daredevils" (UK) Numbered 1-11, "Captain America" Numbered 305-306, "Mighty World of Marvel" (UK) Numbered 7-16, "Captain Britain" (UK) Numbered 1-14, "New Mutants Annual" Numbered 2, and "Uncanny X-Men Annual" Numbered 11.
The book will total 672 pages.
Click the title link above to pre-order at $69.99 from Amazon. Regular price is $99.99.
See more Marvel Omnibus books here.
Here's the skinny:
This is one of the Marvel Universe's most staggering sagas from two of Britain's most remarkable writers, reprinted in total for the first time! Captain Britain fights to save a universe...and fails! But a single reality is small change in the game Merlyn's playing against Mad Jim Jaspers, who's rewriting reality so he's the center of the universe! Worlds collide, heroes and villains die, and Captain Britain's beside himself - except when he's fighting himself...to the death!This title is featuring the first appearances of the metamorphic Meggan, Opal Luna Saturnyne, the Captain Britain Corps, and more! Plus, Psylocke joins the X-Men, and the X-Men join Captain Britain on a cosmic quest into the secrets of life and death! The fiendish Fury, the horrific Horde, and the malevolent Mojo are only a few of the adversaries who await within! Also guest-starring the New Mutants and Captain America! This title collects "Marvel Super-Heroes" (UK) Numbered 377-388, "The Daredevils" (UK) Numbered 1-11, "Captain America" Numbered 305-306, "Mighty World of Marvel" (UK) Numbered 7-16, "Captain Britain" (UK) Numbered 1-14, "New Mutants Annual" Numbered 2, and "Uncanny X-Men Annual" Numbered 11.
The book will total 672 pages.
Click the title link above to pre-order at $69.99 from Amazon. Regular price is $99.99.
See more Marvel Omnibus books here.
More DC Comics Classic Library Collections on the way: Flash of Two Worlds and Perez JLA
DC has some more entries in its new hardcover series, which collect key storylines from various series. Coming up we have:
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds
DC Comics Classic Library: Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis
and
DC Comics Classic Library: Justice League of America by George Perez
Also on the horizon:
Golden Age Starman Archives Vol. 2
Click the title links to pre-order these books from Amazon--and help support this site.
More DC Comics Classic Library books.
DC Comics Classic Library: The Flash of Two Worlds
DC Comics Classic Library: Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis
and
DC Comics Classic Library: Justice League of America by George Perez
Also on the horizon:
Golden Age Starman Archives Vol. 2
Click the title links to pre-order these books from Amazon--and help support this site.
More DC Comics Classic Library books.
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