CD new releases July 7, 2009: Son Volt; Jayhawks; Kristoferson reissues; Alfred Hitchcock; Golden Records; Klaus Voorman!

New releases of note this week. If any of these items are of interest to you, please consider clicking the titles and ordering them from Amazon, as part of the proceeds help support this site!


American Central Dust by Son Volt


Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology by Jayhawks


Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology(Deluxe Edition) by Jayhawks


Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame/To the Bone by Kris Kristofferson


Border Lord/Jesus Was a Capricorn by Kris Kristofferson


Surreal Thing/Easter Island by Kris Kristofferson


Spooky Lady's Sideshow/Shake Hands with the Devil by Kris Kristofferson


I Think This Is by Young Fresh Fellows


Ohio Express/Chewy Chewy by Ohio Express


Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington by Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond


Alfred Hitchcock's Presents: Ghost Stories for Young People/Famous Monsters Speak by Alfred Hitchcock


A Sideman's Journey by Klaus Voorman


From Your Golden Childhood: The Best of Little Golden Records, Vol. 1


From Your Golden Childhood: The Best of Little Golden Records, Vol. 2


Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt by Various Artists

DVD new releases July 7, 2009: Dr. Who; Peanuts 60s collection!

New releases of note this week. If any of these items are of interest to you, please consider clicking the titles and ordering them from Amazon, as part of the proceeds help support this site!


Doctor Who: The Rescue / The Romans


Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen


Peanuts: 1960's Collection (A Charlie Brown Christmas / Charlie Brown's All-Stars / It's the Great Pumpkin / You're in Love / He's Your Dog / It Was a Short Summer)

Pop links

See a Mort Meskin-illustrated Johnny Quick tale from Adventure Comics #104.

Tom Swift book covers pt. 3

Tom Swift book covers pt. 2

Tom Swift book covers pt. 1

Apologies for the somewhat small scans. This is what I've been able to find. Great images, nevertheless.

Steranko Shadow paperback covers pt. 3

Steranko Shadow paperback covers pt. 2

Steranko Shadow paperback covers pt. 1

I've posted some of these before, but also have a few new (to me) images to share.

Return of the Joker van

Back in the 1970s Mego released a Joker van for the Clown Prince of Crime to tool around in. Now it's back! Via Bat-Blog, check out the 2009 model, which is part of Fisher-Price's DC Super Friends line:



Batman has a new set of wheels, too: The Hum-tastic Batman Adventure Vehicle.



And, for old times sake, here's Mego's orginal Joker Van. See lots more of this sort of thing at the DC Comics Fortress of Memorabilia.

Pop links: George Clooney meets Jack Kirby; Batman memorabilia; Dr. Seuss; new online Buffy comic

George Clooney may be doing a movie about the fake movie Jack Kirby did real storyboards for. It's complicated.


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Blogs, blogs, blogs: Jon's Randon Acts of Geekery has launched The Batcave Trophy Room, a showcase for Batman-related memorabilia. And don't forget our own DC Comics Fortress of Memorabilia for lots of Bat- and other super stuff.





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The Golden Age of Comic Book Stories showcases some Dr. Seuss art.





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MySpace has zapped it comics division, meaning that the online Dark Horse Presents comics anthology was left homeless. Not for long, though. You can read the latest issue, featuring work by Gilbert Hernandez and a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon and Jo Chen, right here, on Dark Horse's own site.

New comics July 1, 2009

Releases of note this week:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #26 More Buffy!

BATMAN AND ROBIN #2 I kinda liked the first ish of this. I'll hang in for a while and see where it goes.

CAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #1 Captain America was dead? And he's coming back?!! Who could've predicted?

BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY DAILIES Vol. 2 Another batch of vintage newspaper strips.

FINDING NEMO REEF RESCUE #1
MUPPET ROBIN HOOD #2
MUPPET SHOW #4
TOY STORY MYSTERIOUS STRANGER #2 Man, Boom Studios is going to town on these kid titles. And good for them! It's refreshing to see so many offerings for young readers on the stands.

Ditko Creeper hardcover, Doc Savage collection coming from DC Comics

Spotted on Amazon:

The Creeper by Steve Ditko This is a 256-page hardcover due out next February. I presume is part of DC's Library of Classics series. Interestingly, the previously announced Showcase Presents the Creeper title no longer appears on DC's Web site. Has it been delayed/canceled in exchange for this hardcover volume?

Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid by Dennis O'Neill and Adam Kubert, a 128-page softcover out in January. These are reprintings from DC's late 1980s Doc series, I presume. This is likely timed to coincide whatever mysterious Doc Savage revival DC has in the works.

Pop links: Popeye pop art; Torchwood star peeved; Mickey Mouse Transformer; Romita Sr. covers Spidey #600; Sea World superheroes; Dalek art!

An exhibit of Popeye-influenced works created by American pop artist Jeffrey Koons is on display in England.

Popeye and Olive Oyl are central to the series, with many of the pieces on loan from both public and private collections.

The exhibition also includes dolphins, a paddling pool, monkeys and lobsters which, at first glance, look like inflatable toys.



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"Torchwood" star John Barrowman isn't happy that the BBC cut season three of the show from 13 to 5 episodes.

The BBC said it wanted to create "a powerful sense of event" with Children of Earth, which will start on Monday.

Barrowman told the Radio Times: "I'm going to get a little political and I'll probably get into trouble for it."

He said Torchwood's first series had been "the most successful show on BBC3 - ever" and, as a result, had been moved to BBC Two where "we were beating shows that had been on BBC Two for a long time".

"The decision was made to go to BBC One and then we were cut - from 13 episodes down to five."

..."Other shows move from BBC Three and Two to One and they don't get cut.

"So why are we? It felt like every time we moved we had to prove ourselves."

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Mickey Mouse Transformer!



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Here's a look at the great John Romita Sr.'s cover for Amazing Spider-Man #600, on sale July 22. The anniversary ish also features a script co-written by Stan Lee.



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DC Superheroes at Sea World, 1976!



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Via The Comics Reporter: Exdrawminate is a blog featuring various artists' renditions of Daleks!