New comics Nov. 3, 2010

Little Lulu Volume 25: The Burglar-Proof Clubhouse and Other Stories


Absolute All Star Superman


Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin


Batman: Battle for the Cowl


DC Chronicles: Superman Statue


DC Dynamics: Superman Statue


Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion HC 


Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus

  

Details: Batman Brave and Bold upcoming episodes

Some descriptions on upcoming eps of this fun animated series:

Friday, Nov. 5: "Plague of the Prototypes!" -- When Batman is on call, Gotham is kept safe by his squad of trusty Bat-Robots, but when Black Mask reprograms the unstoppable soldiers to do his bidding, Batman must blow the dust off "Proto," his bumbling (but good-hearted) beta-test robot to help him stop the villain.

Friday, Nov. 12: "Cry Freedom Fighters!" -- When an alien race tries to invade Earth, Batman, Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters (led by the Uncle Sam) race to their planet to stop them. The alien's numbers prove overwhelming and it falls on Plastic Man to find the patriotism within to stop them.

Friday, Nov. 12: "Knights of Tomorrow!" -- A glimpse into the future reveals Dick Grayson has assumed the Batman mantle after the Caped Crusader retired and fathered a son, Damian, with Catwoman. Despite his parents' wishes, Damian does not want to follow their legacy, but when Joker returns, he may have no choice! '

Deal alert: Modern Family Season One $19.99

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Deal alert: New Elvis Costello album $3.99

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See Nick Lowe perform on NPR

One of my faves give a Tiny Desk Concert.

 

The Phantom by Don Newton

Check out a 1975 tale illustrated by this great artist, who later became one of my favorite Batman illustrators.

Music new releases Nov. 2, 2010: Paul McCartney, Keith Richards

Band On The Run [Special Edition - 2CD+1DVD Combo] Paul McCartney


Band On The Run [Deluxe Edition - 3CD+1DVD Combo] Paul McCartney

 
Band on the Run


Vintage Vinos  Keith Richards

DVD new releases Nov. 2. 2010: Toy Story, the Fugitive, Doctor Who, Rolling Stones

Toy Story 3


The Fugitive: The Fourth and Final Season, Volume One


Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (Story 79)


V: The Complete First Season


Let's Spend the Night Together


Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis (Story 154)

Sneak peek at Tintin movie

This looks cool, although I'm so sure "photo real" CGI as the best way to go with Tintin. Much of the charm of the comic art is the clean lines and lack of excessive rendering. Here, it looks we'll see all the nooks and crannies of faces and objects. What do you think? From Empire mag:

“With live action you’re going to have actors pretending to be Captain Haddock and Tintin,” says Peter Jackson. “You’d be casting people to look like them. It’s not really going to feel like the Tintin Hergé drew. It’s going to be somewhat different. With CGI we can bring Hergé’s world to life, keep the stylised caricatured faces, keep everything looking like Hergé’s artwork, but make it photo-real.”

Joker creator Jerry Robinson intereviewed

...but he did a lot more than that. The Comics Journal chats with the Golden Age great.

after seven years of drawing Batman I wanted to do something else. I didn’t see myself drawing Batman for the next twenty years. That was true of every other thing I did. Actually when I was doing Jet Scott, and I decided to leave after two years, during that time I thought I was doing quite credible work for the genre — adventure/science fiction — at the time. A lot of people said nice things about it. I remember thinking specifically I was almost afraid it would be too popular.

Paul McCartney recounts challenging history of Band on the Run

Macca says all his original demos for the Band songs were stolen when he and Linda were mugged at knifepoint in Nigeria. So, I guess that's why we won't be hearing those recordings as extras on the newly remastered version of the album.

"...I had to remember the songs. Luckily I did. I'd written them not too long ago so I'd kind of remembered them.