New pop culture books

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives Volume 5


The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art


Monté: King of Atom-Age Monster Decals


Bossypants


The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966


Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937


Conversations with Scorsese


MM-Personal: From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe


Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made


When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade


Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen


Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster


Independently Animated: Bill Plympton: The Life and Art of the King of Indie Animation


Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and other Observations about Science Fiction Movies


London After Midnight - A Reconstruction


Diana Dors: Hurricane in Mink

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Art of Amanda Conner HC

Dorothy of Oz movie poster

Here's a poster for the upcoming animated 3-D musical.

Paul McCartney's dear Martha

Child of the Moon features a bunch of pics of Paul McCartney's sheep dog, which inspired the White Album tune "Martha, My Dear."

New photo from X-men: First Class

Here's Nicholas Hoult (Beast) and Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) in the upcoming X-movie:

A great list of kid's books

The UK Independent asks various authors, including Philip Pullman, to name books every child should read.

I like that the list focuses mainly on British books, offering up some things American kids don't necessarily read or know about.

Life magazine's Elizabeth Taylor photo archive

Life's photos of the late actress are on display here.

Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

From the Guardian:

Elizabeth Taylor, the actor best known for her roles in Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and National Velvet died of heart failure, her spokeswoman says

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, arguably the last great female star of
the Hollywood studio system, died today at the age of 79.

The Oscar-winning star died this morning at Cedars-Sinai medical centre in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman Sally Morrison. She said Taylor's children were at her side.

Dame Elizabeth, who had been in ill health for a number of years, was taken to the hospital with heart failure six weeks ago. A spokeswoman for the hospital said: "She passed away at 1.28 [LA time] this morning."

Upcoming DC Comics collections: Don Newton and Marshall Rogers Batman collections, DC/Marvel crossover omnibus, Kamandi Omnibus

Some interesting titles have cropped up on Amazon from DC, including collections from two of my all-time favorite Batman artists!

Tales of the Batman: Don Newton

Legends of the Dark Knight: Marshall Rogers

DC/Marvel Crossover Omnibus Vol. 1

Kamandi Omnibus Vol. 1 The Last Boy on Earth

New Captain America movie trailer

New comics March 23, 2011

Items I'll buy:


FF #1 Yeah, I think killing off the Human Torch was a dumb idea, but I still like Jonathan Hickman's scripts and his take on these characters. Killing off characters is a gimmick and we've seen the FF minus a member or two many times over the decades, but having some decent writing behind it all makes it less annoying. And, with Hickman scripting, I actually anticipate enjoying it.

THOR #620.1 I thought the recent Iron Man ".1" issue was nicely done as a jumping-on story. I've heard good things about this book's current creative team, so I'll give it a shot.

WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #717 More vintage Duck tales.

Other items of note:


Finder Library: Volume 1


DC Direct Cover Girls of the DC Universe: Supergirl Statue


DC Direct DC Chronicles: Death Statue


Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour Vol 1


Starstruck Deluxe Edition


Fantastic Four: Extended Family

 
Thing Classic - Volume 1

 
Doc Savage Double-Novel Pulp Reprints Volume #46: "The Mystic Mullah" & "Terror Takes 7"


The Shadow Double-Novel Pulp Reprints #47: "The Living Shadow" & "The Black Hush"