New comics March 30, 2011

Things I'll buy:

DETECTIVE COMICS #875 After a long time off the Bat-titles, I'm enjoying this run, even though Batman isn't Batman, but Dick Grayson in the costume.

DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #3 Ok, after enjoying the first issue of this quite a bit, I was put off by the weak art and so-so story in the second one. I'll stick it out a while longer to see how it goes. I'm not a fan of frequently changing creative teams, or frequently changing artists. You look at the history of comics, and they're always at their best when done by a dedicated creator/team over relatively long stretches.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #657 Still enjoying Slott's run as writer and this one offers more great Marcos Martin art, I believe.

AVENGERS #11 More John Romita, Jr., art.

Other items of interest:

DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS ONE SHOT


DC Direct All-Star Batman and Robin Mini Statue

DC Direct Ame-Comi Heroine Series: Donna Troy as Wonder Girl Variant PVC Figure 

DC Direct Ame-Comi Heroine Series: Supergirl (V.1) Black Suit Variant PVC Figure 

Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Batman Reborn 

DC Direct Heroes of the DC Universe: Blackest Night : Violet Lantern Star Sapphire Bust 

Superman: The Black Ring 

Best of Dick Tracy Volume 1 

Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 3 

Spider-Man You're Hired One-Shot 

Strange Tales II 

X-Men First Class - Volume 2 

X-Men Forever 2 Volume 3: Perfect World 

The Complete Peanuts 1979-1980 (Vol. 15) (The Complete Peanuts) 

Stuff I'd like but can't afford to buy right now 

Torpedo Volume 2 

X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan Volume 2

Music new releases March 29, 2011

The King Of Limbs Radiohead

 
Here We Go Again  Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones


Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology


Mad Men: A Musical Companion

DVD new releases March 29, 2011

Mad Men: Season Four


Upstairs, Downstairs: The Complete Series - 40th Anniversary Collection


Dennis the Menace: Season One (1959 TV series)


Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends: Complete 5th Season


Emergency: The Final Rescues


Happiness Is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown


Here's Lucy: Season Four


The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection


Tangled (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)


Tangled


Black Swan

Ken Burns working on Vietnam series for PBS

If the Republicans don't kill PBS by 2016, we'll be able to enjoy a Ken Burns' documentary mini-series that year on the Vietnam War.

From Variety:

"Today, more than four decades after it ended, nearly everyone has an opinion about the Vietnam War, but few Americans truly know its history and there is little consensus about what happened there, or why," Burns said. "Our series will shed light both on the history of the war, and on our inability to find common ground about it."

In the style of previous docs including "The Civil War" and WWII-focused "The War," Burns and Novick will rely not only on archival images but also to a great extent on the firsthand testimonies of everyday citizens, from both sides of the conflict abroad as well as the protests in the U.S.

New X-Men: First Class images

The new/retro X-people show up on three cover variations of the UK's Empire film mag.

Folks featured include January Jones as Emma Frost glory, Michael Fassbender as Magneto and Jason Flemyng as Azazel, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, James McAvoy as Charles Xavier and Nicholas Hoult as Beast.

Thor movie TV spots