New and upcoming pop culture books: Neil Gaimin; Harlan Ellison; Veronica Mars; Wes Anderson; Bjork; Disney; Patton Oswalt; The Ramones; SNL, more

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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaimin


Veronica Mars (2): An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas: Mr. Kiss and Tell


As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust: A Flavia de Luce Novel


The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel


Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue


Bjork: Archives


Girl in a Band: A Memoir by Kim Gordon


A Wish Your Heart Makes: From the Grimm Brothers' Aschenputtel to Disney's Cinderella (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film))


The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935


George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door


Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film by Patton Oswalt


Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone


Saturday Night Live: The Book


The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song


Big Eyes: The Film, The Art


Wings Over New Orleans: Unseen Photos of Paul and Linda McCartney, 1975


Twelve-Cent Archie (Comics Culture)


Black Light: The World Of L. B. Cole


Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks (Pop Classics)


Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison


Mastering the Game of Thrones: Essays on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire


Better Call Saul: The World According to Saul Goodman


Inside the World of Gerry Anderson (Classic Comics)


The Girl on the Train: A Novel

Pop culture roundup: Jack Kirby; Jim Steranko; Yogi Bear; Eric Idle; Sub-Mariner

A French graphic arts festival now running in Angoulême, France, features an exhibition of Jack Kirby's great comic book work.

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Via Slay Monstrobot: When Stan Lee and Jim Steranko did a romance comic.

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Via the Fabulous Fifties: Yogi Bear comics strips of the 1960s.

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"Radio 5," a sketch and music program hosted by Monty Python's Eric Idle on BBC radio back in the early 1970s is now streaming here. Good, funny stuff.

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Did Salvador Dali inspire the Sub-Mariner? I'm not so sure, but this is cool.

Fab Friday: Vintage Beatles pics

In the studio. See more Beatles posts at The Glass Onion Beatles Journal.

Pop Artifact: Vintage Japanese Batman Bat-dumptruck!

New monthly Disney comics coming from IDW in April

IDW is launching four monthly titles focused on Disney's Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse beginning in April.

Titles include Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge, which all begin with #1 numbering, and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, which continues with legacy number with #723.

The titles will include a blend of old and newer comics, likely from the European versions of the comics. A series of collected editions also is planned.

The titles will kick off with a series of  Disneyland-themed variant covers (see graphic below).

Always nice to see more kid-oriented comics on the stands.