First poster for Disney's "The BFG"


Original Black Panther comic book art by Jack Kirby


Pop Culture Roundup: Jack Kirby; Archie the Jungle Robot; Multi-colored Batmen, more

A play about legendary comics artist Jack Kirby is being performed in Seattle.

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There's just no way a comic book story about "Archie: The Jungle Robot" could be bad.

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I suppose some people have been clamoring for this: A set of rainbow Batman action figures, on the way soon.



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Via The Bristol Board: Jack Kirby pencil drawings from the "Heroes and Villains Sketchbook."

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Calvin is right: The final page of the Spider-Man issue in which Spidey's girlfriend Gwen Stacy dies, is an incredible piece of  comics storytelling.


New Music Friday: Paul Westerberg and Juliana Hatfield; Black Sabbath; The High Llamas






Video Find: "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: The Futurism of Walt Disney" feature documentary

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Featuring interviews with various Disney Legends and Historians, Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow looks at the various technologies Walt Disney used and developed over the course of his life. From creating the first sync sound animation in 1928 to his unrealized dream of E.P.C.O.T., an experimental city that passed on with him in 1966, this film shows Walt Disney as the futurist he truly was.