The New Gods have starred in some of the most compelling stories in
all of comics, written by masters like Jack Kirby and Gerry Conway. Now
comes New Gods by Gerry Conway!
The Anti-Life
Equation, a simple set on functions that would give Darkseid ultimate
power over all sentient life, is exactly the type of thing the New Gods
want to keep away from the Lord of Apokolips. However, the battle for
the fate of the universe comes knocking on Earth's door. Six earthlings
are all determined to possess a part of the equation, and the New Gods
must reach them before Darkseid does.
Collects New Gods issues #12-19, 1st Issue Special #13, Super-Team Family #15, Adventure Comics #459-#460 Justice League of America #183-185.
After a decade of creating pioneering puppet series made for children,
Gerry & Sylvia Anderson took their first steps into live-action,
with the 1969 feature film Doppelgänger (re-titled outside Britain as
Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun).
This science-fiction film
approached its outer space subject matter with a gritty realism, and
would set the tone for what was to be their first live-action television
series: UFO.
This new series took as a starting point the pioneering
work of Dr Christiaan N. Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s
first heart transplant operation. In UFO a dying race of aliens travel
across vast distances of space to harvest organs from human beings to
help ensure their own survival. To combat this threat the United Nations
created SHADO, a top-secret organisation utilising the latest
technology available to defend the Earth.
To complement the series, the
Andersons frequent musical collaborator Barry Gray created a
multifaceted score that gave the programme its own musical identity.
Elegantly crafted and a firm favourite with Barry Gray fans, the sound
of UFO, particularly its ethereal “World Music” closing credits is,
quite simply, a joy. Includes a bonus track, Trampoline performed by The
Spencer Davis Group from the episode Ordeal.
01 UFO Main Titles
02 S.H.A.D.O.
03 E.S.P. from “E.S.P.”
04 Flashback from “Confetti Check A-O.K.”
05 The Choice from “Confetti Check A-O.K.”
06 Space Junk from “Conflict”
07 Straker and the General from “Conflict”
08 A Rose for Sylvia from “Ordeal”
09 Harlington Straker from “Identified”
10 Alien from “Identified”
11 Travelling Home from “Ordeal”
12 The Trip from The Long Sleep
13 Taken from Ordeal
14 Crash Landing / Dreambox from Ordeal
15 The Leisure Sphere from Survival
16 Enemy my Friend from Survival
17 The Affair from The Square Triangle
18 A Day at the Studio from A Question of Priorities
19 Who Are You? / John’s Death from A Question of Priorities
20 UFO End Titles
21 Bonus Track – Trampoline from “Ordeal” - The Spencer Davis Group
Premiering on Monday, September 30, fifty-nine years to the day from its very first telecast, The Flintstones
will air on MeTV weeknights, with back-to-back episodes starting at 6PM
| 5C. Yes, that means Bedrock and Mayberry are now neighbors.
For
the first time since the prehistoric era, Fred and Wilma, Barney and
Betty and the rest of the gang are back on national broadcast network
TV. So get ready to rock… Bedrock!
When The Flintstones
premiered in the fall of 1960, it shook up television like a slab of
dinosaur ribs slapped on the side of a car. Never before had there been a
primetime, cartoon sitcom. Additionally, it was the first animated
series to earn a nomination for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding
Comedy Series. The cartoon featured the voice talents of familiar MeTV
faces such as Bea Benaderet (Petticoat Junction) and Howard Morris (The Andy Griffith Show).
Today,
the Flintstones are global icons and the, er, bedrock of the
Hanna-Barbera empire. After six seasons, the show spawned spin-offs,
movies, toys, comic books, vitamins, cereals, merchandise and more.
Just over a year after Impulse! Records issued a previously unreleased recording session by the John Coltrane Quartet as Both Directions at Once, another "new" Coltrane session has turned up. It'll be issued as Blue World by Impulse! on Sept. 27.
[Blue World] was recorded at Van Gelder Studios on June 24, 1964 — a few weeks after the quartet put a finishing touch on the album Crescent
— as the soundtrack to a Canadian art film. Because the date had gone
unnoted in session recording logs, this music has occupied a blind spot
for Trane-ologists, archivists and historians.
But it's featured prominently throughout the film, Le chat dans le sac (The Cat in the Bag)
— a coolly stylized, politically charged docufiction by Gilles Groulx,
considered a landmark of Québec cinema. Within the first two minutes of
screen time — during direct-to-the-camera intros by Barbara and Claude,
the young idealists whose uncoupling provides the film with its
narrative tension — you can hear Coltrane's quartet start into his
exquisite ballad "Naima."
ITEM! The great comics artist Ernie Colón, best-known for his work on DC's Arak, Son of Thunder and Amethyst, along with an award-winning graphic novel adaptation of the 9/11 Commission Report, died at age 88 earlier this week. Comics historian Mark Evanier and Colón's collaborator Roy Thomas posted tributes.
ITEM! Monster Island Newsremembers 1970s Saturday morning cartoon "Valley of the Dinosaurs."
The year 1966 saw the release of one of the most unique Tarzan films ever made: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold.
Starring former NFL linebacker Mike Henry in his debut as the cinematic
ape-man, the film portrayed a cultured and refined Tarzan who seemed to
be molded more after James Bond than the unsophisticated ape-man of
past films. The depiction surprised and puzzled some moviegoers, but
fans who had read the original Tarzan novels written by Edgar Rice
Burroughs rejoiced at finally seeing their beloved character appear on
the big screen bearing all the complexity and intelligence with which
his creator had imbued him.
Enter critically acclaimed fantasy author Fritz Leiber, whose
novelization of the film carried the honor of becoming the first
authorized Tarzan novel to be written by an author other than Burroughs.
Leiber’s tale was far from just a simple retelling of the movie; it was
a faithful installment in the literary saga of the ape-man, with
frequent callouts to Burroughs’ original Tarzan canon and myriad
creative elements added to the storyline. Now readers can once again
enjoy Fritz Leiber’s classic Tarzan and the Valley of Gold in this handsome, new illustrated edition, with an all-new forward by Burroughs scholar Scott Tracy Griffin (author of Tarzan on Film).
The Valley of Gold…and Death
The burning wreck of a passenger jet with a missing cargo of gold
and a desperate plea from a friend lead Tarzan of the Apes deep into
intrigue in the jungles of Brazil. Soon the ape-man finds himself facing
his most deadly nemesis yet: a criminal mastermind named Vinaro, whose
enemies perish in mysterious explosions of gold and flame. But that may
be only the beginning of Tarzan’s challenges. For if he is to defeat
Vinaro, Tarzan must confront him in the legendary golden city of
Tucumai, from where no outsider has ever returned.
Fritz Leiber – Author
A renowned and award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, and
horror, Fritz Leiber (1910–1992) is best known for his Fafhrd and the
Gray Mouser fantasy series. He is credited with coining the term sword
and sorcery and is widely considered one of the genre’s founders. A SFWA
Grand Master and winner of six Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards, and
two World Fantasy Awards, Leiber stands as a giant in the field of
fantastic literature.
Richard Hescox– Cover Art
Richard Hescox is one of the founding lights of the Imaginative
Realism movement. He has contributed artwork to such projects as the
films E.T. and The Dark Crystal, to computer games,
record albums, and magazine illustrations. He has also providing cover
art and interior illustrations for hundreds of books, including the
limited edition of A Clash of Kings from the George R. R.
Martin’s bestselling Game of Thrones series. Richard previously painted
the iconic cover art for all five books of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Carson
of Venus series.
Douglas Klauba – Interior Art
An award-winning illustrator, Douglas Klauba was born and raised in
Chicago, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Art. His paintings
have been included in the art annuals of Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, the Society of Illustrators, and Imagine FX
magazine. He was Artist Guest of Honor at the 2016 Burroughs
Bibliophiles Dum-Dum convention, and he previously provided artwork for
the books Tarzan Trilogy and Untamed Pellucidar published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood premiered on television over
five decades ago. While to some it seems like just yesterday when it was
brand new, it’s heartening to know how much it has been a part of the
lives of countless children and adults who experienced and learned from
the show over the decades.
While its staying power never lapsed, Academy®- and Grammy®-winning director Morgan Neville’s 2018 documentary, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, reawakened our love for Fred Rogers, and introduced a new generation to him. With the upcoming November release of A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
(starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers), the beloved Mister Rogers and his
neighborhood will once again be front and center in the hearts, minds,
and ears of everyone. It’s Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers collects
23 songs from the beloved broadcaster (backed by long-time collaborator
and pianist Johnny Costa, Carl McViker on bass, and percussionist Bobby
Rawsthorne). Containing classics like “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” “You
Are Special,” and the title track, this release also features five
previously unissued tracks including the show’s original closer,
“Tomorrow.”
CD packaging contains photos, an introductory note from Neville, and an essay from Pittsburgh television critic (and long-time USA Today contributor) Robert Bianco.
Two weeks after the release of It’s Such A Good Feeling, four digital-only album releases from Mister Rogers will also be made available: Bedtime, You’re Growing, You Are Special, and Coming And Going.
So, hop on the trolley for the Land Of Make Believe, because it really is such a good feeling.