Pop Culture Roundup May 15, 2006

Deal alert: Amazon is a half-off sale on various Fox DVD sets, included season sets of "Arrested Development," "The Time Tunnel," "Hill Street Blues," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and more.

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Dial B for Blog spins the Spider-Man "Rockomic."

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Iain Macmillan, who photographed the Beatles' Abbey Road album cover, has died of cancer, reports What Goes On.

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke has a solo LP out in July, Billboard reports.

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The Philadelphia News is impressed with DC Comics' weekly 52 series:

The story is simple but complex: In a world withoutSuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Justice League, what heroes will step forth to take their place and confront the dangers of a new and changing world?

...To rise to the challenge of producing a real-time weekly comic, DC enlisted four critically acclaimed writers for a unique collaboration that recalls the best of television ensemble writing and plays to the distinct strengths of each comic-book writer.

Geoff Johns ("Infinite Crisis") balances character development with the epic scope of the series; Grant Morrison reimagines the genre trappings of the "mad scientist" and updates them for the 21st century; novelist Greg Rucka brings a noir edge to the streets of Metropolis and Gotham City; and Mark Waid combines his passion for DC history with his understanding of what makes these icons human.


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