Pop Culture Roundup Nov. 20, 2006

The CW has extended "Veronica Mars" to 20 full episodes this season.

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And you thought variant covers were just for the X-men: Cartoonist Chris Ware provided four separate covers for the Nov. 27 issue of The New Yorker.

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Mike Allred's Madman has found a new publishing home at Image Comics, with a new series to begin in April. Before that, though, Image is releasing a humongous, 852-page hardcover that collects all the character's previous adventures.

Madman Gargantua! will carry a $125.00 cover price, and will be limited to 2,500 copies. Gargantua! will not be reprinted in this format.

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The Beatles' Love will be producer George Martin's last album.

"I've had a pretty good run I must say. I started with the Beatles in 1962 and they broke up around about 1970 so we had a long period of time together," he said.

"It is the last I should think I shall do, because in two months' time I will be 81 and I am thinking of taking early retirement."

He thought Lennon would have balked at the idea of allowing a Las Vegas musical with Beatles music, but that the end result would have won him over.

"John, for all his inventions was really quite conservative sometimes about taking leaps in the dark, particularly where showbiz was concerned. He wasn't a showbiz person, but he was a great character."


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