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BBC 4 celebrates the 100th birthday of Tintin creator Herge and looks at how the Tintin books influenced many real-life reporters to pursue careers in journalism.

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Also on BBC 4, the "Sunday" program airs a 1969 interview with John Lennon, in which the former Beatle discusses his religious views and talks critically about the Church of England. You'll need to skip ahead to hear the Lennon segment.

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Good Heavens! Our pal Rick has started yet another blog! This one's dedicated to 45 r.p.m. and album cover art. He starts with a Monkees post, natch.

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Comic book artist George Roussos didn't use his sketchbooks for just his own art. They also included drawings by pals like Dan Barry, Jack Kirby, Al Fleischer, Frank Frazetta and more. Golden Age Comic Book Stories shares a few examples here and here.

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First he gets verbally assaulted by Dick Cheney, now he's physically assaulted by the Joker! Lifelong Batfan Sen. Patrick Leahy talks about his cameo in "Batman: The Dark Knight."

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