Pop culture roundup

The 1954 publication of Frederic Wertham's "Seduction of the Innocent" wasn't the first public attack on comics, comics historian Barry Pearl notes. Check out his post about  a 1948 magazine article by Wertham accusing comics of ruining the minds of America's youth -- plus a 1911(!) letter to the New York Times accusing the Sunday comics pages of doing the same. Is this why the Times doesn't publish funnies?

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An artist is turning his obsession with the Beatles' "White Album" into a project.
Pursuing an interest in exhaustive cataloguing, Chang has collected over 650 first-pressings of the Beatles’ White Album. He considers the serialized first-press, an edition running in excess of 3 million, to be the ultimate collector’s item, and aims to amass as many copies as possible. Over the course of his Session, Chang will create an archive, listening library, and anti-store to house and grow his collection of the Beatles’ iconic record.


Chang will create a record store that stocks only White Albums. But rather than selling the albums, he will buy more from anyone willing to part with an original pressing in any condition.
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Hong Kong's Disneyland is adding an area dedicated to Marvel Superheroes.

The addition of Marvel in Hong Kong will be the first of its kind of any Disney resort, and could be a big draw for mainland Chinese tourists after the success of several Hollywood smash-hits that featured Marvel characters. Marvel superheroes could also attract older and more affluent visitors, as opposed to the younger audiences that the traditional Disney characters target.
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David Crosby is auctioning off some of his stuff, including that groovy cap he wore while a member of the Byrds.

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DC Comics is backtracking on its idiotic "WTF Month" promotional scheme.
Co-Publisher Dan DiDio told attendees at last week’s ComicsPRO annual meeting the “WTF Certified” logo won’t appear on any of the comics released in April, “because we don’t need it.” According to an unnamed retailer, DiDio said there’s already awareness of the event among store owners and readers.
One wonders what might happen if grownups instead of frat boys were put in charge of the Big Two comics companies.

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