CD new releases May 12, 2009

New CDs of note this week. Click the titles to order discounted CDs from Amazon.


Townes (2CD LTD Deluxe Edition) by Steve Earle


Angels & Demons OST


Lost: Season 4 (Original Television Soundtrack)


Turn Out the Stars: Final Village Vanguard Recordings by Bill Evans


Sewn Together by Meat Puppets


Walk Through This World With Me - The Complete Musicor Recordings, 1965-1971 (Part 1) (5CD) by George Jones


Golden Age of American Popular Music: Hits with Strings and Things - Hot 100 Instrumentals by Various Artists


Go Go Power - The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966 by Sugar Pie DeSanto


The Complete Goldwax Singles Volume 1 1962-1966 by Various Artists


Goldwax Northern Soul by Various Artists


Next One Will Kill You by Morey Amsterdam


Spinning Top by Graham Coxon

DVD new releases May 12, 2009

Releases of note this week. Click the titles to pre-order discounted DVDs from Amazon (and help support this site!):


Underworld: Rise of the Lycans


Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection (The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Kahn / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / The Final Frontier / The ... Captains Summit Bonus Disc) [Blu-ray]


The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series


The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation


Disney Animation Collection 6: The Reluctant Dragon


Disney Animation Collection 5: Wind in the Willows


Legend of the Yardbirds: 1964-1968

Batman Brave and the Bold preview pics: Robin and Crazy Quilt!

Here's a description and pics of the May 22 episode of Batman: Brave and the Bold on the Cartoon Network:

The Color of Revenge
Batman and Robin team up again, but it's not like it always was--there was a reason Robin left to go work on his own. As Crazy Quilt comes after Robin for revenge, all the dirty laundry comes out between the dynamic duo!




Pop links: Darwyn Cooke! Matt Baker! Wilco! Kamandi!

The Comics Reporter chats with cartoonist Darwyn Cooke about his awesome-looking adaptation of Richard Stark's detective noir "Parker: The Hunted." Comics scribe Ed Brubaker joins in.



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The Fabulous Fifties presents some rare comic strip art by the great Matt Baker.



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Wilco, a favorite band of this blog, has unveiled the cover of its new album, the imaginatively titled Wilco, out June 30.



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Nice! DC has released another Kamandi image from its upcoming Wednesday Comics anthology. I dig the "Prince Valiant" look.

July comics solicitations: more good stuff

Along with the DC and Marvel comics solicitations for July 2009 already published, here are some other items of interest. Click the links to order discounted books from Amazon.


CREEPY COMICS #1
Neil Kleid (W), Joe Harris (W), Dan Braun (W), Mike Woods (W), Angelo Torres (A), Bernie Wrightson (A), Jason Shawn Alexander (A), Eric Powell (Covers), and others On sale July 15 b&w, 48 pages $4.99 Ongoing What's black-and-white and clawing its way onto your reading list? It's the newly resurrected Creepy, of course! Now, don't fret, my putrid pets - these new terror tales are cut from the same cursed cloth as the outlandish originals, telling contemporary horror stories with gorgeously ghoulish art from a lineup that'll make you lose your head! Original Creepy artist Angelo Torres teams up with devilish Dan Braun on "Hell Hound Blues"; Michael Woods and artist Saskia Gutekunst serve up a dose of "Chemical 13"; Neil Kleid and Brian Churilla provide "All the Help You Need" at a weird weight-loss camp; and jaundiced Jason Shawn Alexander brings his phenomenal painting skills to Joe Harris's "The Curse"! Plus Bernie Wrightson, the return of "Loathsome Lore," and more. All this, plus one classic story from Uncle Creepy's dank dungeon, and you've got 48 freakish pages of terror to bring home to mummy! * This big book of boo will be a regular quarterly offering! * Features a painted cover from Eric Powell!


INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES VOL 2
Mark Evanier (W) and Ethen Beavers (A) On sale Sept 23 FC, 88 pages $7.95 TPB, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" When sixteenth-century stone carvings of animals start to go missing from museums across the globe, authorities think it's a simple case of burglary. But Indiana Jones and Marcus Brody think otherwise. Legend has it that the statues serve as a key to finding a mysterious ruby, which is said to make its bearer invincible. It's up to Indy to find the statues and the ruby before it falls into the wrong hands!


BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY DAILIES VOL 3
(W) John Dille, Philip Nowlan (A) Dick Calkins The saga of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the world's most famous science-fiction newspaper strip, continues in the reprint of the ground-breaking title, complete with space ships, anti-gravity belts, damsels in distress, invaders from other worlds, nefarious villains, and heroes! Included in this volume are two years of the strip, 1932 to 1934, plus a special 16-page introductory essay by noted writer Ron Goulart.


VOYAGE TO BOTTOM OF THE SEA COMPLETE SERIES VOL 2
(W) Various (A) Alberto Giolitti Journey on seven action packed sci-fi adventures based on Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, finishing the complete reprint of the series. These comic books have been painstakingly restored to look as good as the original comic books. Featuring original covers, inside cover artwork, and pin-ups. Also included are informative essays on series.


COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY VOL 8
Chester Gould (w) * Chester Gould (a) * Chester Gould (c) Chester Gould hits his stride, as he introduces four of his most grotesque villains: Pruneface, Laffy, Mrs. Pruneface, and Flattop! All while Dick Tracy is subjected to one of the most inventive and bizarre death traps in comics history. Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, Eisner Award-winner for TERRY AND THE PIRATES, and containing all daily and Sunday comic strips from September, 1942 through March, 1944.


DOCTOR WHO #1
Tony Lee (w) * Al Davison (a) * Paul Grist, Al Davison (c) At long last Doctor Who is an ongoing monthly series! Tony Lee (Doctor Who: The Forgotten), kicks off the time/space-faring series with the two-part "Silver Scream." In chapter one, the Doctor travels to 1920s Hollywood where he befriends Charlie Chaplin and, of course, discovers an alien plot! Lee is joined by Al Davison (The Dreaming) on this first story arc. Covers by Paul Grist and Davison.


ROUGH GUIDE TO ANIME
(W) Simon Richmond From the Oscar-winning Spirited Away to classic works like Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, and iconic shows Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Speed Racer, and Robotech, The Rough Guide to Anime provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse and amazing world of animation from Japan.


JEFF SMITH LITTLE MOUSE GETS READY
(W/A) Jeff Smith There is a lot to do before Little Mouse is ready to go visit the barn. Will he master all the intricacies of getting dressed, from snaps and buttons to Velcro and tail holes? Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Smith and his determined Little Mouse reveal all the smallest pleasures of this daily task.


MARVEL COMICS IN THE 1960s
(W) Pierre Comtois After being relegated to the realm of children's literature for the first 25 years of its history, the comic book industry experienced an unexpected flowering in the early 1960s. This book presents a step-by-step look at how the company emerged as one of the most dynamic, slightly irreverent, and downright original contributions to an era when pop-culture emerged as the dominant force in the artistic life of America. Marvel Comics in the 1960s takes the reader from the legendary company's beginnings as helmed by savvy editor/writer Stan Lee, to the full maturity of its wild, colorful, offbeat grandiosity.


MODERN MASTERS VOL 23 DARWYN COOKE
(W) Eric Nolen-Weathington (A) Darwyn Cooke Years in the magazine industry as an art director and graphic designer - not to mention his work as storyboard artist for the award-winning Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, and Batman Beyond cartoons - imbued Darwyn Cooke's art with a unique sense of design and energy. This book features a career-spanning interview with the artist, a discussion of his creative process, and reams of rare and unseen art, including a large gallery of commissioned work.


JOE KUBERT HOW TO DRAW FROM LIFE
(W/A) Joe Kubert Joe Kubert has taught many of the finest cartoonists working today. In How to Draw from Life, he presents a wealth of his own original drawings from nude models, spanning his sixty-plus years as an artist and art instructor. Subjects include gesture drawing, contour drawing, the figure in motion, short studies, long studies, form and structure, anatomy, and lighting. Fully annotated with Kubert's insightful commentary on drawing from life, this is the perfect book for art students, professionals, and comics enthusiasts everywhere.