New Supergirl "fight song" video


Teaser video for upcoming Bob Dylan 1965-66 "bootleg" sets

Bob Dylan's recording 1965-66 recording sessions, which yielded the classic Bringing it All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde albums, are being released Nov. 6 in a variety of configurations, ranging from an 18-CD box collecting pretty everything, to a six-CD "deluxe" version and a 2-CD "best of."

Here's a highlights video:


Coming Soon: Asterix and the Missing Scroll



The 36th Asterix book, and the second by new creative team Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad, is set for release Oct. 22.

No plot details yet, but you can pre-order a copy now from Amazon.


Pop Artifacts: Vintage Marvel Comics pennant flags



Pop Focus: Vintage mystery and suspense paperbacks

No lecture this week, just a selection of pulpy goodness from our files.

Doesn't it seem like nearly any of these titles would make the great name for an album or song or, in the case of the first pic, a blog? I especially like the phrase "Calamity Town."