Weston Culture

The Bottle City of Kandor, by The Future Chris Weston From 2006!

Click the pic to see it bigger, then spend at least one hour examining Jimmy and Lois. They'll never look better.

Chris' blog

Chris at Amazon

Book Excerpt

There's nothing like a pistol to make a lawyer sincere.

Willie Sutton
Where The Money Was

Proof: Journalists Needn't Be At Odds With The Intelligence Community

The Moose That Roars

Frank Cammuso's political cartoons from the Syracuse Post Standard, updated--I want to say four? Five? Let's say five times a week.

His blog and other webstuff.

His greatest creation--some call it the Frankenstein that will destroy him--Max Hamm, Fairy Tale Detective.

I Forgot They Knew Each Other

Thanks to Agent Double 4 and www.comics.org.

Holy Meat Loaf!

Jim Steinman––a composer/producer whose regrets might include Bat Out Of Hell, Bat Out Of Hell II, Total Eclipse Of The Heart and, for all I know, Total Eclipse Of The Heart II––claims to be writing songs for a Batman stage musical. He's blogging about it, and he's posted an MP3 of a show-stopper belted out by that nefarious Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker: "Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys?" [Via Metafilter.]

* * *Extra! Ethel Merman, Tallulah Bankhead and other Batman Baddies On Broadway!

"Check Out The Stem Cells On That!"

If Ann Coulter Were A Seattle Sonics Fan, What Would She Say About The Team's Imminent Move To Oklahoma City?

"What we need is another Timothy McVeigh."

What Do Eggs Have In Common With Barf Bags And The Front Page Of The Wall Street Journal?

Eggs
Barf bags
The front page of the Wall Street Journal

Things My Uncle Frank, Who Died In The 1970s, Would Hate About The Present Day

• $6.00 a pound for Limburger cheese.
• When the camera zooms into the patient's body on 'House.'
• A-Rod.
• Car doors that beep when open.
• No smoking in hospitals.

Celebrity Death

Former comic book writer Mickey Spillane, 88

Never-Ending Battle

Who said it?

"Instead of having a beer, now I just drink water and Coke...It's really hard... Every day is a battle."

A. Superman
B. President Bush, speaking to Tony Blair at the G8 Summit, unaware that his microphone was open.
C. Me.
D. The Yankees' new starting pitcher.
E. Someone else. (Leave your wild guess in Comments.)

Answer Here.

Bat-Art By Adam West

He has a bat-gallery show running right now in Palm Springs, CA!
[Thanks to Agent Double Four]

Good Night And Good Luck

CNBC believes there was an Aquaman movie (like on HBO's Entourage), and that it beat the box-office record held by Spider-Man II until it was unseated this week by Pirates. Story & clip here.

Update: the reporter, Joe Kernen, says he was only kidding. Whether he was or not, the story's still a good excuse to run this wet, sexy cover. Ker-plash!

This Summer: Nothing But Sequels

As I post this, reporter Hart Seely is flying back to Iraq to cover the soldiers he wrote about last fall as they return home. Read his blog and his formal, non-bloggy dispatches here.

Ape Skates Quiz, Rakes Bucks

News From Back Home

Cops Grab Captain America--On Fourth Of July!

Argument Over Last Beer Ends In Armed Robbery!

Three Killings, Four Stabbings, Six Armed Robberies, Six Shootings, 22 Burglaries, Two Hanging Suicides--In One Weekend!

Syracuse Population Decreases!

A Great Metropolitan Newspaper

Heaven's Newest Angel

We little knew this morning that
God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly
In death we do the same.

It broke our hearts to lose you,
you did not go alone;
for part of us went with you,
the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories,
your love is still our guide,
and though we cannot see you,
you are always at our side.

Ken Lay, 1942-2006

Truth, Justice, And The American Waid

The Science of Superman stars TV sensation Mark Waid. I watched it last night and it made me a super-genius; I now have a huge head and long fingers. It airs again on National Geographic Channel:

Sun Jul 02 03:00pm PDT
Thu Jul 06 01:00pm PDT
Thu Jul 06 02:00pm PDT
Fri Jul 07 07:00pm PDT
Fri Jul 07 10:00pm PDT
Sun Jul 09 09:00am PDT

"Mr. Vice President, My Eyes Are Up Here."