I visited the fantastic exhibit about Mad Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Its collection of Mad original art and artifacts is absolutely amazing.

First, I love the Norman Rockwell Museum — I've been visiting for decades, and recommend it for everyone. — Read the rest

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As part of the coverage of a major league baseball game being played in the former Negro League venue Ridgewood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, Hall of Fame baseball star Reggie Jackson was asked how emotional it was to return to the field. — Read the rest

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Saturday, May 4, is Free Comic Book Day, on which you can go to any participating comic book store and get certain designated comic books, absolutely free. Enter your zip code at this website and you can find the participating comics shop nearest to you. — Read the rest

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Last night, a swarm of bees invaded Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, just five minutes before a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodges was about to start. The bee colony swarmed into a large mass on the protective netting behind home plate. — Read the rest

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The first model for the original Star Trek (1966-1969) spaceship, the Enterprise, had been missing since 1979, but recently appeared on an eBay listing. Fans and experts immediately noticed, and once it was authenticated as genuine, was returned to the son of the Gene Roddenberry, the show's creator. — Read the rest

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Actor Chris Pratt (Just About Every Movie Franchise) and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger have just destroyed the 1950 Zimmerman house in Los Angeles so that they could replace it with a massive home "in the modern farmhouse style that has come to dominate US suburbs." — Read the rest

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Journalis, author and Boing Boing contributor Glenn Fleishman has launched a Kickstarter to fund an upcoming book, How Comics Were Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page. The book is scheduled to be released October, 2024. — Read the rest

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Comic book letterer and historian Todd Klein has released what he calls an "online book" on his blog: The Art and History of Lettering Comics.

Neil Gaiman, who employed the lettering services of Klein on his legendary Sandman run, among other projects, writes in the introduction:

If you have even a passing interest in lettering, Todd Klein's writing on the subject and the people who he knew and the people he only knew through their work is gripping.

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I really enjoy following the Random Restaurant Bot account (@restaurant-bot.bsky.social) on the BlueSky social media app.

Every half hour or so, it posts to your feed the name and address of a randomly chosen restaurant from somewhere in the world, along with the first four pictures in its Google Maps entry. — Read the rest

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Sony Pictures and Apple Corps Ltd. will be teaming with filmmaker Sam Mendes on the production of four movies, each about the life of each of the Beatles. A link to the Deadline.com article by Mike Fleming Jr is here. — Read the rest

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