Sure thing. Glad to find a use for useless knowledge!

A boxed action figure of General Dwight Eisenhower, seen through the packaging window, dressed in a WWII uniform and surrounded by a number of accessories.

Looks like a G.I. Joe Classic Collection Dwight Eisenhower missing a lot of his stuff.

Director Patty Jenkins sits in a cockpit putting on a Star Wars Rebel fighter pilot's helmet in a still from the 2020 trailer announcing her involvement in a Rogue Squadron film.

I also gotta wonder where this puts the Patty Jenkins Rogue Squadron movie that was announced with a fancy trailer about her family fighter pilot history, then taken off the slate, and was reportedly back in production as of this year?

And Shawn Levy sure as hell ain't no Tony Gilroy, so I don't expect great things from whatever "new vision" he brings to the table.

I knew who drew it at first glance before even I read your text. Such a singular artist. Love his comics stuff. And then his gorgeous Playboy cartoons look like the work of a completely different guy.

That said, there is some really nice stuff going on in Denslow’s work. The texture of the background forest here is lovely, while the far more cartoonish characters are really fun (even if I always find his Dorothy a slightly odd little chunkster).

Denslow certainly wasn’t a bad illustrator per se, and those first Oz illustrations have real charm. But his work feels pretty stiff and literal when compared to Neil’s far more graceful, fanciful works that are so full of life.

I so love John R. Neil’s work for those books. Just gorgeous, imaginative work that went some strange places.

What really blew my mind was learning how so many of their classic stop-motion efforts were actually animated in Japan. As a kid, I’d assumed those Rudolph specials and such were as American in craftsmanship as their production designs indicated.

I love that Red Ghost is mentioned (and in one way, seen) in the new FF movie. One of so many classic comic shout outs that I adored. But I'm so bummed they cut John Freakin' Malkovich actually playing the role!

So damn true. I've worked on shots that were final or damn near final, and then suddenly taken back to square one to be pieced together from multiple different takes and/or reshoots. Does the delivery date change? Maybe it would back in the day, but in the current era? Oh hell no.

Interesting thread, with a credibility hit from most of those goofy live action films of the 60's and 70's living on Disney+ from the start. An easy thing to check in less than a minute. That those were listed on the service's first day gave me a real giggle about seeing some again. Herbie Marathon!

This reprint is where I first saw this story. I loved the goofball squads of such obsessively themed Batman and Superman anti-groupies! Get a life, fellas.

I knew that guy was cool.

The set of Tarzan paperbacks I got as a kid had a number of covers by Neal Adams, which I thought was damn cool. His take on #17 wasn’t quite as bonkers as Jusko’s, but there’s still a lot going on.

When a non-industry, matinee crowd applauds (twice!) at the end of a movie like the audience I saw SINNERS with did on Saturday, you just know they’re gonna tell their friends about it. This one’s got legs.

They’re just never gonna stop paying us back for Dick Van Dyke in MARY POPPINS, and who can blame them?

"Hard Again" is just such an incredible album. Muddy was a giant.

For folks in the L.A. area who love seeing cool old cartoons for free. My dad co-founded the UCLA Film and Television Archive and was a huge fan of folks like the Fleischers and George Pal. He was also a huge believer in people actually seeing the films the Archive saved. He'd love this.

That’s a pretty weird state of affairs since for decades Wonder and Hostess were the same folks. But now? It’s war!

Me too! I’m guessing you watched that terrific @secretgalaxy.bsky.social video as well?

I commissioned this delightful piece, and it's so fun to see it again. The joy on the face of the recipient as she opened it was truly priceless. Once again, thank you, Mark for helping make one Muppet fan's life a sunnier place.

I love the first episode in which the argument over Krypton’s fate features unmistakable recycled costumes from two classic serials, Flash Gordon and Captain Marvel. Nice bit of comics/film history in the low budget mix!

Not within walking distance, but a beloved fixture at the park we'd go to for P.E. in elementary school. The brave big kids climbed up the outside and sat on top of his head. I was in awe. I settled for clambering around inside and shooting down his arms headfirst if I was feeling daring. Loved him.

Koko’s now teaching the Last Son of Krypton how to dance.

I have no clue who the artist was, but I remember when this ad was current that the art seemed to me way better than anything this silly deserved.

My personal soft spot is for his original duds, but that is a mighty sweet version of his later, better known incarnation.

My Koko is now hanging out with an old friend from the studio. They never really worked together back then, but they’d go get drinks after a hard day’s work on camera.

When the great Carl Lumbly turned up as Isaiah Bradley, from one of my favorite Marvel stories ever, I was so thrilled!

No kidding! Killing off such a compelling, nuanced antagonist (shout out to Ali’s masterful, human performance) and replacing him with a comparative human cartoon meant that show as a whole never lived up to its full potential. At least the music stayed awesome throughout.