R.I.P. Jeffrey Jones

January 10, 1944 - May 19, 2011

[via Golden Age Comic Book Stories]

Meanwhile on the moors...

Luckily Shang-Chi always carried shortbread in his pocket, so he was easily able to appease the ghostly Scotsman.

The Invasion of 1910

The Invasion of 1910: with a Full Account of the Siege of London (1906) by William Le Queux and H. W. Wilson

"The Invasion of 1910 is a 1906 novel written mainly by William Le Queux (with H. W. Wilson providing the naval chapters). It is one of the more famous examples of Invasion literature and is an example of pre-World War I Germanophobia, as it preached the need to prepare for war with Germany." Wikipedia

There were many, many stories of this type published in that era as I. F. Clarke made a career of showing. The European nations were itching for WWI. Other notable examples are The War in the Air (1908) by H.G. Wells, "The Swoop!, Or, How Clarence Saved England" (1909) by P. G. Wodehouse, and "The Secret of the Army Aeroplane" (1909) by A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Mysterypiece Theater

Cherokee Jack presents "The Worst" by Josh Allen - a musical about the life and times of Ed Wood Jr.

The Worst


There's a little bit of repetition in Cherokee Jack's intro. Maybe it's time to change the CO2 scrubbers on the Yellow Submarine.

Heaven

This one goes out to Professor Stephen Hawking.

Ambiguously Gay Duo

Robert Smigel's parody of superheroes is a one-note affair, especially when compared to more thorough spoofs of the genre like Ben Edlund's The Tick, but it's still funny.

The last blast-off

The crew members for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori.

During the 16-day mission, Endeavour and its crew will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre.