A cartoon by the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette’s Rob Rogers
was featured in “Meet the Press” on Sunday, January 3, but, alas, no one
mentioned Rogers
by name — or his newspaper. Or his new book, No
Cartoon Left Behind, a retrospective collection of the editoonist’s
favorite cartoons in his 25 years at the drawing board. ... “Pinocchio: Platinum Edition” is out,
celebrating the film’s 70th anniversary with two discs that include
documentaries about the animators, commentary, games for kiddies, and, saith Entertainment Weekly, “a restoration
that is pure eye candy.” ... In a classic legal turn-about, Marvel is suing Jack Kirby’s heirs, asking a judge to
invalidate 45 notices the heirs sent out to try to terminate Marvel’s
copyrights on characters Kirby created between 1958 and 1963. Kirby’s
relatives, said the Associated Press, “notified several companies last year
that the rights to the characters would revert from Marvel to Kirby’s estate.”
Marvel contends that Kirby’s work was done “for hire,” rendering the heirs’
claims invalid. ... Jacob Zuma, prez of South Africa and oft the target of
editoonist Zapiro, announced
ambitious plans for treating HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a stunning
turn-around for the man who once claimed a shower could prevent AIDS (for which
statement, Zapiro usually portrayed Zuma with a shower faucet protruding from
his head). A few days later, Zuma married for the fifth time, a woman who will
be number three among his current spouses. Said the Los Angeles Times: “With another fiancee in the
wings and rumors about a possible future engagement, the country may have five
or more first ladies before Zuma’s presidency is over."
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