DC's one-shot (well, 4 issues -- 4-shot? -- but all 4 are being released today) of World War III is out today. (It ties in to 52, because apparently DC hadn't made *enough* money on a weekly comic....)

Combine that with all my other pulls for today, plus the Nightwing Annual, and I've got a $25 day at the ol' comic store.

At least it's healthier than crystal meth.

At least it's healthier than crystal meth.

But not as easy to make out of household cleaning products.

...so I've read. In a comic book.

I took a look at DC's WWIII when I was picking up the lastest 52 today. I chose to not bother with the 4-shot because it seemed like one long action sequence that may have some important character plot points tucked away, but I couldn't be arsed to go searching for them. Let me know if you find anything worthwhile in them, Tep. The only thing I saw inside that I liked was the advert for Countdown featuring an excellent rendition of the Joker.

Okay, I think I need the Nightwing Annual. I thought I was done with Nightwing -- but if they're going to have original Robin and Batgirl on the cover. . . I have to have it.

So Gail Simone is leaving BoP in order to write Wonder Woman.

A SUPER FINALE TO DSO'S "SUPER SATURDAYS"
THE X-MEN™ MEET THE SYMPHONY!

Favorite X-Men Characters Appear in Young People's Concert

DETROIT, (March 29, 2007) - Super heroes will help the Detroit Symphony Orchestra close out the current season of "Super Saturdays at The Max," when the X-Men™ join the DSO for the final National City Young People's Concerts of the 2006-07 season. With the help of powerful music, favorite X-Men characters will battle evil and show how important it is to celebrate our differences. The concerts, led by Lawrence Loh, Associate Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, take place on Saturday, April 21 at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.

X-Men Meet the Symphony is a unique, interactive, theatrical concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra that will feature many of the most popular X-Men heroes such as Wolverine, Storm and Beast, as they battle against the evil mutant Magneto. The heroes spend the concert trying to recover a magic "Mutant Reversal Ray" -- a special conductor's baton -- that Magneto has stolen. The baton harnesses the power of music to turn mutant X-Men into normal humans. The X-Men, however, don't want to be "normal;" they appreciate the things about themselves that make them unique, and encourage the audience members to do the same. At the end of the show, all of the audience members are inducted as "junior super heroes." Throughout the concert, the X-Men are accompanied by great classical music, including works by Debussy, Strauss, Shostakovich, Hindemith and more. The show concludes with the Suite from the film X2: X-Men United.

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Oh, I hope that comes here. Those kinds of concerts (Lord of the Rings Symphony, Video Games Live) are super-entertaining, not least because you can watch the symphony try to play while holding their noses.

Did everybody know there's a music compilation out called Where's Neil When You Need Him? with tracks by Rasputina and Voltaire and Tori Amos inspired by Neil Gaiman's work?

BPAL's got a fragrance out that's all about Gaiman, too. He does seem to be the man of the hour.

Did everybody know there's a music compilation out called Where's Neil When You Need Him? with tracks by Rasputina and Voltaire and Tori Amos inspired by Neil Gaiman's work?

I assumed everyone did know about it. It's a surprisingly good CD; there are only a couple of songs that make me lunge for the skip button. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Cruxshadows and Razed In Black.)

The liner notes Neil came up with for the CD are a lot of fun. And, because apparently someone at Dancing Ferret wanted to make sure they hit all of my fandoms with this project, the little intro blurb to the liner notes was written by the lead singer for My Chemical Romance.