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Pop Culture Safari — A humorous comparison of DC and Marvel Comics' "cheesecake" books Gotham Sirens and Marvel Divas . Turns out Divas isn't as cheesecakey as one might presume. ---- Former Clash members Mick Jones and Topper Headon are reuniting for a fund-raising cover of the band's old tune "Jail Guitar Doors." The pair teamed up with folk activist Billy Bragg in the studio to promote the singer's campaign to help rehabilitate prison inmates. Bragg's Jail Guitar Doors initiative, named after the song, supplies musical instruments to prisoners. Several inmates have gone on to pursue careers as performers since the scheme started two years ago. ...The recording session was filmed for a ...

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Blog@Newsarama — How the X-Men are like the Chicago Cubs (other than the fact that they both play a lot of baseball): I enjoyed Tim O’Neil’s latest post about the X-Men franchise’s historical popularity, and why it seems to be on the wane for the first time in so long. In it, he compares being an X-Men fan to being a fan of a particular sports team: You liked the X-Men like a Chicago fan likes the the Cubs. Sure, the Cubs never quite make it, but you enjoy the show all season anyway. Sure, some fair-weather fans may come and go as the home team waxes and wanes, but there’s still a huge amount of people who stay committed through ...