MyNeighborTotoro

Art: Mondo's 20" x 29" "The Batcave" print (limited to 500) by artist JC Richard will go on sale on Thursday for $50. Movies: Chinese audiences apparently prefer The Amazing Spider-Man to The Dark Knight Rises, with Spidey opening to $5...

Humor: Grickle artist Graham Annable imagines a more adult Finn and Jake's embarassment in "Awkward Time." TV: Jerry Springer has managed to offend Bronies by with a recent casting call for his show, leading to fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic to band together against appearing on programs that may wish to ridicule their fandom...

Eats: Japan's Shiro-Hige Cream Puff Factory bakes some very neighborly Totoro cream puffs. Upcoming: To coincide with the release of Chris Ware's Multi-Story, Drawn and Quarterly will release a limited signed and numbered 11" x 16" x 18" building model of the titular structure this fall...

The wonderful world of ironic metal covers typically thrives on the edges of social media and live performances, where fans are free to pay tribute to -- or parody -- popular song with the power of C tuning, blast beats and seven layers of screaming without upsetting corporate copyright holders...

Webcomics: Artists Kevin Mellon and John Bivens have launched Forest For the Trees, a new weekly webcomic that forces each creator to respond to the other's work on the fly, unaware of what's coming next. Museums: An adult-sized catbus replica from My Neighbor Totoro is coming to the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan in June...

Toys: Upcoming Hasbro box art teases "the big three" kicking it Avengers style...in action figure form, at least. Movies: Lost composer Michael Giacchino may be lending his scoring skills to Captain America: The First Avenger. Retail: Better use your huge 33-50 percent off coupons while you can, Borders doesn't seem to be in awesome shape...

Ratings: The Walking Dead's season finale was watched by more than six million viewers - the most for any episode of the season. That's a lot of people who have come to love zombies since Halloween. Movies: It's been a long time since I gave any real thought to the 1980 live action Popeye film, but it turns out it's well worth reflecting on...