

By the evidence of these photos of yesterday’s Mifflin Street Block Party at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Badger Herald photographer Lukas Keapproth may be the Cartier-Bresson of drunken tomfoolery.
Doldrums at the 7th Street Entry: photos by Jeff Rutherford

Iraq Rises Again, the newest monument in Baghdad celebrating Mesopotamian history and heritage, was completed in late April 2012. The statue is the last work of the late Iraqi sculptor Mohammad Ghani Hikmat, a graduate of the Italian Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and one of Iraq’s most famous artists. The photo was taken by Rasoul Ali, one of the most active Iraqi photographers in documenting the beauty of urban and historical landmarks of Iraq.
Photo by Rasoul Ali

The Avengers Origins: Assemble! app for iOS has been updated with new games and fun stuff. It’s an Avengers story app…narrated by Stan Lee! Very cool.
I even have one code to share with you guys for a free download. It’s the only one I have; first come, first served; not a Marvel sponsored freebie—this is from me to you. Enjoy!
iOS code for redemption: FJKPN7K9TH6R

Announced at C2E2: Ultimate Comics “Divided We Fall” by Brian Michael Bendis, Sam Humphries, Brian Wood & more.

Here’s Harry Rosenbaum’s cover painting to SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN black and white magazine #1, done from a John Romita line drawing. This was released in 1968, the year Marvel momentarily tried to extend the boundaries of what comics could be. Romita told me years later that publisher Martin Goodman pulled the plug on the whole experiment based on no real evidence at all—he just didn’t have any faith in it or want to gamble money on it.