Cheap Simpsons!

Amazon's Deal of the Day is The Simpsons, Season 9 for $22 (56% off)! Some of the last great Phil Hartman moments, as well as season that introduced the cat lady and Gil. And that great soccer match/riot ("Halfback passes to center. Back to the wing. Back to the center. . . ").

Whatever happened to Tony Rosato?

Ever wondered what happened to former SNL castmember Tony Rosato? Turns out he's in jail, and quite nuts.

It's not a pretty story, but it is a fascinating one.

TV notes: Lost and Heroes

We caught up on the last month of Lost yesterday before catching Heroes.

Lost:
( spoilers ho )

And as for Heroes:
( super-spoilers )

You must be kidding me, part 2.

Following up the Supergirl statue (as well as Marvel's Mary Jane one), DC Direct has yet another statue planned from Japanese fetish house Kotobukiya :

( behind this cut tag lurks something purporting to be Selena Kyle )

I can only assume that this is an action shot, and that we're witnessing Selena about to fall down as a result of these large spherical things that some clever villain (Matter Master, maybe) has somehow managed to graft onto her chest. Fortunately, they're likely to cushion her fall.

In fairness, Selena (an adult) creeps me out a lot less than Teen Malformed Supergirl. It helps that DC didn't release any photos that actually allow us to see her torso (which looks like it's likely contorted, but we can't be sure) or her rear. Given what we've seen of Supergirl, I'm not optimistic about how these will look.

But wait! Here's a bonus feature, courtesy of the formerly talented writer and artist* Frank Miller. Yes, it's the cover of All-Star Batman and Robin #5, featuring Wonder Woman's Star-Spangled and Kinda Lopsided Ass:

( cut for bad art )

Other features of Miller's fine art include a left nipple that, based on the angle of the image, is two inches long and tough enough to poke through leather (these are definitely not the sort of Amazons who would cut off their left breasts, clearly); a spine that appears to be broken, forcing Princess Diana's left ribcage into an unusual angle; and random splatters of red over the page that likely represent the blood that sprayed from Miller's nose as he laughed maniacally over the shit folks will pay him for.

*Okay, hype aside, he's never been talented as an artist, for any definition that includes actual talent. But in books like The Dark Knight Returns and Sin City, he's made the most of his limited skills to make the work stylish, at least.