* Is it just me, or does the new, numerically enhanced trailer for the Friday the 13th remake (via Jason Adams) deliberately evoke this YouTube montage of every killing from the entire series?

* A collection of David B.’s dream comics? Where did this come from?

* Another thing about the end of Secret Invasion: So now Iron Man, title character of the hugely popular and effervescent film starring Robert Downey Jr., is not just a privacy-invading, gulag-running tyrant, but an incompetent one to boot, who is now staggering out of office in ignominy? That’s one way to play it, I guess. I’m not one to assert real-world allegories, but if you had to pick one real-world political figure with that basic career trajectory…let’s just say it’s not a person with whom I’d align the lead character in Marvel Studios’ main movie franchise.

* That being said, whatever problems I may have with the multi-year Civil War/Initiative/World War Hulk/Secret Invasion/Dark Reign uber-event as a story or as a vehicle for likable characters whose core concepts remain intact, I’m impressed as hell by it as an editorial/organizational/marketing mechanism. If you’re the kind of person who’s interested in the status quo of a shared corporate superhero universe in and of itself, I’d imagine it’s rather exciting to see all the ducks in a row on such a consistent basis.

* Hey, look, a new Doves album is on the way. I like this band a great deal. (Via Pfork.)

* Apparently I also like this band:

* Now here’s something that College Sean T. Collins would have paid money to see: A French prankster played Mario Kart in real traffic. This is the result. Just wait till you see the banana peels. (Via Topless Robot.)

* Look at the cover for Antony & the Johnson’s upcoming album The Crying Light. (Via Ryan Catbird.)

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