I caught up on a bunch of Grant Morrison related links. I’m behind on his Batman stuff, but hope to catch up soon enough. Over at DC’s The Source, Morrison talks about characters he created/renovated in the second arc of his Batman & Robin book. I would love to see Morrison’s sketchbooks/notebooks printed for mass consumption like Kurt Cobain’s Journals.

Morrison also talked to Wired about Batman Inc., how it’s connected to modern day capitalism and how Arkkham Asylum (the video game) and Batman: Brave and the Bold inspired him. I completely agree that watching BATB is more enjoyable than watching Glee.

Alan Kistler’s Final Crisis chronology on Comics Alliance is pretty rad. I’m on the side of really liking the story, though I still don’t think I completely understand it. Watching David Lynch’s Lost Highway in high school over and over trained me that my understanding of something doesn’t have to correlate with my enjoyment of that thing. (via Comics Reporter)

The last bit of Morrison related goodness that I finally got around to reading today was Douglas Wolk’s presentation of evidence that Leo Quintum and Lex Luthor are the same person in All-Star Superman over on Techland. It’s an interesting proposal, one that I’ll keep in mind next time I read that book. (via Robot 6)Gary Oldman’s the rare actor who seems to really lose himself in the role, not just from an acting perspective, but physically. I still don’t think I could pick this dude out of a lineup. (via /Film)Thanks to Ffffound, I’m not subscribed to artist Stefan Glerum‘s RSS feed. His art is RAD and kind of reminds me of Chris Ware a little bit. I love that super-detailed, yet still cartoony style. The Fwoosh’s New Custom Tuesday showcase of new custom toys done by their readers is one of the high points of my week. I’m always impressed with what these folks can do and it makes me want to get the ball rolling on my next customizing project, though, to be honest, I’m worried I’ll screw it up. Head over here to see how Pulpy Fiction put the Machete figure together.

Speaking of toys, IHeartChaos has a fun little showcase of some retro toys. I totally had the Hit Stix and wish someone would make a much better version that could plug into a drum machine.

Another high point of my week is Robot 6’s weekly showcase of Shelf Porn. I’m envious of toy maker Richard John Marcej’s Shelf Porn showed off over on Robot 6, just look at that Simpsons room!

Nate Jackson’s article on Esquire.com about why teams won’t want to pick Randy Moss up is pretty interesting, especially the idea that it takes a while for quarterbacks and receivers to really get to know each others’ playing styles.Finally, who wants to get me the Pick Punch for Christmas? It’s basically a button maker for guitar picks where whatever image you have on paper gets sandwhiched between two pick-shaped pieces of plastic that are somehow fused together. The only problem? While you can buy the actual Pick Punch, the sheeting all seems to be out of stock. I wonder if that’s cause of all the linking I’ve seen going on, like IHeartChaos, where I first saw it.