Lots of good stuff going on as we slide into the weekend. We’ve got Iron Man, Archie Comics, Douglas Adams’ Monty Python connection, Chip and Dale and tons more.

Let’s start with my pal Bob Greenberger, the noted comic book writer, novelist, tie-in writer, and a guy who actually knows how to make a physical comic book/graphic novel (all that production/printing/binding/press run/distribution stuff). He has a new book out. Iron Man: Femme Fatales has just been published by Del Rey and it should keep fans happy post-Iron Man I movie and pre-Iron Man II movie. Bob happily blogs about it at his website where he reposts this nice review. I haven’t read the book yet, but I snapped up a copy off the rack at Wal-Mart to feed a little royalty money Bob’s way. I also reshelved the remaining copies to give Bob a better display. That’s how I roll, people.

Harry Lucey: The animator John Kricfalusi has a nice gallery of great Lucey covers from assorted Archie titles at his blog. The covers are absolutely stunning in their simplicity. There’s a “Get Off My Lawn!” part of my brain that wishes the books still looked like this.

Geek Chic Daily: Nikki Finke has a few details about the Hollywood playas lining up behind Gareb Shamus’ new online presence.

George Tuska: Marvel and DC artist George Tuska, so prominent in the comics of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s has passed away at 93. Mark Evanier has a nice look at Tuska’s career. Here’s a real nice original art page by Tuska—no superheroes, just guns, gangsters, street scenes and a hot girl in a bikini. He was from the generation of comic artists who all knew how to draw people, horses, cars, the folds of clothing, and characters in hats who could still make a guy in an iron suit seem believable.

Douglas Adams: It may not be comic books, but many comic book fans celebrate the work of Douglas Adams, creator of the increasingly misnamed Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy trilogy. Many fans may not realize that Adams was once an official member of Monty Python as the writing partner of Graham Chapman once John Cleese left the series. On the eve of the publication of a new Hitchhiker book by caretaker Eoin Colfer, Terry Jones remembers Adams in the Times.

Chip And Dale: I’m more of a Goofy Gophers guy myself, but if you’ve ever been interested in the official Walt Disney version of how to draw Chip and Dale, Michael Sporn has information that can help you.

Maggie Olbrich: Former Malibu Comics/Ultraverse/Bravura/Image Comics Publisher Dave Olbrich may not blog as often as he should over at Funnybook Fanatic, but his daughter has fired up her MacBook and launched her own blog, Cinemanic Chronicles.

Princess Leia’s Breasts: Everyone knows Han Solo’s got game. But did Han Solo get to first base early in the original Star Wars trilogy? It appears so. Maniac World has the official “Han Solo Boob Grope” video.

Chewbacca: And speaking of Star Wars, noted sci-fi author John Scalzi (Old Man’s War, Zoe’s Tale) loves Han Solo’s sidekick. Naturally, he backs it up.

Comic Book School: File this under “Classes I Wish I’d Taken.” Over at Lawyers, Guns and Money, Scott Eric Kaufman shows off the outline he uses for the course he teaches on visual rhetoric. It’s worth a look because it involves Alan Moore, Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, Warren Ellis’ Planetary, how Superman Returns is really a 9/11 movie, plus Watchmen. He’s expanding this into a book for 2010, so get an early free read while you can.

The Anchor #1: Hypergeek is a big fan of the new Boom! series by Phil Hester and Brian Churilla. I can’t wait for my own copy!

Halloween Cinderella: Can’t really add anything to that phrase, can I?

Shovel: The only tool you’ll ever need.

That’s it for now. Happy surfing, you internuts.

[Artwork: Cover to Bob Greenberger’s Iron Man: Femmes Fatales novel. I couldn’t find a credit for the artist, but I think the cover is very striking, and I dig those 1960s-era “spy chick” silhouettes in the background]