Early Buzz: 'Mulaney,' Morrissey and more headlines

Morning, all! Not long ago I was complaining about the endless winter, and now I need to (have my husband) put the air conditioner back in the window. Ah, weather woes!

Last night I caught up on Sunday's Mad Men, which I thought was wonderfully strange. I've seen some stories that have criticized the show for being slow or repetitive this year, but I disagree. Not every series can have death and dragons every week ...

How about headlines?

- We have a story about the return of Blondie.

- Morrissey has released the first single off his new album, due July 15.

- Zack Snyder gave us a semi-peek at the Batmobile.

- On a related note, watch three minutes of the Batman panel I moderated last week.

- Watch a trailer for John Mulaney's new Fox sitcom.

- Whoa, I must get my hands on these Simpson-ized versions of R.E.M.!

- Jon Stewart's directorial debut has a distributor.

- This is a strange and sad story: Casey Kasem's whereabouts are unknown.

- Paste finished counting down the top 100 comic-book characters of all time.

- Comics writer/photographer Seth Kushner needs a bone marrow transplant. Here's how to help.

- Here's a chat with Jay Jackson, who plays Perd Hapley on Parks and Rec.

- Yay, Tina! Here's a piece about how Bob's Burgers has a unique way of showing teen sexuality on TV.

- Ha, here's a great story about how a Kenny G song is hugely popular in China.

- Check out a roundup of female writers talking about other female writers who inspire them.

- Twitter quietly unveiled a handy "mute" feature to silence users without having to unfollow them.

- One person you won't wanna mute: Maya Rudolph, who just joined Twitter.

- David Byrne launched a cool feature on his site where he revisits his old recordings.

- And finally, our pal Ward Sutton made a cartoon imagining what Leave It to Beaver would be like in 2014.