Jason Shayer Presents His Top 10 1980s Comic Book Reprints of 2011
Need a few ideas on what to get your thirty-something comic book geek for the holidays? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of this year’s top 10 hardcover books reprinting classic 1980s comic books....
View ArticleSpring Black Orchid Picking On The Wednesday Run – April 25, 2012
Despite the recent chill across much of the northeast of this continent, spring is still upon us. There’s landscaping to be done in the backyard and those colourful impatiens are now showing through....
View ArticleHoax Hunters, Mad Men, Swamp Thing And The Art Of The Origin Story With Guest...
All this month at Biff Bam Pop we’re looking at Origin stories – from films and comics and debut albums, to authors and their work. As part of this, writer Michael Moreci has written about the origin...
View ArticleTales From The Long Box – The Demon #1 (1987)
Every other week, Jason Shayer will highlight an issue or a run of issues pulled from the horde of comic book long boxes that occupy more room in his house than his wife can tolerate. Each of these...
View ArticleHellblazed Reading – An Era Comes To An End With DC/Vertigo’s Cancellation Of...
A week ago, DC Comics announced the cancellation of Hellblazer. Bullshit was my first thought. There are certain instances where, in comics, because you’ve read a particular title for so long, because...
View ArticleSaturday At The Movies: Constantine
What do you do if you know you’re dying and that when you die, you know that you’re going to hell? If you’re the conniving yet charismatic rogue mage John Constantine, you do the only thing that can be...
View ArticleTainted Love: Caught Between A Woman, A Man and A Swamp
Tuesday, February 26. A dog day in the month of love. Cupid’s come and gone, sweet first blush has turned to red-faced anger, text messages have gone unanswered, and all that’s left of chocolate gifts...
View ArticleConstantine, Responsibility, War And Sin – BBP! Speaks With Acclaimed Writer...
After making the game-changer move of ending all of their monthly series in August 2011 and, calling it the “New 52”, re-starting them with brand new first issues, DC Comics continues to evolve. This...
View ArticleFirst Look at Miracleman #1!
Marvel Comics has had the rights to Miracleman (or Marvelman, pick your poison) for quite some time now, and it’s been a waiting game to see what they do with the character. Wait no longer, as we see...
View ArticleDoctor Who S08 E10: In the Forest of the Night
“The forest is mankind’s nightmare.” … says the Doctor, looking around a newly forested Trafalgar Square. Over the course of one night a massive forest has grown up everywhere. Not just London, not...
View ArticleJason Shayer Presents His Top 10 1980s Comic Book Reprints of 2011
Need a few ideas on what to get your thirty-something comic book geek for the holidays? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of this year’s top 10 hardcover books reprinting classic 1980s comic books....
View ArticleSpring Black Orchid Picking On The Wednesday Run – April 25, 2012
Despite the recent chill across much of the northeast of this continent, spring is still upon us. There’s landscaping to be done in the backyard and those colourful impatiens are now showing through....
View ArticleJaper Gets Swamped By Alan Moore
Whether you know it or not, it’s pretty hard to not be bombarded with Alan Moore’s name these days. The man is everywhere! If you walk into any bookstore, be it a chain or a local shop, there’s sure...
View ArticleAcross The Universe 2 – JP on Keeping Up With the Jones’…Wayne’s and Kent’s
On the middle Wednesday of every month, regular Biff Bam Pop! contributor, JP Fallavollita, shares his musings on comic books, comic book art, comic book collecting and the overall comic book universe....
View ArticleThe Wednesday Run – June 22, 2011
Every Wednesday, JP makes the after-work run to his local downtown comic book shop. Comics arrive on Wednesdays you see and JP, fearful that the latest issue will sell out, rushes out to purchase his...
View ArticleReboots and Recollections Part 3: JP Concludes His Top 10 Comics in DC’s...
Off the top of my head, I’m having trouble remembering what the very first first issue comic I bought was. Of course, I was there for the first issues of Watchmen, Sandman and Hellblazer. I had seen...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead S06 E07: Heads Up
In last week’s episode of “The Walking Dead” we met a swamp walker. It was special effects supervisor and co-executive producer Greg Nicotero’s tribute to artist Bernie Wrightston, the co-creator of...
View Article2016 Brings Us Back To The SWAMP THING #1 On The Wednesday Run
So, you made it, eh? You made it through the holidays intact and your back is no worse for wear, what with carrying all of those heavy Absolute and Omnibus editions of various comic book compilations...
View ArticleRevisited: “Suicide Squad” Easter Eggs Wants
With the obvious front-loaded fan base of the Suicide Squad film, David Ayer’s critically panned flick still made mad money in its first weekend of release to the tune of $135 million. And then it...
View Article31 Days Of Horror 2016 Ticks Down To “Neil Gaiman’s Midnight Days” On The...
The clock is ticking down and the midnight hour is close at hand! Well, the only midnight hour worth mentioning, really…and that’s the midnight of All Hallows Eve. As Presidential candidate Donald...
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