When it comes to comic books and comic book stores, I have three distinct memories of the latter half of the 1980’s: First, I remember buying multiple copies of the … Continue reading Black Kiss 2 #1 Is Signed, Sealed And Hopefully Delivered On The Wednesday Run – August 1, 2012
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 … Continue reading Tales From The Long Box – The Demon #1 (1987)
If you don’t know him by name, and you’re a reader of comics, novels or pop-culture reference books, you’ll know Chip Kidd by his designs. Kidd is a long-standing graphic … Continue reading Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Batman: Death By Design On The Wednesday Run – May 30, 2012
Does anybody really like Michael Bay films? I haven’t really met anyone who thinks Armageddon or any of the Transformers films are actually any good. When it comes to Bay, … Continue reading March Madness: Cowabunga, No! Michael Bay’s Insane Idea To Tweak The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I love creating these lists but they do stress me out. It’s inevitable that I’ll miss listening to or completely forgetting about certain albums but that’s not necessarily something than … Continue reading JP’s Top 5 Albums of 2009
A group of Biff Bam Pop! friends have an annual tradition: they get together every Boxing Day, grab an early morning coffee at the Starbucks at Yonge and Wellesley in … Continue reading The 2009 Boxing Day Diary of JP, Age 36 ½ – Part 1
Do you remember those early Saturday mornings as a child when you would hurriedly thrown open the front door of the house, grab the just-delivered-newspaper and quickly rummage through the … Continue reading Just Like They Used To Be – JP Waxes Nostalgic Over DC’s Wednesday Comics # 1
In The Nobody (Vertigo), author and illustrator Jeff Lemire shows us that every small town has its secrets. And he should know. Lemire, born in small town Woodslee, Ontario, Canada … Continue reading More Than What First Appears – Japer Reviews Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody
Every weekend this summer, we’ll be bringing you a new installment of a 12-part series of reviews of meaningful comics found in the collections of our writers. “Long Box” refers … Continue reading Tales from the Long Box Vol. 2 # 4:Japer Revisits Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children # 1
Every weekend this summer, we’ll be bringing you a new installment of a 12-part series of reviews of meaningful comics found in the collections of our writers. “Long Box” refers … Continue reading Tales from the Long Box Vol. 2 # 3: Japer Revisits Action Comics Weekly # 601
No matter what you listen to these days, there’s no doubt that we all listened to Michael Jackson at some point in our lives. In memory of the man’s music, … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop! Remembers Michael Jackson
Every weekend this summer, we’ll be bringing you a new installment of a 12-part series of reviews of meaningful comics found in the collections of our writers. “Long Box” refers … Continue reading Tales from the Long Box Vol. 2 # 2: Japer Revisits G.I. Joe And The Transformers # 1
