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 # 1: Japer Revisits The Uncanny X-Men # 225
I’m beginning to swoon again. No, it’s not my relatively minor fear of heights brought on by recently clambering up on some rickety scaffolding to shoo nesting birds away from … Continue reading A Sense Of Vertigo Returns For Japer
Robots. There aren’t many, pardon the pun, inventions in cinema that illicit more emotion in us, the movie-going public, than the sight of a robot. For all of the monsters, … Continue reading Countdown to Terminator Salvation: Whirrr-Click-Hummm – Japer Recalls His Favourite Robots In Film
This past weekend saw the J.J. Abrams reboot of the Star Trek franchise at movie theatres everywhere. When I initially heard that this film was going to happen, I’d be … Continue reading The First Voyage – Japer Recalls Buying His First Comic Book
Let me begin by saying that the Marvel Comics character called Wolverine is not my favourite comic book character. That position would belong to Batman. No, the X-Men member with … Continue reading Countdown To X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Scratching Me Where I Itch – Japer Recounts His Favourite Wolverine Story
WARNING! THERE BE SPOILERS BELOW! What do you do with an iconic comic book series that is over seventy years old? How do you continue to tell invigorating and relevant … Continue reading Reinvigorating Superman’s World – Japer Looks at Superman: Brainiac
Scotty G’s Take: For those of you who know the history of the film Where The Wild Things Are, you’ll be happy to know that the first trailer for the … Continue reading Trailer Time: Where The Wild Things Are
It’s been something along the lines of eight years since The Scream team last played Toronto. That’s a long time for fans of the band. For me, it’s been even … Continue reading Japer Sees Primal Scream In Toronto And Declares That They Have A Beautiful Future Together
I regularly receive requests from dear friends to join them at playing video games online, one of the benefits of this modern console age. I’ve politely declined their requests recently, … Continue reading In Need Of A New Persona? Geflon Don Tries His Fourth!
I was away earlier this year. Maybe you noticed. I was away from writing short stories and comic book scripts. I was away from Life On Mars, Mantracker and The … Continue reading Living Another Life – Japer Explains His Recent Disappearances
Like many, Watchmen has been a bit of an obsession of mine over the years. I currently have five different versions of the book in my collection. I’m proud to … Continue reading Reading The Watchmen – Japer Contemplates The Absolute Version Of The Seminal Story
The highway downtown was clear of traffic and, fortuitously, every turn I made was the right one. Knowing that the closing hour was near, I stopped directly outside the comic … Continue reading Japer Spins A Yarn About Death, Heroes, Comics, Comic Book Formats And Friends – Part 3
