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 … Continue reading Constantine, Responsibility, War And Sin – BBP! Speaks With Acclaimed Writer Ray Fawkes (Part 1)
Dear John, It’s not me, it’s you. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for the current state of our relationship. We’ve known each other for a long … Continue reading Dear John…And A Constantine #1 On The Wednesday Run – March 20, 2013
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 … Continue reading Tainted Love: Caught Between A Woman, A Man and A Swamp
If you’re a regular to Biff Bam Pop!, John Constantine, everyone’s favourite mystical hellblazer, needs no introduction. We’ve written about the character a number of times here, most recently with … Continue reading Hell Finally Freezes Over In Hellblazer #300 On The Wednesday Run – February 20, 2013
A bespeckled and awkward twelve year-old boy (with parental issues no less) discovers that he’s possibly the world’s most powerful practitioner of magic. Oh! And he has an owl for … Continue reading Before Harry Potter There Was Timothy Hunter And The Books Of Magic On The Wednesday Run – January 30, 2013
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 … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies: Constantine
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 … Continue reading Hellblazed Reading – An Era Comes To An End With DC/Vertigo’s Cancellation Of John Constantine: Hellblazer
In the comic book industry, the big, company-wide, every-character-you-can-think-of-going-up-against-the-biggest-baddest-villian-imaginable-with-the-most-ultimate-of-stakes-on-the-line series is generally reserved for the summertime. It’s like sequential storytelling’s version of a popcorn-coma Michael Bay film. Well, here in … Continue reading Avengers Vs Xmen? I, Vampire? Justice League Dark? The Mind (And The Collector) Is Conflicted With Crossovers This Week On The Wednesday Run – March 21, 2012
Earlier this month, fellow Biff Bam Pop! writer, Glenn Walker, gave us a harrowing (and thrilling) tour through the mad halls of Arkham Asylum, DC Comics’ home for crazy, wicked … Continue reading March Madness – 5 Comic Book Characters Whose Sanity Teeters On The Edge Of The DC Universe
Dating John Constantine is a hazard. Hell, knowing John Constantine is a hazard. You’re likely to end up dead, imprisoned in Hell or some other demonic dimension, or both. This … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Favourite Couples – John Constantine and Kit Ryan
Ah, c’mon! Who isn’t a fan of John Constantine, everyone’s favourite trench coat-clad, half-magician-half-lying, hellblazer? Maybe you know him from those mid-1980’s, first-appearance Swamp Thing books, conjured by the mind … Continue reading Blazin’ Our Way To Hell This Week On The Wednesday Run – January 18, 2012
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, … Continue reading The Wednesday Run – June 22, 2011
