Signs Of The Times

It had to happen eventually.  With the devastating effects of Covid-19, high unemployment, business closings and downsizings and the cost of everything going up it was bound to affect my blog.

Since 1992 I’ve written and posted reviews about comic books, toys, books, movies, trading cards: almost anything that has to do with pop culture.

I started out in print and moved to the Internet.

Over the last couple of years the amount of review products coming in from publishers and manufacturers has dwindled down considerably.

I don’t fault the businesses. There are lots for reasons for it, as I listed above. Anything I receive is greatly appreciated.

I’ve never been one to give up so I began pulling old material from my personal collection and library and started posting a number of retro-reviews.

I also include some personal recollections and some historical notes. For the most part I’ve gotten a lot of good responses from my readers.

I’ve expanded my reviews to include such things as camping supplies, household items, electronics, etc.

As with all my reviews I put a lot of effort into describing each item, it’s ease of use, quality of workmanship, etc.

What I desperately need is for review material to come in on a regular basis.  I need physical items to review.  I don’t review PDFs, digital downloads or from photos and promotional postings.

The reasons are simple.  I do more than review what an item looks like.  For books and comic books I delve into the quality of the printing, special inserts, etc. 

For other products such as model kits, I take the time to take the pieces out of the boxes, assemble them and determine quality and ease of assembly.

Toys I run by my grandkids and check on playability-you get the idea.  I always include photo(s) of each product and hyperlinks back to their publisher or manufacturer.

Take a moment to look over my blog to see the quality of my reviews.  I also post to Facebook, Linked-in and Twitter.

If you represent a publisher or manufacturer and want your products reviewed I’d love to do so. 

If you wish to send physical review merchandise contact me at the emails below or through my Contact Form on my blog for my address.

bamcomics@juno.com or bamcomics@netzero.com

I review toys, model kits, trading cards, books, comics books, magazines/publications, Anime, Manga, Blu-rays/DVDs, Camping Equipment, Electronics, Computers and Peripherals, toys, diecast, games, video games, auto, home, outdoor and other miscellaneous products.

If you wish to be notified when I post reviews simple go to my blog and on the upper right corner is a spot where you can Follow By Email.

Any help would be most appreciated.  I’ve been writing and posting reviews for a long time and I hope to do so for a many more years to come.

Thanks for your support and God bless.