https://www.popnakaro.com/features daily 1.0 2026-09-05 https://www.popnakaro.com/features/finding-pontchartrain-beach monthly 0.5 2026-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0f0d4a7f-b746-43de-8fd0-659e13d46118/vintage-pontchartrain-beach-advertising-sign.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach One of Pontchartrain Beach's classic advertising signs serves as a reminder that, although the midway disappeared after 1983, the park's familiar images never completely vanished. For many New Orleanians, they were the first clues that the search could still continue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/b0200115-8d3b-48cc-b8a7-41f437f50ad2/Pontchartrain_Beach_04.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out The old photo booth and the Zephyr's towering crest make an unlikely pair in Rivertown, but together they preserve one of the strongest public connections to Pontchartrain Beach and mark the first stop in the search for what still remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e4261d2b-53e8-4792-9992-d48ee963ddb6/Pontchartrain_Beach_03.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out The original ZEPHYR letters once crowned the lift hill of Pontchartrain Beach's legendary wooden roller coaster. Viewing them more than forty years later brought back the excitement—and heartbreak—of my final ride during the park's closing weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e8f95cc8-2d42-4eb6-abe0-6537d32a2f5c/bali-hai-rivertown-02.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out Bali Ha'i invited visitors to leave New Orleans behind for an afternoon in the South Pacific, offering an escape that became every bit as memorable as the rides themselves. Historic image digitally restored and enhanced by the author for publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/cad7fb4f-2dce-4941-8925-2c0dd0103fd2/harry-batt-blue-elephant-paper-eater-01.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out Harry Batt's blue elephant turned throwing away popcorn boxes, cups and candy wrappers into part of the fun. For many children, feeding the elephant became every bit as memorable as the rides themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/663d2416-4dca-402e-ac35-bf057b4afe16/city-park-carousel-giraffe-new-orleans-01carousel_03.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out Built in 1906 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, the City Park carousel stands as a lasting reminder of the Batt family's broader influence on New Orleans amusement history. Though never part of Pontchartrain Beach, it provides an important connection to the family whose vision helped shape generations of childhood memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/b5039a31-dc9c-4e99-9d61-f8e10be18334/port-pontchartrain-lighthouse-01.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out The Port Pontchartrain Lighthouse stood watch over generations of beachgoers long before the first roller coaster was built and remained after the midway disappeared. Returning to the lakefront brought the journey full circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/c5d8a344-7f1b-41f1-8221-f3d7b6e9059b/pontchartrain-beach-rivertown-mural-01.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out The search ends where it began—with memory. This Rivertown mural celebrates the rides, landmarks and experiences that continue to keep Pontchartrain Beach alive more than four decades after the midway fell silent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1785111509661-FHML6I11UCTJV5JZ8QX7/bali-hai-rivertown-current-condition.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1785111511754-37G3UBZGYTXXLCUBFQJY/harry-batt-blue-elephant-current-condition.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1785111511265-B0TPWM5CYFADIW1NGN5L/pontchartrain-beach-rivertown-mural-current-condition.jpg Features - Finding Pontchartrain Beach https://www.popnakaro.com/features/where-childhood-keeps-turning monthly 0.5 2026-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/2d0d3140-f43d-483c-9641-e5980814e341/pontchartrain-beach-laff-in-the-dark-midway-restored-01.jpg Features - Searching for Pontchartrain Beach Visitors stroll through the heart of Pontchartrain Beach as the colorful façade of Laff in the Dark welcomed generations of families. More than a funhouse, it became one of the park's most recognizable landmarks and a defining image of summer in New Orleans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0ec41c31-68c1-4539-aeb5-21b974b84a8a/brad-thompson-pontchartrain-beach-painting-dining-room-02.jpg Features - Searching for Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out Brad Thompson's Pontchartrain Beach transforms decades of memories into a single vibrant scene, bringing together many of the park's most recognizable landmarks in one unforgettable tribute. The painting has become a daily reminder that some places never really leave us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/32605a9a-7523-426e-b6a7-c0ade466fc31/pontchartrain-beach-family-affair-book-independent-bookstore.png Features - Searching for Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out Pontchartrain Beach: A Family Affair by Bryan Batt and Katy Danos has become the definitive history of the park, preserving the Batt family's story through photographs, firsthand recollections and decades of memories that might otherwise have been lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/20ebeeb9-9258-4062-bca6-92847b2f6726/vintage-pontchartrain-beach-advertising-sign.jpg Features - Searching for Pontchartrain Beach - Make it stand out One of Pontchartrain Beach's classic advertising signs serves as a reminder that, although the midway disappeared after 1983, the park's familiar images never completely vanished. For many New Orleanians, they were the first clues that the search could still continue. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/built-on-family-ground monthly 0.5 2026-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ec87c5b6-d1a9-4bd3-8886-061d067c8729/chucks-field-of-dreams-albany-louisiana.jpg Features - Built on family ground Chuck Raborn returned to his family’s Albany property in 2007, building the current Chuck’s Field of Dreams over the remains of his grandfather’s original store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/8e39b21d-39e6-482b-873e-e3d25be9b2cc/jace-raborn-inside-chucks-field-of-dreams.jpg Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/f6f788ea-6e8c-40bd-a874-9c04abff5944/chuck-raborn-field-of-dreams-youtube-thumbnail.png Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/3d9181e0-bde1-470d-a61e-d791e4d55a7f/vintage-lsu-football-memorabilia.jpg Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out Vintage LSU pieces help turn the front of Raborn’s shop into a survey of Louisiana sports and popular culture assembled through years of searching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/20ebeeb9-9258-4062-bca6-92847b2f6726/vintage-pontchartrain-beach-advertising-sign.jpg Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out Weathered Pontchartrain Beach printing sign featuring the amusement park clown, Zephyr roller coaster and New Orleans imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/737e2005-c140-450a-9893-d3207e7e3eb8/collector-sorting-cards-at-chucks-field-of-dreams.jpg Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out A collector settles in at one of Chuck’s tables, sorting cards and enjoying the kind of unhurried morning that keeps the hobby rooted in community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/7e1b1b3b-d863-4001-826f-41f5c2526a8a/.jpg+1952-topps-mickey-mantle-baseball-card.jpg+no+a+printing+plate+-+thats+an+advertising+sign%3A+++Corrected+filename%3A++vintage-pontchartrain-beach-advertising-sign.jpg.jpg Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out Iconic cards of Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron and other all-time greats now attract collectors who value their imagery, scarcity and long-term investment potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ce30f596-4923-408a-a480-2863da4032f6/1952-topps-mickey-mantle-baseball-card.jpg Features - Built on family ground - Make it stand out Few cards embody the hobby’s soaring values like the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, yet Raborn’s advice begins somewhere simpler: collect the players and cards you enjoy. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/nolas-best-outdoor-museum monthly 0.5 2026-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/8a203582-c33d-41fa-9a8e-cda1d8b2079c/sydney-and-walda-besthoff-sculpture-garden-entrance.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden has grown into one of New Orleans' premier cultural destinations, blending world-class sculpture with the natural beauty of City Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/fa50756e-6570-444e-92ca-ee50c1458f09/robert-indiana-love-red-outside-violet-inside.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out Robert Indiana's LOVE transformed four familiar letters into one of the most recognizable works of public art in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/9877ae42-6211-4e67-bc7f-e2a229d4cab0/claes-oldenburg-coosje-van-bruggen-safety-pin.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out Corridor Pin, Blue demonstrates how Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen elevated ordinary objects into monumental public art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1e4268fd-2c7f-422a-88bd-5a807dda6633/george-rodrigue-we-stand-together.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out George Rodrigue brought his iconic Blue Dog into three dimensions with We Stand Together, celebrating one of Louisiana's most recognizable artistic creations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d8618039-35f6-46b8-9101-8f0ec0f7f649/sean-scully-colored-stacked-frames.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out Sean Scully's Colored Stacked Frames explores color, geometry and perspective through intersecting painted steel forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/94fe04bd-bf20-4d09-8700-2431f38bd4f8/do-ho-suh-karma-sculpture.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out A closer look at Karma reveals dozens of interconnected figures supporting one another in a soaring stainless steel column. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/55099c35-ea2e-44a8-b608-d0fa4151dbc8/houseago-sculpture-new-orleans-city-park.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out Thomas Houseago's Striding Figure (Rome I) preserves the expressive textures of the artist's original model, celebrating the energy of the creative process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/3f0d4342-1b0d-4a04-a620-fd64044dc1dd/besthoff-sculpture-garden-landscape.jpg Features - Nola's best outdoor museum - Make it stand out Large-scale sculpture and carefully designed landscapes come together throughout the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, creating an experience that rewards every turn along the path. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/painting-his-way-to-royal-street monthly 0.5 2026-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/79a8f175-7dc5-4558-b06c-a3f9449a7986/brad-thompson-royal-street-gallery-artwork.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street More than 50 years after his first high school painting, Brad Thompson has reached a destination he once imagined from afar: showing his work on Royal Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e1aa59f5-3146-4de3-ab05-1be6c2e27ef8/brad-thompson-50-years-painting-new-orleans-thumbnail.png Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/dc19cfa2-0c2d-4109-80db-43262ec79981/brad-thompson-evening-at-jackson-square.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out The streets and characters of New Orleans have supplied Thompson with subjects for decades, from landmark buildings to musicians and everyday scenes in the French Quarter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/05939a85-84ef-464f-ae2c-825cb246ab8a/brad-thompson-waterfalls-of-avalon.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0f2ab0d1-93f6-426e-b318-6257913409e4/brad-thompson-jewel-of-the-south.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out After Hurricane Katrina, Thompson transformed memories of discarded household belongings into a fleur-de-lis, turning the objects he saw piled along flooded streets into Jewel of the South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/72d197fb-0552-4694-a903-117c39ef1f08/Brad6.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out Thompson’s catalog reaches well beyond the French Quarter, preserving familiar Louisiana subjects that have helped define his work for generations of collectors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0ec41c31-68c1-4539-aeb5-21b974b84a8a/brad-thompson-pontchartrain-beach-painting-dining-room-02.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/962d4e99-953b-43c5-8790-a4d0dc205216/brad-thompson-gallery-royal-street-sign.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out After decades of painting New Orleans from across the region, Thompson now has his name hanging on Royal Street, the destination he says he dreamed of reaching throughout his career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/bdc49e4f-e9e2-49b2-8f6e-480faa6dd540/brad-thompson-royal-street-st-peter-painting.jpg Features - Painting his way to Royal Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/keeping-hazzard-county-running monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/95266578-7c63-430d-aabc-5d478bd34987/ben-jones-cooters-place-nashville.jpg Features - Keeping Hazzard County running Ben Jones welcomes visitors to Cooter’s Place and its Dukes of Hazzard museum in Nashville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/f5a12a2f-48c3-4486-b9e0-63835517f195/cooter-davenport-tow-truck-door.jpg Features - Keeping Hazzard County running - Make it stand out The door of Cooter Davenport’s Hazzard County tow truck recalls the mechanic who kept the General Lee running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/06f30bd9-4fad-4905-9f32-469ff6d31e1e/tim-san-fillippo-general-lee-cooters-place.jpg Features - Keeping Hazzard County running - Make it stand out I made Cooter’s Place a stop during a trip to Nashville and posed beside the General Lee outside the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1786328194337-7NKOKABD3WMCLKJOMF3R/original-dukes-of-hazzard-scripts.jpg Features - Keeping Hazzard County running https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1786329301266-Z5XSA6QAEKKJSPNY9S5L/vintage-dukes-of-hazzard-lunchboxes.jpg Features - Keeping Hazzard County running https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1786329938846-IKAY60VP2Y9CIQ7GBA9X/dukes-of-hazzard-boss-hogg-memorabiliaIMG_3580.JPG Features - Keeping Hazzard County running https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1786329788492-Y41885KCD5JB78CSQAB0/dixie-jeep-cooters-place-museum.jpg Features - Keeping Hazzard County running https://www.popnakaro.com/features/doin-it-their-way monthly 0.5 2026-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/fccdbaf0-d516-4495-9756-4a2a8690c6dd/gnarly-barley-brewing-hammond-exterior-01.jpg Features - Doin’ it their way Only a few miles from my front door, Gnarly Barley has turned an industrial building on Corbin Road into one of Hammond’s most colorful hometown success stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d6121332-82b7-4e30-bc8e-20a94f0dabd4/gnarly-barley-halfpipe-to-brewery-youtube-thumbnail.png Features - Doin’ it their way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/8527f691-ebd3-4341-a8a0-cea1bf71dad5/gnarly-barley-brewery-production-tanks.jpg Features - Doin’ it their way - Make it stand out The distance from a Ponchatoula kitchen stove to a production floor filled with stainless steel tells much of Gnarly Barley’s story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d1b2f42c-bf3e-4458-adc6-4377c067926b/gnarly-barley-skateboard-wheel-tap-handles.jpg Features - Doin’ it their way - Make it stand out Skateboard-wheel tap handles carry the culture that inspired Gnarly Barley’s name directly into the beer-drinking experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e3c2fe1f-b228-48e8-963a-3a6b4893eccd/dine-gnar-hammond-louisiana.jpg Features - Doin’ it their way - Make it stand out Dine Gnar sits directly across Corbin Road, helping turn a stop at the brewery into a full afternoon in Hammond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/a3cfe60f-742e-4fe5-b3e1-15d43a186dac/gnarly-barley-canned-beer-production.jpg Features - Doin’ it their way - Make it stand out Stacked high inside the brewery, beer made in Hammond waits to carry Gnarly Barley—and a piece of Tangipahoa Parish—throughout the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/87d266c8-6eef-4cf8-b489-e7ee580e8566/gnarly-barley-taproom-and-gift-shop.jpg Features - Doin’ it their way - Make it stand out The foosball table is one small part of a brewery built to give visitors reasons to gather, explore and stay awhile. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/turning-50-ringside-in-cozumel monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/62749322-8293-4450-9ba1-4514134cfe53/barriecito-luchador-mask-emblem.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel The towering Corazontle emblem marks the entrance to Barriecito’s lucha libre arena, announcing the spectacle before visitors reach the ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/60d59fe1-b1de-46b3-aecc-a40f8834f15b/cozumel-luchador-turnbuckle-entrance.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel - Make it stand out Entrance music and colored lights introduce the luchadores as characters, inviting the audience to choose whom to cheer—and whom to boo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d907e809-d32d-4132-8e12-a6d1b3d7e320/cozumel-lucha-libre-ring-showdown.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel - Make it stand out Técnicos and rudos crowd the Arena Corazontle ring as the afternoon’s contest between heroes and rule-breakers erupts into apparent chaos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/30de5e0b-5654-41e5-903d-c4235f2c923a/barriecito-luchadores-group-portrait.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel - Make it stand out After the final bell, five luchadores and their referee gather beside the Arena Corazontle ring for a curtain-call portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1785866639813-BZKSVHLB0OONNY7L6TPN/barriecito-lucha-libre-cozumel-entrance.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1785866797742-EQKBIP6ME1BDCW5EUPXN/cozumel-lucha-libre-audience-interaction.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1785869147588-FD50AJUO1ZVJXI0E9WE3/cozumel-lucha-libre-top-rope-attack.jpg Features - Turning 50 ringside in Cozumel https://www.popnakaro.com/features/pop-nakaro-on-youtube monthly 0.5 2026-09-05 https://www.popnakaro.com/features/return-of-the-girl-of-steel monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d3b8f917-c7a3-4d65-9f1f-fcfc2be8b04a/crisis-on-infinite-earths-7-death-of-supergirl.jpg Features - Return of the Girl of Steel Superman carries Kara Zor-El’s body on the cover of Crisis on Infinite Earths #7, the 1985 issue that brought the original Supergirl’s story to a heroic end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/7e4fc8dd-a124-47a3-9002-a75868316264/action-comics-supergirl-death-of-superman-era.jpg Features - Return of the Girl of Steel - Make it stand out Matrix carried the Supergirl name into “Funeral for a Friend,” appearing in Action Comics #686 as the DC Universe mourned the death of Superman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/7b382ed7-434f-48c8-a578-f498a7c32a9d/superman-godfall-storyline-cover.jpg Features - Return of the Girl of Steel - Make it stand out Michael Turner’s cover for Action Comics #812 opened “Godfall,” giving Superman’s world a bold new visual identity and putting Turner’s work on my radar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/2883602b-cd65-40e0-a527-11e04097ceb3/superman-batman-8-michael-turner-supergirl.jpg Features - Return of the Girl of Steel - Make it stand out Michael Turner’s cover for Superman/Batman #8 introduced Kara Zor-El’s return as a mystery, with the newly arrived Kryptonian emerging beneath Superman and Batman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ea945f92-78e5-4d13-8aa6-d043bf33377b/michael-turner-supergirl-superman-batman.jpg Features - Return of the Girl of Steel - Make it stand out By Superman/Batman #13, the mystery was over. Michael Turner’s Kara Zor-El had claimed the “S” and begun a new chapter as Supergirl. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/a-run-through-history monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/8c5b21d2-214c-40f0-95c8-2b5125636310/metairie-cemetery-oak-lined-avenue.jpg Features - A run through history A canopy of mature live oaks shades one of the broad avenues winding through Metairie Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/9dbc8761-5d75-4cc8-a04c-55df256a67f2/metairie-cemetery-duffy-family-tomb.jpg Features - A run through history - Make it stand out The weathered Duffy family tomb stands among the many distinctive monuments inside Metairie Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/eac2c0a1-2561-496f-bfed-8ce49f5bbfc6/metairie-cemetery-eleonore-armant-gothic-mausoleum-wide.jpg Features - A run through history - Make it stand out The Armant–Legendre family mausoleum offers a striking example of Gothic Revival architecture in Metairie Cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1c3c24a2-e6b6-4def-bcc7-f463a3a0ff33/metairie-cemetery-salvatore-pizzati-mausoleum.jpg Features - A run through history - Make it stand out The elaborate Salvatore Pizzati Mausoleum stands on grounds once occupied by the Metairie Race Course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/c3488a02-a968-417f-9630-60fae13320d3/metairie-cemetery-tombs-along-racetrack-curve.jpg Features - A run through history - Make it stand out Older tombs follow one of Metairie Cemetery’s curving avenues, preserving the oval footprint of the former racecourse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e07e23a8-425e-4e25-9109-ad901b365663/metairie-cemetery-ornate-gothic-mausoleum-wide.jpg Features - A run through history - Make it stand out The Joseph A. Walker Mausoleum rises like a small chapel within one of Metairie Cemetery’s distinct architectural neighborhoods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/edf9f985-0e5a-4929-b421-be1e2f702887/metairie-cemetery-brunswig-pyramid-entrance-sculptures.jpg Features - A run through history - Make it stand out A sphinx and allegorical female figure guard the entrance to Lucien Brunswig’s pyramid tomb, one of Metairie Cemetery’s most distinctive monuments. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/remembering-mitch-byrd monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/71d7767b-2d88-4a26-b612-98db224d5241/cat-and-mouse-mitch-byrd-new-orleans-01.jpg Features - Remembering Mitch Byrd Set in New Orleans, Cat & Mouse brought Mitch Byrd’s Gulf Coast heroes close to home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/3102ba53-72ad-4e61-bd38-e8144ebad24b/cat-and-mouse-number-one-three-editions-02.jpg Features - Remembering Mitch Byrd - Make it stand out Three versions of Cat & Mouse No. 1 trace the comic from its EFGraphics promotional edition through its 1989 release and Aircel’s 1990 national relaunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/7d24098f-9630-423a-b7c1-428c7fd1b1cb/mitch-byrd-cat-and-mouse-demon-interior-art-01.jpg Features - Remembering Mitch Byrd - Make it stand out Mitch Byrd’s Demon brought a supernatural thread into Cat & Mouse as the series expanded beyond its war between the Mafia and Yakuza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ccab5328-dc4a-4728-aed6-6107ae260f64/mitch-byrd-cat-and-mouse-kunoichi-number-three-01.jpg Features - Remembering Mitch Byrd - Make it stand out Kunoichi’s unexpected return brought Jerry and Mandy face to face with their former Yakuza trainer—and a warning about Tooth and Nail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0a25b4e5-8cbd-4cfb-8b9e-b18cf0f5bcea/signed-cat-and-mouse-number-one-mann-butler-byrdCATMPUSE_g.jpg Features - Remembering Mitch Byrd - Make it stand out Signed by Roland Mann, Steven Butler and Mitch Byrd, Aircel’s Cat & Mouse No. 1 reunites the Hattiesburg creative team whose careers soon reached Marvel and DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/98cce836-4fd6-4d9f-a450-c5a339132433/mitch-byrd-cat-and-mouse-number-eight-cover-01.jpg Features - Remembering Mitch Byrd - Make it stand out Mitch Byrd’s cover for Cat & Mouse No. 8 captures the physical energy that first made me a fan—and kept the series in my collection for more than 30 years. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/following-peterlairds-tmnt monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/5ce0a7fe-6ecc-46e0-8b83-fc5d54a0bd3e/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-volume-4-issue-1-cover.jpg Features - Following Peter Laird’s TMNT TMNT Volume 4 #1 marked Peter Laird’s return to the original Mirage universe in 2001, bringing the Turtles back to the world where their story began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/a1b3ba53-a00f-4c2a-9aa2-415910c8bd55/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-issue-1-first-team-appearance.jpg Features - Following Peter Laird’s TMNT - Make it stand out The original Mirage Turtles gathered together in the black-and-white style that defined their earliest adventures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/a0badd97-ce43-46b7-b945-c07218e6596c/TMNT_07.jpg Features - Following Peter Laird’s TMNT - Make it stand out Jim Lawson’s pencils and Peter Laird’s inks brought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 4 to life in black and white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/dda6add5-ec7b-4046-bab9-b4517069fff7/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-comic-book-covers.jpg Features - Following Peter Laird’s TMNT - Make it stand out TMNT Volume 4 issues #23–26 were among the books I missed after Hurricane Katrina and later tracked down as back issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/1e373e4a-106f-4a27-a010-9cebb444ca2c/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-duotone-comic-book-art.jpg Features - Following Peter Laird’s TMNT - Make it stand out The oversized sixth printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 preserves the Duo-Shade tones that gave Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s original artwork its distinctive texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/8abba008-7e21-4290-9ed7-6972a1207009/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-comic-book-collection.jpg Features - Following Peter Laird’s TMNT - Make it stand out The final four issues of TMNT Volume 4 arrived across seven years, with #31 appearing in print only after #32. Following Mirage directly helped me complete the run as each issue became available. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/nothing-tops-frostop monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e3cdcb6a-bfb7-4ef6-b4b2-bb6c6828eb2f/frostop-root-beer-drive-in-neon-sign.jpg Features - Nothing tops Frostop Neon reflections, frozen mugs and a century of memories. Ted's Frostop on South Claiborne Avenue remains one of the last places where Frostop's story continues to unfold in New Orleans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d10d414c-dd99-4ebb-a3b6-313d11e94831/frostop-frosted-root-beer-mug-close-up.jpg Features - Nothing tops Frostop - Make it stand out For generations, the giant neon root beer mug has welcomed families to Ted's Frostop, becoming one of New Orleans' most recognizable roadside landmarks and a symbol of a century-old American tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/577fc053-d5e4-43ca-a2e0-288ca0e0459c/teds-frostop-drive-in-at-night.jpg Features - Nothing tops Frostop - Make it stand out Ted's Frostop has welcomed generations of New Orleanians since 1955. While thousands of Frostop drive-ins have come and gone, this Uptown landmark continues serving the traditions that helped define the brand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/547f05f7-af44-4b53-a337-6385e5f2d50e/frostop-root-beer-frosted-mug-bottles-01.jpg Features - Nothing tops Frostop - Make it stand out From the drive-in to the grocery aisle, bottled Frostop Root Beer carried a century-old brand into a new generation of homes. Today, the brand continues to reach Louisiana and Mississippi through relationships built over decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/bc0c017b-bc18-4808-8f1b-98e913cc46e0/teds-frostop-drive-in-night-exterior-01.jpg Features - Nothing tops Frostop - Make it stand out A century after Frostop's beginnings, Ted's Frostop continues to light up South Claiborne Avenue, serving as one of the last surviving drive-ins and a living reminder of the brand's enduring place in American culture. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/five-comics-and-a-conversation monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/16615607-1f4e-4733-916b-b313f0cf06b0/jim-shooter-comic-convention-panel.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Jim Shooter speaks during a panel discussion at Showcase Comic Con in Slidell, Louisiana. The longtime Marvel Editor-in-Chief and Valiant founder shared stories from a career that helped shape modern comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e6ee774c-e189-478b-8fec-892bede92e72/rai-0-signed-jim-shooter.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Jim Shooter signs Rai #0 during Showcase Comic Con in Slidell, Louisiana. The issue became one of five carefully chosen comics that captured different chapters of his career and the conversation that followed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/f4e7a72e-0bbf-4486-93f5-eaf7a6ad9956/marvel-super-heroes-secret-wars-8-signed-jim-shooter-mike-zeck.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Secret Wars #8 features the signatures of writer Jim Shooter and artist Mike Zeck, reuniting the creative team behind one of Marvel's most influential stories and the comic that introduced Spider-Man's black costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/fde3c55a-5649-428e-a7e5-042b2813360e/tim-san-fillippo-jim-shooter-comic-convention.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Tim San Fillippo and Jim Shooter talk during Showcase Comic Con. What began as a simple autograph request turned into an hour-long conversation about comics, publishing, entrepreneurship and the creative process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/99b67491-481f-46df-9fbb-b617b61c62f4/jim-shooter-signed-valiant-comics-collection.jpg Features - Five comics and a conversation - Make it stand out Four of the five comics I brought to Jim Shooter pictured: Solar, Man of the Atom #1, Rai #1, Rai #0 and the Magnus Robot Fighter #5/Rai flipbook. Together, they represent the early Valiant Universe that first taught me to follow the names in the credits as closely as the heroes on the cover. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/the-night-beatlemania-broke-through monthly 0.5 2026-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/980fedeb-91c3-4e9c-8be7-8239b7042519/beatles-ed-sullivan-show-performance.jpg Features - When Beatlemania hit Nola On February 9, 1964, The Beatles entered millions of American homes through The Ed Sullivan Show and helped ignite Beatlemania across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/4f79d3d8-5b7f-40ec-a594-936e6c5ae511/meet-the-beatles-capitol-records-vinyl-record.jpg Features - When Beatlemania hit Nola - Make it stand out Meet the Beatles! became the first record my dad ever bought, ordered through the Capitol Record Club after Beatlemania arrived in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0dbe52f3-fcfd-433e-9f56-fca11e67d3a8/crowd-outside-ted-gormley-stadium-beatles-concertBeatles_07.jpg Features - When Beatlemania hit Nola - Make it stand out Fans gathered outside City Park Stadium on September 16, 1964, waiting for The Beatles to bring Beatlemania to New Orleans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d9e4b50c-b6e9-4058-9268-8cc7b65cb4be/beatles-ted-gormley-stadium-new-orleans.jpg Features - When Beatlemania hit Nola - Make it stand out On September 16, 1964, The Beatles took the stage at New Orleans’ City Park Stadium as Beatlemania spilled out of the stands and onto the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/41f143d6-a9bf-4f41-b0b0-159cac06a0e7/beatles-concert-coca-cola-vendor.jpg Features - When Beatlemania hit Nola - Make it stand out At sixteen, Dad worked the aisles of City Park Stadium selling Coca-Cola as 12,000 fans gathered to see The Beatles perform in New Orleans. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/mayhem-in-munchkinland monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/40b7e980-bd8a-43b0-9d32-8fab23edc4db/the-scarecrow-issue-1-signed-special-edition.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland Signed limited edition of OZ #1 from Caliber Comics photographed on a weathered Yellow Brick Road, symbolizing the beginning of the publisher's dark reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum's Oz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/ff500d67-de0b-4cfc-936f-726e3f178fa9/caliber-oz-mayhem-in-munchkinland-trade-paperback.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland - Make it stand out The trade paperback Mayhem in Munchkinland became my gateway into Caliber Comics' expansive OZ saga, revealing there were still unexplored roads beyond the Emerald City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/93b76a9d-5e59-4c08-be48-462fb1ef34a2/caliber-oz-tin-man-sketch.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland - Make it stand out Black-and-white concept sketches from OZ #1 by Caliber Comics showing early character designs for the Tin Woodman carrying a double-headed axe alongside an armored Nome soldier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/e3c01281-6f0b-44d5-a8ac-98c295d25b04/mego-tin-man-figure-wizard-of-oz-books.jpg Features - Mayhem in Munchkinland - Make it stand out Caliber Comics may have reintroduced me to Oz, but Baum's original novels kept me there. Three decades later, there's still another road waiting beyond the Emerald City. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/the-man-behind-the-mask monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/923920de-dd56-41f1-baca-0722e803166a/alice-cooper-live-concert-performance.jpg Features - The Man Behind the Mask Alice Cooper has spent more than five decades blurring the line between rock music and theater. Behind the makeup and spectacle is a story I never expected to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/fd7970ae-00bc-4271-83b1-1c1b3748e13d/alice-cooper-welcome-to-my-nightmare-vinyl-record.jpg Features - The Man Behind the Mask - Make it stand out My Uncle James had owned this copy of Welcome to My Nightmare since he was a teenager. When he gave it to me, it became my first Alice Cooper LP and one of my first real rock albums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/8e183990-eaba-4f45-b533-08eb5ac07d3b/alice-cooper-the-last-temptation-comic-books.jpg Features - The Man Behind the Mask - Make it stand out The mysterious Showman offers Steven an escape through his sinister theater, becoming the face of temptation and deception at the heart of The Last Temptation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/6d95dec6-790b-4db7-bcb8-1f10c31f17be/vincent-furnier-applying-stage-makeup.png Features - The Man Behind the Mask - Make it stand out A young Vincent Furnier applies the black eye makeup that helped transform him into Alice Cooper, the character who would become one of rock’s most recognizable figures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/dd1d7094-44ac-4d3b-9849-c0ff17ae53f9/alice-cooper-live-concert-close-up.jpg Features - The Man Behind the Mask - Make it stand out Alice Cooper’s journey from addiction to sobriety and renewed faith became more than a story of personal survival. It shaped the way he used the life he had been given back to serve others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/3181bdb0-31ba-4d34-b3c5-957e79a08ac1/alice-cooper-mobile-alabama-concert-opening.png Features - The Man Behind the Mask - Make it stand out After decades of knowing Alice Cooper through records, comics and stories, I finally saw the spectacle unfold onstage at Mobile’s historic Saenger Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/6f5c0fd5-3ece-451a-bbc9-a9c86bd7e62f/alice-cooper-the-last-temptation-signed.jpg Features - The Man Behind the Mask - Make it stand out My first copy of The Last Temptation marked the beginning of a change in how I understood Alice Cooper. Nearly thirty years later, this signed copy became a reminder of where that journey had led. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/the-engineer-and-his-robots monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/b027f8ec-bfc6-4d69-8852-766a05fcafc2/tim-san-fillippo-marco-lopez.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots Tim San Fillippo (left) and Marco Lopez have shared an appreciation for science fiction, movies and collecting since meeting at the University of New Orleans more than three decades ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/d55a7de4-432a-47ba-b51b-d00207bdfe5a/macross-vf-1-valkyrie-collection.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out The VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross became one of Marco's first major purchases after beginning his engineering career. Today it serves as a reminder of the childhood dream that eventually led him into engineering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/0fb6be18-4476-45f0-8a80-da2259956b34/vintage-super-robot-action-figures.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out Mazinger Z and Dr. Hell's Mechanical Beasts remind Marco of the television series that inspired him to ask his father, "What do you call the people who build robots?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/c9a6b430-d9dd-4ad4-8c62-c2ea76e9dfc7/neca-back-to-the-future-marty-mcfly-doc-brown-figuresMarco_03.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out Marty McFly and Doc Brown stand among the characters that followed Marco from childhood television into adulthood, each representing another story that helped shape his collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/77824f40-ff08-4bc2-a9b0-1ea4488cbf7c/generation-1-transformers-action-figures.jpg Features - The engineer and his robots - Make it stand out Growing up in Peru, Marco watched these G1 Transformers on television long before he had the opportunity to own them himself. https://www.popnakaro.com/features/the-shadow-of-the-bat monthly 0.5 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/f0b52e36-f156-4740-acb0-7bc096e0f674/prince-batman-motion-picture-soundtrack-vinyl-record.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat For months, the bat symbol was everywhere—on movie posters, T-shirts, lunchboxes and the Batman soundtrack. It became the unmistakable emblem of the summer of 1989. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/6ee21405-5dde-4c84-8f30-123d76568670/dc-comics-batman-1989-movie-adaptation-comic-book.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out The official Batman comic adaptation captured Tim Burton's blockbuster on the printed page, giving fans another way to relive the film after leaving the theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4c07689a93435c784e932f/7de0fa17-3244-4857-a07c-c7d2e9ceceb0/batman-1989-japanese-model-kit-promotional-pin-collection.jpg Features - The shadow of the bat - Make it stand out The impact of Batman reached far beyond American store shelves. 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