Well, unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard of HBOMax's new hit series the Pitt. After all, it recentlywon like a billion Golden Globes and Emmys. Well... ok, two Globes and five Emmys but still. It's doing super well, and it's critically acclaimed. We mentioned it briefly on our "Things You Missed" episode, but we thought it would be a good idea to go in depth about what we like about it. Especially since, it takes place in Pittsburgh where two of our hosts live. So on this episode Mav and Wayne are joined by returning guest Stephanie Siler, to not only analyze and review the series but to talk all about what it's like to see a show set in your hometown unfold in front of you....
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Call for Comments: So Everyone Is into Multiverses Now?
From Mav: So, we’ve talked on the show before about this weird cultural moment we live in where suddenly all culture is geek culture. Cool kids now play Dungeons and Dragons, superhero movies are somehow the bulk of American box office, and the news treats today, May 4th, like it’s an actual legitimate holiday instead…
e212. Pour Some Gritty On It!
There’s no shortage of movies, TV shows, comics and other media that are “gritty reboots” of older series or property. Sometimes these are official reboots, like the reimagining of Battlestar Galactica or like Riverdale, the greatest show on television. Other times, these are conceptual reimaginings, sharing a thematic inspiration but being given the gritty treatment.…
Excalibur #56: “Things That Go Shriek in the Night”
Excalibur #56 “Things That Go Shriek in the Night” Writer and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Michael Heisler Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1992 If you’re a superhero, you probably shouldn’t throw a party. And you especially shouldn’t throw a party where you invite the fascist dictator from…
Call For Comments: Pouring Some Gritty On It
From Mav: I’ve had this idea rolling around in my head for a bit. It started to really formulate back when we had our “Pour Some Sexy On It” episode. There, and in its Call for Comments, I talked about the concept of making a show (especially an IP reboot property) more seemingly mature and…
e211. #PCAACA22: The Presentations
Regular listeners of our show will know that the last couple weeks we have devoted to #PCAACA22, the annual conference for the Pop Culture Association. Two weeks ago, we devoted the show to our planning workshop. Last week, you got to hear us meet with other conference attendees to talk about how it went at…
Excalibur #55: “The Ghost of Braddock Manor”
Excalibur #55 “The Ghost of Braddock Manor” Writer and pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Mark Farmer Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Michael Heisler Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: October 1992 The last time Excalibur threw a party, Meggan became a vampire and tried to eat a dog. So expectations are high! But this issue’s up to…
e210. #PCAACA22: The Afterparty
For the last several weeks the hosts of VoxPopcast have been preparing for a conference. Well, that was this week! Last week you heard our conference workshop where we tried to help each other with our ideas. Next week., we’re going to bring you the papers themselves so you can see what we did. But…
Excalibur: Air Apparent
Excalibur Special Edition “Air Apparent” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Ron Lim, Brian Stelfreeze, Dwayne Turner, Jackson Guice, Rick Leonardi, Erik Larsen, and James Fry Inks: Al Gordon, Karl Story, Klaus Janson, Tom Palmer, Josef Rubenstein, Erik Larsen, and Don Hudson Colours: Glynis Oliver, Dana Moreshead, Ariane Lenshoek Letters: Michael Heisler and Steve Dutro Editors: Terry…
e209. PCA2022 Conference Paper Workshop & Preview
This week we’re going to try something a little different on the show. We’ve been mentioning in the past few weeks that we several of the hosts and our most frequent guests are all gearing ups for our big annual pop culture academia conference, PCA. In the past, we’ve had shows where we presented our…
Call For Comments: What makes a documentary? You can’t handle the truth.
May 8, 2022
New this week on HBOMax, The Staircase is the narrative dramatization of Netflix’s 2004 docu-series The Staircase Drunk History, An American Classic From Monica: This semester I taught my first undergraduate class. It just so happens to have been on documentary film, which probably wasn’t the thing you’d expect from VoxPopcast’s resident fashion historian. But…