April showers bring May flowers. The month of April also brings an exciting month for Pop Goes the Culture. But, before we get to all that, let’s pause a moment and reflect on the month of March.
- Will Crosby made his first appearance on the Pop Goes the Culture podcast back in the first episode of the month during our lesser-known Batman villains draft (after a star-making turn on the new Law & Order series).
- We finally got everyone a win in our Cage Match series when Curtis seized his first victory from the jaws of… well, from finishing with a tie.
- Tara brought us recipes for a The Princess and the Frog themed Mardi Gras, a MAR10 Super Mario Bros. themed party, Cthulhu pie for Pi Day, and a Lord of the Rings feast for National Read Tolkien Day.
- We bookended our February “favorite love songs” playlist with our “favorite heartbreak songs” serving as our March playlist.
- Joey, Kenny, and Dusty ran the Pop Goes the Culture Panel Room at NWA Comic Con in Roger, AR. Twelve hours of programming over two days. Thanks to the folks at AVC Conventions for having us and to the people who showed up and helped us have a blast! We can’t wait to come back again — though we might see some of you again when we take to the road this month.
As much fun as March was, April is going to be even more packed full of entertainment and pop culture goodness. New episodes of the Pop Goes the Culture podcast in April include our favorite game shows and the things we wish we were good at fantasy drafts. Our April playlist will be our favorite “happy hits”, or songs that put us in a good mood. Plus, at the end of the month, we’ll crown our first Cage Match champion.
The Pop Goes the Culture crew will be on the road Friday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 24th at Planet Comicon in Kansas City, Missouri. While still subject to change, here’s where you can find us at Planet Comicon:
Friday, April 22nd
- 1:30pm, Room 2502AB. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: Trailer Park.
- 4:00pm, Room 2501AB. Halo: Steve Downes Q&A.
- 6:00pm, Room 2504AB. Horror Influences in Comics with Cullen Bunn, Jeremy Haun, Matt Kindt, Brian Pulido, and James Tynion IV.
- 7:00pm, Room 2504AB. By Its Cover: A Look at Comic Book Cover Art with David Mack, Alan Quah, and Freddie Williams III.
Saturday, April 23rd
- 12:00pm, Room 2505B. Starting Your Own Podcast: Your Questions Answered.
- 1:00pm, Room 2501AB. Voicing the League: Justice League Unlimited with Maria Canals-Barrera, Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg, Phil Lamarr, and George Newbern.
- 2:00pm, Room 2505B. Breaking Into Animation with Kevin Mellon and Bill Morrison.
- 2:30pm, Room 2502AB. PCKC Comics Spotlight: John Romita, Jr.
- 4:30pm, Room 2502AB. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: Heroes & Villains Fantasy Draft.
Sunday, April 24th
- 12:00pm, Room 2504AB. Mainstream Comics to Indie with Jason Aaron and Dennis Hopeless.
- 1:00pm, Room 2504AB. A Look at the IDW DC Comics Batman/TMNT Crossover with James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams III.
- 1:30pm, Room 2505A. GeekDad: Raising Generation 2.0.
The following weekend, we’re back home for VisionCon in Springfield, Missouri. Again, the schedule is subject to change, but here’s where our hometown fans can come out and find us the weekend of Friday, April 29th through Sunday, May 1st:
Friday, April 29th
- 6:45pm, Panel Room 1. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: Heroes & Villains Fantasy Draft.
- 8:00pm, Panel Room 1. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: How to Survive a Horror Movie.
Saturday, April 30th
- 3:00pm, Panel Room 1. Turn Your Passion Into a Podcast.
- 6:45pm, Panel Room 1. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: Cage Match!
Sunday, May 1st
- 11:15am, Panel Room 1. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: Trailer Park.
- 1:45pm, Panel Room 1. Pop Goes the Culture Presents: Mad Libs Art Class.
Also coming up in the month of April:
Friday, April 1st: April Fool’s Day
Saturday, April 2nd: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Tuesday, April 5th: Star Trek First Contact Day
Wednesday, April 6th: New Beer’s Eve
Thursday, April 7th: National Beer Day
Friday, April 8th: Empire Records Rex Manning Day
Sunday, April 10th: National Siblings Day
Tuesday, April 12th: National Only Child Day
Wednesday, April 13th: National Scrabble Day
Friday, April 15th: Titanic Remembrance Day
Sunday, April 17th: Easter
Thursday, April 21st: National High Five Day
Friday, April 22nd: Earth Day
Tuesday, April 26th: Alien Day (LV-426)
Thursday, April 28th: National Superhero Day
Friday, April 29th: Arbor Day
Saturday, April 30th: Halfway to Halloween AND It’s Gonna Be May Day
One last thing…
I (Joey) was going through some old clothes to donate as part of my annual spring cleaning and found the ticket stub pictured above in the pocket of a jacket I haven’t worn in almost four and a half years. In November of 2017, Kenny and I went to the now defunct Kansas City Comic Con to, among other things, catch a live recording of the podcast that was then called Fatman on Batman, hosted by Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin. We had decided that we wanted to start a podcast and we wanted to check out how the pros did it. We had a good time, and a few weeks after this event we sat down with Dusty and recorded the very first episode of the Pop Goes the Culture podcast.
Funny how things work out.
