After loving Edge of Tomorrow but hearing other people in the theater not as satisfied as I was, I decided to make my column this week about it. It’s also my last ComicMix column, so I hope you’ve enjoyed the side pop culture plunge with me, PrePopCulture listeners!
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Jen’s ComicMix column: The Twist Ending
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Episode 96: The Apocalypse
Kevin Pedersen joins Jen to talk about the way the end of days is portrayed in movies, TV, books, and video games. With a ranking system that takes into account the devastation of the initial impact, the long-term post-apocalyptic survivability, the likelihood of a real life occurrence, and the metaphor of the event itself, Kevin and Jen dissect the various types of apocalypses and deliver their recommendation for the best way for the world to end.
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Jen’s ComicMix column: The Digital Divide – Reading Comics on My iPad
This week, my column is about why I prefer digital comics to physical ones. Shaking up those expectations!
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Jen’s ComicMix column: The Gaming Sweet Spot
Trying to convince myself it’s okay to spend $100 on a board game is a good reason to write a column, right? Right!
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Episode 95: 3rd Annual LA Indie Improv Festival
Nick Mandernach joins Jen to give you a behind the scenes look at this year’s LA Indie Improv Festival. They take you through info about this year’s fest, from details about planning and programming it, to additions like the opening panel and art retrospective. They also discuss the indie improv scene as a whole, and how LAIIF has evolved in response to the community’s growth. Have a listen and come check out the fest on May 24!
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Jen’s ComicMix column: Mindless Monster Movies
I don’t need to have seen Godzilla to defend it in my column this week!
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Jen’s ComicMix column: Hating Superman
There are few things I can think of to anger fellow comic readers more than declaring how much I hate Superman. That didn’t stop me from writing about it in my column this week, though!
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Episode 94: Guilty pleasure TV shows
Jesse Benjamin joins Jen to discuss why certain kinds of TV shows make people feel so bad for enjoying them so much. From the soapy and salacious like Sex and the City, to trashy reality like The Real Housewives of Orange County, to oddly addictive competitions like The Challenge, there’s no shortage of guilty pleasures on TV. But what about these shows makes them guilty pleasures rather than shows we can just admit to enjoying without the caveat that we know they’re in some way lowbrow?
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Jen’s ComicMix column: Permanent Pop Culture
Frequent PrePopCulture guest Mark David Christenson is planning on getting a Tron tattoo, which spurred me to muse on pop culture ink in my column this week.
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Jen’s ComicMix column: Mass, er, Mask Appeal
After making a joke on Twitter about how attracted I am to bad guys in masks, I realized the attraction is actually real. My column this week is about why!
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