Pop Culture Affidavit – Two True Freaks

High school reunion month kicks off with a look at the 1996 movie Beautiful Girls, which was directed by Ted Demme and has one of those “Everyone from the Nineties” ensemble casts, which includes Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Michael Rappaport, Rosie O’Donnell, Mira Sorvino, Uma Thurman, and Natalie Portman. I take a look at the film and offer up my favorite and not-so-favorite moments. Plus, listener emails!

Show notes and pictures are available at Pop Culture Affidavit, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture.

http://twotruefreaks.com/media/podcasts/popculture/mp3/PopCultureAffidavitEpisode51.mp3

For as long as DC has been publishing, talking animals have been part of their lineup. In this episode, I take a brief look at the history of DC’s funny animal comics with a story from The Fox and the Crow as well as some Looney Tunes stories. Plus, I take a look at the first appearance of Captain Carrot! Along the way, reading the comics for and with me is my 7-year-old son, Brett. So sit back and enjoy the zaniness!

Comments and feedback are appreciated on the Pop Culture Affidavit Facebook page or by emailing me at [email protected]. Enjoy the show!

http://twotruefreaks.com/media/podcasts/popculture/mp3/80YearsofDCComicsPartSeven--FunnyAnimals.mp3

It’s the 50th episode of Pop Culture Affidavit! For this special episode, I take a look back twenty years to the year I graduated from high school. Along the way, I look at how senior year of high school is represented in movies. It includes stops at, among other things, American Pie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Can’t Buy Me Love, and Paper Towns as well as a host of personal memories about my own senior year of high school (which ended on June 25, 1995). Was high school the best time of my life? Was it a waking nightmare? Was it a little bit of both? You’ll have to listen to find out.

Show notes and pictures are available at Pop Culture Affidavit, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture.

http://twotruefreaks.com/media/podcasts/popculture/mp3/PopCultureAffidavitEpisode50.mp3

In 1997, Sean McKeever self-published his very first work, The Waiting Place, a story about the ennui that comes with being a young adult trapped in a town that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. It was soon picked up by Slave Labor Graphics and McKeever along with Brendon and Brian Fraim and then Mike Norton finished the entire saga of the town of Northern Plains and its denizens in three volumes plus an epilogue.

I spend this episode taking a complete look at The Waiting Place, which has been one of my favorite comics coming-of-age stories since I bought the volume one trade in 2001. This includes a full synopsis as well as a review.

Show notes and pictures are available at Pop Culture Affidavit, which is also where you can see regular weekly blog entries about the randomness that is pop culture.

http://twotruefreaks.com/media/podcasts/popculture/mp3/PopCultureAffidavitEpisode49.mp3

My look at non-superhero comics throughout DC’s 80-year history continues with the crime-drama genre and to represent that, I’ve chosen the 1988 miniseries Cinder and Ashe, which was written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (praise be his name). It’s a story about two private investigators looking for a missing girl and getting drawn into a political conspiracy that involves a man from their past they both thought dead.

This episode is part of the #ConwayXover, a crossover among several podcasts that will be celebrating the work of Gerry Conway as well as putting a spotlight on issues concerning creator equity in comics. Special thanks to Michael Bradley for inviting me on board!

Comments and feedback are appreciated on the Pop Culture Affidavit Facebook page or by emailing me at [email protected]. Enjoy the show!

http://twotruefreaks.com/media/podcasts/popculture/mp3/80YearsofDCComicsPartSix--CrimeDrama.mp3