“Pop Culture For Grown Ups (Or Those Who Just Think They Are)”
The PopCultureShock.com blog is a collective of industry professionals spotlighting trends in the worlds of Comics, Videogames, Movies/TV, and the LifeStyles of our digital generation. Beginning as an online magazine in 1999, PopCultureShock has evolved into the premiere social hub of original voice guiding YOU into what’s hot now and tomorrow.
It’s Your World, We Give it Voice.
The PopCultureShock Crew
Jon is PCS’ grumpy old webmonkey. He plays old ass games (CVS2 and MVC2, at the arcade) and listens to old ass music (golden age hip-hop). He does keep up with comics, but that’s mostly because he’s the webmaster for MidtownComics.com. All of which is why we just keep him busy with site stuff and don’t entrust him with actually writing much new content.
XBL: Shola Black
Shola Akinnuso is one of the original co-founders and Managing Editor of the site. When he’s not developing PCS content, he’s probably planning some kind of site overhaul …which inevitably means more work for Jon. Current Likes: Inglourious Basterds, Drag Me To Hell, Street Fighter IV, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, and Walter Mosely’s The Long Fall. Current Dislikes: Monthly Comics. All Trades, All the time, baby!
Howard Brown is PCS’ Senior Games Editor. When not actively in pursuit of world domination, he can usually be found either reading too much or gaming too much. Reportedly, he’s a Japanese brotha trapped in a Black man’s body but we don’t have confirmation on that yet…
Ernie Estrella
Ernie is the Senior Movie Editor and PCS Interviewer. He reviews Comics, DVDs, and Blu-Rays, but when he gets a chance to smell the fresh air, it’s just on the way to the art house to see a film the way it’s supposed to be, on the big screen.
Kayode is a long-time contributor and says whatever comes to his insane mind with his “Because I Said So” blog, currently part of the long-running PCS is DEAD blog.
In the “Who’s hotter: gamer girls or comic girls?” Tally is apparently the only PCS staffer rooting for the gamer girls.
The PCS Blog Network:
For Better or worse, PCS IS DEAD Is the direct voice of the PCS Crew. While you’ll find all of our content in the appropriate sections, the raw voice of the core PCS team is right here. It’s our staff blog. You’ve been warned.
Comic Book Club is a weekly comic book talk show featuring the best comedians in New York talking shop with industry professionals from all corners of the comic book world. It’s hosted by Alex, Justin Tyler, Pete LePage.
Rich is the founder of the Glyph Comics Awards, honoring the best in black comics; occasional comics creator; former comics retailer; short story writer; voracious reader; classic film geek; dabbler in music and acting.
Matt is the co-creator of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers; moderator of the Comic Blog Elite toplist; and geek-parenting columnist over at ForcesofGeek.com. He also ran the “Battleground Showcase” and wrote the occasional review during the PCS Buzzscope era. And now he’s back!
Nori is the James Bond of comic book & video game babes. He appeared in the Japanese version of Marvel VS Capcom 2, but was mysteriously missing from the US version. Rumors has it he was hospitalized by Chun-Li after she caught him stealing her panties, but these are 100% FALSE. He brings his top tier camera & scanner skillz to PCS.
The PopCultureShock design and content collective has worked on numerous print and web-based publications including: Blender, Vibe, Gamers Republic, Play Magazine, Aint-It-Cool-News, Psycomic.com, Figures.com, Hardcore Gamer Magazine, Games Radar, Game Partisan, and Nerve.com.
