Level Up Entertainment is a one-stop nerd shop located in South Jersey where we spend most of our days discussing anything and everything related to pop culture. Follow our podcasts and listen to our opinions.
Greetings friends and Gwends! We are finally touching on Marvel's biggest breakout star. From a humble variant cover gimmick to multimillion dollar video game headliner, Gwen Poole has had quite a career in less than a decade! Scott is joined by upcoming comic creator Hudson to convince you to give this goofy marshmallow's comics a chance.
Cowbunga dudes! We get to see new Ninja Turtles film in theaters and for the first time in over a decade, it's really good! Scott Assembles some turtle boys and discuss what they liked and didn't about Mutant Mayhem!
What s that going bump in the night? It's probably nothing, but what if it was something? Scott and fellow cryptid enthusiasts Asho and Kit discuss why these mysterious creatures re so fascinating and how they inspire their art. Also hear about some of their actual inexplicable encounters with the supernatural! Kit: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SticksAndSpells Asho: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CuratedByAsho Back The House of Lowther! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fgs-omnibus/the-house-of-lowther-vol-1
The biggest sequel of the year is here! Our two hosts this week have wildly different opinions on it though!
Let's-A Go to the movies! Scott and unabashed Mario superfan Katie discuss both Illumination's outing in the Mushroom Kingdom, as well as it's 1993 predecessor.
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! We have quite a few cosplay guests this year. Heck, we didn't even interview them all! But get a sneak peek into what makes them tick, and what characters they'll be dressed as at FCBD!
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! If you've been collecting comics in the last few decades, odds are you have some comics written by Fred Van Lente! Let's find out what some of his favorite comics are and some of his writing secrets.
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! Prolific author Crystal Velasquez makes her return to FCBD! Let's find out what stories she likes, and some of her writing tips!
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! Scott talks to Kayla from Speech Bubble Apparel who will be selling their shirts at FCBD! Speechbubbleapparel.com
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! This year we are very excited to welcome Natasha Allegri! She's worked on shows such as Adventure Time and created Bee and Puppycat! Scott got the chance to chat with her a bit and they discussed comic strips, animation, and more!
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! Get to know the freelance comic artist, Mark A. Robinson! You know his art from many projects at Marvel and DC and he is about to launch his own comics as well!
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! This week we are talking to Nick and Ant from the band Super Thrash Bros! Get to know the history of the group from how they select their songs to how they make their costumes. Then get ready to rock at FCBD as their performance will close out the show! Superthrashbros.com
Get ready for Giant-Size Free Comic Book Day on May 6th with our new series featuring some of the guests and creators you can meet there! This week we are talking to Kit, the person behind the internet handle Slicks and Spells! She has been a regular at our shows and we are excited to finally have her on the podcast! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SticksAndSpells Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SticksAndSpells Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sticksandspells/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SticksAndSpells
How has another year already passed us by? While 2021 wasn't as universally rough as 2020, it still was another challenging year. However, that doesn't mean everything completely sucked! Here were this year's highlights as brought to you by the employees of Level Up!
The greatest video game crossover of all time is coming to an end. We have some thoughts to share with you!
We chat with UK comic creator Ian Richardson, along with Laurie and Erek Foster from Unlikely Heroes Studios about their new Kickstarter project! Back the book here: uhstudios.com/kickstarter
Scott and Sean talk to Philip Sommers about his Hand-Drawn Game Guide project, creating books that are half art book, half Guide. But ALL Awesome! Check out the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/handdrawngameguides/hand-drawn-game-guides
Finally, a podcast about nothing! Does the 90's television phenom hold up? Scott and his dad talk to Jon who recently discovered Seinfeld for the first time!
The Grand Opening Party of our new Somers Point location is on June 19th. Find out what you can expect to see and get there and meet some of our guests!
Hey, that hit new show is based on an almost 20 year old comic. Turns out we read that comic all those years ago! Scott and Kendell discuss both the original Image comic and the animated adaptation. Don't worry, we warn you before spoilers show up.
Step right up and come on in, here we are to talk about the shows of the iconic block of programming!
Hey we opened a new store! So this week we are gonna take it easy and relax a bit with some games. Among others we discuss New Pokemon Snap, Binding of Isaac: Repentance, Link to the Past, and more!
Tim Burton's directorial debut gets the Level Up commentary treatment!
Ay Carumba! The Simpsons went to the big screen in 2008 and Scott and Kayla have some opinions. Start the commentary at the same time you start the movie to simulate watching it with us talking over the movie. Just like watching movies in the theaters again!
And now the MARVEL-ous finale!
Mario is the most famous video game character of all time! With such a massive and varied history of games, there's a lot of interesting things to discuss, so Scott and Katie do just that!
The penultimate episode of Falcs and Wints is here!
Looking to add something new to your reading list? Check out some of these cool new comics that have recently started coming out!
Things are starting to look bad for our heroes!
Scott and Matt discuss the world’s most successful spinoff show, Frasier. Find out what makes it so successful, some of their favorite episodes, and what they think the upcoming reboot could be.
We are halfway through the season and things are heating up for our boys!
Reptile vs Mammal. King vs God. America vs Japan. The monster-sized brawl to end them all! Let them fight!
Face front soldier! It's time for another episode of Disney Plus's The Falcon and The Winter Soldier!
Like most franchises on the switch, Animal Crossing has been re-invented. How does this new experience look after it’s first year of evolution? Scott’s Island: DA-3719-7746-0703 Ham’s Island: DA-3291-0478-2525 Nina’s Designs: MA-2335-2607-0938, MA-9751-8452-0617
The inaugural episode of our new weekly podcast following a current television show or ongoing piece of pop culture media. We are starting things off with the newest installment of the MCU!
A podcast 65 million years in the making…Bill and the Cloneasuraus ! I mean, Jurassic Park. Scott and Harry are joined by indie comic superstar K.Lynn Smith to talk dinosaurs, Spielberg, theme parks, and more! Check out the For Goodness Sake Volume 3 Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2133322697/for-goodness-sake-the-completed-series
The world’s first transgender kaiju comic is here! Scott chats with the creator about this exciting Kickstarter project. Back the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1417894594/the-skirt
Marvel’s first TV show just wrapped. Is it a breath of fresh air, or is it more of the same? The answer might surprise you!
Laurie and John from Unlikely Heroes Studios are here to talk about their current Kickstarter project: Elsewhere Volume2! You still have time to back this project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uhstudios/elsewhere-volume-2
Let's talk about The Simpsons best guest star, Kelsey Grammer, and his loveable murderer Sideshow Bob. What makes this grown man obsessed with a ten-year-old boy so compelling? I dunno. But it's fun to revisit all his speaking appearances though.
Finally! A manga episode! Scott and Kendell tackle the most popular and influential manga of all time, Akira Toriyama's Dragonball!
This Black History Month we thought it might be interesting to discuss issues some African-American face and creators face in our pop couture landscape
Holy debate Batman! Our panel of Batman experts discusses the pros and cons of every theatrical version of the dark knight. Spoiler Warning: They don't agree on everything!
We're back with another retro console discussion! This time Nintendo's third home console, the N64!
The Simpsons is a show with a LOT of characters. Some only appear once and are extremely memorable. Scott and Kayla now discuss their favorites!
It’s another installment of Q and Gay! The series where we discuss some issues faced by parts of the LGBT community. This week we are talking about Transgender and Non-Binary issues.
Scott chats with Harley superfan Olivia about both the character and TV show of the same name. They also talk about Wonder Woman 1984 for a surprising amount of time.
Hey, let's talk about something other than Nintendo! The gang shares some of their favorite games for the Genesis and its many add-ons.
2020 sure was a sucky year huh? Well despite all the trouble there were still a few bright spots. We discuss some of our choices for things in 2020 that didn’t COMPLETELY suck,
Merry Christmas! In this special presentation, we play the tabletop game "The Fight Before Christmas" where our gang goes on a quest to beat up Santa Claus!
This week we discuss some of our favorite Christmas specials and movies, share some holiday memories, our favorite songs, traditions, and more!