Pop Culture Classroom is dedicated to offering students in classrooms all across the Front Range dynamic workshops exploring educational topics through the lens of pop culture. The latest of these was an exciting 8-week comic-creation…
MARCH Review
By Eric Kallenborn Last August, I was privileged enough to hear Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, co-authors of the award-winning graphic novel trilogy March, speak at Evanston Public High School in Evanston, Illinois. It…
Big Update from the DPCC’17 Cosplay Team!
Denver Pop Culture Con has some new and exciting changes to announce for 2017! We have a brand new Cosplay team and lots of improvements to our Cosplay Programming this year. Read on for the…
Littles Need Comics, Too: Comics and Graphic Novels for Early Readers
By Ronell Whitaker “Are there any comics or graphic novels out there for the primary grades?” This is a question I get all the time from fellow teachers. It seems simple, but for years I…
PCC and Action Lab Comics! Extend Partnership to 2020
Pop Culture Classroom is pleased and honored to announce the renewal of a continued partnership with Action Lab Comics! PCC’s arts and literacy curriculum Storytelling Through Comics (STC) is greatly supported by Action Lab, and…
The Official Beer of DPCC’17 is “I AM BREWT”!
Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Pop Culture Con proudly announce that “I AM BREWT,” submitted by Rhiana Elizabeth Henry, is the name of the 2017 DPCC beer, a Bohemian Pilsner. Thank goodness we have such a…
Vote for the 2017 Denver Pop Culture Con Official Beer Name!
Click on the button below to cast your vote! Denver Pop Culture Con and Breckenridge Brewery have carefully selected 4 finalists and now it’s up to you to vote for your favorite! You can vote…
Pride of Baghdad Review
By Michael Gianfrancesco Brian K. Vaughan’s and Niko Henrichon’s 2006 masterpiece Pride of Baghdad combines fact and fiction in a way that not only creates an impactful and poignant story, but also makes serious and…
Name the Denver Pop Culture Con Beer!
The annual “Name the Denver Pop Culture Con Beer” contest starts today! This is the 6th year Breckenridge Brewery has brewed a special beer just for the con. The 2017 DPCC beer is a Bohemian-style…
Pop Culture Classroom’s Director of Education is speaking at TEDxCU
Pop Culture Classroom’s Director of Education, Illya Kowalchuk, M. Ed., is speaking at TEDxCU! As part of the event, Mr. Kowalchuk will give a must-see talk about PCC’s innovative program LEAD With Comics, a unique…
The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
Written by Johnathon Hennessey Art by Aaron McConnell Appropriate for Grades: Middle School and up REVIEW In interesting times such as these, the laws and traditions of the United States are finding themselves hotly…
Finding Inspiration: Comics as a Pathway to Reading
By Michael Gianfrancesco, Comics Education Outreach “Comics are a gateway drug to literacy.” —Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, A Survivor’s Tale When I first began teaching comics in the classroom over a dozen…
Looking for Focus Group Participants!
Calling all educators! Pop Culture Classroom is looking for participants for a focus group! PCC is starting the Graphic Novels Lending Library, a program where educators can rent graphic novel libraries for instructional purposes. We…
Lumberjanes, Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Written by Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis Art by Brooke Allen Appropriate for Grades: 3rd grade and up REVIEW Full disclosure: When I was growing up, I was obsessed with all things related to summer…