Level Up and Friends Podcast

Sorry for the sad announcement, but after 17+ years Level Up Entertainment is closing it’s doors for the final time on January 26th. It’s been an amazing ride and we couldn’t have done it without any of you. You’ve enabled us to live our dream for these last 17 years, but it’s finally time for us to move on. Thank you for everything.

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/CuratedB...

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! Superthr...

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/...

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!