Brock Wilbur

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Brock Wilbur is a writer/comedian who is married to political journalist Vivian Kane and cohabitates with three terrible cats. He works in games, podcasts, and is Editor-in-Chief of Kansas City’s The Pitch. Buy his book “Postal” from Boss Fight Books wherever books are sold.

Articles

Panic Fest 2024: Experimental feature NOCLIP scours the liminal backrooms of Crown Center

Letter from the Editor: Reach out and touch grass

Trigger Warming: The Unicorn’s Backwards Forwards Back uses video game framing to deprogram the trauma of war

One soldier struggles with VR therapy for PTSD in the confines of Call of Duty: Post-Modern Warfare.

Possession horror flick Baghead channels a roulette wheel of spirits into tenuous vessels

Whodunnit Clue brings cast member Teddy Trice back to his hometown stage as the central foil in murder(s) most foul

Letterkenny’s Mark Forward brings his stand-up to KC; asks that you stop quoting the show to him

Allie Pearse from Letterkenny and Shoresy on flipping men like haunted houses

Why is one Missouri Republican using this moment to quietly expand “Stand Your Ground” laws?

PBS debuts travel show with KC media personalities who Get Lost!

Letter from the Editor: Smoke gets in your eyes

Hundreds of Beavers brings wackadoo cartoon charm to Screenland this Friday

Letter from the Editor: In the wake of the Chiefs victory parade mass shooting, who do we want to be?

KC's attention—and finances—are focused squarely on the future. What are the real costs of ignoring the present?

Photos: Super Bowl LVIII victory parade and celebration

Molli & Max in the Future is a throwback to 90’s rom-coms with a lo-fi sci-fi twist

Girls' Zosia Mamet & SNL's Aristotle Athari lead rollicking flick about a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide.

AWP Conference and Bookfair is coming to KC starting Feb. 7. Here’s everything you need to know.

Fitting In hides a critique of male influence on reproductive health inside a horny teen rom-com

Letter from the Editor: A steady drip, drip, drip

Coterie Theatre appoints Khalia Davis as new Producing Artistic Director

The nationally award-winning children's theatre was shaken by a series of accusations in late 2022. Davis will be tasked with moving The Coterie forward while reckoning with its past, as an outsider.

Unicorn Theatre’s Poor Clare is a TikTok-styled modernization of a saint’s awakening within a cruel world

Andi Meyer directs the hell outta Chiara Atik's comedy.

Shudder’s Dario Argento Panico is an introductory class to one of the giallo greats

Here for Blood is the babysitter-man bloodbath wrestling comedy no one knew they needed

"Babe, I'm starting to think these aren't sex perverts."

KC Film Critics Circle announce 58th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards for excellence in film

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer—nominated in seven categories—received six awards.

KCAT’s Gaslight is a tense thriller staged as a razor wire balancing act

CAKE’s John McCrea talks anger, radiation, and end of days touring ahead of Grinders gigs in KC

Loud Light Kansas Politics Recap: death row ruling, flat tax, and laying down for lobbyists

David Ayer’s The Beekeeper unleashes Jason Statham to take cartoonish revenge on tech bros

First Time Caller adapts a podcast into a quick hit of sci-fi delirium

"You read The Secret and now you think you have the cheat code to pussy?" lives "Brent Free" in your head.

Up-and-coming KC painter Olivia Barbosa answers The Pitch Questionnaire

Our January magazine cover designer introduces her work to the city.

Letter from the Editor: Moving the goal posts

Jacob Elordi and Zachary Quinto’s monkey business get murderous in road trip thriller He Went That Way

The Unicorn’s Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility is a globe-trotting fantasy that tackles some big swings

Riverside Live Nation venue aims for 2025 opening

Merry Little Batman lets Wayne Jr. follow too closely in his father’s flightpath for an animated holiday special

Letter from the Editor: Paint you in silver, wrap you in cold

It’s a Wonderful Knife is queer as hell Christmas horror packed with cleavers and clever twists

Interfaith vigil calling for Gaza ceasefire set for Thursday afternoon at Mill Creek Park

KU’s production of Milking Christmas goes full-tilt merry for anti-capitalist holiday musical

U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II shifts position to join call for Israel-Gaza “ceasefire”

Not Just A Phase Fest brings Yellowcard, Bayside, 30H!3, Hoobastank, Secondhand Serenade, and Emery to Legends in 2024

The reason is you, apparently.

THUNDERGONG! 2023 raises nearly $900k for Steps of Faith foundation via beard trimming and Tom Petty covers

Billy Brimblecom and Jason Sudeikis' 7th staging of the annual fundraiser reaps big rewards for charity.