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Fory-san presents — San Diego Comic Con 2012, “With Great Power, Comes a Great Convention!”

Guest writer Adam Zalonis AKA Fory-san brings us San Diego Comic Con 2012! “With Great Power, Comes a Great Convention: A Fan’s Tale of San Diego Comic Con 2012” By Adam “Fory-san” Zalonis The colossal event collectively known as San Diego Comic Con began life in 1969 with just over 350 people crammed in the […]

Ari Rockefeller presents Otakon 2012 — Have a Drink on Me, or The Agony of the Feet

For those of you who are familiar with my personal life, you’ll know of my martial arts background and accomplishments—the long story short is that I’m a second-degree black belt. Though that’s objectively a high rank, it doesn’t mean I know everything about martial arts…not even close. Even a true master believes that he or […]

BroNYcon 2012: 4,000 Stories frozen in time

And now, a special BroNYCon convention report from Linwood Knight from The Outhouse Podcast! As I sit down in front of my computer, the question that continues to be on my mind is “What makes a Convention” a Convention? The Dictionary has many meanings of the word, but the one that is closest to what […]

Ari Rockefeller presents AnimeNEXT 2012 — The Con! The Con! The Con is On Fire!

One thing that has to be understood about anime conventions and the like is that the people who frequent them will bend, reshuffle and/or manipulate their schedules however necessary to clear time and acquire funds to get there. This can and will involve calling out from work (or at the very least hope a con […]

Ari Rockefeller presents Zenkaikon 2012 — You’ll Find Con Ops Right Next to the Ark of the Covenant

If you’re reading the subtitle of this article and assuming this convention is gonna have Indiana Jones-esque adventuring throughout the whole weekend—as awesome as that sounds—that sadly is not the case. The reference, though, will be made quite clear later on in the review.                 This was another glorious return to Philadelphia’s local anime convention, […]

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