Last weekend was Mini MegaCon in Orlando, Florida, and several notable "Buffy" stars were there. Charisma "Cordelia" Carpenter, Emma "Anya" Caulfield, Amber "Tara" Benson, and Adam "Warren" Busch. I was going to tell you about the Buffy Q&A panel they gave, but Phil of NeatEntertainment.com (and the panel moderator) just transcribed the whole thing, so [...]
Read MoreJust started a new Facebook group. No reason. No reason at all. Just had a lot of free time, you know, since I haven't gone anywhere recently, or anything…
Read MoreKinda pushing it a little close, here, but an iPhone app for the San Diego Comic-Con just arrived. It's basically a mini version of the SDCC website, with a bit of interactivity. You get a countdown, the latest news (which opens the SDCC site in a browser instead of using RSS feeds or anything configured [...]
Read MoreThe North American Discworld Convention is coming! September 4 – 7, 2009, in Tempe, Arizona, it will feature a Guest of Honor talk, a Maskerade, a Gala Banquet, a Seamstress Guild Party, a Charity Auction, book signings, panels, and more. Guests will include Discworld author Terry Pratchett himself, Terry's agent Colin Smythe, Jennifer Brehl and [...]
Read MoreNearly one hundred and fifty people were listening to "A Discussion with Leonard Nimoy" Sunday morning at the FX International convention at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
Read MoreAt any science fiction, comics or anime convention, you'll see people in costume. Superheroes, TV and movie characters, cartoons, characters from Japanese anime and manga and video games and more. While it's easy to dismiss them as kids dressing up — and there are certainly plenty of those — in many cases you're witnessing performance [...]
Read MoreIf you had to pick a word to describe Ben Templesmith's body of work, it would be… Well, you wouldn't, actually, because trying to boil it down to a single word would probably do nasty things to your brainmeat. But then again, so does his work. It might be easier to describe the sorts of [...]
Read MoreAs we get closer to FX 2009, the massive pop culture convention coming to Orlando this weekend, it's time to dig a little and see what you can expect. First up, a few words from FX's Director of Exhibitions Michael Herz. As we get closer to FX 2009, the massive pop culture convention coming to [...]
Read MoreWhen FX International general manager Michael Herz plans his pop culture convention, he doesn't think small. "We want FX to be everything for everyone," he said. "A collectible toy show, a comic-con, a sci-fi show, a horror show, a sports show, with anime and gaming events and panels and celebrities. Your basic pop-culture overload circus!" [...]
Read MoreIn 2006 the FX con brought us Summer Glau and Alan Tudyk. In 2007 it was Adam Baldwin, Ron Glass, and Christina Hendricks. In 2008 it was Nathan Fillion. This year the trend continues with Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin coming to one of the busiest cons in the southern USA. Oh, and there's also [...]
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