If you’re a fan of BattleTech or Star Wars novels, then you’ve no doubt heard of author Michael Stackpole. Since the late 1980s, Stackpole has been an integral part of the BattleTech and Star Wars universes, which is probably why he’s still attending fandom conventions all over the country. In fact, he will be appearing at the upcoming Phoenix ComiCon, which is being held May 27 – 30, 2010 at the The Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona (USA). The good folks at Phoenix ComiCon were nice enough to set up …

A local Maryland anime convention to donate to Haiti relief efforts
Ellicott City, MD March 28th, 2010 – CHS Otaku Fest is pleased to announce that we will be donating a portion of all convention proceeds to Haiti Disaster relief efforts. The donation will go to the MercyCorps on behalf of Howard County for Haiti.
In the times of crisis we as citizens of this world must do what we can to help those in need. CHS Otaku Fest just wants to what we can. Being part …

New York, NY –March 28-, 2010 – Aspire Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce Reni Mimura, a Japanese Cosplay Singer in NY, is invited as a musical guest of Anime Boston and will perform on Sunday April 4th at 12:30PM.
When: Anime Boston April 2nd ~ 4th
Reni Mimura Booth #133
Reni Mimura Panel Q&A April 2nd Friday 1:00PM
Reni Mimura performance April 4th Sunday 12:30PM
Where: the Hynes Convention Center at 900 Boylston Street in
Boston, Massachusetts.
Info: http://www.renireni.com
http://www.animeboston.com/guests/index

There is no doubt that PAX East 2010 was the convention to be at this past weekend if you are a gamer on the East coast. Those of us who haven’t been able to make it out to the original Seattle based Penny Arcade Expo, known as  PAX, have been eager for an East coast iteration. But did PAX East live up to expectation? Well, for the most part that answer is “yes.”
Before I get into some of the problems we encountered at PAX East 2010, I do want to …

NASHVILLE, TN – MTAC reveals several new guests to its tenth year event – MTAC Odyssey (April 30-May 2, 2010)! To celebrate MTAC’s tenth anniversary, guests both new and from MTAC’s past are coming out to the big show, including:
Spike Spencer is our brand new MTAC Odyssey guest. This marks Spike’s first appearance at MTAC. Spike is well known as the voice of Shinji Ikari in the Evangelion series and has voiced hundreds of episodes of Anime including such notable titles as Battle Angel, Suikoden, Orphen, Spriggan, Nadesico, Mar, PreTear, …