The first Mysticon was held on July 4th weekend in 1980, and is still going strong. Guests of Honor for this year include Brinke Stevens, David Gerrold, Randy Asplund, Keith DeCandido, and more.

Wicked Faire is a festival, faire, convention, and playground for anyone who enjoys things that are outside the norm. It’s a ceaseless onslaught of entertainment wrapped up in a whirlwind weekend of wonderful things to do, see, try, explore, find, play with, experience, and enjoy.

Hello convention fans! I’d like to thank all of for your patience over the past week as we worked to recover from being hacked. Thanks to some very diligent hard work from several of our staffers, along with some genius database recovery work from my friend Vincent, we are almost back to normal!

ALSDEAD, known as a “Visual Kei” metal band, will be performing at Naka-Kon 2011 as the musical guest of honor. Naka-Kon is an anime convention is organized and operated by approximately 100 volunteer staff members, many of whom are students and most of whom live in the greater Kansas City area.

This past weekend I headed out to KotoriCon, a small anime convention held at Gloucester County College in New Jersey. It was my first time at the convention, but I was very psyched to know that cosplay singer Reni Mimura would be performing there. Read on for the review and to see pictures!