I spent the weekend of March 18-20 in Cincinnati, Ohio at two different cons. One was Millennicon, a long running sci-fi literary con. The other was A & G Ohio, a con that promotes animation, video gaming, and music.

We have a very exciting announcement to make, as part of our new relationship with Medieval Costumes & Gifts, one of our new advertisers! Medieval Costumes & Gifts is a vendor of medieval, Greek, and Roman-themed costume armor and decor, and they’ve agreed to let one lucky reader pick a helmet from their collection! That’s right, you could win an awesome Medieval, Roman, or Greek helmet (many of which are worth $60+).

Dragon*Con is one of our favorite conventions here at The Convention Fans Blog. I’ve been attending every year since 2005, and 2011 is shaping up to be yet another great year. Although the convention isn’t happening until Labor Day, there are already more than 60 guests named (with more to come).

In an attempt to create a truly unique opportunity for fans of the anime Cowboy Bebop, Wasabi Anime has worked with Florida’s fan conventions to create the “Cowboy Bebop Florida Tour.” The voices of all four main characters from the beloved anime Cowboy Bebop will be appearing in Florida in the summer of 2011.

Mr Rob Granito: “My thing is, I never want to try and hurt anyone, you know. I mean I messed up in not properly listing the homages in my work. But dude thats all it was, thats all it was. The fans, the kids, they like to have those tributes to covers and stuff they liked growing up. I saw that one Alex Ross did, well he did a few, and noone is calling HIM a fraud. Alex Ross did those silverage Marvel covers right? Its a homage, I am creating some iconic imagery for the fans. Thats the thing. It was never about the money with me its about those fans who smile when they see the art on the wall when they go home.”