As some of our regular readers may recall, The Convention Fans Blog team (and two of our lucky readers) got to go see Cinematic Titanic at the Kewick Theater last night. Cinematic Titanic is the brainchild of Joel Hodgson, who created and stared in the cult hit TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000. Well, I got to interview him!
Click the link below to be taken to the interview (hosted at alltern8.com). In it, Joel talks about the weirdest thing he was ever sent while doing MST3K, which convention is his …

When I lived in Florida, I was fortunate to run into a very sweet couple at a local Star Trek convention. Their names were Norm and Denise, and they were involved in a Star Trek club. The club was called the USS Haven, and it is composed of some of the nicest people I’ve ever had the privilege to know. Norm basically runs the club, but he’s quick to point out that he doesn’t really consider himself “in charge.” He has always told the members that it is their club. His job “has always been to serve [the] Crew.”

I have been doing a bit of research on great World of Warcraft (WoW) costumes for an upcoming blog entry. As I was browsing cosplay.com, I came across “Atheana,” who had such a wonderful Blood Elf costume and story to go with it, that I had to feature her here in my blog. “Atheana” is actually a full time college student named Lindsay, who had never attended a single convention before Blizzcon 2008, much less created a costume for one.