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,

I’m one of those people who has been collecting autographs for years. I didn’t intend to. I know lots of people don’t. I even know some people who look down on people who do. I never intended to start, honest. I became an autograph collector inadvertently. When I was in my mid-teens, my mom took me to Kennedy Space Center’s

Orange County Convention Center – 9800 International Drive, Orlando Florida – March 12th – March 14th The southeast’s premier Comic Book, Science Fiction, Anime, multi-media event!!! Comic book artists attending MegaCon for the first time: Olivier Coipel, Stephane Roux, Mike McKone, Justin Gray, Joe Benitez, Don Rosa,  Nelson DeCastro, Alvin Lee,  Mike Choi & Sonia Oback, Jim Calafiore and Graham

On Saturday, I went and saw the movie Fanboys with my boyfriend, and my friend Bart (who contributed to the Zombification 101 article). Bart actually drove three hours to Philadelphia from Virginia, because our theater in Philly was one of the closest ones showing the movie. I decided the movie was worth reviewing here on the blog, being as conventions