Chargeman Ken… Just go look it up. I’m not even gonna say anything else on the matter… other than to thank Mike Toole for, once again, expanding my knowledge of the world. (Historical Notes: Good LORD this is an ugly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Awesomely Bad went pretty darn well this year, especially considering that this was the first time I’d ever tried to run this circus without our Fearless Leader Kurt in attendance. (not to mention the… hiccups that occurred last time I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know what? A hearty Styx singalong is a good idea before any major undertaking. I’m gonna start suggesting that this happen more often. (Historical Notes: It helps if you understand that Awesomely Bad was sort of adopted by the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, seriously, Takayuki Karahashi’s done translating duties at… man, just about every con I’ve ever been to, all the way back to my very first Animazement. The only exceptions have been non-anime conventions, or just cons that didn’t have any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Was this the first time they held Opening Ceremonies in one of the big halls? I don’t usually have the patience to wait in line for concerts, so I’m pretty sure this was the first time I’d ever down there.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This big story about Otakon this year is going to be the significant attendance dip… which is to say it was only SORT OF bigger than all the other cons in the area, rather than WAAAAY bigger. Considering what the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We can’t have been the only people in the Day’s Inn this happened to. The prevailing theory is that our room was only intended to house one bed, but had two anyway, which I guess is understandable. But having a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Complaining about trying to drive in Baltimore is nothing new, and it’s not gonna stop until Otakon finally moves. But seriously, I don’t think I’ve EVER seen that many accidents on one single road trip. Death Race 2000 had fewer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a good reason you so rarely see a new costume in these comics, and why the ones you DO see are usually made out of stuff in my closet: it’s just no fun to make new ones. I mean,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I failed, but hey if you miss last year’s 80s-tastic cover, you can always buy yourself a poster of it and enjoy it every single day! But enough about that. The important thing is, IT’S OTAKON TIME AGAIN! If you’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…