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Time Warp Mode engaged! Sunday, October 19, 2014 – A great local convention we love with a lot of heart is The Annapolis Comic Con. Held at the Roger “Pip” Moyer Recreation Center in Annapolis, MD, this one-day show is the brainchild of the same folks who bring you Awesome Con! Everyone always has a […]

Time Warp Mode engaged! Monday, August 11, 2014 – We’ve just returned from an exciting weekend at Otakon! This annual gathering of anime fans takes place in Baltimore, MD at the Baltimore Convention Center, First Mariner Arena and various hotels in the downtown area. The con, which is in its 21st year and entirely volunteer […]

From Episode #54, “Cosplay 101.” Taped on location at Awesome Con DC. Special Correspondent David Oliver talks with cosplayers and convention goers.

“…I just want to talk a little about cosplay, get your opinions on what we’re doing today and what its all about…”

Last year the 501st Legion raised over 11 million dollars for charities nationwide.

Taped at the Baltimore Comic-Con.  Producer/host Ulysses E. Campbell talks with cosplayer Maureen McNary about DC Comics’ edict on the relationship of Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer.  Creators J.H. Williams and W. Haden Blackman quit the book after executives nixed their previously approved story arc in which the characters were to get married.

“These events…are growing around the country to where, when they are well done, they are growing to take over each city for that weekend.”

The very first cosplayers were Forrest J. Ackerman and his friend, Myrtle R. Douglass at the 1939 World Science Fiction Convention.

“I’m here with a deadly Dalek from Dr. Who and I’m in danger of being destroyed!”

It was another big weekend for FANTASTIC FORUM. Two conventions graced the DC/Maryland area as anime convention, Katsucon, was held at National Harbor’s Gaylord Resort and sci-fi con, Farpoint, took place at the Crowne Plaza in Hunt Valley. And I was nutty enough to attend both. Katsucon is the official home of the 2013 US […]