Anthony Aycock
Dragon Con 2019 Con Report!
What's up, con lovers?
It's been a while since I wrote of my fannish peregrinations. I've traveled widely in the past year, attending conventions in...
Raleigh Supercon 2018 Con Report!
Ah, Raleigh. City of Oaks. Site of legendary rivalries like Tobacco Road. Or General Assembly vs. Governor. On the last weekend in July, as a...
Scene and Reviewed: Day of the Dead: Bloodline
Night falls in an unnamed American city. Couples are out walking. Workers are driving home. A girl calmly rides her bicycle. And zombies are...
Ichibancon 2018 Con Report (including Interview with Dante Basco)!
"I'm so happy they have those."
"Artist alley?"
"No, those microphones."
Standing in Dante Basco's autograph line, I had just heard one of the staff members use...
DragonCon 2017 Report!
Each year, I start checking the guest list on the DragonCon web site in December. Call it my Christmas tradition. I check it once...
Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) 2017 Report!
Chicago. I had been there before. It was 2014, and the occasion was Wizard World. April 2017 was my second trip to the city that the...
Triad Anime Con 2017 Report (including Interview with Johnny Yong Bosch)!
Greensboro. Third-largest city in North Carolina. Named for Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the American rebel forces at the Battle of Guilford Court...
Ichibancon 8 Con Report (with Interview with Quinton Flynn)!
In 2014, I began my career at Convention Scene with an article about Ichibancon, the Concord, NC anime convention that is now a staple...
DragonCon 2016 Con Report!
Overheard on an Atlanta street corner:
“Look at that person with blue hair.”
“Over there?”
“No, over there.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Cool, isn’t it?”
“Yeah. What other place can you...
Scene and Reviewed: 6 Plots
I want to play a game. The game is to count how many classic horror films were mimicked in the making of the Australian...