An Englishman In San Diego

Organizers marked their 21st year running MomoCon 2026, continuing to grow and attracting exciting guests like the cast of Critical Role, among many others. MomoCon specializes in Anime and Gaming guests, events, and attractions, but has a little something for everyone that calls themselves a little nerdy. For this nerd, I found the most fun from a few panels – including a The Amazing Digital…

Writers: Lily Windom and Robert WindomArtist: Jae LeeColorist: June Chung Letterer: Joe SabinoCover A, D, and E Artists: Jae Lee & June ChungCover B Artist: Jon J. MuthLogo and Designer: Serban Cristescu Thanks to Image Comics for the review copy! New on the stands this week from Image Comics is M1: Monster Racing League #1. Set in Tokyo in the near future, this series follows 17 year old Dev…

Director: Travis KnightStarring:Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Kristen Wiig, Jared Leto, and Idris ElbaMovie Length: 2 hours 20 minutes What Leo thought: Masters of the Universe is a brand new movie directed by Travis Knight and I wonder if the producers chose him because this is a medieval movie and he has the word…

Another huge shonen series has ended, and of course everyone has an opinion on the ending. I feel like with each new ending for bigger and popular series-no one is super happy with the endings. We saw this with Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, and My Hero Academia. Sadly, Chainsaw Man is not able to escape this scrutiny either.  The Chainsaw Man series was about a young boy Denji and his dog…

If you have ever met me or been to any panel I’ve recently hosted, you know I am nuts about Blue Lock and always recommend it. It is one of the craziest anime I have ever watched, mainly because of the entire plot being ego and the dialogue the characters have with each other (I kid you not, the manga has weirder lines than the anime). Anyway, I was losing my cool as soon as I saw that there was…

I have been a huge fan of Bleach since back in my elementary school days and have just been loving The Thousand-Year Blood War arc. The animation is some of the best I have ever seen and it’s great that the anime is following the manga for this arc to an absolute T. As soon as this news of the first three episodes of the final arc being shown in theaters came out, I was locked in, let me get my…

Since it was my first time at LVL UP in Las Vegas, I tried to use all my convention knowledge to be as prepared as I could be. I now see my error…because it was my first time attending this convention, I was super unprepared for how long the con went for every day. Definitely a first, since this convention went from noon (eleven am if you have a VIP pass) to eight pm every day. Yes, Sunday too!…

Director: Simon McQuoidStarring: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki SanadaMovie Length: 1 hours 46 minutes What it’s about: A sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat, this time we see Shao Kahn attempting to win the Mortal Kombat tournament so he can take control…

With only two weeks until Comic Con Revolution returns to the Ontario (California) Convention Center, the final plans and guests are being announced, and it’s a great guest list for both lovers of comic books as well as fans of wrestling, Battlestar Galactica, The Flash, and many more. For comic book fans the artist alley (which is where I’ll be most of the convention) once again has a great…

Director: Antoine FuquaStarring: Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Juliano Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, and Colman DomingoMovie Length: 2 hours 7 minutes My thoughts: Michael Jackson is one of the most mythologized figures in music history, but Michael has little interest in exploring that complexity. Instead, it plays things safe, leaning heavily on…

We are hours away now from LVL UP Expo starting here in Las Vegas, it’s my first time attending and I am so pumped! Primarily, I have heard this convention was centered around gaming and eSports, but it’s so much more than what I thought! It is actually pretty anime/cosplay focused as well. You all know how I am so down for any anime conventions, but I am excited to play some games and learn…

Director: Kat CoiroStarring: Halle Bailey, Regé-Jean Page, Lorenzo de Moor, Isabella Ferrari, Aziza Scott, Marco Calvani, Nia Vardalos, and Emanuele PaccaMovie Length: 1 hour 45 minutes What Dan thought: After watching the trailer, I thought this would be a cookie cutter type romantic comedy. It starts off that way, but the comedic portions knocked it out of the park, especially the supporting…

We are about to hit spring break, the cherry blossoms are blossoming…That means it’s time for Sakura-Con again. Before I continue on in this article, I want to share a small story. When I first got into anime and manga, I had no clue what a convention even was. I didn’t know that people dressed up in cosplay or that you could buy fan made merch or real merch, that you could meet voice actors or…

I love when Emerald City Comic Con comes around every year, it’s always super fun and a great way to bask in your nerdiness without feeling weird in public. One of the best parts to me, at least, are the after parties. Emerald City Comic Con throws their own every year, and now so does the night club Spin (SonicBoomBox). They host multiple after parties for a lot of conventions in the US…