Megacon returned to East/West Concourse in Hall D.

For a lot of fans in the Southeast United States, Megacon is considered the “official” launch of the new convention season. It’s one of the largest multi-genre pop culture conventions in the region, held annually at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. This year, the con ran from February 27th to March 1^st and had returned to the older side of the convention center in Hall D.

Megacon was my first multi-genre convention back in 2004 and aside from the growing presence of anime and other Japanese pop culture topics, the con is pretty much the same as it has always been. The biggest draws to the con are the guests and the enormous dealers’ hall. Comics still seem to remain the heart and soul of Megacon’s focus, but as I already mentioned, Japan’s influence has definitely made an impact on what the con has to offer and the demographic of the attendees. Read the full story

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover. Does that go for graphic novels too? In the case of P-Brane: The Green Man, no. Go ahead and judge it by it’s cover, just don’t judge it by the first eight chapters.

P-Brane starts by following a character we later come to know as Casey Blade. He’s on the streets of New York with no idea who or where he is but with the inherent knowledge of one thing - violence. After defending himself from an attack, with what appears to be super human speed and strength, he’s befriended by a homeless man who’s actually an undercover reporter named Jack Russell. Jack can tell he’s special, he’s got green-toned skin, and wants to tell his story. There’s a lot to tell but Casey doesn’t know the half of it. Yet. Read the full story