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By Mission Control, on January 20th, 2010
From San Japan 2009. Photo ©2009 SkyPirate.
San Japan, San Antonio’s major Japanese Culture and Anime Convention, has announced the first round of guests for its July 2010 convention. The convention is proud to announce that voice actors Carrie Savage, Chris Ayres and Josh Grelle will be making return appearances to San Antonio. San Japan [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on October 30th, 2009
Nightmare on Grayson's Gordon Wise…and friends
For twenty years now, there’s been one address for Halloween horror in San Antonio — 201 East Grayson Street. Not that you need to be told, if you live in this town, but that’s the home of Nightmare on Grayson, San Antonio’s longest-running, and still the best, haunted house. Director [Read it all...]
By Paul Vaughn, on October 20th, 2009
Get ready for a spine tingling, spooky good time this month at the Movies by Moonlight’s Fright Fest film series. Movies will be shown each Thursday evening at HemisFair Park. Pre-entertainment starts at 7:00 p.m. with the feature film beginning at 8:00 p.m. This popular family event features theme-related movies each month. The October schedule [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on October 13th, 2009
Shoutout to all San Antonio fans of the paranormal and ghost chasing at-large: the SA fan groups Doctor Who Fans Unite and Worlds Collide will be ghost hunting in downtown SA, Saturday night, October 24th. All SA science fiction, fantasy and horror fans are invited to join them.
From the Worlds Collide website:
“Come join (Worlds Collide) [Read it all...]
By Paul Vaughn, on August 14th, 2009
Japanese culture and media have been very influential to mainstream American media in varied ways, some as obvious as Godzilla, others as subtle as an American remake of a Japanese horror flick. If you are a fan of Japanese culture, movies, anime or manga, SAN JAPAN is the place for you this weekend.
San Japan is [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on August 7th, 2009
WorldCon – Texas 2013
John Picacio reports from WorldCon 2009 news of the announcement last night that San Antonio is now the official Texas contender for the 2013 World Science Fiction Convention! No official word on what other cities will be contending but SA now has all of Texas fandom’s support behind it and that’s [Read it all...]
By John Picacio, on July 31st, 2009
SAN JAPAN'S MAN WITH A PLAN: Dave Henkin means business.
DAVE HENKIN is not one of us. He’s not a San Antonio guy. So why is he being profiled for “Made In SA”? Quite frankly, because in two short years, Dave has become one of the key shapers of San Antonio’s genre scene. He’s making [Read it all...]
By Paul Vaughn, on July 21st, 2009
Judas Priest – British Steel
Dust off your leathers and your spikes because perennial San Antonio favorite JUDAS PRIEST is rolling into town this weekend. This is not just your average heavy metal show, Saturday’s performance marks the 30th anniversary of Priest’s sixth album, the chart-topping British Steel. To celebrate, the band will be performing [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on July 16th, 2009
San Antonio’s DOCTOR WHO FANS UNITE is celebrating its first anniversary this Saturday at 7pm. They’re commemorating the occasion with a casual party at the Blue Star Brewing Company and you’re invited!
The restaurant serves handcrafted lagers, ales and their own line of natural soft drinks. The menu features entrees such as fresh fish, hormone-free ribeye [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on July 14th, 2009
Celebrate with San Antonio’s DOCTOR WHO Fans Unite at the Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes this Wednesday, July 15th at 7:30pm. For the month of July, the club will be watching episodes featuring the ninth Doctor. They will be screening “Aliens Of London” and “World War III”. In “Aliens Of London”, the Doctor takes Rose home. But [Read it all...]
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JOHN PICACIO is a World Fantasy Award-winning and Hugo
Award-nominated illustrator of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature.
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SANFORD ALLEN is a musician and author with more than
two dozen horror and dark fantasy stories published.
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PAUL VAUGHN AKA The Mac Guy is a graphic artist,
web designer, writer, consultant and all around techno-geek.
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