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San Japan Announces 1st Guests & Opens Pre-Reg

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...]

Made in SA: Gordon Wise and Nightmare on Grayson

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...]

Horror Movies by Moonlight at Hemisfair Park

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...]

Ghost Hunting in SA!

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...]

Konnichiwa San Japan

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...]

San Antonio Goes for WorldCon 2013

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...]

Made In SA: Dave Henkin

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...]

San Antonio Welcomes the Metal Gods

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...]

DOCTOR WHO FANS UNITE: 1st Anniversary!

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...]

DOCTOR WHO Appreciation Night Wednesday!

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...]