Cowabunga Corner

On June 3rd, 2011 at Brave New Worlds Comics in Philadelphia, PA, there was an art show held during the evening.  Art work covered the foyer walls of the comic book shop. Pieces ranging from drawings to dolls.  A table sat between the two doors with pizza boxes stacked up.  People could come and go as they please, talk, enjoy some art and even shop around a comic chop.  Though what makes this event stand out to Cowabunga Corner is that the art show was focused on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The World Steam Expo.  Steam Punk?  My first thought was Punk Rock, and I never was a fan of that.  Though people tried to explain it to me, even showed me web pages and videos for Steam Punk, the full idea just seemed so different to me.  I was not grasping the idea of this event, and once I read the events at the expo I almost felt like it was a fashion show with many panels on how to put your costumes together, making the props, and being in character.

Cowabunga Corner T-Shirts are now up for order!

These are limited edition T-Shirts!  Limited to the amount of shirts that get ordered between now and September 5th.  It is the very first Cowabunga Corner T-Shirt!  The front of it has our logo, while the back has a design by Tim Jot, the winner of the “Cowabunga Corner T-Shirt Design Contest”.

Cowabunga Corner T-Shirt Contest update!

Hey everyone, all entries are in and the voting is going on now for the “Cowabunga Corner” t-shirt design.  The winning design will be used for the first run of the “Cowabunga Corner” t-shirts.  These will be limited edition, made to order during a short slotted time.  Voting ends June 1st when the winner will be chosen based on which design has the most votes.  After that, t-shirt orders will be taken.

Cowabunga Corner's one year anniversary!

This review covers two conventions, because this year these two conventions decided to take place on the same weekend.  While it was an interesting idea, it had a lot of down falls for a fan who goes to both events.  Namely, they were forcing the fans to make a choice between the two conventions, which took some of the fun out of going to these events.  This, however, did not make for a bad weekend just more stress than what was needed.

Youmacon is an anime convention held in the Detroit Metro area yearly for six years now.  I’ve been lucky enough to make all six of these years, watching as we went from the small Hilton Hotel in Troy Michigan to what is the tallest building in Detroit, the Renaissance Center.

This year at Youmacon, they had a great guest list ranging from voice over actors to musical guests.  There were panels, contests, dealers, and free give-aways.  Youmacon went above and beyond to go out of the way for the attendees to have a good time.  I was able to get a look at the different areas of the convention through the weekend and found people enjoying themsevles.