Alex Orona

2 weeks ago | culturecombine.com | Alex Orona

Alex Orona26 minutes ago3 min readThis past weekend in Chicago, we attended the Anime Central Convention, or ACen as it’s known to the fandom. It’s one of the biggest anime cons in the Midwest, and features the most cosplay we've seen at a single convention. But it's also noted as one of the friendliest cons out there, and its community has continued to grow.

2 weeks ago | culturecombine.com | Alex Orona

Alex Oronaa few seconds ago1 min readThe Anime Central Convention is one of the biggest conventions for cosplay in the midwest. Whether you’re into anime or not, this is where you go to show off your hard work in the cosplay space. With people coming from all over the midwest, there were dozens of entries into the ACen Masquerade Cosplay Contest, as well as on full display walking the show floor.

3 weeks ago | culturecombine.com | Alex Orona

Alex Orona12 minutes ago4 min readACen or Anime Central is happening this weekend (May 16th through the 18th) at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, and we're psyched! Sandwiched between C2E2 and Nightmare Weekend, but ACen is its own special beast. Known throughout the Midwest as a cosplay mecha, it's not unreasonable to expect more than half the attendees to show up in full cosplay.

3 weeks ago | culturecombine.com | Alex Orona

Updated: a few seconds agoNightmare Weekend Chicago, presented by GalaxyCon, is a small scale celebration of all things horror for us here in the Midwest. A bit smaller than the C2E2’s and Fan Expos of the world, it had no shortage of star power, events and sights to see throughout its aisles. Let’s dig into what made Nightmare Weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center a must see con for horror fans. Starting off with the big ticket items: celebrities.

1 month ago | culturecombine.com | Alex Orona

Alex Orona17 minutes ago1 min readC2E2 has been poppin' off this week at the McCormick Place in Chicago and one of the big highlights was the announcement of the new DC Elseworlds limited series Immortal Legend Batman; a six issue series co-written by Mat Groom of Radiant Black and art by Erica D’Urso of Captain Marvel. The series will be taking inspiration from Japanese tokusatsu superhero stories and classic westerns mixed with its own Batman spin.