We're super excited to have a new panelist at Casa Con who will be talking about the women who produce and consume eromanga. Patrick is an Associate Professor in the School of International Communication at Senshū University in Tokyo. After earning a PhD in Information Studies from the University of Tokyo, he went on to earn a second PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University. His recent publications include Otaku and the Struggle for Imagination in Japan (Duke University Press, 2019), Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga (Amsterdam University Press, 2020) and The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood (Stockholm University Press, 2021). ...

We are super excited to have Oni Press as a sponsor for our cosplay contest! Winners will receive one pin set of their adorable Tea Dragon Society dragons as well as a book! They are so dang adorable we wish we could keep the pins for ourselves (though of course, we'll send them out to the winners!) Take a look at one example: Make sure to check out their site! We also have an exclusive 15% discount for their items if you use a special promo code. You'll have to register to take advantage of it though! ...

We are super excited to have Ocean City Comic Con as a sponsor for Casa Con! They are providing some adorable pop figures and other goodies to the winners of our cosplay contest. Ocean City Comic Con is ayearly event held in Ocean City MD, at the Roland E. Powell convention center, Ocean City Comic Con is the second Saturday in December. The con features hundreds of guests, vendors, exhibitors, and artists on its huge show floor. Ocean City Comic Con prides itself on bringing a full day of content for a very low ticket price. Panels, events, contests, screenings, and more run all day long and are all free after admission. Come out and join in the geekery at...

We're super excited to have another sponsor for Casa Con - Comikey! Comikey is a digital publishing company that translates and licenses your favorite manga and webtoons. You can test drive their services as you can read the first few chapters of each comic for free. Once you find a series you like, use 'keys' to unlock the most recent and middle chapters. That means you get to pay for only the comics you want to read instead of dealing with a monthly subscription. Comikey will be offering free keys to the cosplay contest winners and hosting an industry panel on December 18th to go over their latest releases and upcoming releases so don't miss it! ...

We discovered BizBaz Club several months ago as they also host monthly digital events on their Discord Channel. As we looked into their company more, we really loved the fact that they are elevating artists and providing them a place to sell their work without dealing with large companies taking a huge percentage of the sales. As another organization that hosts digital events and wants to find ways to support artists, we really loved what they were doing. When we reached out to see if they would be interested in providing some prizes for our Cosplay Contest winners we were so happy when they said yes! Here's some more info directly from BizBaz Club: BizBaz Club is a community of artists supporting artists in...

We discovered Moshi one day when visiting on of our favorite Japanese Grocery Stores - Dainobu. They offered three tasty sounding soda: Yuzu, White Peach Yuzu, and Red Shiso and Apple Yuzu. Curious, we decided to go with the Red Shiso and Apple soda and we were hooked. It's unlike any other soda we have ever had and that hint of yuzu really brings the whole drink together. We really wanted to spread the word of Moshi to others so we reached out to see if they would be interested in doing a brand sponsorship with us and they said YES!! We're happy to announce that Moshi will be providing some of their sodas to the winners of our Cosplay...