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Is global warming to blame for the “Superstorm Sandy” (previously known as the Frankenstorm)? Experts on all sides disagree. The proponents of Global Warming, however, are beginning to be taken a little bit more seriously.

Several years ago, we wrote a small little ditty with global warming in mind. This fictional radio interview says what we believe about global warming. Enjoy! Moreover, do not take this one too seriously.

“Today on Science Talk, we are honored to have Dr. Henrik Olund of the prestigious Copenhagen University. Dr. Olund, along with Drs. Avington and Tambeau of Toronto University have penned a book, entitled Global Warming: Change for Good.

“Dr. Olund, your book has caused quite a controversy, especially among those who feel we have to act now to save the world from global warming. What do you have to say to all of this?”

“Well, Ms Pearson, it seems that most of our detractors have not read the book. If they had, they would realize that we agree with them more often than not.”

“In your book, you and your colleagues suggest that man could not alone be responsible. Carbon emissions are not solely a man-made issue.”

“Unfortunately it is not as simple as that, Ms. Pearson. We have engaged quite a few scientists and interns on an extensive forensic examination of similar weather patterns in earth’s past. This includes seven highly detail studies of past patterns, two on a global scale and five on a regional scale.

“We have allowed whole new understandings of how this planet functions and causes of previous thermal adjustments.”

“Thermal adjustments, Doctor?”

“Yes, Ms Pearson. The past of this planet has shown both increases and decreases in average temperature. These adjustments help the earth to maintain its overall health.”

“The health of the earth?”

“Exactly! We approached this matter as if the earth was a functioning, living being.”

“And how did that approach make a difference?”

“Well, take yourself for example, Ms. Pearson. You seem to be a normal healthy human. Am I correct?”

“Mostly.”

“Yet as a normal functioning human you know that your body contains billions of bacteria, viruses and other microbiological creatures. You and they live in a harmonious, symbiotic relationship.

“Now, should these beings begin to grow uncontrollably, then this balance is upset. Your body would become sick and infected.”

“Yes, Dr., I know that will happen, but…”

“Please, Ms. Pearson, I must first ask, what would your symptoms be?”

“I’m no MD, but I’d imagine that I would feel lethargic, maybe develop a fever.”

“Precisely!”

“So, Dr. Olund, are you saying what I think you’re saying?”

“What is that, Ms. Pearson?”

“That the earth is suffering from an infection and soon as it is eliminated, then it will return to normal.”

“That is indeed the problem. We calculate that once the infection is removed, earth will once again function normally.”

“Please Dr., what is this infection?”

“It is called ‘Humanity.’”

Day of the Dead Edition

For the past four weeks, we have been examining the most well known creatures of the night. We have looked at Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies. This week, the Day of the Dead, we examine Draugrs and Liches.

Draugrs:

Draugrs are people that have died. Draugrs rise out of the grave for several reasons. Perhaps they need to have revenge for having been killed. Perhaps an unfinished task waits.

Most draugrs move like zombies. They have a slow shambling gait, which is not much of a threat. Yet when they climb out of their graves in the midst of the night, they are a formidable creature.

One of the most famous draugrs is “The Crow.” The Crow originally sought revenge for his and his fiancée’s murders. After he completed the task, he went was able to “rest.”

A type of draugr is the vampire. As we read in our first installment, vampires are more sentient than the average draugr. Yet both full the same living dead requirement. The vampire’s unfinished task, of course, is to survive death.

Speaking of which…

Liches:

Liches are very powerful sorcerer/ wizard (yes females included) types. They have found a way to live beyond death.

A lich generally plants the essence of their being into an object of some kind. Once their body dies, they can transfer their life energy into another form. Most often, this form can be another body, either living of dead.

Liches can be mistaken for zombies. That of course would be a big mistake. Liches command unusually powerful magical resources. Many liches, having learned the secret of life and death, are also necromancers.

A lich cannot be killed by killing whatever from it occupies. As long as the life force container exists, the lich can regenerate. This process may take many, many years.

The prime example for a lich is Sauron, from the Lord of the Rings fame. Sauron is, of course. The Lord of the Rings. His life force was contained in the “One Ring.” It took Sauron several thousand years to gather enough energy to be able to claim his ring. If he were able to obtain it, he would have been unstoppable.

One interesting fact – Sauron did first appear as the Necromancer of Dol Guldor, before fleeing to Mordor, and sending his minions in search of the ring. Sauron was at that point a bodiless spirit. He took the shape of the eye to show his presence amongst his servants.

We are all fans of zombies. There is nothing better than a good zombie fest when one is feeling blue. Now there are “Zombie Walks” and zombie-this and zombie-that all over the world. In addition, post-12/12/12 there is expected to be a surge in the zombie population.

For those who are unaware, the word “zombie” is of Haitian origin. Supposedly with some of the mystical voodoo rites (?) one can be made a zombie by the ingestion of certain herbs and/drugs. There has been reported cases of people reported as dead, who rise up and walk, not really understanding what is happening. Often these people recover when the effects of the herbs/drugs wear off.

We know from the horrible face-eating incident in Florida this past year that drugs can certainly produce zombie-like attributes. But enough for reality!

Zombies can be separated into two distinct groups. We will can them the “Fantasy” Group and the “Science Fiction Group. Both groups have certain rules and regulations as to how they operate. We will examine both.

THE FANTASY GROUP ZOMBIES

The Fantasy zombies have existed since times unrecorded. It may be said that zombies (although not know by that name) existed since Ezekiel prophesied to the bones in the Valley of the Dry Bones in the Bible. The bones rose reconnected and began to move (remember the “foot bone is connected to the ankle bone” song?)

In the fantasy world, zombies are always controlled by a powerful magician, who has sold his/her soul to become a “Necromancer.” Necromancers were beings that learned how to breathe “life” into dead flesh.

In the book, Ursula the Yellow, zombies were known as the “stelan-naus” the stolen dead. It was the necromancer Seliah, which called the dead from the graves and used them to build an army. This army could not be killed, since they were already dead. It took Seliah many years to perfect the Art of Necromancy to the point where she could control thousands of dead.

In the Hobbit, (which will be in theatres soon) Gandalf leaves the adventure of Bilbo and the Dwarves, to chase of the Necromancer of Dol Guldur. He has the help of Radagast the Brown in his venture. Of course, we find out later that the Necromancer is no one but Sauron, the ultimate evil.

In Piers Anthony’s Xanth series, zombies are controlled by, who else, the Zombie Master. The Zombie Master just happens to be a zombie himself.

Necromancers are the key to The Fantasy Zombies. Kill them and the zombies menace is done. Killing the necromancer, however, is usually the tough part.

THE SCIENCE FICTION ZOMBIE

The Science Fiction Zombie is another creature entirely. Often Science Fiction Zombies are caused by freak science experiments. These experiments can include, but not limited to, biological engineering, chemical experimentation, pharmaceutical experimentation, or just plain freak occurrence.

One of the best-known Science Fiction zombie stories is the “Resident Evil” series. This series focuses on the Umbrella Corporation’s search for a drug that will turn men into super beings. This drug, of course, backfires.

Zombies created by chemicals/drugs often are just bent on destroying living humans. Of course, when the zombie kills a living human, the human is infected with the same substance and then becomes another zombie.

Technically, these zombies would continue to kill until all life is eradicated. Thanks goodness for Mia Jovovich!

The answer to last week’s challenge question that asked: Most Christian churches are equipped with what to stop the development of werewolves?

No one knew, must have been too challenging. The answer: Stain glass windows!

What?

Yep, stain glass windows were first used in churches to prevent the development of werewolves. How, one might ask?

Back in the Middle and Dark Ages when the Catholic Church was asserting its power, everyone, absolutely everyone, had to attend a service at least once per day. In those days, a service was held every few hours. This schedule was known as the Book of Hours. The first service Prime (or Matins) was held at the start of the day. Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline followed. Compline was usually the last service open to the public, monks sometimes held services at midnight amongst themselves.

It was required for all people to attend these services. The peasant, usually had to go to the last service, Compline. Most peasants had to work the farms for their lords or kings. They missed most of the services during the day the lords would generally attend those to both get it over with and to not be with the “commoner.”

What does this have to do with werewolves?

Since most of the peasants could not attend during the day, often certain rituals were put off until the evening. These rituals included such things as burials, weddings, and even baptisms.

In that the infant mortality rate was extremely high amongst peasants, baptisms were help when the child was very young, hours or days from being born.

Rarely, one of these baptisms fell on a full moon.

The old Dark or Middle Age church generally had a sound structure. Oft times, however, they could not afford things like windows or heating. In order to have some lighting, high “holes” were built, giving the church light and ventilation.

On full moon nights the church would be illuminated by the moon and, of course, the general candles. Should an infant be baptized while in the light of a full moon, he or she would become a werewolf.

Realizing this, most peasants did not want their son or daughter baptized during a full moon. A compromise needed to be reached. Somewhere lost in the annuals of time someone came up with the idea of using lightly colored glass as a shield to protect the infant from the moon’s harmful rays. This shield of course would have to be blessed to work effectively.

Apparently, the stain glass worked and most of the problem was resolved.

Werewolves, like vampires, are solitary creatures. They do not travel in packs like some later movies portray.

When a person has transformed or morphed into a werewolf, they have no concept of what happens. When the magic of the full moon dissipates, they have no idea where they are and how they got there. Some werewolves have no idea that they are actually a werewolf.

Should a person be bitten by a werewolf and not die, they will not become a werewolf as some legends seem to posit. Most werewolfologists agree the full moon baptism is the only way. This makes werewolfism a wholly Christian malady.

Whether or not it is true that a werewolf lives until it is killed is unclear. It is best to assume if there is a werewolf in your neighborhood, you are more likely to die than him.

Killing a werewolf is quite hard and best left to professionals. It seems that werewolves cannot be killed unless a pure silver bullet (not sterling, but pure) is fired into its heart. We have heard that a pure silver arrows or crossbow bolts work also. It is best if the weapon is dipped in holy water and blessed beforehand.

Next Week: Zombies!

Fall has fallen. The nights are getting longer the days are becoming cooler. Our thoughts are headed in one direction this time of year: Halloween!

We have prepared a special four part series for 37 Minutes entitled “Creatures of the Dark.” We will examine some of the myths and legends of some of the most popular “horror” type creatures.

This material comes from a talk that was prepared a couple of years ago. The point is to acquaint science fiction and fantasy writers about some of the history of these creatures. The series will be in four parts, starting today, going through Halloween and ending, appropriately enough on the “Day of the Dead.”

“But this is a science fiction site!” One may object. True. In the golden age of UHF television, however, the old science fiction movies were oft shelved during October. This is when the old Dracula, Frankenstein, and Wolfman movies would be shown. After the Day of the Dead, we will return to our regular scheduled dissertations on string theory.

The series will focus on the following topics; Week 1 – Vampires; Week 2 – Werewolves; Week 3 – Zombies, and Week 4 – Lesser Known Creatures, such as draugrs and liches.

So, on with the series!

This week: Vampires!

The vampire is perhaps one of the most feared creatures of the night. They appear to be normal. Often detecting the evil within is not possible until, of course, too late!

Where do vampires come from?

The legends surrounding vampires go back to creation itself. Hebrew legends often talk about Lilith as consorting with Adam. In fact, some histories (oral at that time) named Lilith as the devourer of the “Children of Eve.”

Lilith, legends say, was created as a mate for Adam, but not necessarily by God. It was thought that Lucifer was angry that man was created having all the attributes of God, even a physical body, which angels in general did not possess. As a result, and to start the ultimate rebellion against God, Lucifer “made” the creation known as Lilith.

Unfortunately, for Lilith, she was not“alive” as we know it. Her life force or spirituality was demonically driven. She could only survive by feeding off living things, not necessarily human.

When the great fall happened, Lilith was one of the beings expelled from Paradise. Interestingly, it seems most students of vampires studies (vampirologists?) have her taking up residence in the area of two cities know as Sodom and Gomorrah.

Those who have actually read the bible account of the destruction of these cities will note that it seemed that angelic (including demons-which after all are rebellious angels) beings were breeding with men. It could be this demonic/human relationship was essentially vampirism.

When the twin cities were destroyed, Lilith was able to get out of town. Rumor has it she made her way to India and changed her name to Kali. When looking at pictures or statuary of Kali, it is easy to believe that she is, indeed, a vampire.

Much of this research on vampires was done to find contradictory evidence in light of the “Twilight” series by Stephanie Meyer. In finding older articles, it seems vampires could be exposed to sunlight. Being exposed to daylight made the vampire appear as the natural semi-decomposed being that it is, reminiscent from the scene in the “Dracula” movie with Gary Oldham. Vampires also would not cast a shadow in daylight.

The notion that daylight caused vampires to dissolve is a more recent belief, probably by the time of the writing of Dracula, by Bram Stoker. It seems Stoker had a lot of influence overall perception of vampires in general. It was the “Stoker” vampire that dominated Hollywood well into the 1970’s.

One actor particularly, Christopher Lee, cut his teeth (pardon!) on playing Dracula in many of the 50’s and 60’s movie. Just a quick little question, has anyone seen Christopher Lee in the daylight? Just wondering aloud.

Vampires belong to the class of nighttime creatures known as “Draugrs.” More information will be forthcoming on Draugrs in part Four. Draugrs generally are not thinking creatures and wander around aimlessly seeking to avenge their death. After accomplishing what they need to do, they will willingly go to their eternal rest.

The vampire, however, is all about continuing on forever, if possible.

The vampire is also a solitary creature. Unlike the vampires in Interview With a Vampire, by Anne Rice, vampires are not in community. Vampires are fiercely protective of their environment and value secrecy above all.

With that said, most vampires would not attack society girls, such as Lucy in Dracula. The more likely victims would be those dispossessed by society whose deaths, unfortunately, would not bear further examination.

NEXT WEEK – We will examine Werewolves. As a way of testing one’s werewolf knowledge, we have a little question, which we will answer in next week’s article. The first five readers that get the correct answer will win one of our e-book from our extensive collection. You may answer by responding as a comment (although others will be able to see) or emailing directly to gary@channel-37.net.

The question: Most Christian churches are equipped with what to stop the development of werewolves?

Good luck!

Reminiscent of the final scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” a truck entered the Druid Hill Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland to pick up a statue. The truck was sent from the Smithsonian Institute to pick up the legendary “Black Aggie.” Forms were signed, receipts were given.

The Smithsonian, however, has no record of receiving the statue.

The Black Aggie was Baltimore’s most well-known urban legend. Its disappearance, of course, made perfect sense.

For those new to legend of the Black Aggie, here is the short version.

The Black Aggie was a copy made of the statue “Grief” commissioned by Henry Adams of Washington DC whose wife killed herself in 1885 after the death of her father. The artist for the sculpture was none that the quite famous Augustus St. Gaudens. St. Gaudens is most famous for his “Walking Liberty” design used on the $20 gold coin.

The name of the statue became known as “Grief,” the writer Mark Twain being the one whose name for it stuck.

The statue was finally placed in the cemetery in 1891.

Just a few years later, the statue has mold marks, which were soon discovered. It seemed someone was set to make a copy of the work. Indeed, in 1907 the copy showed up at Druid Hill Cemetery. The owner of the site was Felix Angus. Angus was a Civil War veteran and later the owner of the newspaper “American” published in Baltimore.

Mr. Angus paid a Mr. Pausch for the statue. It is unsure if Angus knew at that time it was a copy. Upon finding out that her husband’s statue was copied, Mrs. St. Gaudens announced that it was a barbaric thing to do.

Of course, after the statue was placed in Druid Hill in 1907, things began to get weird. The grass in front of the monument died and did not grow while the statue stood. Young groups began to challenge each other to spend the night in front of the statue.

Several people died, supposedly of “fright” in the statues presence. The statue was thought to attract ghosts and other beings from the cemetery.

One of the final moments for the statue residing in Baltimore was when someone attacked the statue and sawed off one of its arms. Graffiti began to desecrate the Angus tomb. The managers of the cemetery asked that the statue be moved.

And so, in 1968, the truck took the statue and as far as anyone knew, the statue was stored right next to the box containing the “Ark of the Covenant” of Indiana Jones fame.

A reporter investigating the story finally caught up with its present whereabouts. Apparently, the statue now resides in the garden at the Dolly Madison House in Washington DC.

For more information, click here.

By the way, as a Channel 37 bit of trivia, The Black Aggie is the inspiration for the angelic statue in our Eva Golemina story of last year.

If any of our fans would like, if you find yourself in DC, send us a picture of the Black Aggie and its new digs (originals, please, not file photos from the internet). The first five fans that do can get a copy of one of our e-books listed in our store. Please, do not go at midnight! We need all the fans we have.

The recent news that the Mars rover Curiosity has discovered evidence of an ancient stream bed on Mars is very exciting, because it demonstrates that the now-arid planet used to be at least somewhat more like Earth.

Reading the news, though, sounded familiar. The story reminded me of a time more than 175 years ago when people briefly thought there was water on another nearby celestial body: the moon. Unfortunately, that time the “discovery” was really the result of an elaborate journalistic hoax perpetrated by a reporter at the New York Sun newspaper. But it fooled a lot of people!

In a series of six articles, the reporter told an elaborate and compelling story that, looking back on it, can rightly be considered one of the earliest works of “hard” science fiction. After all, it invoked the hi-tech of its day — a telescope “of vast dimensions and an entirely new principle,” which back then wasn’t all that implausible since astronomers were always trying new ways of combining mirrors and lenses in ever-larger housings. And it even used for its protagonist one of the most recognizable science names of the day, that of the British astronomer Sir John Herschel — who was so influential that he has an observatory and even a space telescope named after him.

So it didn’t seem all that implausible to readers when the Sun articles claimed that Herschel had trained his powerful new telescope at our nearest orbital neighbor and discovered the most amazing sight: wild and colorful plants, a bestiary of wondrous animals including bipedal beavers, and even winged humanoid living amid a craggy lunar landscape with running water aplenty. Oh, and Herschel spotted a giant temple made of sapphire too.

Well, the series caused such a sensation at the time that, even today, it is considered perhaps the greatest newspaper hoax in history. But like all great hoaxes, pretty soon word got around that it was all the work of a fabulist, and — probably with a lot of disappointment — people forgot about it and moved on.

There would be many other science-related newspaper hoaxes and hysteria — like the Airship Panics of 1896 and 1897 — but the Great Moon Hoax has them all beat for sheer scale and audacity.

Of course, today when people think “moon hoax,” they are more likely to be referring to the myth of the faked moon landings. Perhaps not surprisingly, such conspiracy theories have dogged Curiosity too; there’s no shortage of YouTube videos purporting to “prove” that the redoubtable little rover is actually rolling around somewhere in the California desert or some such place. Yeah, right, fellows.

Personally, I’d prefer a moon-landing conspiracy in which NASA covered up proof that our astronauts actually discovered giant two-legged beavers and winged humans and a giant sapphire tower . . .

Interesting news this week: Russia just unveiled a long held state secret to the world. Apparently, 35 million years ago a large meteorite fell in a region of Russia near Siberia. The site is known as the Popigai Astroblem. The area mostly was a deposit of graphite.

Upon impact, most of the graphite was changed instantly into diamonds. The site was discovered during the Soviet Era in the 1970’s and was deemed a state secret. The Soviet Union at that time was intent of developing synthetic diamonds.

Due to the violent nature of these diamonds forming, they are reported by the Russians to be twice as hard as normal diamonds.

The Russians believe this site has trillions it not quadrillions of carats of diamonds.

Unfortunately for the ladies, the diamonds seem to be of use only industrially. There is some interest is using them in future semi-conductor capabilities.

Here is the story from Yahoo.

And another version from IDEX, a company that tracks diamond production and pricing.

As all true space buffs know, from 1952 to 1954 the weekly magazine Collier’s ran a series of feature articles over eight issues written by the luminaries of rocketry (including Wenher von Braun, Willy Ley, Fred Whipple, and others) and illustrated by some of the most notable space artists of the day (Chesley “Destination Moon” Bonestell, Rolf Klep, and Fred Freeman). These articles are legendary for inspiring a generation of young men to grow up to become engineers and help launch the first Americans into space.

Trivia: We’re willing to bet you didn’t know, however, that the Collier’s articles were edited by Cornelius Ryan, who would later go on to fame as the author of such war epics-turned-1970s-Hollywood-cameo-spectacles as A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day.

Anyway, back to the point. Thanks to the subspace grapevine, Channel 37 has learned that the Houston Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has just started reprinting the Collier’s articles in its newsletter, Horizons, starting with the July/August 2012 issue, which is available as a free downloadable PDF.

Imaginatively, the articles are being reproduced as facsimiles of the originals, with new ads and mini-articles in place of the advertisements in the originals. The remaining articles from the other seven issues will be reprinted in future issues of Horizons.

Horizons is chock-full of all kinds of other interesting articles and news about aviation and space, past and present, so it’s worth a read anyway. And following the links to all the fascinating blogs and sites of the contributing authors will pretty much eat up the rest of your weekend, so be warned now.

Sadly, Collier’s, which had been founded in 1888, folded in January 1957 — just over a half-year before Sputnik launched the space age that the magazine had so confidently forecast. One can only imagine how enthusiastically the magazine would have covered the reality of the space age it had helped bring about. However, to our surprise we discovered that it had been relaunched in February of this year after a 55-year hiatus, including a digital issue available as an iPad app — something that not even Wernher von Braun or Chesley Bonestell could have predicted.

Every year, dozens of Science Fiction Conventions, i.e. “cons” make their way around the country. One of the biggest, DragonCon, recently concluded in Atlanta.

Cons are one of the wonders of the world. In each con hosting city, writers and fans, actors and artists, crawl out of their dark basements and descend en masse to the appointed time and place. The con is a celebration of science fiction, a place to meet new friends and fiends, and make one’s voice – either as a fan or as an artist – known.

The Channel 37 team has attended numerous conferences in our time. Our home con, if there is such a thing, is Balticon, held every year during Memorial Day weekend. As a team, we would like to attend more, but we are always surprised when one passes and we haven’t heard about it. But that is for us to work on. (NOTE TO FANS: Let us know, while there is still time to register if there is a con we should attend. Thanks!)

So, the point of this narrative is simple. We want you the fan, writer, artist, and possibly actor to attend. This can be a guide to helping that happen. We also would like you to survive – not that we’ve heard about fatalities, but we’re dealing with very creative people. This guide is mostly for “newbies” – seasoned con attendees are encouraged to comment on points that are missed or minimized.

SHOWING UP

Showing up is 90% of the participation quotient to have a successful con. A certain amount of care and observation will be needed to navigate the first fledgling steps of one’s arrival.

For instance, where does one go to pay for the con? There may be signs. Many cons think that all attendees know what to do and therefore money spent on the signs could be better used to fund the aftercon party. All is not lost should this be the case.

As one walks in the door, look for a huge man, usually with very long hair and long beard with a badge, preferably stating “staff.” He is the gatekeeper.

DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT approach him and say, “Excuse me, I’m here for the Sci-Fi convention, where is registration?” No one will hear from you again. This would not be an attendee fatality, and therefore not counted in the overall statistics.

DO ask “Registration?” Wait for the glare and jerk of the head indicating the proper direction. Follow said direction and stand in long line that appears not to move. Eventually, the badge will come. The schedule, program, last minute notes, and free samples will usually be given out at that point.

ACTIVITIES AT THE CON

The schedule will list events panels, events, signings, screenings, and a myriad of activities all happening at the same time. Unfortunately, most schedules are in Klingon or 3-point type. Choose one of the events and attend. Attending many different types of events may enhance one’s appreciation of all aspects of Science Fiction.

THE DEALERS OR “MERCH” ROOM

This room is the place where most everything interesting happens. All the latest gadgets, books, and apparel can be found here. Most of the most interesting people are also found here. This is where time can be spent between events. Authors generally are here selling their books, artists their art, and craftspeople their crafts.

THE GAMING ROOMS

Deep in the darkest part of the hosting hotel is where the gaming rooms are kept. These are usually running twenty-four hours. Most people in these rooms will not know what time it is anyway. Many people only attend cons to be here. It is said that some never leave.

MOVIE SCREENINGS

Cons often have twenty-four hour movie screenings. Some may be old favorites; some may be imported with or without subtitles. The schedule will be in the program.

PANELS

Panel discussions are one of the great events at the con. Many well-known writers, artists, or filmmakers will be on hand and share how “you too can do _____.” Often questions are asked and everyone gains much enlightenment. Some of the bigger names will actually hang around and sign a book or two.

CONCLUSION

Cons are great places to revel in the science fiction world. Many interesting things can be learned, as well as learning the latest genre mutation.

We at Channel 37 encourage all our readers to go to a con. Be sure to look us up and mention this article. We’ll have a little sticker to give out to our fans.