Indiana Comic Convention 2026: Impromptu "Aliens" Expert, Cats & Credit, and "The Sword and the Sorcerer"

About this episode

CatBusRuss shares his experiences and insights from the Indiana Comic Convention 2026, highlighting various panels and discussions.

Indiana Comic Convention 2026 may not have been the most fun CatBusRuss has had at a nerdfest, but this was probably the most productive. He was able to put himself out there enough to vastly reduce his promotional material, and his efforts allowed him to demonstrate that he is a personable and authoritative voice in nerd culture. If he was not a strong convention visitor, could he have talked his way onto another panel? After visiting some really cool artists and catching up with hot sauce vendors, the rest of his day was dedicated to checking out panels. Nitin Bhojraj gave a great macroeconomics introduction by speaking of his goal to document every fiscal transaction in the "Star Wars" universe. Author/Translator/Lecturer Zack Davisson provided a fun history about cats in Japanese culture, and how they are all magical. The team from the Ray Bradbury Center had an amusing panel about historical inaccuracies in video games and whether or not they are a bad thing. But when it came to panels, Russ getting to join Chris Martinez from the " Big Dumb Monsters " podcast to talk about the 40th anniversary of " Aliens " was a highlight. Two of the panelists…

People in this episode

Host: CatBusRuss

Topics covered

• comic convention
• nerd culture
• panels
• cats
• Aliens
• Star Wars
• historical inaccuracies

Keywords

• Indiana Comic Convention
• Aliens
• cats in Japanese culture
• historical inaccuracies
• Nitin Bhojraj
• Zack Davisson
• Chris Martinez

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Big Dumb Monsters, Ray Bradbury Center

Books & works: Aliens, Star Wars, The Sword and the Sorcerer

Places: Indiana Comic Convention

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