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Hey Ghoul Fam,
Getting absolutely beyond hyped for .convention BaltiCon in a couple of weeks. And to my beloved family if it wasn’t already painfully obvious, I’m a bit of a kaiju fan so what better way to kick off some convention fund, but to indulge in the in the blatant joy of the Queen of Monsters. So this comic book has one of my favorite of all time Mothra stories but the original 1961 Mothra movie is probably outside of Godzilla both the original and all of the subsequent sequels (except that horrific disaster in 1998) because of some really amazing topics that are covered in the film. A lot of people forget that the original kaiju films were allegories for bigger concerns that were happening to the world of the time filtered through the lens of a country who had just gone through some very difficult times pre-and Post, World War II, and specifically with Mothra given some of Japan’s more aggressive, and colonialist attitudes during this period. It was really interesting to see how those topics were brought to light in a really nuanced way and what is essentially a monster movie. And I really enjoyed seeing them handle characters even in a time where women were still in secondary roles seeing women front and center in this film also how exploitation plays out so again super excited to have some really fun interactions with my friends and cop panelists over a BaltiCon in a couple of weeks if you are a nerd and you are in Baltimore for the memorial day weekend, definitely come and hang with us at the convention you will have an absolute blast.

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