As we have been sharing here for the last month, the students behind ITHACON have been playing guest columnist at With Further Ado, and here’s the last of our student winners. This one shows off Ellie’s deep anime passion and knowledge. Enjoy!
Binding Vow to Greatness
Jujutsu Kaisen Season Three Exceeds Every Expectation
By: Elijanna Kennedy
Disclaimer: Potential Spoilers Ahead
Season three, Part One of Jujutsu Kaisen didn’t just live up to the hype surrounding its release; it completely overwhelmed it. Every episode feels like it’s trying to outdo the last, and somehow it keeps succeeding. It’s clear that this isn’t another installment; it’s a statement. Grander fights, deeper stakes, and heavy emotional turbulence make it feel like the series is operating at full power.
To begin, the animation so far has been nothing short of impressive. Not to say that the animation wasn’t always fantastic, but MAPPA Studios truly wiped the floor with this. Scene after scene felt just so clean and intentional, ranging from the Zenin Clan Massacre to the Opening Series Fight including our main character, Yuji Itadori, and fan-favorite Yuta Okkotsu, not a single detail was missed. Every hit lands, lines were clean, and even the background characters felt alive. I give MAPPA and the animators who have given their time to make this masterpiece all of the admiration and gratitude I can give. Continue reading “With Further Ado #397: Student Winner #1 – Jujutsu Kaisen Season Three Exceeds Every Expectation”
Pokémon is unavoidable. Not just in the tall grass in the games, but in any sphere of geek culture in the past few decades. The franchise just hit its thirty year anniversary last month, with the first games, Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green releasing in Japan on February 27th, 1996. While video games were the start, Pokémon has transcended all forms of media– movies, several television shows, toys, and, most notably, a trading card game.
There’s always that feeling when a big event is over – a wedding, a reunion, a comic convention. A mix of exhilaration and relief. The sadness that it’s over and the anticipation of the next one.
Just Ice Tea was our newest collab -in a deal put together by Ella Shorkey. This entrepreneurial brand sampled at the show and treated pros and staff to their amazing product!
ITHACON has a long history of cool traditions—the Cosplay Runway, the Coloring Contest, Cosplay Live Model Sketching—and always has a lot of great guests. This year’s no different. Some of our “new” (and returning after a long-time guests include: 
The Brutal Dark – I’m enthralled by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips’ new series from Vertigo – The Peril of the Brutal Dark. But then again, I’m a sucker for detective novels and noir thrillers. This story is off to a rousing start and I hope you can jump on it too. And Chris will be at 
I’ve gotten to know Bill Anderson these past few years as he’s helped make ITHACON, the nation’s second longest comic convention, better and better. He’s a phenomenal guest and always great with fans and attendees. Although many comic fans think of him as a Marvel or DC inker, he’s also written, designed, colored, lettered and edited many educational comics. While he’s worked on Silver Surfer, the X-Men series Uncanny Origins and Spider-Man at Marvel, as well as Batman and the Outsiders, Action Comics, Superman, and Superboy at DC, he’s also lent his creative talents to stories featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Elementals, and Jonny Quest. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
