Month: May 2026

Comic Con Baltics 2026

“Let’s do this one more time.”

I got confirmation I’d be back for the 8th installment of Comic Con Baltics back in February, which meant I could build it into my syllabus nicely. This would be my 6th time working for the con and my seventh time attending*. I also got asked if I would do another lecture, like I did last year. Last time, due to the Superman film opening, I did a brief history of the character. This time, we settled on doing the same thing about Spider-Man, knowing the film was coming out this summer.

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Seeing the Center of Europe

Being May 1, a public holiday, and the weather looked to be better than it had been in a while, Rasa decided we all needed to take the day off and do something. “What?” You ask. That’s the fun of this. When she wakes up in the morning and says we should do something, we never quite know what it is we’re going to do.

On this particular Friday, after doing a little bit of research, Rasa found a place called Unopark, which offered exploratory paths through the forest a little north of Vilnius. Now, long time readers will remember Father’s Day two years ago, when we took one of the most painful walks ever through a forest path. This was in the back of my mind as we loaded up the car and headed out.

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