I’ve been given the honor of moderating the Godzilla panel at Philcon in two weeks. I was just grateful to be included, wow. My passion for Godzilla came from my mom, who is a big King Green fan herself and first introduced me to the 1954 original as a kid. It was to the point with our shared love of Godzilla I saw Minus One without her the first time I went, then took her to my second viewing out of guilt. What a wonderful time we had when I told her they’d finally made a work of art Godzilla film and she was started clapping and going “Whhhooooooa!” whenever he showed up during Minus One.

I could hear the pride in her voice when I gave her this news. Meanwhile, TJ is not only sucking it up while I pound through Hedorah, Biollante, Gigan, Final Wars, Return of Godzilla ’84, Destroy All Monsters, Shin Godzilla and the marathon three anime films on Netflix last night beginning with Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. She’s there smiling and taking pictures of me prepping my panel questions instead of face palming at me.

There’s only one word to sum up how I feel right now:

SKREEONK!

–Ray Van Horn, Jr.