One show a year may not be enough for Comic Con organisers ReedPop, as the weekend saw them announce that Cape Town will get its own version of the expo come 2020 at a date that puts them in direct competition with beloved annual event FanCon.

The year may be two months over already, but the cosplay night is still young! This year has a had a few conventions already, but the road to San Diego Comic Con, LA Anime Expo and Dragon Con just doesn’t feel complete until KatsuCon kicks the year off properly.

But you tell us: what bands and artists are on your see-before-you-die bucket list?

Welcome to the weekly wrap-up! You asked for it, we hired a flunky on Fiver to write it and I put the backbreaking effort of putting my name on the byline to complete it!

In the year of 2019, we’ve already seen one meme briefly rise to prominence, in the form of Naruto’s Sasuke having the life choked out of him by everyone from your mom to anime legend Hiyao Miyazaki. A good first start to the pop culture crap-posting nature of the internet, but I think we’ve already found our true breakout star of the year. Motherlovin’ Shaggy from Scooby Doo

The most wonderful thing about cosplay, is that anyone can do it and anyone can be anyone else. There’s a global community out there, made up of fans and people who have turned their passion into a career. It doesn’t matter what your skill level is or how much experience you have either, as everyone starts from square one and builds on that burgeoning talent. But sometimes, you might not have the time or the equipment to create a costume from scratch. I get that it can be daunting. I understand that some times, you just want to go have fun and be in character. Fortunately, websites like Procosplay are here to help. If you’re looking for a costume in a hurry, they’ve got your back.

I love cooking. Like, really love cooking. I’ve even made some amateur-level videos on how to cook, although the addition of my friend Trevor means that the end product is usually only ‘just edible’. Another person who liked cooking is the legendary Walter Whitman, aka ‘Heisenberg’. I am of course talking about Bryan Cranston’s character in the hugely successful Breaking Bad …

Spotify is going to keep my ears safe. The company is busy testing a new feature that’ll allow users to block or mute specific artists. According to the Verge, the new feature will bock an artist entirely, so “that songs from the artist will never play from a library, playlist, chart list, or even radio stations on Spotify.”