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Comic Con 2012: Anson Jew
Anson Jew Anson Jew has no new comic books this year, but he did a lot of storyboarding over the past year. He’s working on storyboards he can’t talk about right now and hopes to have a new comic next...
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Comic Con 2012: Sho Murase
Sho Murase I was glad Sho Murase had a few minutes for this year because I really enjoyed talking to her last year. Since I saw her in 2012, she’s done a few covers for Marvel and a few new prints for...
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Comic Con 2012: JT Hartke
JT Hartke JT Hartke is a novelist and the author of The Dragonsoul Saga, which as beautiful covers by Lars Grant-West and the map by Jason Engle. The Saga is going to be a five book series in a...
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Comic Con 2012: Ashleigh Popplewell
Ashleigh Popplewell http://www.ashleighmichelle.com/ Ashleigh is a freelance illustrator primarily in trading cards for various companies including Star Wars, Marvel, and some she was not at liberty...
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Comic Con 2012: Theresa Mather
Theresa Mather Theresa’s work is very pretty. She likes painting fantastical creatures, including cats, in lush colors. She started her career doing carousel restoration work, which was painting the...
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Comic Con 2012: Ghengis
Ghengis Ghengis has been making art her entire life, but has only been doing the mixed media work for about a year. She attended an arts high school and several art colleges, but has mainly evolved as...
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Comic Con 2012: Agnes Garbowska
Agnes Garbowska Agnes has been drawing all her life, always had a passion for it, and has been doing conventions for the past seven years. She went to Sheridan for illustration, but is self taught in...
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Comic Con 2012: Eliza Frye
Eliza Frye Eliza makes comics and she’s just published her first book of short stories, Regalia, stories from the past four or five years, and one of the stories was nominated for an Eisner in 2009....
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Comikaze 2012
But first a cosplay photo. And then: California Browncoats; Valkyrie Komics; Tyranical Piratical Treasures; Monkey Minion Press; Gary Montalbano; Geek Chic; Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab; Carolyn Tom;...
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Convention Report: Kumoricon 2012
Photography by Tom Good. Assistant: Katie Burger Kumoricon had its tenth anniversary this year, and like last year it was held in Washington, at the Vancouver Hilton and the Vancouver Red Lion on the...
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Book review: Fairy Rides the Lighting
Fairy Rides the Lighting By Patrick Thomas Published by Padwolf Publishing Inc. 2012 ISBN: 978-890096-50-2 Review copy purchased by reviewer Review by Ida Vega-Landow If you believe in fairies, clap...
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Photos from New York Comic Con
New York Comic-Con 2012 in pictures: Exhibit Hall Wonka Exhibit Batgirl Cosplayer Batwoman Cosplayer Dragon Ball Z action figures Power Ranger action figures Cosplayers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
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Book Review: My Beloved World
My Beloved World By Sonia Sotomayor PUBLISHED BY: Borzoi Books, a division of Knopf/Random House, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-307-59488-4 Review copy provided by publisher Review by Ida Vega-Landow This has been...
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Convention Report: Sakura-Con 2013
One of the most amazing scenes I saw at Sakura-Con 2013 is shown above. On Saturday afternoon, the park outside the Seattle convention center appeared to be filled with a sea of cosplayers. Last...
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AnimeNEXT 2013: Opening Ceremonies
Cosplayer Euphoria takes the stage as a pretty Tsukino Usagi with a basket of scones for a tea party. She highlighted some choice events beginning with the karaoke contest, the weekend-long hall...
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AnimeNEXT 2013: Moon Stream Concert
Satsuki and the other band members spoke enough English to address the crowds coherently. “Hello, AnimeNEXT!” Satsuki-san was awesome drawing in the audience. Tomo and Poel also engaged the crowd...
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AnimeNEXT 2013: American Voice Actors panel
Greg Ayres started playing music (as he is wont to do during autograph sessions…which he thought it was) while waiting for the others to arrive. Chris Cason was already there, but since we were waiting...
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AnimeNEXT 2013: MINT NeKO and BABY, THE STAR SHINES BRIGHT
Under h.NAOTO, MINT NeKO is a a line of designs that are playful and fun. Showcasing flowing threads, contrasting colors with various cat motifs, designer MINT brings to AnimeNEXT a taste of Japanese...
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We deduced that the ‘no photo’ rule from the Opening Ceremonies was probably due to Yamamoto-sensei. She requested no photos during the panel. We of course complied though many of us were groaning...
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AnimeNEXT 2013 – Yamamoto Sayo and Shimizu Hiroshi Q&A – Sunday
Since I was running late, I rushed for the Yamamoto Sayo-san and Shimizu Hiroshi-san panel in the Doubletree. The panel before it was hosted by Uncle Yo. As a sunday panel, it was pretty empty. It was...
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