04/10/13

Jackie has been a national touring comic for over 15 years. She just made her late night comedy debut on the Conan O’Brien Show. She has her own half hour special on Comedy Central, was a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing and just recorded This American Life with Ira Glass for NPR.  Her latest CD, “It is Never Going to Be Bread” was one of the top ten comedy...

02/21/13

Life is never dull for Helen McCarthy. Since A-Kon 23, she’s been asked to teach at an English university, review and endorse academic publications on anime, help to put together a costume exhibition, revise and update one of her earlier books  and write a history of manga in three months. She’s also got a publisher reading her novel. On a sadder...

02/21/13

Anthony is by trade a writer, actor, director, and visual effects artist, and voice actor who’s work has been seen in various films and television shows including One Piece, Full Metal Alchemist, Trinity Blood, Cyberstalker, Cheaters, Bicycle Bobby, Red Victoria, Red Squad 4, and a host of others. Known as a jack of all trades, Brownrigg has been heavily...

02/02/13

Scott “KaiserNeko” Frerichs is a California-based (now in Lake Charles, LA) amateur voice actor, graphics designer, and project manager of “Dragon Ball Z: Abridged”. Director, co-writer, editor for the show, and the voice behind Zarbon, Burter, Trunks, King Kai, and Gregory, he helped found the group in May 2008. Nick...

01/15/13

The husband and wife team of Daniel and Jillian Coglan are full-time martial art instructors, specializing in 16th century Samurai Arts. When not teaching at their dojo, the Kojokan, they travel the United States performing and teaching the ancient ways of the most famous warriors in history. With a combined 35 years of experience, their show is a unique blend...

01/10/13

Meet the Publishers of Famous Monsters Philip Kim and Ed Blair.

01/01/13

M.G. “Mike” Keller is a by-product of southern angst and northern anxiety. A transplanted New Jerseyan, he has been interested in guys in rubber suits long before Pulp Fiction made them awkward. He hooked up with Edward Holland and the original incarnation of Monster Attack Team back in the 1990s, helping out with the magazine and occasional other aspects of...

01/01/13

Edward L. Holland is a contributing writer for Famous Monsters of Filmland and Captain of the Monster Attack Team, a Japanese live action magazine based in Texas and California, which he started with makeup artist and co-founder Joe Riley back in 1991. As a grade school student, Edward’s fascination with Japanese monsters, superheroes and rock and roll culture...

01/01/13

The legion of Tokusatsu (Japanese special effects) fans has grown and so has the Monster Attack Team. This year, Captain Edward Holland and Art Director, Mike Keller are ushering in their publishing unit, Phil Kim and Ed Blair the heads of state from Famous Monsters of Filmland and eight time Hugo Award winning artist and Godzilla aficionado, Bob Eggleton. Add...

12/27/12

Meredith Placko, known around the con circuit as Ana Aesthetic, is a journalist, cosplayer and self proclaimed crazy cat lady.