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.

12/27/12

Jesse is a 3D character artist and creative director of his new studio, Dinosaur Games. He has been in the game industry for 12 years and has worked on a large amount of titles including; Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Wizard 101, BloodRayne 2, the infamous Star Wars: Kinect, the movie Grandma’s Boy, and many more.   His love affair with anime began...

12/27/12

Editor, translator, producer and teacher—Jonathan “Jake” Tarbox has done it all during his career in international media and content production. He’s worked for DC Comics, Time Warner, VIZ Media, Kadokawa Publications, JManga.com and Kodansha to produce print and video content for both the Japanese and American markets. He is also a regular fixture on the...

12/27/12

As the Rondo Award-winning author of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master Of Monsters (Chronicle Books, 2007), August has commented on Japanese film and popular culture on radio, television, in print, online, and at conventions and film festivals (on both sides of the Pacific) for more than thirty years. He has been called a “Walking Encyclopedia” of tokusatsu and anime....

11/18/12

exist†trace live performance at A-Kon 2013 Japanese all-girl rock band returns to America for third time in 3 years. exist†trace’s appearance at A-Kon will mark the band’s first visit to Texas, where exist†trace guitarist and songwriter miko spent 2 years living in the city of Dallas during her childhood.

11/06/12

Vic has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old. But he started his career in anime a little over ten years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II. Since then Vic has been in more than two hundred shows and video games, known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Zero in Vampire Knight,...

11/03/12

Matt Frank is best known for his kaiju-riffic work with IDW on the Godzilla comic series, starting with covers for Kingdom of Monsters and providing interiors for Godzilla: Legends issue 1.