05/14/13

              2013 FANS Conference Program Organizing Committee: Chair: J. Holder Bennett, Collin College Vice Chair: Dr. Michael Vandehey, Midwestern State University Committee Members: Helen McCarthy, Independent Scholar and Author; Brett Burkett, Collin College; Shannon Burkett, Collin College; Jonathan Davis, University of...

05/12/13

              Friday: STAR TREK CONTINUES: Vic Mignogna presents his exciting new web series STAR TREK CONTINUES, a continuation of the original series. Grand Ballroom A/B – Atrium 2, 1st Floor, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Voice Over Idol Second Round: Aspiring voice actors and fans of dubs come check this out! Contestants who...

05/10/13

                Thursday: The Dork Forest Live Podcast:  Dork on Dork dialog with Jackie Kashian. The Dork Forest Podcast that talks to people about their obsessions, interests, and enthusiasms. It’s the safest space in podcastville. A celebration, of sorts, of our love of comics. Grand Ballroom A/B – Atrium 2,...

05/10/13

              Friday: What’s New at Antarctic Press?: Over 25 years in the business and still going!  From zombies and steampunk to Gold Digger and Airboy, see the latest awesomeness that’s coming out from your favorite Texas-based publisher! Topaz Room – Tower, 1st Floor, 11:30 AM – 12:30 Am The Greatest Anime You’ve...

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...

01/29/13

NSDP was formed in 2011 with Bass Player KURO of the mega Japanese rock group SOPHIA, Guitarist YUI, who is also the lead guitarist for one of the leading all female metal movements in Japan CYNTIA, SHUE on Drums who has played for Western artist such as Brian Setzer (STRAY CATS), and KEIJI on Keyboards/Programming. Along with these established artists is the...

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

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

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....