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...

04/15/13

Anthropos Games will be running demos of its new tile-based role-playing game, Mazaki No Fantaji, in the Coronado Ballroom. This anime-inspired RPG has everything from your favorite anime series and japanese video games: Flying mountain fortresses, roaming monsters, corrupt empires, idyllic virgin landscapes, and escalating tensions. All set in a world where...

02/26/13

Rob Balder is a professional webcomic creator who has also ventured into game design, comedy music, publishing and new media business development. Most of his time is consumed writing and producing Erfworld, an epic fantasy/comedy comic about an obsessive strategy gamer who is summoned to fight a real war. Erfworld was co-created in 2006 with illustrator Jamie...

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

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...