U.S. Guests
Trevor Mueller
Born in Ann Arbor, MI, Trevor Mueller was shocked to discover his latent writing abilities. “Am I from another planet?” he used to ponder as a child, but alas he soon discovered that he was a mere mortal by crashing his bike into a tree.Read more
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Misako Rocks!
Misako Rocks! developed a love for comics and manga at an early age and drew her first comic at the age of 13. She moved to New York in 2001 and worked as a a puppeteer, face painter, animal balloon maker, and art teacher while still developing her own work.Read more
Friday, February 26, 2010
Josh Elder
Josh Elder is an award-winning cartoonist and nationally renowned advocate for comics in the classroom. In his cartooning career, Josh has written for iconic properties including Batman, Superman and StarCraft, but he is best known for co-creating (along with artist Erich Owen) the nationally syndicated comic strip and certified awesome graphic novel series Mail Order Ninja.Read more
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Brina Michelle Palencia
Brina Palencia is a voice actress, ADR director, and music director for Funimation.
Her voice acting highlights include: Nina Tucker in Full Metal Alchemist, Elsa in Gunslinger Girl, Yue in Negima, Georgie in Shin Chan (for which she also sang the ending theme song), Eve and Tearju Lunatique in Black Cat, Maho in Beck, Silvia de Alisia in Aquarion, Ai in Hell Girl, Mikoto in School Rumble, Moro and Zashikiwarashi in xxxHOLiC, Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece, Yin in Darker Than Black, Priscilla in Claymore, Ennis in Baccano, Rei Ayanami in Evangelion 1.0, Juliet in Romeo X Juliet, Tamama in Sgt. Frog, Holo in Spice and Wolf, and Miharu in Nabari No Ou.Read more
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Russell Lissau
By day, Russell Lissau is a mild-mannered newspaper reporter in suburban Chicago. By night, he battles evil writing comic books including THE BATMAN STRIKES!, THE 29 and SHREK.
He broke into comics in 2005 with the lead story in BATMAN ALLIES SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS. (A lifelong Batman fan who dressed up as the Caped Crusader as a child, he can’t believe his luck.)
Never one to shy away from a crowd, Lissau also leads workshops at libraries throughout the Chicago area about writing comics. To learn more, check out http://www.myspace.com/rlissau.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Steve Yun
Classic. Nowadays, there are countless greats that belong under that word but it was not always like that. Truly, there was a time when classic meant the heroes of the genre that broke down the artistic walls to bring anime to the American market. One of the greatest pioneers you youngin’s probably don’t remember is Robotech. Does “Macross” ring a bell? But Robotech wasn’t just slapping on subtitles or voicing over the show. It was a true adaption of the first several Macross storylines for American audiences to appreciate its subtleties. This effort was paid off and instilled Robotech as a milestone in the rising position of anime in America. It is a franchise still strong as it celebrates its 25th year.
So when are we going to talk about Steve Yun?Read more
Monday, January 11, 2010
J. Michael Tatum
Nurtured on anime classics from the tender age of Star Blazers, et al, this reclusive fanboy-turned-voice actor/writer/ADR director/flake extraordinaire spent more years than he cares to remember in what might charitably be described as freefall before landing –mostly by accident—smack dab on the industry of his dreams. To this day, some believe the small crater made by the impact remains the source of his power.Read more
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Vic Mignogna
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 a hundred and fifty shows and video games, known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai in Tsubasa Chronicle, Dark in DN Angel, Kurz in Full Metal Panic, Broly in Dragonball Z, Kougaijji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku in Bleach, Yukito in Air, Takanaga in Wallflower, Tatsu in Peacemaker, Luciano in Code Geass, Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood, Hikaru in Macross and many more.Read more