Anime History
Q&A ANIME
Expert on Japanese pop culture, Tony Salvaggio will walk you through his personal love affair with anime and it's history. He will be joined by Harper Collins novelist and Marvel comics scribe Jason Henderson for this wonderful Q&A.
Drew
Moderator
Comic book writer, horror film historian, music journalist , rock promoter, and showman extraordinaire; these are all guises of the creative force known as Drew Edwards. Edwards is best known as the writer and creator of the long-running underground comic, Halloween Man. He is also a contributing writer for Rockabilly Online and through Halloween Man Productions, an active part of the Austin music scene. Each week his voice is been heard by thousands as part of the Castle of Horror Podcast. Bridging horror and comic culture with Austin's music scene, Drew's the event planner, promoter, and host of numerous events Edwards currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, musician Jamie Bahr. They happily share a bohemian apartment with a flemmish giant rabbit named Iggy Hop.
Tony Salvaggio
Panelist
Tony Salvaggio is a writer as well as the Pipeline Technical Director for Rooster Teeth Animation, and an animator and designer in the video games industry. He is co-creator of the manga-influenced series "Psy-Comm" from Tokyopop and the steampunk adventure "Clockwerx" from Humanoids Publishing (both internationally and in the US). As a freelance journalist, Tony has penned the column "Calling Manga Island" for Comicbookresources.com, and has worked on various video game and manga related writing projects. When he isn't playing with his bands Deserts of Mars, and Rise from Fire he is co-hosting the Castle of Horror podcast, and and working on his next big comics writing adventure.
Jason Henderson
Panelist
Jason Henderson is a Locus bestselling author of novels, comics and games. He’s the author the hit Alex Van Helsing series, the creator of the comic Sword of Dracula and writer for the comic Ben 10 from IDW. He also hosts the weekly horror movie podcast Castle of Horror. An attorney, Jason lives in Colorado with his wife and two daughters.
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