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In only his early 30s, this popular local artist has already accumulated a large portfolio of work. LOCAL comic artist Zint is not only prolific – he's written over 20 titles – but is also one of the most popular with Gempak Starz, the Malaysian comic publisher. Among his prodigious works are the Under 18 series, 2 Dudes , The Adventures of Kroit and Hero .  

I just put an order in for this at Amazon Japan. Since it's going to my sister-in-law in Japan first, there isn't any shipping cost and with Amazon discounts the price comes down to $48. If you're buying Toho Blu-Rays stay clear of CD Japan they're charging full retail which comes out to 62 bucks before shipping!  

When Susan Murphy is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a "Monster" named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound filled with other "monsters" like herself. Their confinement is cut short however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to save the world from imminent destruction.  

I guess by now everyone who reads comics regularly must be pretty tired of Big Event Crossovers, especially since Marvel and DC won't stop foisting them on readers like a recurring case of herpes every year. It's getting to the point where these crossovers are the only coherent books that can get the readers' attention, and not always in a good way. "Event Fatigue" seems to be what readers and bloggers are calling it.  

Last year, the Tokyo-based camera design, production, and distribution company PowerShovel, Ltd. introduced the Blackbird Fly , a new Twin-Reflex 35mm Plastic Camera made in several different colors. The highly anticipated Blackbird Fly has received glowing reviews from camera and photography aficionados worldwide, and the model has been a strong seller for PowerShovel. In 2009, the Blackbird Fly received some unexpected and highly visible publicity from MASKED RIDER DECADE (Kamen Raidaa Dikeido), the 1  

September 15, 2009 – The first screenshots of the upcoming Kamen Rider Dragon Knight videogame from D3Publisher are now available. The Kamen Rider Dragon Knight videogame is based on the new TheCW4Kids live action TV series that airs every Saturday morning. In the videogame, fight as your favorite Kamen Rider on Wii™ or Nintendo DS™ in battle and mission mode when the game ships to stores this winter.  

Plans were modified at the last minute, but Saturday's rain did not keep people from commemorating Hurricane Ike's anniversary. Locals and visitors got a glimpse of the often-concealed lives and working quarters of Galveston's artist community, many members of which used the storm as an influence in their work. An Artist Studio Tour was a part of the island's Revival and Reflections events marking the anniversary of Ike's landfall Sept. 13, 2008.

At least half the studios on tour have never been open to the public   -Linda Burton

 

"Evangelion 1.0," opening today in the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, has already earned more than $22 million in Japan. The "Neon Genesis Evangelion" TV series, from which it sprang, did even better. Another characteristic of Japanese filmmaking is the constant presence of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the form of indestructible monsters in the mold of Godzilla. mechanical monsters, called "Angels," who must be stopped by "mankind's last hope."  

Actor JF Davis who currently co-stars in the CW4Kids hit TV show, "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" playing "Frank Taylor", the father of main hero Kamen Rider Kit Taylor (Stephen Lunsford) is not only TV's hot new dad but as well the new super dad. Representative of the ideal father/son relationship, Davis' character shed light on the responsibilities of fatherhood and how dads can be good roles models to their children. Frank Taylor becomes the mythical and mystical symbol of the mentor who not only instill  

This probably belongs on a Super Sentai forum somewhere that I'm not a member of but has anyone seen the new tokusatsu Kamen Rider show on the CW? I didn't know this existed until this week when I saw the toys at Toys R Us, but its apparently been on TV since January.