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Following up on “Robama” and Mr. Surat

Posted by Kent Ward on January 18th, 2012 under Blog
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I’m not gonna lie. I got pretty angry last night. A friend of mine who I also work with on events released, with good intentions, the controversial “Robama” ad that has been picked up on nearly every major anime and comic book website.
There are a lot of angry anime and manga fans because they [...]

The Saga Of Robama And Correcting Mr. Surat, etc.

Posted by Kent Ward on January 17th, 2012 under Blog
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A post about A Comic Shop broke out on Bleeding Cool that got a bunch of anime bloggers and journalists in a huff on my twitter feed.
For whatever reason, they feel like the ad above in question that will be used for part of a flyer is insulting to both manga and fans of [...]

Austin-Bound For The Holidays

Posted by Kent Ward on December 20th, 2011 under Blog
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After years of talking about it with my closest of college buddies, I am finally on my way to check out Austin, Texas! I’ll be landing next week on the 26th and will be staying for several days.
On this trip, I hope to see much of the city’s culture and attractions and hopefully get [...]

Anime Geekgasm & Doing Events For Fans

Posted by Kent Ward on November 16th, 2011 under Blog
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Last Friday, Propeller Anime, Anime Spot, Cosplay Deviants, and A Comic Shop teamed up to put together a pretty sweet event known as Anime Geekgasm. The event was free and the first three groups each put on an awesome event in A Comic Shop’s nerdy lounge known as “The Geek Easy.”

Attack Of The Green Mist: How Not To Get Me To Buy Your PPV

Posted by Kent Ward on November 2nd, 2011 under Blog
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WWE RAW flushes interest in this year’s Survivor Series down the drain in less than 30 seconds. Great move, guys!

WWE was planning for the Survivor Series to be a big deal this year. It would be part of their plan to kick off the road to Wrestlemania early, and they were wanting to make it [...]

Casual Anime Fan: Tigers, Bunnies, & Superheroes!

Posted by Kent Ward on October 29th, 2011 under Blog
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In this somewhat late edition of Casual Anime Fan, we cover what might possibly be the best and most accessible anime of 2011.
I know I said I’d get this out every Thursday but it turns out with my busy work schedule I can’t. However, I do practically nothing on Saturdays until the sun goes down [...]

Attack Of The Green Mist: Another Victim Of The Montreal Screwjob

Posted by Kent Ward on October 26th, 2011 under Blog
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In this edition of “Attack of the Green Mist”, we cover WWE’s latest release, “Greatest Rivalries: Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart,” featuring a very personal look at the careers of two of pro wrestling’s best. A little bit of trouble was gone through to acquire the definitive collection of one of the most intense rivalries [...]

Causal Anime Fan: For All Intents And Purposes

Posted by Kent Ward on October 20th, 2011 under Blog
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Welcome to “Casual Anime Fan!” In this first edition, we lay out the goals of what this column will accomplish every week moving forward.

Japan makes cool cartoons but they make a lot of bad ones too. Back in the day it was easier to be an anime fan.

Companies were very careful about what they [...]

Attack Of The Green Mist: TNA Misses Its Opportunity To Shine

Posted by Kent Ward on October 19th, 2011 under Blog
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In the inaugural edition of Attack of the Green Mist, we examine how the #2 company in American professional wrestling built itself in a position to usher in a bold new era with one of its biggest shows, only to squander it for the sake of one man’s giant ego.

This past Sunday was TNA/Impact Wrestling’s [...]

Two New Weekly Columns Coming This Week

Posted by Kent Ward on October 18th, 2011 under Blog
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This week, I will have two weekly columns up that you will enjoy. If they do well, I may turn this blog to be more towards quasi-journalistic writing than about my own personal exploits. Not that I will completely stop promotion of my projects and events. There will just be more variety in the content.

It’s MANIME! At Anime Weekend Atlanta!

Posted by Kent Ward on September 25th, 2011 under Blog
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Anime Weekend Atlanta, prepare for an anime event that is FOR MEN BY MEN. Like Fist of the North Star, Berserk, and Golgo 13 and want to see what else can put some hair on your chest!? Get out the beef jerky and get ready to headbutt someone because this is the MANLIEST panel of [...]

Dodgeball this Saturday!

Posted by Kent Ward on September 21st, 2011 under Blog
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It’s been a while since some dodgeball was played. Earlier this year, I coached my soldiers of Propeller Anime Club to victory over Anime Spot. It was fun times(until it poured) and great bonding. Now, the weather has gotten better and interest to go out again has been building so in the words of Jack [...]