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- From: 7514P%NAVPGS.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Chris Swett)
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- Subject: Re: Monkey Punch confirms
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 03:18:33 GMT
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- <guests at Anime America>
-
- So far we have had three guest changes. Go Nagai confirmed and 12 hours
- later had to unconfirm. We got that info out as quickly as possible. I have
- spoken to him for a total of about 9 hours since then and had dinner with him
- twice. He is *really* sorry he can't make it this year and said he would love
- to come in '94. That's it in a nutshell.
-
- Trish quit both Con staffs on December 6th, so we took her off the guest
- list. Matt was taken off the guest list a few days later. Whether or not
- they'll show up as press is anybody's guess. Neither she nor Matt asked to be
- taken off. It was just assumed. I asked James to give Toshi a call this
- weekend to get the official info.
-
- Would you like to see more American comic artists? I've talked to Jason
- Waltrip (Robotech Sentinels, Metal Bikini) about coming. I should probably
- call him again this week. When we initially announced a lot of Americans
- I got an earfull. Also, we're not listing the attending American industry
- professionals as guests, which has been done in past years.
-
- As for Con memberships, we don't have a whole hell of a lot of them. The
- Treasurer is in Japan right now, so I can't give you an exact figure. As we
- have only had useful publicity out for about a month and a half, we aren't
- doing too badly. I'm pretty sure Expo has more memberships because they got
- a lot at Expo '92 and a bunch more at San Diego ComiCon. As these things go,
- most pre-reg memberships roll in the day before a price deadline. Our first
- price increase is 15 January.
-
- After meeting Monkey Punch and touring his studio, I can see why he's one
- of your heroes. Not only is he a fabulous artist (he's currently working
- on a manga adaptation of the Arabian Nights and it's *tremendously* detailed
- artwork) but he's a really fun guy to be around. I'd wager that he's the life
- of any party he's invited to. The AnAm BoD chatted with him at his studio for
- five straight hours. He's also a Macintosh dude, so he instantly earned my
- respect. (^_^)
-
- --- Chris
-