Featured Guests
Eirik Blackwolf of Chisuji
Eirik Blackwolf has been with the US Military since leaving High School in 1985 and is currently in Security Forces on Andrews Air Force Base. Long a fan of roleplaying games and comics, he was introduced to manga and anime in 1988 by a friend who was part of his weekend gaming group while in Germany.
The idea of Chisuji sprang from this, starting as a background story for a Champions RPG Eirik ran for that group in 1994. The concept went through many incarnations as back stories for various RPG projects until some of Eirik’s gaming friends suggested it would make a good comic. Thus in 2004, Chisuji was launched as a webcomic.
In summer of 2004 Antarctic Press contacted Eirik with the idea of publishing Chisuji as a small run series in 2005. It has since run in the stores and as of today, Eirik is currently launching a reboot of the website with an artist from Bulgaria going by the handle of ‘Satanasov’. It is their hope that soon they can release a new graphic novel featuring the rebooted storyline.
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DJ ASU
DJ Asu Rock has been spinning the many sounds of Western Pop and Urban music for a grand portion of his life. In recent years he has been incorporating his love for Asian Pop Culture into his passion for DJing by spinning the sounds of Asian Pop Music - a brand of pop music from Japan, Korea, and China that is pushing its way to mainstream audiences all over the world.
Through his Asian entertainment promotion house, Toramaru Entertainment, and event showcase, Pop Show Japan, DJ Asu Rock has been very influential within the Asian pop entertainment scene as a DJ, Illustrator, Promoter, and Manager of Japanese Idol/ columnist, Yunmao Ayakawa and pop rock group UNICORN TABLE whose latest Album, INTO THE FUTUREhe Executive produced and designed the cover art for. Asu has DJ’d many Asian pop music events and performed on stage with some popular Japanese Acts, and brought many Japanese entertainers to Anime conventions, fashion shows, concerts, and other events around the nation. In 2006 Asu created a popular Asian Pop Music concert event called ”Akiba Fest” to introduce U.S. audiences to pop singers from Japan via live performances. In 2007 he created one of the first Asian Pop Music radio mix shows and in 2009 took Asian Pop Music to the U.S. night life scene by creating POP SHOW JAPAN, an event platform that promotes monthly Asian Pop Music East-meets-West night club parties and other special events. In February 2011 Asu along with Jazz-Hop Lyricist, Substantial, had the privilege to have Pop Show Japan host PEACELAND: A World Without Words - the Official U.S. tribute event created to honor the late Samurai Champloo soundtrack producer, Nujabes.
DJ Asu Rock prides himself on keeping the dance floor jumping by utilizing the traditional tools of vinyl records and two turntables as he mixes and cuts music live while creating hot blends and remixes before the audiences’ eyes. DJ Asu Rock will be “Impacting your Eastern eardrum” with the hottest Asian Pop Music as he DJ’s special events and Parties thorugh the weekend and hosts some informative panels on Asian Pop Music and DJing.
