The Akabane Vulgars On Strong Bypass, a Japanese female rock trio, was formed in Tokyo, Japan in 2005. Some describe their music as rockabilly, psychobilly or garage rock but their spirit is undoubtedly "Punk." The band, featuring  Miki Uchizono (bass), Yumi Uchizono (vocal, guitar) and Kei Sofue, made three self-released albums before making a live debut at the SXSW in Austin, TX in 2012. Six month later, they returned to the U.S. to play thirty shows from California to New York for tw...

Li Kovacs started making her own costumes at a young age and has turned her love of videos games, anime, and nerdy culture into a profession. For over 10 years she has been making costumes and modeling professionally for some of the biggest names in the video game industry including PlatinumGames, Koei/Tecmo, and Nintendo. Nintendo recognized Li’s passion for video games and have hired her countless times to bring their iconic characters to life. Her costumes have won numerous awards and have ...

Alfred Trujillo is a Mexican-American comic book artist and writer based out of Phoenix Arizona. Ever since he decided to make art is full time career Alfred has taken the industry by storm, working for companies such as Zenescope Entertainment, Big Dog Ink, Chameleon, and Moonstone to name a few. Alfred founded and co-owns 183 Degree Studio, co-creates the independent book titled Project: Shadows and has illustrated covers for various titles. He travels internationally to comic book and pop- cu...

AZ Powergirl/Cara Nicole is more than a pretty face. Yes, she is a world-wide cosplay sensation. Yes, she has pushed the limits of cosplay as an art form by creating books, appearing on national television, radio and print ads. Yes, Cara has worked for Marvel and Big City Comics at San Diego Comicon and is actually the model for Magic: The Gathering’s Emmara Tandris card (not many people can say that they are on a Magic card).  And yes, Cara Nicole travels internationally to comic book, anime...