Welcome to the schedule for Katsucon 19 in 2013!
Katsucon is an annual 3-day fan convention held in the D.C. metro area for multicultural enthusiasts and entertainment. Katsucon is produced by Katsucon Entertainment, Inc. (KEI), a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization dedicated to bringing information about Japanese animation, society, and traditional and popular culture to fans everywhere.
Original Artist – Code Name: Leo “The BitMonkey” Saunders
Occupation: “Systemized Organic War Machine”………and part-time hack artist
Current Mission: Finding his attention span long enough to complete art work
Like most children born in the 70’s, Leo Saunders was one of many European experimental government attempts at creating a new breed of soldier…They failed miserably! What was produced however was a towering inhumanly strong man-child with an odd fixation with the drawing and animated mediums of this thing most people call “ART”. He went about his simple brutish way, producing small works here and there (none worth mentioning by his own admission) until one year he decided it may be fun to try and draw an online comic with a guy who dressed like Kagato from “Tenchi Muyo”. To this day, Leo Saunders strives to put his ever distracted attention to the test to, one day, complete his life’s dream: “To partner with Mr. T and save the world !”
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Original Writer / Creator – Code Name: Eirik Blackwolf
Occupation: “Weekend Warrior” ….and sometimes jaded writer
Current Mission: Trying to ride herd on himself and an art team to get stuff done!
Born in the wilds of L.A. (the part of Florida called ‘lower Alabama” by some) and barely escaping the roving gangs of wild homoredneckus, he travelled to Europe with the U.S. Military in 1985 to live the life of excitement and adventure for 10 years abroad where he honed his writing skills by finding clever ways to trick his superiors into believing he actually did something useful. It wasn’t until his return to the States in 1997 that he encountered Leo at a convention where the collaboration of Chisuji was formed by persuading the prankish artist to play as Johnnie Cochran in a cosplay where the Chewbacca defense was used in order for Kagato to legally sue to have possession of the Master Key. And so from there, the ideas for the webcomic were formed, bringing the two together on many trials and tribulations to this day…