[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

No, thank you for being here. Seriously.

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

Hey, you're pretty great too. I really love how much contribute to the forum, and the content of your posts too.

This place is a blast, you're all the best.

Got to spend the day at the comics show going on in Chicago, C2E2. It's mostly work, swinging by and talking to people in the industry that we're friends with, making plans for the future, that sort of socializing/networking shit. It's fun, but, like, work-fun. You know?

Only really picked up a couple of things. Daniel Warren Johnson, a creator we're friends with, did a fan comic for the retirement of Jushin Thunder Liger, which came out great. Zander Cannon, another friendly creator, had a great print of a map from his comic Kaijumax (an excellent "what if Ultraman threw kaiju in jail" comic series everyone on the boards should be reading), so that got bought.

A couple toku-related things from the show.

First, sort-of bummed out at Bluefin's setup. They only brought five Kamen Rider things: the SICs for Ghost and Fourze, and three Figure-rise kits. No Figuarts at all for that brand. A million Gundam kits, and a bunch of DMZ things, but basically nothing for Kamen Rider.

Second, got to spend a little bit of time catching up with Kyle Higgins, and he talked about some upcoming projects. The one everyone should hear about this weekend is definitely going to appeal to fans of his Power Rangers stuff, as he moves into another tokusatsu corner with a property that hasn't had much of a comics presence... maybe ever, as far as North American comics go. (I don't remember any American publishers, especially one this big, taking a run at it before.) It's for a franchise that's not really my thing, like MMPR, but hopefully that franchise's fans'll dig it. The other thing he's got upcoming sounds like a pretty amazing original property that's got some toku DNA mixed with some American superhero stuff. Character designs looked awesome, and it felt like a fresh attempt at doing in American comics the kind of stuff that works in Sentai/Rider shows. I don't know, I've probably said way too much, but both books seemed like they'd appeal to toku fans, and that original property is one I'm psyched to read, so keep an eye open for more announcements in the future.