QC Anime-zing! announces Johnny Yong Bosch, Eyeshine, Russell Lissau, and Trevor Mueller
Davenport, Iowa - January 7 - QC Anime-zing! is excited to announce new guests for 2011, Russell Lissau and Trevor Mueller, along with the return of Johnny Yong Bosch and Eyeshine. QC Anime-zing!, one of the largest pop culture and anime events in the region, will be coming to The RiverCenter in Davenport, Iowa from June 17-19, 2011.
Johnny Yong Bosch, Lissau, and Mueller will all be hosting their own panels and signing autographs for free during the convention. Eyeshine will be performing on Saturday evening, doing panels, giving out autographs, and selling merchandise and CDs. Lissau and Mueller will also be selling copies of their comics.
Johnny Yong Bosch got his start fighting giant bugs as Adam Park, the Black Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It is a role that he would play for three and a half seasons on TV, two motion pictures and two special guest appearances in future Power Rangers seasons.
After Power Rangers, Johnny became very involved in voice acting work for various anime titles; usually landing the lead role. His first major voice acting role was Vash the Stampede in Trigun. He will later go on and play the voices of Kaneda inAkira, Renton in Eureka Seven, Claus in Last Exile, Clair in Heat Guy J, Sakaki in Witch Hunter Robin, Mike in Please Twins, Albert in The Count of Monte Cristo, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, Itsuki in The Melancholy of Haurhi Suzumiya, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach and Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass.
Johnny's voice can also be heard in numerous video games. He voices the main character Nero in Devil May Cry 4 and performed voiceover work in Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, .hack//G.U. , Persona 4, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time,Xenosaga, Wild Arms 4, Disgaea 3, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of the Abyss, Eternal Sonata and Bumblebee in Transformers: War for Cybertron. When Johnny is not voice acting, he is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of his band Eyeshine.
Eyeshine is a four piece, "edge rock" band originating in West Hills, California. We should probably add something cool in this bio about "how promising we sound" but we'd be lying. Maybe you should just come check us out and let us know what you think. If we suck, please don't throw tomatoes - we prefer a bag of Peanut M&M's, Skittles, Hot Cheetos or Money (unmarked). Hopefully you'll like us and want to be our BFF. Members include Johnny, Maurice, Eddie, and Crystal. More details can be found at www.eyeshine.net or www.myspace.com/eyeshine.
Russell Lissau is a mild-mannered newspaper reporter in suburban Chicago, by day. By night, he battles evil writing comic books including THE BATMAN STRIKES!, THE 29 and SHREK. He broke into comics in 2005 with the lead story in BATMAN ALLIES SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS. (A lifelong Batman fan who dressed up as the Caped Crusader as a child, he can't believe his luck.) His most recent projects include two short stories in OMEGA COMICS PRESENTS: the crime thriller "Greedy," with artist mpMann, and the cop drama "One of Us," with artist John Bivens. Never one to shy away from a crowd, Lissau also leads workshops at libraries throughout the Chicago area about writing comics. To learn more, check out www.facebook.com/russell.lissau
Trevor Mueller, born in Ann Arbor, MI, was shocked to discover his latent writing abilities. "Am I from another planet?" he used to ponder as a child, but alas he soon discovered that he was a mere mortal by crashing his bike into a tree.
Trevor works at an advertising agency by day, and writes comics by night. He is the writer/artist/creator of several popular webcomic series including the fantasy epic THE TEMPLE OF A THOUSAND TEARS and the teen-rated gag strip @$$HOLE!, both of which are self-published and have been nominated for several web comic awards. His web comic work can be found on his website, www.trevoramueller.com, along with his near-daily updates of movie, video game, and comic reviews.
In addition to self-published web comics, Trevor has also written and self-published several other works including the all-ages stories ALBERT THE ALIEN and JUNKYARD CHASE.
He has also contributed stories to several anthologies, including HOPE: THE HERO INITIATIVE from Ronin Studios and READING WITH PICTURES from the non-profit of the same name that advocates the use of comics in the classroom to promote literacy and improve education for all students.
In 2009 Trevor joined Reading With Pictures as their Marketing Director, combining his love of comics, education, and advertising. Trevor gives lectures and presentations throughout the mid-west at conventions and schools on several topics, including the power of combining creativity and literacy.
Trevor resides in the city of Chicago, with his cat Waffles.
About QC Anime-zing!
QC Anime-zing! is an annual three-day convention centered on Japanese animation, video games, comics, science fiction, and pop culture. The convention is held annually in the Quad Cities. Anime-zing! 2011 will be held June 17-19, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa at The RiverCenter. More information can be found at http://www.qcanimezing.com