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Guy Fawkes Mask Used in Protests

Here is an interesting little story.  Guy Fawkes masks, made popular by the graphic novel and movie V for Vendetta, are being used by “Occupy” protesters.  The individuals wearing them have claimed they wear it to provide anonymity.  Some won’t get the connection, but some will, that this character did protest what the story’s government was being depicted as and eventually the individual turned to violence in his protest.  Even though this is basically part of freedom of expression I don’t really want to see violence used or this entertainment property being misrepresented by the protesters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45162958/ns/us_news-life/

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WoW Starter Decks Delayed

If you hear your gamers talking about WoW Starter Decks not being out, this is what they are talking about and you can relay the information to them.  The World of Warcraft TCG Fall 2011 Class Starter Deck were supposed to by out in October.  Cryptozoic had to delay the release, for unspecified reasons and the release date has been pushed back to December 6.  Your gamers might already now this, but if not this will allow you to join in the conversation.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21436.html

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New Yu-Gi-Oh hitting Shelves in Nov.

Don’t forget to let your gamers know about the latest release of new Yu-Gi-Oh TCG.  The new cards from Konami are booster packs titled Photon Shockwave.  The packs will be priced at a suggested price of $3.99 with a release date of November 15.  This is only a few weeks away, then gamers will need to start checking out their local stores that carry Yu-Gi-Oh cards.  A couple of the cards will be “Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon” and “Rescue Rabbit”.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21406.html

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Red Shirt Contest

IDW Publishing is having a contest in conjunction with Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).  To enter the contest a fan will need to e-mail a 300 word or less explanation of how their retailer is the best and how they would sacrifice themselves defending them to contest@IDWPublishing.com.  The winning fan, along with their retailer, will be depicted on a variant cover of IDW’s Star Trek.  The fan, retailer and CBLDF will each receive 100 copies of the variant cover.  CBLDF will be able to use their copies to assist in future fund raisers.  The winning fan will also receive the original art by the Sharp Brothers.

http://cbldf.org/homepage/be-a-%E2%80%9Credshirt%E2%80%9D-with-idw%E2%80%99s-star-trek-comics-contest-benefitting-cbldf/

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One Night only…Hatsune Miku

If you happen to live in the Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange, San Francisco, or Seattle areas and happen to like J-Pop you will want to check around at your local concert venues.  The Vocaloid Hatsune Miku on November 10 will be broadcasting a concert to these 9 cities.  This is a one night event only, so check your area to find out where the concert will be broadcast and join in on this music event.

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DC stays with Mattel

ICv2 is reporting that Warner Bros./DC Comics has extended, an unspecified, multi-year deal with Mattel to be DC’s master toy licensee.  This license includes Mattel being able to use DC properties throughout it’s core brands which include: Hot Wheels; Matchbox; Barbie; Fisher-Price; and Mattel Games.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21395.html

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AMV of the Week

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber Kalysons.  This individual takes the song “Time for Me to Fly”, performed by Jonas Brothers, and edits it to images from the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Many will discount this AMV, it hasn’t been viewed much, because of their feelings toward the Jonas Brothers.  It doesn’t matter to me how much an AMV has been viewed or not.  I look at how it’s put together, if the song is catchy and if it fits the anime.  This song has a good message and fits Aang and his journey perfectly.  There is some pixelation within the video, but not enough to distract from the viewing.  Check it out on YouTube under “Avatar AMV – Aang – Time For Me To Fly or check it out below.  I enjoyed it Kalysons.

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Doujinshi Threatened

The United States is wanting to standardize copyright laws between Japan and seven other Pacific countries.  Japan has had a unique marketing tool with Doujinshi.  Doujinshi is fan made manga that fans can sell at doujinshi conventions, only for that one convention.  The fans use copyrighted characters and produce fan manga.  Comiket is one of the largest conventions for this type of product.  The Japanese publishers have always let these conventions happen because it also helps promote their characters and keeps interest and possible create new interest in their published titles.  Thank of it as you get a small taste of the characters and then you want to purchase the whole meal.  It would be nice if the U.S. publishers would recognize that this could help them in their business here in the U.S.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21387.html