03.05.2015: World War Kaiju Interview

The World War Kaiju Team talk with Kyle about creating their independent Kaiju graphic novel and their plans for future world domination! This episode features an interview with Josh Finney, Patrick McEvoy and Kat Rocha. The team behind World War Kaiju, a fantastic independently produced graphic novel that was successfully funded through Kickstarter last year. The book is a revisionist historical tale that explores what would have happened in World War II if the US hadn’t dropped an H-bomb on Japan, but had unleashed a kaiju instead. It really is a fantastic read with a lot of charming nods to the tokusatsu films we know and love! We talked about how the team met and started working together, the creation of this graphic novel and their upcoming plans for continuing the story. I really hope the listeners have an opportunity to check out this book! Make sure to check out the links in the show notes for their newest Kickstarter campaign too! Additionally, there were a number of news stories to cover in this episode, so make sure to visit those links below. MARCH OF THE MONSTER MUSIC: 1. Daikaiju Varan Suite by Makoto Inoue from Godzilla Legend II: Voyage To Dream Quest (1991) 2. World War Kaiju Preview (2014) 3. The King of the Monsters by Daisuke Yano from Godzilla Final Wars (2004) 4. The Beginning of the End by Nobuhiko Morino from Godzilla Final Wars (2004) 5. Godzilla performed by Fu Manchu from Eatin’ Dust (1999) SUGGESTED READING: World War Kaiju Links: World War Kaiju’s Official Website 01Publishing Patrick McEvoy Casefile: Arkham & that Kickstarter campaign (ends March 20th) World War Kaiju on Amazon.com World War Kaiju on Barnes & Noble World War Kaiju on Powells.com World War Kaiju on Target.com World War Kaiju on Walmart.com The World War Kaiju Team will be appearing at Emerald City Comic Con and G-Fest! News of Diamond Comics Distribution’s X-Plus reissues for 2015 The Shinjuku Hotel Gracery’s Rooftop Godzilla Head is complete! – and the Godzilla Room & View Room page Shogo Tomiyama’s new book about producing Godzilla films Sony Movie Channel to broadcast Destroy All Monsters (1968) & Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Rondo Hatton Award Nominations CATASTROPHIC EVENTS: 3/13 – 3/15 Lexington Comic Con w/Hiroko Sakurai, Bin Furuya and LOTS of Sentai Heroes 3/27 – 3/29 Monsterpalooza in Burbank, CA w/Sonny Chiba 4/3 – 4/5 Anime Boston w/Akira Takarada & Haruo Nakajima 6/20 Godzilla Night 4 in San Leandro, CA [FB Event] 7/10 – 7/12 G-Fest XXII in Chicago, IL DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION REMINDER: Don’t forget that our March Daikaiju Discussion film is 1970’s Gamera vs. Jiger and we need to have your homework by March 19th to include your thoughts, questions and reviews in the next episode!