BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN: VEVENT DTSTART:20060722T113000TZ:-06 DTEND:20060722T123000TZ:-06 LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Room 6A UID:20060722-113000-00000000000-0248 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Kazuo Koike, author of some of the greatest graphic fiction ever created (Lone Wolf and Cub, Crying Freeman), has attained legendary status not only in his native Japan but in all parts of the world. Within the comics industry, Mr. Koike is unusual in having achieved the pinnacle of fame and admiration as an author alone. SDCC 2006 marks the first-ever time that Mr. Koike has visited an American convention, here to help celebrate the 20th anniversary his English language publisher, Dark Horse Comics. July marks the release of Koike's Path of the Assassin, which will also see the end of the ten-part Samurai Executioner and the four-part Lady Snowblood. SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Spotlight on Kazuo Koike PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR