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Annie Zaleski

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Annie Zaleski is a Cleveland, Ohio-based author, journalist, and editor. I'm an award-winning writer with profiles, interviews, and criticism in a variety of publications. Bylines include Rolling Stone, NPR Music, The Guardian, Salon, Time, Billboard, The A.V. Club, Vulture, The Los Angeles Times, Stereogum, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Las Vegas Weekly. I also contributed liner notes to the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.'s 'Out of Time' and Game Theory's 2020 collection 'Across The Barrier Of Sound: PostScript.' Released in 2021, her 33 1/3 volume on Duran Duran's 'Rio' is built around...

Kensuke Okabayashi

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Kensuke Okabayashi was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey. Fascinated with manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese short for animation), he began drawing comics at the early age of six. At the same time, his mother who was a fine artist encouraged him to draw from life and appreciate the modern arts.While pursuing his BS in psychology and a minor in piano performance from Wheaton College, Kensuke continued to draw comics and seek professional advice while taking art courses. This lead to making overseas acquaintances with Shonen Jump and Kodansha editors in Japan. Among his experiences included meeting...