Ahoy, I'm Peter Tatara. In brief, I'm left-handed, a vegetarian, and my blood type is A. I work for the New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival and have a cute girlfriend and a Space: Above & Beyond boxset. I'm generally a happy guy.

Drink for the CBLDF

Want a free drink? And want to help the CBLDF? There's only one answer, isn't there? Come on out to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s Member Appreciation Party!

Wednesday, June 24th

6pm to 9pm

Village Pourhouse

64 3rd Ave. at 11th St.

NYC

Enjoy a free open bar of Bud Light & Well Drinks courtesy of clicklinksforfreedrinks.com.

CBLDF Members get into the party for FREE by showing their member card. Not a member of the CBLDF? Well you should be! Join today for only $25 at cbldf.org or sign up at the party. Non-members have a $10 cover to get in. A small cover for free drinks... You can’t get a better deal in NYC!

(And, yeah, you gotta be 21 to enter.)

NYCC at the UNIQLO Pac-Man Challenge!

Are your Friday plans getting rained out? If so, come by the UNIQLO PAC-MAN CHALLENGE -- at 4 PM on Friday at UNIQLO (546 Broadway) in NYC. NYCC's own Peter Tatara and Michelle Manning will be competing against Lime Wire, Crispy Gamer, Anime News Network, UGO, and more in a Pac-Man Battle Royale. The smart money is NOT on Peter and Michelle.

For details about how badly they'll get their asses beat, check out http://www.newyork-tokyo.com/wp/pacman/.

VAMPS Ticket Contest Ends Tonight!

You've got less than 24 hours left to enter for your chance to win tickets to the VAMPS NYC show. Visit nyanimefestival.com before 11:59 PM EST tonight!

NY Asian Film Fest � Win Tickets To Yoroi Samurai Zombies!

The New York Asian Film Festival is in town, and we’ve got some tickets to give away! First up, Yoroi Samurai Zombies! What's Yoroi Samurai Zombies about? A bunch of rotting, samurai zombies rise from the grave and go after a happy little family on their vacation. Throw in some heavily-armed crooks on the run and a gaggle of mentally-unbalanced cops and garnish with hard-rocking horror action, too. We’ve got a pair of tickets to the June 26th screening at 9:45 PM at IFC Center. To enter, just click here before the end of June 21. We'll be picking the winner on June 22.

http://www.newyorkanimefestival.com/en/Home/Yoroi-Samurai-Zombie-At-The-New-York-Asian-Film-Festival/

The Few! The Proud! The Maids!

We're just about 100 days to go until NYAF. What's that mean? Announcements are coming. The first of which? NYAF's Maid Cafe is back, and we're right now accepting Maid (and Butler) applications. If you'd like to be involved, you can find details here...

http://www.newyorkanimefestival.com/en/Overview/For-Volunteers/

You can apply until July 15.