Apparently this month is “Women in Horror Month.” In honor of the occasion, Last Doorway Productions is presenting Women In Horror Con on Saturday, February 27 at the SF Center in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit their website at www.lastdoorwayproductions.com/events/home.html. Editors, film-makers, actresses … even burlesque performers … and other horror-related female guests […]
The official Famous Monsters of FIlmland Convention will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 9-11, 2010. The weekend-long convention will feature special screenings, parties, music acts, panels, a costume contest and more. Featured Guests Thomas Jane Actor The Mist, Punisher, Dreamcatcher, Mutant Chronicles, Deep Blue Sea Derek Mears Actor The Hills Have Eyes II, Friday […]
Wouldn’t it be cool if when someone asked you what you were doing that weekend, you could answer “Walking like a zombie.”? Well, if you take part in the Moxley Manor Zombie Walk on Saturday May 1, 2010, you most certainly can! “What is a zombie walk?” you ask. Well, according to the Moxley Manor […]
The next Albany-Colonie SFF Extravaganza, a “quarterly” convention for science-fiction and fantasy collectors, is scheduled for Sunday, March 21, 2010. Since this is a convention for collectors, the emphasis is on the vendors who sell comics, toys, DVDs, and other collectibles. Which is probably why the price of admission is so low … only $3 […]
The world of comics (and I’m not talking stand up here) is both its own genre and part of speculative fiction at the same time … which is why I include it. Many comic book fans are also fans of science fiction, fantasy and or horror and many comics fall into one (or more) of […]
Hmmm. I seem to have heard this before … at least that’s what he said at WorldCon when I went several years ago. Anyway, Harlan Ellison is scheduled to be one of the Guests of Honor at MadCon this year. Held Sept. 24 to 26 in Madison, Wi., MadCon seems to be a science fiction […]
WisCon, which will be held this year May 27-31, is the first and foremost feminist science fiction convention in the world (so says the website). It encourages discussion, debate and extrapolation of ideas relating to feminism, gender, race and class. The convention honors writers, editors and artists whose work explores these themes and whose voices […]
Odyssey Con, affectionately called OddCon, will celebrate it’s 10th year April 16-18 at The Radisson Inn in Madison, Wi. This general interest Science Fiction and Fantasy convention features literary guests, panel discussions, demonstrations, film reviews, art work, musical acts, and more. Guests of Honor Author, Harry Turtledove “The Master of Alternate History” Editor’s Note: I […]
Sci-Fi On The Rock is Newfoundland’s premiere science fiction & fantasy convention. This year, they celebrate their 4th Convention on April 17 and 18. Here is the list of Guests of Honor so far: Actor, Casey Biggs Sci-Fi fans remember Casey best as Cardassian Gul (and eventually Leggit) Damar on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. […]
That is why May is when the National Halloween Convention is held. Halloween in all its varied forms and sub genre’s is second only to Christmas in the American imagination, and pocketbook. The convention brings together professional haunters, Amateur home haunters, Halloween decorators, antique collectors, Horror film fans, and history buffs all under the one […]