Monthly Archives: October 2013

Meet the LI-CON Chair at Philcon

I will be a Program Participant at Philcon next weekend (Nov. 8-10). Please come to some of my programming, and if you’d like to say “Hi” or ask any questions about LI-CON or I-CON or ICON, I’ll be manning the ICON table some of the time and co-hosting the ICON party Saturday night as well.

Here’s my programming schedule:

Fri 8:00 PM in Crystal Ballroom Two (1 hour)
GOOD SCIENCE FICTION SPOILED BY BAD SCIENCE (1405) [Panelists: John Monahan (mod), Gina Martinelli, Carl Fink, Inge Heyer, JJ Brannon] The plot, the writing, the characters were great. The story was gripping, pages were turning, but then a massive scientific mistake thuds down into your suspension of disbelief. How big an error can be overlooked? What’s a deal-breaker? What are some examples

Sat 10:00 AM in Grand Ballroom A (1 hour)
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RUN A SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION (1617) [Panelists: Michael J. Walsh (mod), Jeff Warner, Carl Fink, Joe Foering] There are a hundreds if not thousands of tasks to be performed in order to have a successful science fiction and fantasy convention. Let’s talk about what is needed

Sat 4:00 PM in Plaza IV (Four) (1 hour)
WEB COMICS FOR EVERYONE! (1439) [Panelists: Tony DiGerolamo (mod), D.L. Carter, Phil Kahn, Carl Fink] But exactly WHAT is out there/ Come find out what you’re missing. Comic Strips aren’t disappearing, they’re just migrating to the web. Find out why you should be browsing to get your Sunday Funnies Fix.

Of course, the schedule is subject to change at the Philcon Programming team’s discretion.

-Carl

And we're live!

I’m proud to officially announce the existence of LI-CON, a brand-spanking-new event! As of 6:00pm today, October 29, 2013, you can pay for memberships via our Indiegogo campaign.

Much more to come, but let me just bask in the moment … we have a convention!

Carl Fink
LI-CON Chair

LI-CON! A gathering is born.

We’re throwing a big party, and you’re invited!

That’s what a con is, you know. It’s a big event we hold so that you can have a good time. LI-CON is a chance for all of us who love science fiction and fantasy and animation and gaming and buying cool stuff to get together and have fun.

Let me get one thing out of the way immediately: this is not I-CON. I-CON is scheduled for later in the year. It’s a multi-thousand-person giganto-festival with movie stars, dozens of celebrity guests from at least a dozen fields, and it’s great.

We aren’t that. We’re aiming for a much more relaxed, smaller event. We’re limiting our membership to 500 people. This event will be much more about hanging with people who are, in a lot of ways, like us, for a weekend. It’s all in one building, you can sleep right in the same hotel, and we expect to have some great parties on Saturday night.

There will be lots more information here as things firm up. I look forward to seeing you at LI-CON.

Carl Fink
Convention Chair