Just a friendly reminder: we have only a limited number of hotel rooms available at the convention rate. If you’d like to stay at the Clarion, now is the time to reserve.
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LOSERS: Don't believe the title, it's a winner!
LI-CON is proud to announce that we will be screening Losers, a Wizard World (2014) selection. We will also be hosting Writer/Director Carlos del Rosario and some crew members to discuss the film and sign autographs.
Don’t miss the rare opportunity to see this loving tribute to pop culture, and meet some of the creators.
Devo Spice!
LI-CON welcomes comedy-rapper Devo Spice. Enjoy his unique stylings as he joins our amazingly strong roster of performers.
Welcome MrPopNTwist to LI-CON 2
Derek is famous to everyone who attends area conventions. He’s the guy who makes giant balloon characters and such. He’ll be providing his unique creations for LI-CON 2 this year. Stop by his station in the lobby and say “Hi!”
Night of the Nerds!
Night of the Nerds
Join ICON Science Fiction and our friend Mr. Oblivion at 89 North Music Venue. Music, cosplay, and portable electronic gaming all in one event! Plus an Amiibo Tournament hosted by SPLI!
And isn’t that a wonderful poster?
Please join us there!
Quick poll in the comments here: please let us know if you’d like us to sell LI-CON t-shirts at the Night of the Nerds. The new design is gorgeous.
Carl
Help us pick something to riff!
One of the most popular things at LI-CON 1 was our own Katrina and Izaac riffing on SyFy’s Sharknado.
This time around, the team would like your help selecting short subjects to work on. Anything suggested must have a license that lets us modify and use the video, so either Public Domain or compatible Creative Commons licenses. Note that we’re a charitable corporation [501(c)(3)], so commercial licensing is not required.
Katrina suggests looking in the Prelinger Archive (https://archive.org/details/prelinger) as a starting point, but there are lots of other sources of free-license video out there.
Reminder: because they want to offer variety this year, please suggest only short videos, say under 30 minutes. Shorter videos are more likely to be selected.
Send your suggestions to riffs@li-con.org.
Thanks!
Trailer for The Martian released
The upcoming blockbuster The Martian is based on the best-selling movie by our guest, Andy Weir. Here’s a preview:
Paul Levinson's Triumphant Return!
Everyone enjoyed Paul Levinson‘s time at LI-CON 1. So this year he’s taken it up a couple of notches. Not only is he still the award-winning author and critic: this time around we have a movie make from one of his stories, and Paul will be performing some of his music. Watch the trailer for The Chronology Protection Case:
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Brimstone (Will Kucmierowski) to appear at LI-CON 2!
We’re proud to announce that Brimstone will bring some of his talents to our convention. I’m sure he’ll try to bring them all, but we have only 3 days and he’s an actor, pro wrestler, comic book creator, book publisher, game publisher, sauce and seasoning maker (!) and food show host. We can’t wait to see him.
LI-CON to offer ASL translation for selected programming
LI-CON Hotel Liaison Amanda has arranged to have some of our programming translated into ASL, live, for our members who are unable to hear.
If you would like ASL translation of any specific programming, contact Amanda as hotel@li-con.org. (Note: I’ll post a reminder of this after our schedule is available!)
The Clarion has only a limited number of deaf-enabled (TTY, etc.) rooms, so if you plan to stay at the hotel during LI-CON, please contact them with your reservation as soon as possible. If anyone needs assistance with reservations, contact the email address above for help.