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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mobicon XVI Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, 17 – 19 March 2013, in Mobile Alabama

It’s time once again for that annual southern treat of MobiCon, a Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror convention held in Mobile Alabama! I have attended a fair number of MobiCons over the past decade or so and always enjoyed the laid-back southern fen that operate and attend MobiCon. The committee’s hard work always makes MobiCon a great convention to attend, especially for a costumer. Along with panels, there is a costume contest, a game room as well as LARPs and lots of interesting people to meet.

This year their guests include:

Artist GoH, Amanda Nen Kilburn

Anime GoH, Chris Cason, of Dragon Ball Z fame.

Special Speaker, Douglas Mallette

Gaming GoH, Lou Zocchi, the polydice king

Author GoH, Candace Sams

Horror GoH Dr. Anne Marie Guzy

Publishing GoH, Barbera Frendish

Fan GoH, Karl Ruhl

If you are in the south, (in Foghorn Leghorn voice), “ah say, ah say, the deeeep south, son”, come on down to Mobicon and enjoy this quirky convention, run by and for fans.

Last year at Mobicon 15, 2012 CoastConFan

Here’s a blast from the past, slide show from Mobicon XI back in 2008

For more information click on the URLs

http://www.mobicon.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOBICON

Thursday, May 24, 2012

MOBICON XV – Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror & Anime

Mobicon is a science fiction, fantasy, horror, and anime convention held in Mobile Alabama annually. This year it was held May 18-20, 2012 at the Asbury Hotel off of Airport Blv. Attendance was up this year and there were lots of costumers and the game room was full. They had belly dancers, cosplay, authors (Christopher Rice for one), an art room, and discussion panels. The costume contest had a bumper crop of participants and attendees.

I really liked the energy this year at Mobicon. You can feel the crackle of that fannish excitement the moment you walk into a convention. Some have it and other don’t. When you see a high proportion of attendees participating by costuming, you know you have a concentration of fannish energy. I only attended Saturday, this time around and apparently from the photographs, that costuming energy was there on Friday too. Sundays of course, are a bit more mellow.

I made this video for the enjoyment of fans who attended and for those who could not make it this time. This video was compiled from the contributions of three photographers who attended Mobicon: Megan Ariel Mobley, Michael W. Moses, and Jason Putnoky.

My thanks go out to all the fans and hard working staff that made Mobicon possible. I’m still sorry at the loss of Wayne Hergenroder, a great driving force with Mobicon and the loss of Debbora Wiles, psychic and author (not Deborah Wiles, the children’s book author).

Here is an old Mobicon XI video I did a few years back, for those of you who missed it.

Here is the Nerdy Girl Anthem video. It has some photos from previous Mobicons as well as CoastCon and OmegaCon

There is also a Studio 10 interview for Mobicon XIV at this link: http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/studio10/happening_here/studio10-mobicon-xiv .

CoastConFan


Attending Mobicon XV with The Mysterious Pussy the Cat

LINKS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

CoastConFan's YouTube Videos a page for my YouTube videos on YouTube on sundry subjects.

CoastCon Inc's Official Site CoastCon is a Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Anime & media convention that has been around for over 30 years

Michael W. Moses Pottery Site of unearthly pottery that brings to mind H. P. Lovecraft and the drawings of Ernst Haeckel

Propnomicon's Site a site dedicated to making props for Call of Cthulhu RPG

AboutSF is a resource center for speculative literature, science fiction, and education. They are also hosting podcasts of classic SF read aloud.

Reading for the Future is a grassroots volunteer organization whose aim is to help young people develop a love of reading and intellectual adventure through the vehicle of science fiction, fantasy and other speculative fiction.

S. T. Joshi's Blog A leading scholar on H. P. Lovecraft and other authors of weird and fantastic fiction.

The Steampunk Forum at Brass Goggles is a forum for Steampunk enthusiasts with an emphasis on physical props and how to make them.

AWOL - The Ancient World Online A fantastic conglomerate site about research on ancient

CITY OF DUST Primarily a site about New Mexico ghost towns and history

Gaslight and Gilt A clever look at steampunk from an arts and crafts standpoint

H. P. Lovecraft And His Legacy A site about HPL and his works

The Cat's Meat Shop Postings about Georgian and Victorian England, primarily London

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana An interesting view of comics from a Turkish point of view

The Tobacco Pipe Artistory The artistry and history of pipes

Tom Banwell—Leather and Resin Projects Clever props and masks

Warfare in the Age of Steam NeoVictorian wargaming

Fancyclopedia 3 A wiki by fans for fans. Learn about the heritage of fandom through the years.

Paleobabble Your antidote to cyber-twaddle and misguided research about the ancient world. Lots of people do research on the mysteries of antiquity. Some insights are valuable; others are insanely stupid, learn why.

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