ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (02/27/85)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> The Tenth edition of Ithacon, "the biggest little convention in the world", will be held in Ithaca, NY, the weekend of April 20-23. I have never been to a "major" convention like San Diego, but have always enjoyed Ithacons in the past. Besides the dealer room there is always lots of programming (no, not computer programming). For example, last year they had the Elfquest slide show, a discussion session with Jim Shooter and Roger Stern, the Match Game (I won a Murphy Anderson picture) with celebrity panelists and fan contestants, and a Doctor Who festival that ran until 5:00 a.m. This year they are going all-out in honor of the tenth anniversary. From what I heard this weekend, the following guests are at least reasonbly likely: Jim Shooter Roger Stern (he lives in Ithaca) Wendy & Richard Pini Louise & Walt Simonson John Buscema Al Milgrom Archie Goodwin Len Wein Barry Smith June Brigman (she was at a show in Rochester last weekend) Quite a crowd, if somewhat heavily Marvel-oriented. Ithacon has traditionally been a low-pressure, high-fun sort of convention, with lots of mingling of fans and pros in the halls. More details as they become available. BTW Ithaca is the home of Cornell University (my alma mater), a small town at the southern end of the Finger Lakes region of New York State. It is about 2 hours' drive from Rochester, less than that to Syracuse, about 6 hours to NYC (right up route 17). April is a nice time to drive through the Finger Lakes (although not as nice as October, when the leaves change). Mike Ciaraldi ciaraldi@rochester seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen) (03/02/85)
> From what I heard this weekend, the following guests are > at least reasonbly likely: > > Jim Shooter [...] WHOOOOOOWHEEEE !! WE GOT HIM NOW !! If Shitter's going to be there, so am I. Me, my tomatoes, my beer balloons, my sawed-off 12-gauge... Come'on all you Shooter fans. Let's get out there and show how much we love him... Ray Chen princeton!tilt!chenr P.S. -- I'm not sure if the :-) should be included or not...