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Flashes From The
Past - notes from 2009
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NOVEMBER 1, 2009 - KC FAN CON #23
First thing out of the gate, we here at Kansas City Fan Conventions
would like to thank everyone for a fantastic third year of existence.
With KC Fan Con #23, we close out our third year and begin to look
toward 2010. Always attempting to try new things and improve the
overall convention experience for all, we are sure that 2010 will bring many good
changes for both fans and dealers alike. Now, on to the specifics
of our Nov. 1st show. Once again, Mr.
Kevin Mellon delivered a great fan experience, creating cool
pieces of artwork all convention long. We had a
better-than-average attendance, which is always appreciated. And
the dealers at this show were magnificant! I hope you all went
home happy.
Next up, lots of planning and gearing up for 2010. Hope to see
everyone in the new year! |
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© 2009 Kevin Mellon |
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AUGUST 2, 2009 - KC FAN CON #22
Yay! Who knew that it'd be possible to set a new Fan Con
attendance record in a down economy?
I'd never of thunk it, but that's what happened on August the second.
We had a whopping 275+ at the Wyndham. I say 275+ because we gave
out raffle tickets to 275 people. Problem was that Becky couldn't
keep up by herself, with all of the people coming and going from the
show, and many came on in without registering! As the days unfold,
we will have a chance to do a full analysis and come up with our actual
attendance numbers which we'll post on our 'History & Stats' page.
Regarding the show itself, our special guest
Brent Engstrom
was terrific! He's a fantastic artist with a great
sense of humor, and an ability (and speed) that few possess. Our
hats are off to Brent! Additionally, we gave away GI JOE movie
swag, and WATCHMEN movie poster sets to all that wanted them. And
of course we had our usual freebies and raffles too! So thanks
again to all of the fans who made it to the show, and to all of the
vendors and dealers who travel and work hard to make these shows
something special. Kudos to you all. NEXT UP: New show
announcement coming soon! |
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GPK artwork below
© 2009 Brent Engstrom |
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JUNE 28, 2009 - KC FAN CON #21
Another great show is now in the history books.
Kyle Strahm was our
special guest artist, and he did a fantastic job on the
sketch and commission front. Click on either of
the images below to visit Kyle's website. As for
the show as a whole, I think we felt that attendance was
down a bit, and perhaps the show fell victim to the nice
weather (it was the first cool front to come though
after two weeks of humid 90-degree+ heat), or perhaps it
was the ever-tanking U.S. economy. While it will
be impossible to nail down the cause of the lower
attendance, I'm sure that those who were in attendance
had a lot of fun! We raffled off a poster for the
upcoming film "INGLORIOUS BASTARDS" signed by Quentin
Tarantino. The winner of the poster was
Brandon Culbertson
of Overland Park. Congratulations go out to
Brandon! Thanks to all who came, be you fan,
dealer, or curiosity seeker. Next: August
2, 2009. |
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© 2009
Kyle Strahm |
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MAY 16, 2009 - 2009 FREE STATE FREECON
The deed is done. The show is over. The tables are
put away. The floor has been swept.
But c'mon.....was that a good time or what?
What more can I say? Except to once again
send out my sincerest thanks to all of the
special guests, exhibitors, helpers, and
especially all of the fans who came out on
Saturday and supported the show. Now, I
usually list all of the guests here with links
to all of their websites, etc. But for the
sake of saving time and space here in this
column, I'll simply provide a link to the
2009 Freecon website, and from there you can
see all of the guests (with links) who showed up
at our humble show. All of my expectations
for the show were exceeded! Soon, I will
record a special edition of our podcast,
Radio Free Fan Con wherein I will give some
of my thoughts in more detail. The audio
podcast can be downloaded using iTunes, or
listened to straight from your browser window.
If you haven't already checked it out, please
give it a try! THANKS AGAIN to all
involved with the Freecon. Our next
mini-con will be Sunday, June 28 (one week after
Father's Day) at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, just
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SATURDAY
MAY 16, 2009
10am - 5pm
2009 FREE STATE
FREECON
COMIC BOOK & TOY
CONVENTION
Lawrence, Kansas
Click
here to visit the
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artwork above
© 2009 Riley Rossmo |
MARCH 1, 2009 - KC Fan Con Comic & Toy
Mini-Con #19
Someone once said, "A comicon has to be gigantic be
considered great!." Yeah right. What
a bunch of hoo-haw. Our show may have been
physically small, but as the saying goes, it's
not the size, but how you use it that counts.
Umm.....not that anyone's ever said that to
me....uh.....
But in all seriousness, we did have a fine show.
Jeremy Haun
(click on artwork below) was a magnificent
guest, as usual. Thanks really go out to
JH for making the trip up here in icy cold
weather.
We also set a new
dealer record for the show with a whopping 17
dealers in all. Not bad for a 40x40 foot
room!
Thanks also go out to the fine folks at Allied
Advertising who brought all of the cool WATCHMEN
swag! Our WATCHMEN trivia contest was a
hoot, and we gave away two giant heavy-duty
"subway-style" posters and a pair of tickets to
a preview screening of the new WATCHMEN film.
Unexpectedly, we also had
Ric Croxton from
The Book Cave podcast roaming the show.
He interviewed Jeremy and a few of the dealers
and fans at the show. As always, thank
you's go out to all of the people who
participated, helped, worked, or just came out
to have fun with us at the show! Without
you, there is no show. Next up for us: The
2009 FREE STATE FREECON. |
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© 2008/2009
Jeremy Haun |
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