Con Publication Art

Who are the unsung artists and what has become of them? As we work through the Teetering Mound of  WASFF  my attention is drawn to various sketches, cartoons, elaborate drawings, and general scribblings. Like those in: Swancon 10 Programme Cartoon by Craig Hilton – Turkey looking at a framed “picture” above an Aussiecon II Art Show Sign… Continue reading Con Publication Art

Swancon icks (9) Progress Report The Last — Programme

Transcribed by Doug Burbidge   Yea! Yippee! Let joy be unconfined! Praise de Lord! WE’VE GOT A PROGRAMME! Now, kiddywinkles, you’re not going to get the utter and absolute final number of this programme here and now; like, I’m not going to lay out the final timetable. What I will give to you is a brief… Continue reading Swancon icks (9) Progress Report The Last — Programme

SwanCon 7 – Program Book – Programme

transcription by Anna Hepworth (being a transcription of pages 4 and 5, the fifth and sixth pages of the SwanCon 7 Program book) Note that much of the programme* was presented in upper case – this has not been preserved   Friday 2pm Registration Fanzine Workshop Films 5pm Opening Address (Committee) 8pm Opening Party Slide… Continue reading SwanCon 7 – Program Book – Programme

Swancon 7 – Squonk! (Friday)

Transcribed by Elaine Walker From the Swancon 7 Ephemera, this is the Newsheet from Friday 29th January, 1982. All typos wherever possible have been faithfully recorded. THIS IS SQUONK! the all-new, whiter-than-white, bio-degradable, non-stick, water-absorbent, oh-my-brain-hurts SWANCON 7 daily newsheet. A simple series of questions and answers: Squonk: What is a Squonk? Answer: It is… Continue reading Swancon 7 – Squonk! (Friday)