Post by Doug Burbidge SwanICon: a Swancon I didn’t go to, on account of being in America at the time. So here’s someone else’s badge. The “IC” is because that’s Roman numerals for “99”. I guess they didn’t like the look of “MIM”, or “SwanMIMcon” I like the circular text at the top centre showing… Continue reading SwanICon badge
Month: October 2011
Perthed* by the internet
by Anna Hepworth It is not often that my children bring me items to write up about for this blog. The exception was this evening, when one of them proudly told me that googling his name brings up a spaceship painting**. After some incredulity, I did indeed google, and it did indeed bring up a… Continue reading Perthed* by the internet
Swancon 2006 badge
Post by Doug Burbidge Swancon 2006. You’ll see that this badge deals with some of the issues that I have been ranting about with regards to previous badges (font size, readability, single-sidedness, etc.) That’s because I made the badges for 2006. I thought I was dead clever making transparent badges. But it turned out John… Continue reading Swancon 2006 badge
Swancon 2004 badge
Post by Doug Burbidge Swancon 2004. (I went to Swancons 2002 and 2003, but I don’t know where my badges went. Pics of badges, anyone?) Biiig logo, smaaall font for the member’s name, in an ultra-bold font for low readability. I shall cry now.
There Was SF in 1940?
by Chris Creagh Murdoch University has an extensive collection of SF books for the borrowing of. It’s free for students or staff. Anybody can become a community member of the library, but there is a fee.