The 2016 FanCon Forum

The Second Year of Northern FanCon, the first Comic & Entertainment Expo in Prince George

FanCon Forum Your companion and guide to the 2016 Northern FanCon

MAY 13-15, 2016 @ CN CENTRE & KINS 1-3

Levar Burton From fan favourites like Star Trek TNG, Reading Rainbow and Roots.

TOM HODGES

Snootchie Bootchies! Meet the star of Clerks and Mallrats.

who’s art is featured on this cover will be appearing at FanCon!

Sponsors

Jason Mewes

TOYS - GAMES - COMICS

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GUESTS

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Jason Mewes

Levar Burton

Denise Crosby

Garrett Wang

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks, Mallrats

Star Trek TNG, Reading Rainbow, Roots

Star Trek: TNG

Star Trek: Voyager

Robert Duncan McNeill

Brett Dalton

Star Trek: Voyager

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Until Dawn, Robot Chicken

Michael Coleman

Amy Manson

Mark Meer

Veronic Taylor

Dickey Beer

Andy Rae

Happy from ABC’s Once Upon a Time, Smallville, Supernatural

Once Upon a Time, Atlantis

Commander Sheppard in Mass Effect, The Irrelevant Show

Ash from Pokemon, April O’Neil from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Cosplayer

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Captain Canuck Creators Booth & Panels Candice Patton

Kris Holden-Ried

Paul Amos

Jeremy Palko

The Flash, The Game, Heroes

Lost Girl, Underworld: Awakening, The Tudors

Lost Girl, Murdoch Mysteries, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

Walking Dead, Bloodline

Harrison Arts Film and TV Prop Museum

Yelaina May

Nathan Deluca

Ani-Mia

Sugarbot Cosplay

Cosplayer

Cosplayer

Cosplayer

Cosplayer

Featuring Replica’s and real props from your favourite movies and TV Shows

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Epic Photo Ops Individual Photo Ops Celebrities Amy Manson Brett Dalton Candice Patton Denise Crosby Garrett Wang Jason Mewes Kris Holden-Ried LeVar Burton Mark Meer Michael Coleman Paul Amos Robert Duncan McNeill Veronica Taylor

Friday 8:15pm 6:30pm 6:00pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:15pm 7:00pm -

Saturday 6:00pm 3:15pm 2:30pm 2:15pm 12:00pm 12:15pm 4:45pm 1:45pm 1:15pm 6:30pm 4:00pm 11:30am 5:45pm

Sunday 12:45pm 2:15pm 3:15pm 1:30pm 3:00pm 2:00pm 12:00pm 1:00pm 11:15am 11:00am 11:30am 2:30pm 12:30pm

Team Up Photo Ops Celebrity Team Ups Lost Girl (Amos & Holden-Ried) Once Upon a Time (Manson & Coleman) Star Trek: TNG (Burton & Crosby) Star Trek: Voyager (Wang & McNeill)

Friday 7:30pm

Saturday 4:30pm

Sunday 11:45am

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Schedule is subject to change. For more information and pricing visit:

store.epicphotoops.com/northern-fan-con/2016

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Mainstage Schedule CN Centre

FRIDAY MAY 14 TIME

Guest/Stage Time

3:00:00 PM

Doors open for VIPs

3:15:00 PM 3:30:00 PM 3:45:00 PM 4:00:00 PM

Doors open for Public

4:15:00 PM 4:30:00 PM

Cosplay Panel

7:30:00 PM

8:00:00 PM

1:15:00 PM

8:15:00 PM

1:30:00 PM

8:30:00 PM

1:45:00 PM

8:45:00 PM

2:00:00 PM

9:00:00 PM

2:15:00 PM

SATURDAY, MAY 15 TIME 10:00:00 AM

5:00:00 PM

10:15:00 AM

5:15:00 PM

10:30:00 AM

5:30:00 PM

10:45:00 AM

5:45:00 PM

11:00:00 AM Captain Canuck

Guest/Stage Time

Star Trek: VOYAGER Panel

11:15:00 AM

6:45:00 PM

12:00:00 PM

Shire of Coldkeep

12:15:00 PM

Fighting Demo

12:30:00 PM

Levar Burton w/ Garrett Wang

Upper Concourse at CN CENTRE

Cosplay Panel: Ani-Mia Andy Rae Nathan DeLuca Yelaina May

Captain Canuck Panel: Mark Meer Paul Amos Kris Holden-Ried Tony White Fadi Hakim Richard Comely

Friday, May 13 at 8pm Your First Time In Costume? Intro to Cosplay Contests.

Seen cosplay contests and wanted to get up and compete yourself but have no idea how to prepare or what to expect from them? Lane and Bronson will share their expertise and tell you what to expect and how to prepare for your first contest.

Veronica Taylor

3:00:00 PM

3:30:00 PM

Concept to Design

3:45:00 PM

4:30:00 PM 4:45:00 PM 5:00:00 PM

One Man Star Wars

5:15:00 PM

12:15:00 PM 12:30:00 PM

Dickey Beer

12:45:00 PM

5:30:00 PM 5:45:00 PM 6:00:00 PM

1:00:00 PM

Cosplay Contest: Ani-Mia Andy Rae Nathan DeLuca Yelaina May Aaron Harrison Mark Meer

2:45:00 PM

4:15:00 PM

12:00:00 PM

Once Upon a Time Panel: Amy Manson Michael Coleman

2:30:00 PM

4:00:00 PM

11:45:00 AM

5:45:00 PM

Cosplay 201

Denise Crosby

11:30:00 AM

Cosplay Contest

Candice Patton

3:15:00 PM

11:15:00 AM

5:30:00 PM

For questions please head to Sci-Fi Speed Dating’s Facebook page, facebook.com/SciFiSpeedDating

Guest/Stage Time

11:00:00 AM

Once Upon a Time panel

5:15:00 PM

It’s safe, it’s anonymous, and it works!

Sign up at their booth, show up to the session, and their crew will take care of the rest!Enjoy a session filled with laughs, fun, and a bunch of 3 minute dates. Maybe find the geek of your dreams!

2:15:00 PM

10:45:00 AM

3:30:00 PM

Friday May 13: at 5pm Saturday May 14: 11am(LGBTPQ), 2pm, and 6pm Sunday May 15: 11am(LGBTPQ) 2pm, and 4pm

2:00:00 PM

10:30:00 AM

3:15:00 PM

SCI-FI Speed Dating

1:45:00 PM

7:00:00 PM

10:15:00 AM

3:00:00 PM

Lost Girl Panel: Paul Amos Kris Holden-Ried

One Man Dark Night

6:45:00 PM

10:00:00 AM

4:45:00 PM

Star Trek Voyager Panel: Garrett Wang Robert Ducan McNeill

1:30:00 PM

TIME

Lost Girl Panel

2:45:00 PM

5:00:00 PM

1:15:00 PM

6:15:00 PM

SUNDAY, May 16

4:30:00 PM

11:45:00 AM

6:00:00 PM

6:30:00 PM Mark Meer

4:15:00 PM

6:30:00 PM

7:15:00 PM

Levar Cont’d

4:00:00 PM

Jay Mewes

11:30:00 AM

Brett Dalton

2:30:00 PM

3:45:00 PM

6:15:00 PM

7:00:00 PM

12:45:00 PM 1:00:00 PM

4:45:00 PM

6:00:00 PM

Brett Dalton Cont’d

7:45:00 PM

One Man Dark knight: Charlie Ross

Concept to Design: Andy Poon Aaron Harrison

One man star wars: Charlie Ross

FANCON OFFICIAL MErCHANDISE Find the FanCon Merchandise in the Atrium!

Limited Edition Tom Hodges FanCon T-Shirt

FanCon Backpack w/ Bottled Water

Limited Edition Amie Stolz FanCon T-Shirt

Original 2016 FanCon T-Shirt

Limited Edition Nick Greenwood T-Shirt

Original 2015 FanCon T-Shirt

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Tom

Hodges Jedi Of The Arts

Art by Tom Hodges

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n the very near future, in a convention centre its own graphic novel. Who but Tom Hodges would very, very close by, one of the creative minds of Rush entrust that to? He was summarily escorted the Star Wars artistic empire will wield his paintinto the The Temples of Syrinx to give visual flourish brush for all to see. to their sonic imagineering.

Tom Hodges is a comic book hero himself, when That led him to the band Dan & Leland for whom you look beyond the fiction on the page and on he also penned a graphic novel for the album Mind through to the real-life efforts that fashion the of Mirrors, about which the likes of USA Today, Dark images and storylines we Media and SpeekGeekyall attach to, admire and ToMe made flattering revisit time and time again He has also plied his pens comments. out here in the fan realm.

Having Hodges attend and brushes for franchises Northern FanCon in person The Star Wars Universe has had a trusty Jedi artist in adds a deeper colour to like HALO, Transformers, Hodges.

Indiana Jones, Lord of the the overall event. What He has also plied his pens are comics, movies, TV Rings, The Simpsons and and brushes for franchises shows, and (as he demlike HALO, Transformers, onstrates) even music, special projects for both Indiana Jones, Lord of the without the creative oriDC and Marvel.

Rings, The Simpsons and gin? Writers and painters special projects for both DC are the soldiers who draw and Marvel. the first battle lines in any fan franchise. He is one of the best. Appreciate He is a rock ‘n’ roll artist, too, just not famously him greatly, does FanCon. Enjoy him, you will. Take with a guitar or drum kit. The hall-of-famer progressive rock band Rush could draw a giant crowd at any up a paintbrush yourself, you might. For inspiration comes from example, example comes from creation, fan convention themselves, thanks to story-songs creation comes from artists, artists look a lot like and concept albums like the material found in the record 2112. It’s such a beloved disc that it spawned Tom Hodges.

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Art by Tom Hodges

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ARTISTS & Authors

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Tom Hodges Star Wars, Simpsons, MidKnight.

John Gallagher Illustrator for Flash & DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

Nick Greenwood Hugo award Best Professional Artist of Orson Scott Card‘s Ender series and an array of projects from Prince George’s own Dias Ex Machina.

Mike Lilly Artist: Annihilation Conquest, Quasar, Vampirella, Nightwing, Batman, Detective Comics, Marvel Knights, Punisher, Catwoman, Green Lantern, X-Men Unlimited, and Dungeons & Dragons.

Mike Rieger Canadian pixel pusher!

Lacy Jae Alberta based portrait artist and metalsmith.

The Witty Case original and up-cycled hand crafted mixed media artist.

Carla Aubichon Joseph Prince George Based Artist.

Elaine M Will Freelance illustrator and Xeric Award-winning cartoonist of the mental illness drama Look Straight Ahead.

David Tuff (Hectic Art) Freelance comic book / pin-up artist.

Molly Nemecek (Jakface) Artist: Woo Hoo!, Insane Yeti Squirrel, Even Death May Die!

Erin Giesbrecht Prince George based artist.

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Captain Canuck Creators Richard Comely, Kalman Andrasofszky, Fadi Hakim, Tony White

Aryn Fiylon Prince George based Graphite/ charcoal artist.

Amie Stolz Northern BC artist of pop culture in water colour, acrylic and digital.

Leo Liebelman Photo realistic oil painter Heavy Metal magazine, Turok Dinosaur Hunter.

Andy Poon concept artist for Arrow & DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

Alison Spokes (Ethereal Art) BC based digital media faerie artist.

Diana Greenhalgh BC-based comic book inker and illustrator whose work includes Taran Killam’s The Illegitimates, and Nova, Herc, and X-Men Legacy.

Johnni Kok Illustrator, best known for reinterpretations of geek culture favorites.

Mark Allard-Will Author: Saskatch-a-man.

Adam Dreece Author: the Yellow Hoods, the Wizard Killer.

Jason Starr Author: Wolverine Maxx, AntMan Natural Enemy , the Pack, Savage Lane, Punisher Maxx, First Wave Special.

AND MORE!

Sandra Macdougall A contemporary surrealist, Sandra Macdougall blends the creepy and the cute.

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Map & Exhibitors KIN 1 ARENA ENTRY TO ATRIUM and kin 3 arena

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501st Legion..........................................9-10 Adventure Games...............................18-19 ADZO Publishing...................................A14 Amie Stoltz Design..............A15-16, 21-22 Andy Poon..............................................A10 Anthill Books........................... 16-17,24-25 Artwork & Cute Things..........................A24 Awakenings...............................................56 Azuuhime Art.........................................A32 Barkerville Historic Town..................11-12 Bites of Bliss...............................................29 Black Sheep Gifts................................26-28 bokchoi al.................................................. A2 Boneyard Skullptures................................5 Canada Cosplay..................................39-42 Cariboo Brewing.......................................30 Carla Joseph...........................................A17 Chapterhouse Comics........................20-21 CNC, Web & Graphic Design...................57 Cuckoos Nest.............................................22 Diana Greenhalgh................................... A3 Digital Umbrella Creative........................58 Erin Filan.................................................... A9 Erin Giesbrecht.......................................A20 Ethereal Earth.........................................A19 Exile Tattoo.............................................. 1-4 Fantasy Art by Sandra Macdougall.......15 Flutterby Kisses.........................................60 Goat Shed, The..........................................43

Great White.............................. 31-33,48-50 Hectic Art.................................................. A4 Jakface.....................................................A27 Jason Starr................................................ A5 John Gallagher......................................... A7 Johnni Kok................................................ A8 K-Max Games & Videos......................34-35 Karl’s Toys.............................................46-47 Ken’s Goldsmithing..................................23 Kirameki Style........................................A26 Lacy Jae...................................................A29 Leo Liebelman.................................. A23,32 Mancave Authentics.............. 36-37,44-45 Menchies....................................................53 Mike Lilly................................................... A6 Mike’s Comics............................................39 MP Make-up Artistry.............................A28 Nick Greenwood..............................A12-13 SciFi Real Estate Guy..................................8 Prince George Public Library............54-55 Sci-fi & Dumb Jokes...............................A25 Sisters Imports.........................................6,7 Sticky’s Candy......................................51-52 Strange Ideas Comics & Collectibles....13-14 Tiana Gibbs............................................... A6 Tom Hodges............................................A11 Transient Boreal....................................... A1 Vector Finesse...........................................59 Witty Case...............................................A30

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EXHIBITORS

Map & Exhibitors KIN 2 ARENA Attic Raiders....................................29-30 Cakewalk Desserts............................ B10 Canadian Comics................. 16,17,18,19 Cities of the Future.........................23-24 Clever Twist............................................34 Citizen.................................................... B9 Crafty Badger Outpost....................... B3 Edge of Sanity Comics...................... B11 Every Little Detail........................... 46,47 Gord Coyle Photography................... B2 Harrison Arts Film & TV Prop Museum........................7,8,9,10 Tourism PG.............................................27 Hygge Hearth....................................... B5 It Works...................................................28 Just Clean Fun Soap Co.......................14 Metallion............................................... B1 Mini Figures and More........................ B8 Mr. Hoot & Co..................................... B12 Nadi Neko Creations........................... B4 NItro Geek..............................................15 Ragnar the Trader.................................40 Random Array.......................................25 Random Fandom..................................35

Rocky Mountain Chocolate................39 Scoow Art.............................................. B6 Shire of Cold Keep..........................36-37 Southhill Designs.............................. B13 Speedee Printers..................................13 Sugar Gliders.........................................31 Thorgeir’s Lair..................................32-33 Topaz Bead Gallery...............................12 EVT Enterprises.....................................49 Citizen.....................................................22 Zoltan Gal...............................................26 Northland Auto Group.......................5,6 Mad Max Car.........................................1,2 Argo World............................................3,4 DH Custom Wood Design ................. B9 Cliffhanger Multimedia.......................48 CN Centre Concession....................... B15 Cycle North Powersports........... B16-17 Rainbow Water Systems......................21 Citizen.....................................................38 GUESTS ............................................41-45

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Staples.......................................12,13,14,15

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Walker Sales ................................................9

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101.3 the River.........................................1,2

Kaiten MMA............................................. 4-5

Lego Alliance.......................................10,11

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Spruce City Wildlife.................................7,8

Ani-Mia.......................................................35

Gamescape..........................................19-20

Nathan DeLuca..........................................34

DDR2 Computer Solutions......................18

Andy Rae....................................................33

Anna & Tammy Baked Goods.................c5

Yelaina May................................................32

In Heart Creations......................................3

Kelowna Fan Xpo......................................25

Makerlab..............................................16-17

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Costumes for a Cause...............................24

Oh Snap Photo............................................6

North Cariboo SPCA.................................21

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