{"id":277,"date":"2008-08-18T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2008\/08\/18\/armadillocon-30-wrapup\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:47:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:47:40","slug":"armadillocon-30-wrapup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2008\/08\/18\/armadillocon-30-wrapup\/","title":{"rendered":"Armadillocon 30 Wrapup"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>Great times this weekend at Armadillocon 30 in Austin, TX<\/a>. Rode to the show with Boxcar Satan<\/a>\u2018s Sanford Allen<\/a> early Friday morning. Over the next three days, we hung out with friends new and old including Author GOH John Scalzi, Editor GOH Sheila Williams, Artist GOH David Lee Anderson, Special Guests Joe and Gay Haldeman, Chris Roberson, Vincent Docherty, Rick Klaw, Scott Cupp, John Denardo, Mikal Trimm, Matthew Bey, Matt Sturges, Paul Benjamin, Jayme Blaschke, the Lansdales, the Moorcocks, William Browning Spencer, Peggy Hailey, Rocky Kelley, Joe McKinney, Josh Rountree, Mark Williams, Lee Thomas, Patrice Sarath (shoutout to my sister-in-law Rachel!) and more. Bill Crider proudly carried on the \u2018Dillocon tradition of great Toastmasters. Hats off to Kurt Baty, Chuck Siros, Kimm Antell, Scott Zrubek, Fred Duarte, Karen Meschke, A.T. Campbell, and all FACT<\/a> folk who threw another great con this year. Need to unpack and return to normal work mode, but first some pics:\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>YAY, FREE DRINK TICKETS!: (l to r) \u2014 Willie Siros, Sara Felix, and Scott Cupp at Friday night\u2019s \u201cMeet the Pros\u201d reception<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>IT LIVES!: My original triptych assemblage art for Jeffrey Ford\u2019s WELL-BUILT CITY survives the trip from Denvention (very grateful for that minor miracle), and gets ready for display in the Armadillocon Art Show<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>NO ORDINARY JOE: Rising star (and San Antonio homeboy) Joe McKinney signs copies of his zombie novel DEAD CITY<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>THE OTHER CON: Our hotel was also home to a completely different con which ran simultaneously with \u2018Dillocon. Sanford Allen wonders which meaning of \u201ccon\u201d is most appropriate here.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>NECTAR OF VICTORY: ASIMOV\u2019S editor supreme and GOH Sheila Williams drinks to the Pros\u2019 victory in the Fannish Feud (martini by the great Scott Bobo)<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>GIMME SHELTER: Bradley Denton and Caroline Spector jam the Stones classic in an impromptu hotel room session<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE: Secret Masters of Fandom unite! Mary Kay Kare (far left) rocks Reno 2011\u2019s party with members of Team Reno \u2014 Ben Yalow, Patty Wells, and Vincent Docherty.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>MAKING THE ROUNDS: Author GOH John Scalzi (ZOE\u2019S TALE) (far right) does his GOH thing and cruises the Saturday night fan parties.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>BEHOLD THE MAN: (l to r) \u2014 The great Michael Moorcock, yours truly, and Sanford Allen outside Hyde Park Grill for Sunday lunch (photo by Linda Moorcock)<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"