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Faster than a
speeding bulldog... more loco than a locomotive... able to leap tall
fanzines in a spiral bound!
Strange
visitors from another dimension, endowed with bizarre powers of
imagination, will assemble to fight for Truth, Justice, and the Fannish
Way! Come by
bus! Come by plane! It's...
MediaWest*Con 38 –
May 25-28, 2018
MediaWest*Con
is the annual gathering of SF/Media fandom, held each
Memorial Day Weekend in Lansing Michigan.
MediaWest*Con
is
sponsored by T’Kuhtian Press as a celebration of the diversity of
SF/Media fandom, run by fans, for fans, and is staffed entirely by
volunteers. MediaWest*Con traditionally features the Art Show
and
Auction, Fanzine Reading Room. Fannish Videos, Masquerade, Dealers’
Room, SF/Media Fan Fund, Fan Quality Awards, a Con Suite (AKA
Hospitality Suite) and a Party Suite, and many, many panels on a wide
variety of topics representing many areas of interest.
Programming is determined by member input and participation; a form for
suggesting topics will be included in a future Progress
Report.
Programming is intended for an adult audience; we do not
censor
adult themes in panel topics or in the Art Show. We have no
official guests. The name MediaWest*Con
is a service mark of
MediaWest*Con.
Fandoms represented in MediaWest*Con 38 programming included A
Wrinkle in Time, Agents of SHIELD, The Alienist, Altered Carbon,
American Gods, The Americans, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Big Bang Theory, Ann Bishop, Black
Lightning, Black Mirror, Castle Rock, Colony, costuming, Criminal Minds, Arrowverse (Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow), DC movies (Justice League, Wonder Woman), Deception, Designated Survivor, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Doctor Who, Elementry, The Expanse, fanfic, Furries, Game
of Thrones, Gotham, The Good Place, The Handmaid's Tale, Instinct,
iZombie, Killjoys, Krypton, Ursula K LeGuin, Legion, Librarians, Lost in Space, Lucifer,
The Magicians, The Man in the High Castle, George RR Martin, Marvel movies (Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnorok), Midnight
Texas, Karen Marie Moning, Christopher Moore, NCIS, Once Upon a Time, Orphan Black, The Orville, Outlander,
Poldark, Professionals, Red Dwarf, Sentinel, JD Robb, Sherlock, Star Trek,
Stargate, Star Wars, Starskey & Hutch, Timeless, 12 Monkeys, The
Walking Dead, X-Files, Yuri on Ice, and many more.
Welcome to MediaWest*Con 38!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the MW*C 38 banner!  Look, signage!   Ramada Lansing  A family of ducks live in the Ramada courtyard  Lori made Avengers cookies for members! Swag! MW*C 38 Members got free bam-danas!    MW*C 38 T'shirts and capelets  Apocryphal Tees too! MW*C 38 Art Show AwardsBy Popular Vote Best In Show: Twins by Kate Nuernberg Best In Con Theme: God of Hammers? by Kate Nuernberg Best in SF: You Could Be More by Kate Nuernberg Best in Fantansy: Baba Yaga's House by Lubov Best in Humor/Cartoon: Dynamic Duo by Kate Nuernberg Best Portrait: Token White Guy by Kate Nuernberg Best in 3-D/Glass/Ceramaic: The Spider Spins by Suzy Rosema Best in Fabric/Needlework: Daleks To The Left of Me by Seth Cutts & Jesse McClain Best Critter: Sea Dragon by Theresa Mathers Best in Cop/Investigator/Spy: Nobody's As Bold As Bodie by Kate Nuernberg 2 Cute 2 Live: Bat Dragon by Ursula Sandmann Personal Favorite: Twins by Kate Nuernberg Masquerade
Best In ShowOde From an Old Quantum Leap FanLorraine Anderson  Best Crowd DirectionThe StorytellerBrenda (Middlebrook) Gasahl  Best DuetYou Gotta Have a Dragon or You Oughta Have a DragonLinnese Dawe  Best Comedic SongChairman of the UnboardedBob Dawe  Best SuperheroStorm (Pre-Brood)Cheri "Elaine" Tripp Judges: Kelly Dwyer, Nikki Wegrzyn  Batcow v. SuperAndre  Batcow provided Bat-trivia during judges' deliberations.  Scott Clark wore a fabulous suit, but did not enter. MW*C 38 DOOR DECORATION AWARDS BEST SPOILERWolverine384 – Barbara Gompf   BEST INTERACTIVEProfessionals as Superheroes104/106/108 – Krisser  BEST CAPTURED THE ZEITGIESTWomen Superheroes109 – Emma Abraham, Karen Brandl, Sues Wargo, Deb Johnson  BEST PRESENTATIONGood Omens159 – Linda K. James  MOST ERUDITEWill Exit223 – Nancy Kolar, Michael Mullen   BEST DCHappy Birthday Superman/Superfriends308/164 – Cheri “Elaine” Tripp DOORS WE LIKED BUT THEY DIDN’T ENTER 275, 226, 219, 239, 335, 253 The Capture The Capture by Bob Asprin and illustrated by Phil Foglio (1976 Hugo nominee!) was performed in the Fannish Video Room Saturday night.  Presented by Paula Smith and voiced by Bill Dyer, Sharon Ferraro, Carol Lynn, and Gordon Carleton. Fannish Video AwardsThere were not enough entries, so no awards given.   A
Not-Dead-Yet-Dog panel was held at the con Sunday morning in Delta
Central. As the crowd was larger than anticipated, the room was
opened up to include Delta West.
Many voiced their thoughts, and
some even volunteered to help with areas we've needed help with!
Topics covered a wide range, from welcoming newcomers to signage.
The panel was productive enough that it was extended well into the next
hour (Apologies to the panelists who were bumped).
 The regular Dead Dog panel was also held as usual Monday morning. Thanks to everyone for the use of their photographs! Thanks to Mini-Komix for their donation of publications for prizes! This
official MediaWest*Con
page
was updated July 22, 2018
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