For author Lois McMaster Bujold I broke my rule again about not using Connie on badges for first-time Guests of Honor. When I break that rule it’s usually a sign of desperation. The four hands are a reference to the Quaddies from Lois’ work.
Emily Hagins is a remarkable filmmaker who wrote, produced and directed the zombie movie Pathogen at age 12. She’s still going strong, working on new films!
I hated to go to the “zombie well” yet again, but it seemed appropriate for The Rising author Brian Keene.
#CVG2007 - John Kovalic
#CVG2007 - Wally Wingert
#CVG2007 - Bernie Wrightson
John Kovalic’s badge featured a notoriously over-crowded page from the Dr. Blink comic written by John, drawn by me, and lettered and colored by Melissa Kaercher.
Wally Wingert’s badge referenced his role as one of the Almighty Tallest from Invader Zim, and his obsessive love of the Adam West Batman series (a man after my own heart!).
Bernie Wrigthson’s badge refers to the author page on the first printing of Bernie’s magnificent illustrated edition of Frankenstein, which gave a full bio of Bernie including where he resided with his two dogs, but merely said of the author “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is dead and has no dogs.”
The CONvergence 2007 theme was Creature Feature – a celebration the non-human characters in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. A lot of people heard “Creature Feature” and thought the theme was about horror, but it was really about everything from monsters to muppets and triffids to tribbles!
#CVG2007- 5 and Under
#CVG2007 - Teen Badge
#CVG2007 - Adult Badge
Here’s another set of three Registration Badges, with a different colors for each age range.
The 5 and Unders got creatures from My Neighbor Totoro. The smallest one has been Connie-ified.
What better to put on the Exec on Duty badge than the King of Monsters?
Zombies seemed fitting for ConCom. Most of us feel that way by the end of the weekend. John J. Smith was NOT actually a programming sub-head that year.
And Connie got a ride in Cat-Bus in another My Neighbor Totoro reference!
#CVG2007 - Temp Badge
#CVG2007 - Dealer Badge
#CVG2007 - Finance Badge
This year’s badge for Performers and Temp Badges featured the Star Wars Cantina Band.
Dealers Badges featured a Gremlin for sale.
Finance on Duty Badges featured the miserly Daffy and a sea of coins featuring Connie.
Christopher Jones is a comic book artist who has worked on DC's Young Justice, The Batman Strikes!, Batman '66, Justice League Adventures; Marvel's Superhero Squad, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Titan's Doctor Who; Re-Animator, Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink & more!