DEMICON 32

APRIL 30 THROUGH MAY 2, 2021

DES MOINES ANNUAL SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY AND

HELD VIRTUALLY IN DES MOINES, IA CONTENTS

Welcome - 4 Department Heads/DMSFFS - 5 Virtual World of DemiCon - 6 Convention Rules - 8

Guests Guests of Honor/Toastmasters - 10 Professional Guests/ Memorial - 12 Hall of Fame - 14 Artwork - 15 Donate/Charity Auction - 16 Venues - 17 Shopping Venues - 18 Programming - 19 Areas of Interest Contests - 20 DemiCon Channel - 22 Gaming - 23 Programming Schedule - 24 Thank You - 27 The After: DemiCon 2022 - 28 CONCOM

THE DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION & “ALL OUR DREAMS CAN COME TRUE, IF WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO FANTASY SOCIETY,INC. (DMSFFS)IS THE CONCOM: JOE STRUSS,SALLIE ABBA,JESSICA GUILE, PURSUE THEM.” – WALT DISNEY LOCAL 501(C)(3)CHARITY NON-PROFIT JUDY ZAJEC,NATE FARMER ORGANIZATION THAT SPONSORS DEMICON. ANIMÉ: SAM SAM HACKETT YES, AND WELCOME TO DEMICON 32: SUPER MANGA GRAPHIC THIS VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION STANDS ARCHIVIST: SALLIE ABBA NOVELS COMICS ANIMATION! BY THE ORGANIZATIONʻS MISSION ART SHOW: MICHAEL OATMAN MAKE SURE YOU MEET OUR ARTIST GUESTS OF HONOR AND DRAGON SALLIE ABBA STATEMENT: TO INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS AND BLOOD DRIVE: SHERIL BOGENRIEF AFICIONADOS DAVID LEE PANCAKE AND ALISON JOHNSTUN.OUR COMMUNITIES TO READ,IMAGINE AND LORD OF DRINK: KRIS MCBRIDE AUTHOR GUEST OF HONOR IS THE INCREDIBLE LETTIE PRELL. HER WORK THINK;CREATING A BETTER WORLD CHANNEL MASTER: JOE STRUSS EXPLORES THE EDGE WHERE HUMANS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY ARE THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CONSUITE: MANDI ARTHUR-STRUSS,MONICA OATMAN, INCREASINGLY MERGING. LITERACY, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS.DEMICON WIL WARNER SUSAN LEABHART AND MITCH THOMPSON ARE OUR WONDERFUL IS ONE OF MANY EVENTS THAT DMSFFS CONTESTS: SALLIE ABBA TOASTMASTERS.SUE IS OFTEN FOUND REGALING ON MANY DIVERSE AND HOSTS HE REST OF THE YEAR IS FILLED WITH .T DATABASE: CRAIG LEABHART INTERESTING TOPICS (LIKE TIME TRAVELING). MITCH IS THE CURRENT FHANNISH FUN CHARITY WORK AND , , DEALERS: ROBERT COOK PRESIDENT OF THE BRASS GEARS ADVENTURERS SOCIETY, AND ENJOYS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES! DEMICON LITE: JUDY ZAJEC ALL THINGS (INCLUDING HIS BELOVED COGSWORTH THE DMSFFSMEETS TWICE A MONTH. DMSFFS TABLE: KAITLYN HOGUEISON PARROT). OUR GUESTS OF HONOR ARE DANA AND BRUCE EACH MEETING HAS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM FILK: ROBERT UY HINTERLEITNER, AND ORLANDO WINTERS. DANA AND BRUCE ARE RELATING TO THE SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY JOE STRUSS DIGITAL GAMING: TAL ROTH MASTER COSTUMERS AND ORLANDO IS A VERITABLE MASTER MIND COMMUNITY. WE ALSO MAKE PLANS FOR BOARD GAMING: TARA NEWTON WHEN IT COMES TO ANIME,COMICS AND ANIMATION. DEMICON OR OTHER EVENTS WE HOST OR LARP:J OE STRUSS BE SURE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT DEMICON.ORG/32/TO GET THE PARTICIPATE IN. DMSFFSPUBLISHES AN MASQUERADE/: JEANNETTE ROTH LATEST UPDATES ON PROGRAMMING AND SCHEDULING INCLUDING LINKS TO ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER,THE PARADOX, MUSIC: BRYAN BAKER ONLINE PANELS VIA ZOOM. VISIT OUR VIRTUAL ART SHOW OR ONLINE NEWS AND INFORMATION. ERHAPS YOU VE SEEN US IN LOCAL PARTIES: JUDY ZAJEC DEALERS ROOM, WHERE YOU CAN GET LINKS TO PURCHASE WARES FROM P ' CONVENTIONS AND EVENTS, SUPPORTING PROGRAMMING: AMANDA ALEXANDER ALL THE AWESOME CONVENTION VENDORS! LITERACY, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS. WE ALSO PROPERTY MANAGER: GREG ABBA LIKE AND FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE FOR ON DEMAND CONTENT AND PLAN A NUMBER OF WEEKEND SOCIAL EVENTS, PUBLICATIONS: AMANDA ARTHUR-STRUSS SPECIAL PREMIER VIDEO RELEASES. DONʻT FORGET TO JOIN OUR INCLUDING NEW YEAR'S EVE WEEKEND AND REGISTRATION: NATE FARMER DISCORD CHANNEL FOR EASY ACCESS TO OUR BOARD AND VIDEO GAME LABOR DAY WEEKEND CALLED SACC. THE SELF PROGRAMMING: SALLIE ABBA TRACKS, AS WELL AS CHAT FORUMS FOR ALL WALKS OF . JUDY ZAJEC SEMI-ANNUAL CONSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIVES WEBSITE: CRAIG LEABHART THE CONVENTION BEGINS AT 4 P.M. ON FRIDAY.AT 7 P.M., ARE HELD AT THE HOLIDAY INN NORTHWEST PENING EREMONIES GETS THINGS KICKED OFF WITH A WELCOME THE O C , AND ARE FREE TO ATTEND.THESE TRANSCEND INTRODUCTION OF OUR GUESTS OF HONOR. THE "PARTY" LABEL TO BECOME MINIATURE WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR CONVENTION OF LITERATURE, GAMES, CONVENTIONS IN AND OF THEMSELVES. MOVIES, ART, MUSIC, COSTUMES,ANIMÉ, PLAYS, CONTESTS, AND SO DMSFFSALSO HOSTS OUR EDUCATIONAL MUCH MORE! SEMINARS CALLED DEMICON LITE.THESE WORKSHOPS/EVENTS HAPPEN MONTHLY AND —SALLIE,JOE,JUDY,JESSICA AND NATE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.IF YOU WANT TO -DEMICON 32 CONCOM LEARN SOMETHING NEW, THESE ARE FUN PLACES TO BE AND ARE OPEN TO ALL AGES. JESSICA GUILE WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND CHECK US OUT. WE MEET ON THE 2ND AND 4TH FRIDAYS OF EVERY MONTH VIA ZOOM. PROGRAMS START AT 7 P.M. OUR NEXT MEETING IS FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING DMSFFSEVENTS , CHECK OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.DMSFFS.ORG. JOIN US ON DISCORD - DISCORD.GG/B7PXQ8KTHG.

DMSFFS BOARD OFFICERS

PRESIDENT AMANDA ARTHUR-STRUSS, VICE PRESIDENT MONICA OATMAN, SECRETARY NATE FARMER, TREASURER CRAIG LEABHART AND PROPERTY MANGER GREG ABBA NATE FARMER BY ALISON JOHNSTUN DISCORD HINTS AND HELPER NOTES

FIRST TIME SIGNING IN YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO THE RULES SECTION.PLEASE READ SO WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE VIRTUAL DEMICON! IF YOU ARE HERE, YOU HAVE MADE IT ON THE DEMICON.ORG WEBSITE WHERE ALL THE LINKS AND CONNECTIONS ARE LOCATED. BUT IF YOU WANT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF DEMICON AND WHAT APPS WILL BE USED, FIND THE INFORMATION RIGHT HERE! USER GUIDE WILL HELP YOU WITH HOW TO WORK DISCORD.

ZOOM -PANELS/DISCUSSIONS/WORKSHOPS IF YOU NEED HELP IT HAS THE WAY TO CONTACT CONCOM. YOUTUBE AKA DEMICON CHANNEL DEMICON WILL HAVE FOUR ZOOM TRACKS THROUGH THE HANGES TO THE SCHEDULE WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/CHANNEL/ C WEEKEND.THIS WILL BE OUR MAIN VIDEO AREA FOR PANELS. WILL BE MARKED HERE AS UCOXOGBTTFBCHJXLZVLLUI1Q ALL LINKS FOR THE ZOOM EVENTS WILL BE ON THE WEB SITE. HINT: ALWAYS CHECK THE PINS ON EACH WELL AS ON THE DEMICON IF THERE ARE CHANGES THEY WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE CHANNEL OF THE FOR DIRECTIONS ON RULES OR WEBSITE DEMICON WILL HAVE ON-DEMAND . AS WELL AS DISCORD. HOW TO USE THE CHANNEL PROGRAMMING ON THE DMSFFS YOUTUBE . CHANNEL.FROM AUTHOR READINGS TO FOOD RECIPES, ATTENDEES CAN JOIN OTHERS AND WATCH WHILE CHARITY INFORMATION MOVIE PARTIES -WWW.NETFLIXPARTY.COM OR OTHER CHATTING WITH EACH OTHER OR WITH SOME AND LINKS ARE LOCATED STREAMING SERVICES. AUTHORS AS THE VIDEOS PREMIERE THROUGHOUT THE HERE. HELP OUT WEEKEND ON YOUTUBE.WATCHERS CAN ALSO TALK, DMSFFSAND TO YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE WATCH PARTIES, ATTENDEES CHAT AND USE VIDEO ON DISCORD TO TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY WINS!IOWA. WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS BOTH DISCORD AND THE ITEMS PREMIERING ON YOUTUBE. STREAMING SERVICES THAT HOST THE WATCH PARTIES (USUALLY NETFLIX). WATCH PARTIES ALLOW GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN HINTINT:S: SHAREHAREYOURYOURARTARTFROMFROM SOME OF THE CONNECTION POINT VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO WATCH THE SAME MOVIE/SHOW TWITCH - WWW.TWITCH.TV/DMSFFS WORKSHOPSWORKSHOP ORORTEXTTEXTCHATCHATONON TO OUR CONTEST ARE LOCATED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, WITH A BUILT IN CHAT FEATURE. THIS IS WHAT YOU ENJOY FROM ANIME DISCORD.CHECK THEM OUT! WHEN YOU WATCH A MOVIE/SHOW AS A GROUP AND THEN TWITCH IS A FREE TO USE SELF-STREAMING TO ASKING PEOPLE TO GAME. CHECK THE PINS FOR THE SPECIAL CHAT ALONG SIDE THE SCREEN. THE SCHEDULE HAS MANY PLATFORM, THAT ALLOWS OUR GAMING DEPARTMENT MAKE THE DMSFFS DISCORD INFORMATION. OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN IN WITH THE WATCH PARTIES . THE TO BROADCAST THE GROUP GAMES PLAYED DURING THE WORK FOR YOU DISCUSSIONS WILL HAPPEN ON DISCORD IN THE MOVIE WEEKEND. THIS IS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL FOR AUDIENCE WATCHPARTY CHAT. PARTICIPATION GAMES SUCH AS JACKBOX – WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE GAME BEING PLAYED ON OUR TWITCH CHANNEL (WWW.TWITCH.TV/DMSFFS) AND BOARD GAME ARENA - BOARDGAMEARENA.COM INTERACT WITH THE PLAYERS USING YOUR CELL PHONE. HINT: IF THE WORD IS BOLD IT MEANS A NEW MESSAGE HAS POPPED UP! BOARD GAME ARENA IS A FREE TO PLAY WEBSITE THE ALLOWS YOU TO PLAY A WIDE RANGE OF BOARD DISCORD - DISCORD.COM SHARE YOUR RIBBONS HERE SO PEOPLE CAN COLLECT THEM. GAMES VIRTUALLY. THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS DURING DEMICON WEEKEND THAT BOARD GAMES WILL BE THIS APP WAS DEVELOPED BY GAMERS, FOR GAMERS EXPERIENCED. TO LEARN MORE TARA WILL HAVE A – BUT HAS GROWN INTO SO MUCH MORE! DISCORD IS A HINT: SOME OF THE CHANNELS SOME OF THE CHANNELS ARE SELF RUN ZOOM PANEL EXPLAINING HOW TO USE ON ZOOM, FREE TO USE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS USERS TO CHAT IN INTERACT WITH ZOOM AND PROGRAMMING: YOU CHOOSE WHEN TO SATURDAY MORNING. VARIOUS DEPARTMENT TEXT, VOICE, AND VIDEO CHANNELS. YOUTUBE EVENTS ON THE PARTICIPATE.THERE ARE SOME THAT DO THE APP IS BOTH BROWSER AND MOBILE APP SCHEDULE.EXAMPLE OF SOME OF HAVE AN ENDING DATE AND TIME.PAY FRIENDLY. ONCE YOU ARE LOGGED INTO DISCORD, USE THE THE EVENTS ARE DEALERʻS ROOM, ATTENTION TO THE RULES. REGISTRATION AND BADGES ADD A SERVER BUTTON AND ENTER THE FOLLOWING INVITE ROOM PARTIES, AND CONTESTS. LINK: DISCORD.GG/B7PXQ8KTHG. EVEN THOUGH DEMICON IS A FREE EVENT THIS THIS IS THE DMSFFSPERSONAL SERVER, AND IS USED ALL YEAR LONG FOR DEMICON AND DMSFFS YEAR DMSFFSSTILL ASKS THAT YOU REGISTER TO TALK DURING BOARD AND VIDEO GAMING.ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS. THIS IS A SECURE ON THE DEMICON.ORG SITE TO HELP US KNOW HOW DISCORD VOICE CHATS WILL BE CREATED WHEN NEEDED. MANY ATTENDED.IT ALLOWS YOU RECEIVE A COOL SERVICE AND THE DEMICON CONTENT CAN ONLY BE VIRTUAL RIBBON AS WELL AS A PHYSICAL ONE FOR ACCESSED BY USING THE ABOVE INVITE LINK. JOIN US FOR CHATS AND PANELS COVERING A BROAD NEXT YEAR. DONʻT MISS OUT! IVY WILL BE HOSTING THE CONSUITE AT CERTAIN TIMES BUT STOP BY ANYTIME! HINT:USE THE CREATE YOUR ANIME AVATAR RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS FROM SELF PROGRAMMING AND ADD IT TO YOUR AND BOOKS, TO CRAFTS AND COSTUMES, GAMING, CHAT DURING OR AFTER MOVIES AND PANELS! BADGE! CONTENTS AND SO MUCH MORE! RULE 5-HARASSMENT POLICY: CONSEQUENCES

HARASSMENT POLICY OF THE DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION &FANTASY FAILURE TO ADHERE TO SOCIETY,INC. AND DEMICON DEMICONʻS POLICIES WILL RULE 1-DRINKING POLICY: RESULT IN: DEFINITION OF HARASSMENT —HARASSMENT IS ANY FORM OF BEHAVIOR THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE IN IOWA IS 21. PANELS HOSTED AT DEMICON THAT IS UNWELCOME, UNRECIPROCATED AND/OR UNSOLICITED WHICH MAKES AN 1. MEDIATION BY THE CONCOM INVOLVING ALCOHOL ARE INTENDED FOR AN AUDIENCE OF THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE. UNPLEASANT, HUMILIATING, OR INTIMIDATING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PERSON AND CONVENTIONʻS RANGERS REFUSING TO CONFIRM YOUR AGE WITH A PANEL HOST OR MODERATOR, WILL WHO IS THE TARGET OF THAT BEHAVIOR. WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED IN RESULT YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE SCHEDULED PANEL.ANYONE SERVING ALCOHOL TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE FOR ALL CONVENTION AN INCIDENT. HAS A RIGHT AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE WHO ATTENDEES AND CLUB MEMBERS ALLOW FOR A WIDE DIVERSITY OF BELIEFS, MAY BE IMBIBING IRRESPONSIBLY. LIFESTYLES, AND MORALS, WE WILL ADOPT AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING 2. VERBAL WARNING. CONVENTION ATTENDEES THAT PARTAKE OF ALCOHOL ARE RECOMMENDED TO BEHAVIOR PROTOCOLS. DRINK RESPONSIBLY AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR PANELS RESPONSIBLY! 3. REMOVAL OF MEMBERSHIP BY MANDA RTHUR TRUSS AND EJECTION FROM DEMICON. A A -S IF YOU MEAN NO-SAY NO.

RULE 2-KIDS-IN-TOW POLICY: 4. CONTACTING LOCAL LAW IF YOU HEAR NO - STOP! ENFORCEMENT. ALL CHILDREN AGED 12AND UNDER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT WHEN PARTICIPATING IN THE CONVENTION. IF YOU WITNESS SOMEONE HAVING TROUBLE SAYING OR HEARING NO—GET PARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR WARDS. DEMICON/DMSFFSIS INVOLVED USING YOUR BEST JUDGMENT. PREPARED TO DEAL WITH ANY VIOLATIONS OF OUR POLICIES AS AYING OMETIMES OUT OF POLITENESS PEOPLE MAY NOT BE S NO—S , LEGALLY, RAPIDLY, AND RULE 3-CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS POLICY: DIRECT WHEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE “NO.” WE NEED TO MAKE IT OKAY TO EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WE SAY “NO” AND MEAN “NO.” DO NOT JOKE AWAY, IGNORE, OR MINIMIZE HOPE THAT ALL MEMBERS WILL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT A DEMICON STAFF MEMBER.YOU CAN CONTACT UNWANTED ATTENTION.SPEAK UP RIGHT AWAY AND MAKE YOUR FEELINGS CLEAR. HELP TO MAKE DEMICON AN CONCOM BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO [email protected], OR BY SENDING A DIRECT MESSAGE VIA DISCORD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG NOR IS THERE ANY SHAME IN SAYING “NO.” ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL CHECK THE USER GUIDE CHANNEL TO SEND A DIRECT MESSAGE TO A MEMBER OF ON OM # - C C ). BY RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF HEARING NO—WHEN SOMEONE SAYS “NO,” THEN ALL RELEVANT ALL ATTENDEES WHILE IN ACTIONS, VERBAL AND/OR PHYSICAL, MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY.THERE SHOULD ATTENDANCE. RULE 4-PHOTO DISCLAIMER: BE NO QUESTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS, CAJOLING, DEBATE, COERCION, OR ANY CONTINUATION OF ANY SORT OF THE UNWANTED ATTENTIONS.IF SOMEONE TELLS DEMICON/DMSFFS VIRTUAL DEMICON PANELS DURING THE CONVENTION ON APRIL YOU “NO,” YOU WILL NOT WAIT FOR IT TO BE REPEATED, AND YOU WILL NOT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVOKE 30THROUGH MAY 2, 2021MAY BE RECORDED FOR USE BY RETALIATE IN ANY WAY.IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ANY CONTINUATION OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND EJECT ANY DMSFFS. CONVENTION ATTENDEES HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS SUBJECT IN QUESTION IS INCUMBENT UPON THE PERSON SAYING “NO” TO INITIATE. INDIVIDUAL AT ANY TIME FROM ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR PUBLICATION AND GRANT THE DES MOINES DEMICON. NO REFUNDS WILL SCIENCE FICTION &FANTASY SOCIETY,INC.,ALL PUBLICATION RIGHTS. WITNESSING AN INCOMPLETE NO—THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE MAY BE BE PROVIDED. WITNESS TO SOMEONE STRUGGLING OR UNABLE TO VOICE A “NO,” OR THERE MAY PHOTOS ARE INTENDED FOR USE ONLY AS PROMOTIONAL BE SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT RECOGNIZED THAT “NO” WAS SPOKEN.IN EITHER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF EMI ON S POLICIES MATERIALS TO APPEAR IN PRINT, TELEVISION,DEMICON CHANNEL, CASE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS CONVENTION ATTENDEES/CLUB MEMBERS TO D C ʻ , PLEASE CONTACT INTERNET ADVERTISING, THE PARADOX PUBLICATION, AND PUBLICITY, INTERCEDE IN THE SITUATION TO MAKE SURE ALL PARTIES REACH THE CORRECT [email protected]. INCLUDING VIDEO. UNDERSTANDING.

IF YOU SEE HARASSMENT, CONTACT CON STAFF ON DISCORD OR IM. IF CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT, INTERVENE AS GOOD JUDGMENT DICTATES UNTIL A BASICALLY… CONCOM OR BOARD MEMBER ARRIVES. F THERE IS A COMPLAINT ISSUED AGAINST YOU YOU WILL HAVE NO DIRECT I , BY SCOTT ROSS • IF YOU WOULD NOT DO IT AT A FAMILY FRIENDLY PHYSICAL CONTACT OF ANY SORT WITH THE CONVENTION ATTENDEES/CLUB MEMBERS CON, DONʻT DO IT VIRTUALLY. REGISTERING THE COMPLAINT(S). THIS INCLUDES VOICE, WRITTEN, ELECTRONIC, PHOTO TAKEN BY KAITLIN HOGUEISON AND FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT.INADVERTENT CONTACT DURING THE COURSE OF CLUB • STANDARD SOCIAL INTERACTIONS RULES APPLY. CARTOONED BY CLIP2COMIC AND CONVENTION EVENTS IS SOMETIMES UNAVOIDABLE AND MUST NOT BE USED AS A METHOD OF INITIATING UNWANTED ATTENTION. • WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHES/COSTUME FOR A FAMILY FRIENDLY CON FOR VISUAL DISPLAYS.

• USE LANGUAGE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PARTICULAR EVENT.MOST EVENTS WILL BE FAMILY FRIENDLY SO PLEASE KEEP LANGUAGE AND USERNAMES FOR A PG-13OR BETTER. DANA AND BRUCE HINTERLEITNER ARE SHOCKED AND THRILLED ON BEING CHOSEN AS DEMICONʻS FAN GUESTS OF HONOR.GENERALLY,BRUCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR US BEING BANNED AND NOT RECOGNIZED. “HEY HON, IF YOUʻRE TALKING ABOUT THE CHEEZ LETTIE PRELL WHIZ INCIDENT THAT WAS HARDLY MY FAULT.ANYWAY, IʻM MUCH BETTER NOW.” REGARDLESS, THEY HAVE BEEN ATTENDING, TEACHING, PARTYING, AND COSTUMING AT A LARGE VARIETY OF CONVENTIONS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.IMEAN WEʻRE LETTIE PRELL IS A SCIENCE FICTION WRITER WHOSE SUBJECT MATTER OFTEN TALKING DECADES. EXPLORES THE EDGE WHERE HUMANS AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY ARE INCREASINGLY BOTH HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE COSTUMING AWARDS TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY MERGING.HER STORIES HAVE APPEARED IN WIRED,TOR.COM,CLARKESWORLD, FOR THEIR COSTUMING ART INCLUDING AWARDS FOR BEST IN SHOW FOR ANALOG, AND APEX MAGAZINE, AND REPRINTED IN SEVERAL ANTHOLOGIES WORKMANSHIP AND PRESENTATION.FINALLY, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEN INCLUDING THE NEW VOICES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND THE BEST AMERICAN FOOT TALL FLAMINGO AT DEMICON IN 2018. “HEY DID I MENTION IʻM MUCH SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY. BETTER NOW?” HER NEW NOVELLA, “UPLOADING ANGELA”, IS COMING OUT IN THE DANA &BRUCE HINTERLEITNER MAY/JUNE 2021ISSUE OF ANALOG.THIS WILL BE HER FOURTH STORY IN THAT MAGAZINE. HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU ATTENDING THE CONVENTION THIS YEAR WILL REMEMBER ME ORLANDO WINTERS SHEʻS LIVED IN DES MOINES MOST OF HER ADULT LIFE, AND WE CAN FROM MY TIME WORKING AT THE FANTASY GAME SHOP FOR ONE OF OUR LOCAL ICONS OF HONESTLY SAY WEʻRE THRILLED TO CALL HER OUR LOCAL OWN. GAMING,IVOR ROGERS.LIKE MANY OF US IN OUR COMFY, GEEKY COMMUNITY,IHAVE BEEN A LONGTIME ENTHUSIAST OF JAPANESE ANIME AND AMERICAN ANIMATION.IN 2000 I TRANSFORMED THAT ENTHUSIASM INTO ODYSSEY ANIME WHICH SOLD DVDʻS AND HAD A PRESENCE AT CONVENTIONS AROUND THE MIDWEST INCLUDING ANIME IOWA. AVID EE ANCAKE D L P OLD NERDS NEVER LEAVE THE GAME, THEY JUST RE-ROLL.HAPPILY I AM NOW A PART OF TOTAL PARTY KILL GAMES! WWW.TOTALPARTYKILL.GAMES/MANAGING OUR EVER EXPANDING CONVENTION PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONTENT OF UNIQUE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ADVENTURES, SOURCE MATERIALS, DICE AND ACCESSORIES. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING DISCUSSIONS OF TIMES GONE BY AND ADVENTURES TO COME WITH YOU ALL!

DAVID LEE PANCAKE IS A SCULPTOR OF FANTASY ART.DAVIDʻS CREATIONS MITCH THOMPSON IN HIS COLLEGE DAYS CAME ACROSS A “SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION” REPRESENT A VAST AND UNIQUE REPERTOIRE OF HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS.NOT CALLED ICONAND ATTENDED ICONʻS FOURTH CONVENTION. IT WAS THERE MITCH FOUND LIMITING HIMSELF TO ONE GENRE, HE PURSUES A VARIETY OF SUBJECT MATTER ACCEPTANCE AMONGST HIS SFBRETHREN AND ALSO A STRANGE LIKING FOR LIME GREEN JELL-O WHICH INCLUDES A SERIES OF RISQUÉ ANGELS, DRAGONS, COMIC BOOK HEROES, AND CLOTHING-OPTIONAL SWIMMING EVENTS WHERE HE ALWAYS FELT IT WAS SAFEST TO KEEP HIS NUDES, ABSTRACTS, AND HORROR FIGURINES. CLOTHING ON. MITCH MET HIS FUTURE WIFE MARY AND TOOK HER TO ICONAND DISCOVERED DAVID IS FASCINATED WITH THE SENSUAL BEAUTY OF THE HUMAN FORM, WHICH THAT SHE TOO HELD THE SAME VIEWS ON LIME GREEN JELL-OAND SFPARTY EVENTS THAT HE IS QUITE EVIDENT IN HIS RISQUÉ ANGEL SCULPTURES.HE STATES:“ILOVE DETAIL DID.IT WAS A MATCH MADE IN THE COSMOS THAT EVENTUALLY PRODUCED TWO PRODIGY: A AND TEXTURE AND ANGELS AND DRAGONS ALLOWS ME TO CREATE WHIMSICAL DAUGHTER NAMED ALEX AND A SON,JAMES. CREATURES THAT DISPLAY A WIDE VARIETY OF COMPLEX TEXTURES THAT FEEL MITCH WAS A PART OF THE INAUGURAL DEMICON AND PERFORM WITH THE TRANS-IOWA SENSUAL TO THE TOUCH.” DAVIDʻS WORK CAPTURES A FLIGHT OF FANCY, FREEZES CANAL COMPANY IN THE FIRST FIVE DEMICONS BEFORE RETIRING FROM THE ACTING TROUPE DUE THE IMAGINATIONʻS MOST SOARING DREAM, AND BRINGS IT TO TERRA FIRMA FOR TO THE LONG COMMUTE BETWEEN IOWA CITY AND DES MOINES. IN 2013 MARY AND OUR PLEASURE AND ADMIRATION. MITCH ALONG WITH JOE STRUSS AND MANDI ARTHUR STRUSS FORMED THE BRASSGEARS DAVID PANCAKEʻS FANTASY ART CREATIONS ARE SOUGHT BY INTERNATIONAL ITCH HOMPSON ADVENTURERS SOCIETY (BAS). MITCH BECAME PRESIDENT OF THIS ESTEEMED SOCIETY DUE IN COLLECTORS AND HIS BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES ARE GRACING HOMES ALL OVER THE M T PART TO HIS A RESEMBLANCE TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT. USAAS WELL AS EUROPE.DAVID HAS BEEN SCULPTING FOR 20YEARS, SO THIRTY DEMICONS AFTER THE FIRST,MITCH HOPES TO LEAD OTHER SFNEWCOMERS IN BRINGING TO LIFE DRAGONS, ANGELS AND HEROES. THE HOPES THAT ONE DAY, THEY WILL FIND THEIR “LIME GREEN JELL-O,” BUT HAVE THE GOOD SENSE TO LEAVE THEIR CLOTHES ON WHEN THEY DO.

ALISON JOHNSTUN IS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST WHO HAS ALWAYS LOVED ANIMALS, ALISON JOHNSTUN SUSAN LEABHART CREATURES, AND MONSTERS, AND DRAWS DRAGONS EVERY DAY.HER WEBSITE HOSTS WE WELCOME SUSAN LEABHART BACK AS ONE OF OUR TOASTMASTERS. LINKS TO HER ONLINE STORE AS WELL AS HER PATREON, AND ALSO HOUSES A JOURNAL THIS LOVELY LADY HAILS FROM DAGOBAH, DAVENPORT AREA GATHERING OF OF HER DAILY DRAGON SKETCHES.HAVING EXHIBITED WORK IN THE DEMICON ART BOOKS AND HUMANOIDS. THIS SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOK DISCUSSION SHOW IN YEARS PAST, WE ARE HONOURED TO HAVE HER AS A GUEST OF HONOR FOR GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING AT THE DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR MORE THAN 25 DEMICON 32: SUPER-MANGA-GRAPHIC-NOVELS-COMICS-ANIMATION! YEARS. SUSAN LEADS THIS GROUP AND IS KNOWN AS EMPRESS OF DAGOBAH. SUSAN IS NO STRANGER TO DEMICON.THIS WILL BE HER FOURTH TIME SERVING AS A DEMICON TOASTMASTER.SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE A DEMICON TOASTMASTER AT DEMICON 25. SHE HAS ATTENDED ALL OF THE PAST DEMICONS EXCEPT THE FIRST ONE, WHEN THE NEED TO LOOK AFTER VERY SMALL CHILDREN TOOK PRIORITY (AND THOSE CHILDREN GREW UP ENJOYING DEMICON). SUSAN IS KNOWN FOR HER COSTUMING, STEAMPUNK, BELLYDANCING, HAND-MADE JOURNALS, AS WELL AS HOSTING, WITH ALL HER DAGOBAH “MINIONS,” THE FAMOUS “WIN LOSE OR DRAW” PANEL ON SUNDAY AT DEMICON. (THAT PANEL HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE DEMICON 3. THIS YEAR | THEY WILL BE TAKING A BREAK UNTIL WE CAN BE BACK IN PERSON.) STEPHEN ZIMMER IS AN AWARD-WINNING WRITER, FILMMAKER, AND BROADCASTER BASED OUT OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.HIS PUBLISHED WORKS INCLUDE THE RAYDEN VALKYRIE TALES (SWORD AND SORCERY), THE RAGNAR STORMBRINGER RACHEL AUKES TALES (SWORD AND SORCERY), THE RISING DAWN SAGA (CROSS GENRE), THE FIRES IN EDEN SERIES (EPIC FANTASY), THE HELLSCAPES SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS (HORROR), THE CHRONICLES OF AVE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS (FANTASY), THE HARVEY AND RACHEL AUKES IS THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OVER TWENTY BOOKS, INCLUDING SOLOMON TALES (STEAMPUNK), AND THE FARAWAY SAGA (YA DYSTOPIAN/CROSS- 100 DAYS IN DEADLAND, WHICH MADE SUSPENSE MAGAZINEʻS BEST OF THE YEAR GENRE). LIST.SHE IS ALSO A WATTPAD STAR, HER STORIES HAVING OVER SEVEN MILLION READS. STEPHEN IS A CO-HOST OF THE STAR CHAMBER SHOW, A WEEKLY LIVE PODCAST WHEN NOT WRITING,RACHEL CAN BE FOUND FLYING OLD AIRPLANES WITH AN SPOTLIGHTING CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS IN ALL GENRES AND MEDIUMS. HE IS ALSO A INCREDIBLY SPOILED DOG OVER THE PRINCIPLE MEMBER OF SEVENTH STAR PRESS, AN AWARD-WINNING SMALL PRESS BASED IOWA COUNTRYSIDE. OUT OF LEXINGTON,KENTUCKY, AND THE FOUNDER OF THE IMAGINARIUM CONVENTION, STEPHEN ZIMMER AN 8TH YEAR CONVENTION FOR CREATIVES OF ALL GENRES WITH BOTH A VIRTUAL EVENT AND AN IN-PERSON EVENT IN LOUISVILLE,KENTUCKY,. STEPHENʻS VISUAL WORK INCLUDES THE FEATURE FILM SHADOWS LIGHT, SHORTS FILMS SUCH AS THE SIRENS AND SWORDBEARER, AND THE RAYDEN VALKYRIE:SAGA OF A LIONHEART TV PILOT. A PROUD KENTUCKY COLONEL,STEPHEN ALSO ENJOYS THE REALMS OF MUSIC, MARTIAL ARTS, GOOD BOURBONS, AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY. YOU CAN CONNECT WITH STEPHEN ONLINE VIA THE FOLLOWING PLATFORMS: KATYA DE BECERRA KATYA DE BECERRA IS THE AUTHOR OF WHAT THE WOODS KEEP,“A THOUGHTFUL WEBSITE: WWW.STEPHENZIMMER.COM AND COMPELLING HORROR FANTASY” (THE BULLETIN) AND OASIS, WHICH HAS EARNED A FACEBOOK: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STEPHENZIMMER7 STARRED REVIEW FROM BOOKLIST.KATYAʻS SHORT FICTION AND POETRY WAS PUBLISHED TWITTER:@SGZIMMER IN DARK EDIFICE LITERARY MAGAZINE,DOT DOT DASH, AND YGDRASIL JOURNAL OF INSTAGRAM:@STEPHENZIMMER7 THE POETIC ARTS, AS WELL AS ANTHOLOGIZED IN THE FORTHCOMING SHERLOCK HOLMES COLLECTION,THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD.BORN IN RUSSIA,KATYA STUDIED IN CALIFORNIA AND NOW LIVES IN MELBOURNE WITH HER HUSBAND IN A TINY APARTMENT OVERFLOWING WITH BOOKS.AFTER EARNING A PHD IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,KATYA SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS AS A UNIVERSITY LECTURER AND SCHOLAR RESEARCHING INEQUALITIES IN EDUCATION. SHE IS ALSO A WRITING MENTOR WITH THE 1ST5PAGES WORKSHOP. YOU CAN FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM @KATYADEBECERRA AND VISIT HER WEBSITE KATYADEBECERRA.COM

ADAM J. WHITLATCH IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NOVELS THE WELLER,FEAR OF THE DARK,WAR OF THE WORLDS:GOLIATH,BIRTHRIGHT, AND VENGEANCE FOR MY VALENTINE, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF SHORT STORIES AND POEMS SPANNING THE SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND HORROR GENRES. ADAM WHITLATCH A FANTASY ENTHUSIAST FROM A YOUNG AGE, HIS INTEREST IN SCIENCE FICTION WAS FIRST SPARKED AT THE AGE OF TEN WHEN HIS FATHER PLAYED THE INFAMOUS 1938 ORSON BY AMANDA ARTHUR-STRUSS WELLES WAR OF THE WORLDS RADIO BROADCAST FOR HIM ON AN UNUSUALLY SNOWY HALLOWEEN NIGHT.IT'S A TRADITION ADAM CARRIES ON TO THIS DAY. FROM 2012TO 2015, ADAM WORKED AS AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR MINNESOTA- BASED SMALL PRESS KHP PUBLISHERS,INC.,MANAGING THEIR SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT, RETRO ROCKET PRESS. MEMORIAL BOOK ADAM RESIDES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. DEMICON HAS A MEMORIAL BOOK WHERE WE KEEP CHERISHED MEMORIES OF DEMICON GUESTS, ATTENDEES AND WWW.ADAMJWHITLATCH.COM DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY SOCIETY,INC. MEMBERS THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US.THIS YEAR WE WANTED TO CONTINUE OUR TRADITION BY SHARING A DIGITAL PAGE FOR THOSE WE HAVE LOST SINCE LAST DEMICON.IT CAN BE ACCESSED AT DEMICON.ORG. RUSTY “JAMES”HEVELIN - INDUCTED DEMICON 15

AT DEMICON 15, RUSTY HEVELIN WAS OUR FIRST INDUCTEE TO DEMICON HALL OF FAME.RUSTY HAD STARTED AS OUR FAN GUEST OF HONOR AT DC 1, BUT SOMEWHERE BEFORE OUR FIRST CONVENTION CAME AROUND, HE WAS NAMED TOASTMASTER.FROM THAT DAY FORTH, HE WAS OUR TOASTMASTER.WHEN RUSTY BECAME A MEMBER OF THE DEMICON HALL OF FAME, HE WAS GIVEN THE TITLE OF TOASTMASTER EMERITUS, BUT HE DID NOT REST ON HIS LAURELS AND HAS BEEN AT BY ALISON JOHNSTUN EVERY DEMICON UNTIL DC22WHEN HEALTH PROBLEMS KEPT HIM AWAY. RUSTY PASSED AWAY IN 2011.

GAY AND - INDUCTED DEMICON 20

GAY AND JOE HAD AN INTRICATE PART IN GROWING THE LOVE OF SCIENCE FICTION IN THOSE WHO CREATED DEMICON WHEN THEY WERE MEMBERS OF SCIENCE FICTION LEAGUE OF IOWA STUDENTS (WHICH JOE CREATED) AND RUNNING ICON. GAY AND JOE HAVE BEEN DUBBED BY THOSE THAT WERE UNDER THEIR TUTELAGE AS THE “GRANDPARENTS” OF DEMICON. JOE HALDEMAN IS A MULTIPLE HUGO AND NEBULA AWARD WINNING AUTHOR.FOR HIS SPECTACULAR CAREER IN WRITING SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, HE WAS GIVEN THE HONOR OF SFWA GRAND MASTER.JOE HAS BEEN OUR AUTHOR GOHFOR DC2AND DC20WHERE THE HALDEMANS WERE INDUCTED INTO THE DEMICON HALL OF FAME. GAY HALDEMAN WAS OUR FAN GUEST OF HONOR AT DC2AND WAS A REGULAR GUEST, BESIDES RUSTY HEVELINSʻ TRAVEL BUDDY THROUGH THE MANY YEARS.MARY GAY POTTER HALDEMAN (A NAME FAMILIAR TO THOSE WHO READ THE FOREVER WAR) HAS A MASTERʻS DEGREE IN SPANISH LITERATURE AND ANOTHER IN LINGUISTICS. JOE AND GAY ARE RETIRED IN FLORIDA AFTER MANY YEARS OF TEACHING AT MIT.BUT,JOE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE BY DAVID LEE PANCAKE WITH AN AWARD OR TWO.GAY SHARED A SKYLARK AWARD WITH JOE IN 1996,AND IN 2011WAS GIVEN THE BIG HEART AWARD AT THE WORLD SF CONVENTION IN RENO,NEVADA.BOTH GAY AND JOE HAVE THESPIAN TALENTS AND HAVE GRACED OUR STAGE AS TICCPERFORMERS, AS WELL.

GLEN COOK - INDUCTED DEMICON 25

GLEN WAS MADE A MEMBER AT DEMICON 25. GLEN COOK AUTHOR GUEST OF HONOR FOR DEMICON 5, KNOWN FOR HIS STELLAR THE BLACK COMPANY MILITARY FANTASY SERIES AND SO MUCH MORE BEGAN WRITING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT PUBLICATION LATE 1960S AND HAVE SINCE PRODUCED OVER 59PUBLISHED BOOKS, SOME SHORT FICTION, SOME ARTICLES AND SOME ESSAYS.VERY PROUD OF HIS THREE SONS, AN ARMY OFFICER, AN ARCHITECT, AND A SYMPHONY MUSICIAN, PLUS NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN.GLEN HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS AMAZING WIFE,CAROL, FOR ALMOST 50YEARS. GLEN HAS BEEN AT ALMOST EVERY DEMICON SELLING BOOKS TO ALL WHO LOVE THE JOY OF READING.SIGNING HIS AND MAKING DEMICON EVEN MORE SPECIAL. BY SCOTT ROSS CAROL EIS AND KAREN EIS - INDUCTED DEMICON 30

CAROL AND KAREN EIS ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE ART SHOW. LOVINGLY KNOWN TO ALL AS THE EIS SISTERS, THESE TWO SHOWED UP ON A DEMICON OF MANY YEARS PAST TO VOLUNTEER AND STAYED. COMING IN TO HELP BEHIND THE SCENES FOR BOTH SHOW AND AUCTION, THEY MAKE SURE ALL RUNS SMOOTHLY.THE EIS SISTERS HAVE EVEN HELPED TRAIN SOME OF OUR ART SHOW DEPARTMENT HEADS ON THE LITTLE TRICKS OF THE TRADE. DEMICON IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE CAROL AND KAREN AS VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. EVERYBODY WINS!IOWA

MISSION STATEMENT:TO INCREASE CHILDRENʻS SUCCESS BY AMANDA ARTHUR-STRUSS DEMICON IS HOSTED BY THE DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION &FANTASY SOCIETY.THE IN SCHOOL AND LIFE THROUGH DEMICON 32IS FREE, THE BOARD DOES ASK THAT IF YOU ARE HAVING A FUN TIME PLEASE ONE-TO-ONE READING AND ANIMÉ -ZOOM,DISCORD AND MOVIE PARTIES DONATE TO ONE OF THESE AREAS BELOW AND HELP SUPPORT DMSFFSAS WELL AS OTHER MENTORING EXPERIENCES WITH GREAT CHARITIES THAT SUPPORTS OUR VISION. DMSFFSSTRIVES TO INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS CARING VOLUNTEERS. KONNICHIWA!HAJIMEMASHITE!DEMICON IS EXCITED TO BRING YOU AND COMMUNITIES TO READ,IMAGINE AND THINK;CREATING A BETTER WORLD THEIR SIGNATURE THE DC32ANIMÉ ROOM!JOIN US AS WE VIEW A VARIETY OF SHOWS AND THROUGH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF LITERACY, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.. PROGRAM IS POWER READ, MOVIES, FROM RECENT WORKS TO TIMELESS CLASSICS WITH NETFLIX AND WHERE VOLUNTEER READING DISCORD WATCH PARTIES.WE WILL HOST ANIME JEOPARDY AND GIVE FINANCIALLY - DEMICON.ORG/32/DONATE/ MENTORS ARE MATCHED ONE- THOUGHT-PROVOKING PANELS.THERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, TO-ONE WITH A STUDENT FOR SO COME JOIN IN THE FUN! EACH YEAR WE SELECT A CHARITY OR CAUSE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THROUGHOUT ABOUT AN HOUR EACH WEEK DEMICON WEEKEND. THIS YEARʻS FEATURED CHARITIES WILL BE DSMFFSAND AND TOGETHER THEY READ AND EVERYBODY WINS!IOWA.EVERYBODY WINS!IOWA IS A LOCAL IOWA CHARITY THAT ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION. THE CONSUITE (AKA HOSPITALITY SUITE) ROOM PARTIES -ZOOM AND DISCORD WORKS WITH STUDENTS TO DEVELOP ENTHUSIASM FOR READING AND LEARNING, AS WELL AS STUDENTS ARE SUGGESTED FOR -YOUTUBE,ZOOM AND DISCORD BUILD CONFIDENCE LEADING TO INCREASED SUCCESS IN SCHOOL AND LIFE. YOU CAN DONATE TO OUR PROGRAM BY TEACHERS YOU CANʻT HAVE DEMICON WITHOUT ROOM PARTIES! BOTH THROUGH OUR SQUARE ACCOUNT BASED ON THREE AREAS: THE BAR WILL BE OUT OF YOUR OWN HOME IF YOU ARE NEW TO DEMICON, YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT SHOP AT OUR DMSFFSSTORE FOR AMAZING SOUVENIRS AS WELL AS ON STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING AND STOCKED HOW YOU WANT IT BUT IF YOU A ROOM PARTY IS.ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS OF THE CON, AMAZONSMILE!YOU CAN DO ALL YOUR NORMAL AMAZON SHOPPING AND THEN AMAZON WITH READING, ARE ENGLISH ARENʻT SURE WHAT TO MAKE, OUR OWN SOME OF OUR ATTENDEES WILL HOST THEIR OWN FANDOM INSPIRED WILL MAKE A DONATION TO US AT NO COST TO YOU.GO TO SMILEAMAZON.COM AND LANGUAGE LEARNERS, OR THEY BREWMASTER WILL HAVE SOME VIDEOS ON- PARTIES.DEMICON WILL BE VIRTUAL THIS YEAR, SO OUR ROOM CHOSE DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION &FANTASY SOCIETY, INC. MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING A DEMAND AT OUR DMSFFS YOUTUBE CHANNEL PARTIES WILL BE VIRTUAL AS WELL. POSITIVE ONGOING MENTORING TO GIVE YOU YUMMY IDEAS. DEMICON 2021 CHARITY AUCTION -ZOOM EXPERIENCE.THESE CONSISTENT, MISSING THE DISCUSSIONS? DONʻT INFORMATION FOR PARTY HOSTS POSITIVE INTERACTIONS AIM TO WORRY.WE WILL HAVE A CONSUITE CHANNEL DISCORD CHANNELS FOR PARTIES WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE DES THIS YEARʻS CHARITY AUCTION WILL BE DONE LIVE OVER ZOOM USING ZOOM CHAT FOR PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A ON DISCORD WHERE YOU CAN POP IN AND TALK. MOINES SCIENCE FICTION &FANTASY SERVER. JOIN OUR AUCTION BIDDING. AMOUNTS FROM ANY AUCTION ITEMS SOLD WILL BE EVENLY SPLIT DEPENDABLE ROLE MODEL WHO THERE MIGHT ALSO BE SOME FUN SURPRISES ON DISCORD BY USING THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTPS://DISCORD.GG/ BETWEEN EVERYBODY WINS!IOWA (THE OFFICIAL DEMICON CHARITY FOR 2021)AND WORKS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR BRINGING THE ATMOSPHERE ALIVE. N6Y2MYK. PARTIES CAN BE VIDEO, AUDIO, OR TEXT. DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY SOCIETY (DMSFFS)ITSELF . DEMICON IS CONFIDENCE WITH REGARD TO DONʻT FORGET THE FOOD.THE HOSTS WITH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST A ROOM PARTY VIA ZOOM, YOU NORMALLY THE MAJOR FUNDRAISER FORM DMSFFSAS THIS YEARʻS MEMBERSHIP TO READING. THE MOSTS WILL BE POPPING IN ON-DEMAND AT WILL NEED TO HAVE YOUR OWN ZOOM ACCOUNT.YOU CAN ALSO DEMICON IS FREE (AS THE EVENT IS VIRTUAL)- DMSFFSIS HOPING TO RAISE ENOUGH OUR DMSFFS YOUTUBE CHANNEL AS WELL SET UP YOUR PARTY VIA FACEBOOK, OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. MONEY WITH THE CHARITY AUCTION ALONG WITH ANY WEEKEND DONATIONS TO COVER THE TO SHARE THEIR FAVORITE RECIPES AND PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH THE LINK FOR YOUR PARTY MEETING, AND COSTS OF RUNNING THIS YEARʻS CONVENTION. CELEBRATE THE DEMICON THEME. THERE MIGHT WEʻLL ADD IT TO THE SCHEDULE ON THE DEMICON WEBSITE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BROWSE THE ITEMS ON THE DEMICON AUCTION PAGE WHICH CAN BE ONATE LOOD AT IFE ERVE EVEN BE SOMETHING FOR YOUR DOGGY FAMILY D B L S IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST A ROOM PARTY, PLEASE COMPLETE FOUND ON THE DEMICON.ORG WEBSITE.ALL ITEMS WILL HAVE A MINIMUM BID WHICH WILL LOOD ENTER MEMBERS. B C THE ROOM PARTY SIGN-UP FORM. BE USED TO START THE AUCTION PROCESS. THE AUCTION WILL OFFICIALLY BEGIN VIA ZOOM THE CONSUITE WILL ALSO BRING BACK THE ON SATURDAY,MAY 1ST AT 6:15PM.YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR DEMICON WITH A ICE CREAM SOCIAL WHILE CELEBRATING THE ONE AT THE 34TH WORLD GUIDELINES FOR PARTY HOSTS: CONTACT E-MAIL ADDRESS AND/OR PHONE NUMBER TO BID ON ITEMS, DUE TO IT BEING A CIENCE ICTION ONVENTION AND ONLY RUSTY HEVELIN. SUPPLY YOUR ICE S F C THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE IN IOWA IS 21. THIS MEANS THAT VIRTUAL DEMICON THIS YEAR, THERE MAY BE FEES THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE IN AUTHOR OBERT CREAM TREAT OF CHOICE AND JOIN US ON 1976 R YOUR BIRTHDAY MUST BE ON OR BEFORE APRIL 30, 2000,IN FINAL PRICE OF ANY ITEM UNLESS THE ITEM IS A VIRTUAL ITEM. EINLEIN ORGANIZED A BLOOD ZOOM. LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RUSTY H ORDER FOR YOU TO CONSUME ALCOHOL. MINORS CAUGHT WITH ITEMS THAT ARE NOT VIRTUAL AND NEED TO BE SHIPPED HAVE SEVERAL SHIPPING DRIVE THAT WOULD BECOME A WITH SOME SPECIAL GUESTS.LATER ON YOU CAN ALCOHOL OR ADULTS CAUGHT SERVING ALCOHOL TO MINORS NEED TO OPTIONS. ONE: IF YOU LIVE IN DES MOINES METRO AREA THEN A DMSFFSMEMBER TRADITION AT MANY SCIENCE TAKE A SPECIAL ON-DEMAND YOU TUBE BE AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS. PLEASE DRINK CAN DROP OFF THE ITEM IN A SOCIALLY DISTANT KIND OF WAY FREE OF CHARGE. TWO: OR FICTION CONVENTIONS OR PREMIERE JAUNT THOUGH SOME OF THE HEVELIN . F RESPONSIBLY AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU WANT THEN YOU CAN HAVE DMSFFSHANG ONTO THE ITEM UNTIL YOU CAN SET UP MANY YEARS EMI ON HAS COLLECTION. CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR TIME. D C IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS DURING A TIME TO PICK UP THE ITEM YOURSELF. SO IF YOU DONʻT LIVE IN THE AREA OR YOU CAN PARTICIPATED IN THIS TRADITION , YOUR PARTY, PLEASE CONTACT THE ROOM PARTY DEPARTMENT OR STAND TO WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE YOUR FELLOW DMSFFSMEMBERS AGAIN TO GET YOUR INVITING THE IFE ERVE LOOD L S B CONCOM RIGHT AWAY. ITEM THEM THIS IS THE OPTION FOR YOU. (HOWEVER, OPTION TWO IS ONLY GOOD UNTIL THE CENTER TO JOIN US ON MUSIC ROOM -ZOOM NEXT DEMICON IN 2022SO IF IT IS NOT PICKED UP BY THAT TIME THEN IT WILL BE SENT SATURDAY OF THE CONVENTION ON TO THE NEXT CHARITY AUCTION.) THREE: THE THIRD AND FINAL OPTION IS TO HAVE THE SO THAT OUR ATTENDEES CAN THIS YEAR, ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SLATE OF ARTISTS RETURNING TO THE MUSIC “ROOM” FOR ITEM SHIPPED TO YOU AND THEN YOU WILL BE CHARGED AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF FIVE DOLLARS MAKE BLOOD DONATIONS. DEMICON.OLD FAVORITES THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR YEARS AS WELL AS SOME NEW FACES WE FIRST HAD JOIN ON TOP OF THE FINAL AUCTION PRICE FOR EACH OF YOUR LOTS. OPTION THREE IS LIMITED TO PLEASE CONSIDER SCHEDULING A US LAST YEAR.WE HAVE SEVERAL ACTS JOINING US THAT COULDNʻT NORMALLY JOIN US DUE TO TRAVEL, FROM THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES UNLESS YOU MAKE ARRANGEMENTS IN ADVANCE FOR DONATION APPOINTMENT BY LOCATIONS FROM COAST TO COAST, AND IN MULTIPLE (WELL,2)COUNTRIES. THE MUSIC "ROOM" MAY UTILIZE HAVING ITEMS MAILED TO YOU. VISITING LIFESERVE BLOOD FACEBOOK "LIVE", TWITCH,ZOOM OR OTHER STREAMING MECHANISMS TO GIVE YOU THAT LIVE "IN PERSON" SOUND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR RETURNS ON CHARITY AUCTION ITEMS. AFTER THE CHARITY CENTERʻS WEBSITE AT EXPERIENCE. JOIN IN ON THE FUN! AUCTION ENDS, AUCTION WINNERS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL LIFESERVEBLOODCENTER.ORG. INFORMATION.ONCE VERIFIED THE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A PAYPAL BILL TO BE PAID BEFORE WHEN YOU GO SAY DEMICON PERFORMERS ARE BRYAN BAKER,FAITHFUL SIDEKICKS,ORCKES &TROLLES,KRAKEN NOT STIRRED,RANDOM THE ITEM IS SHIPPED, PICKED OR DROPPED OFF.THE DEMICON WEBSITE WILL HAVE ALL THE SENT YOU! FRACTIONS,BETH KINDERMAN &THE PLAYER CHARACTERS,CWSMITH,CHESHIRE MOON, AMD MADISON ITEMS VIEWABLE BEFORE THE AUCTION. DONʻT MISS OUT! METRICULA ROBERTS. Filk - Zoom

FILK IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH MUSIC PARODIES (Á LA WEIRD AL). FAN TABLE - ZOOM,DISCORD AND YOUTUBE MOST OF WHAT WE CALL “FILK” DEALERS’ROOM CONSISTS OF PARODIES,SCASONGS, -WEBSITE,ZOOM AND DISCORD CHECK OUT OUR VIRTUAL FAN TABLES.THESE ARE FAN CLUBS, FOLK OR CELTIC SONGS, SILLY SONGS, SCIENCE AND LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS, AND RELATED GROUPS FROM OR WHATEVER SONGS PEOPLE WANT TO VIRTUAL ART SHOW - WEBSITE PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING DEALERS!YOU METRO DES MOINES AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.FOLLOW THE SHARE.REALLY NARROWS IT DOWN, WILL FIND A DELIGHTFUL ASSORTMENT OF MERCHANDISE LINK TO EACH GROUP ON THE DEMICON 32 FAN TABLE PAGE.EACH FAN DOESNʻT IT?THIS YEAR WE WILL AS ONE OF THE BEST ART SHOWS IN THE FROM A VARIETY OF VENDORS, INCLUDING THOSE LISTED TABLE GROUP ALSO HAS THEIR OWN DEDICATED DISCORD CHANNEL.DROP HAVE A FEW VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE, MIDWEST, WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE QUALITY OF WORK BELOW.EACH DEALER HAS THEIR OWN SECTION ON OUR IN, SAY HELLO, AND LEARN ABOUT THE OTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO FUN PANELS WITH FILK! DISPLAYED WITH US AND THE ENTHUSIASM OF OUR EMI ON WEBSITE ATCH THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS ENJOY OUTSIDE OF THIS CONVENTION. D C 32 .W BUYERS. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE ALISON JOHNSTUN ON THE DEMICON CHANNEL.JOIN US FOR OUR MEET THE AND DAVID PANCAKE AS OUR ARTIST GUESTS OF • BRASSGEARS ADVENTURERS SOCIETY:STEAMPUNK FROM DEALERS PANEL VIA ZOOM.CHECK OUT THEIR DISCORD HONOR.THEIR WORK WILL BE ON SALE AND DISPLAY IOWA FOR THE UNIVERSE.WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS WHERE YOU CAN POST AND TALK TO THEM IN ALONG WITH SUBMISSIONS FROM OTHER PROFESSIONAL BROTHERHOOD (AND SISTERHOOD, AND SIBLINGHOOD) OF RETRO- SELF-RUN PROGRAMMING PERSON. AND AMATEUR ARTISTS.THE DEMICON ART SHOW IS FUTURISTS, ARTISTS, DREAMERS, AND MAKERS WITH A -ZOOM,DISCORD,WEBSITE MOST IMPORTANTLY, BUY THEIR STUFF!OUR DEALERS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED ARTISTS AND ALLOWS ARTISTS SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THE AESTHETIC OF SCIENCE FICTION SET IN ARE SOME OF THE SHINING LIGHTS OF DEMICON BUT ITʻS TO SHARE THEIR WORK WITH OUR ATTENDEES WHILE THE PAST, PARTICULARLY THE 19TH CENTURY OR "AGE OF YOU CHOOSE HOW MUCH TIME BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR ARTISTS AND PATRONS ALIKE.IF SIMULTANEOUSLY PROMOTING FANTASY AND SCIENCE STEAM." AS AN ORGANIZATION WE SPONSOR BOTH YOU WISH TO TAKE AND WHAT YOU YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU LOVE, GO AHEAD AND GIVE IN TO FICTION ART BY HELPING ARTISTS TO DISPLAY AND SELL EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTERED BOTH IN DO UST FOLLOW THE ACTIVITY S THE VOICE OF TEMPTATION ON YOUR SHOULDER.LET YOUR THEIR WORK. .J ʻ PURCHASES BRING YOU JOY.YOU DESERVE IT AND SO DO BUYING ART:BUYING OF ART FROM A SPECIFIC PROMOTING HIS AESTHETIC AND IN FURTHERING REAL DIRECTIONS, AND AWAY YOU GO. OUR DEALERS. ARTIST WILL BE DONE THROUGH A LINK, PROVIDED BY HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, AS WELL AS BUILDING CHECK ON THE DEMICON WEBSITE THE ARTIST, THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO EITHER THEIR CAMARADERIE. WWW.BRASSGEARSADVENTURERSSOCIETY.ORG DURING THE CONVENTION TO FIND • LETTIE PRELL WEBSITE OR SELLING OUTLET OF THEIR CHOICE. ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND LINKS TO THIS • DAVID LEE PANCAKE ARTWORK WILL BE SOLD AND SHIPPED DIRECTLY FROM • CHICON 8: THE 80TH WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION YEARʻS ACTIVITIES. • ALISON JOHNSTUN THE ARTIST OR THEIR SELLING OUTLET OF CHOICE. EACH ITHE WORLDCON WILL BE RETURNED TO CHICAGO FOR A • ADAM J. WHITLATCH ARTISTʻS LINK WILL BE ON THE ART SHOW SECTION RECORD 8TH TIME SEPTEMBER 1-5, 2022. DEMICON 32WILL HAVE: • ITʻS RAINING COLOR ON OUR DEMICON 32WEBSITE. WWW.CHICON.ORG • RAVENWING WEARABLE ART • COLORING FOR ALL AGES • DAGOBAH: WELCOME TO DAGOBAH! WE ARE THE • HORIZON MUSIC • ALISON JOHNSTUN DAVENPORT AREA GATHERING OF BOOKS AND HUMANOIDS. EMI ON RIGAMI • CINDY KEOPP • DAVID LEE PANCAKE • D C 32 O WE ARE A BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP THAT MEETS THE SECOND OOKMARKS • RISING PHOENIX ARTS • BSTARK ART B MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6 PM AT THE DAVENPORT MAIN • ERIN CASEY • RISING PHOENIX ARTS LIBRARY.WE ARE HOPING TO RESUME LIVE MEETINGS IN REATE YOUR NIME VATAR • THE TAROT GARDEN • RAINBOW LIZARD DESIGN • C A A JUNE!HERE IS OUR FACEBOOK LINK. • KINGS CARVINGS • FANTASY ART BY ELAINE C. OLDHAM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/105769599569/ EMI ON TEP HALLENGE • BUCKET HAT CREATIONS • RALPH JRYAN • D C 32 S C • DEMICON LITE • GLASGOW IN 2024 GLASGOW IN 2024IS A WORLDCON • DemiCon Neighborhood BID.GLASGOW IS A VIBRANT CITY FILLED WITH SCIENCE Walk FICTION, FANTASY AND INVENTIVENESS.OUR TEAM AIMS TO BRING OUR LOVE OF THESE TO OUR BID TO HOST THE 82ND • ScavengerHunt DMSFFS TABLE -SQUARE AND REDBUBBLE WORLDCON. GLASGOW2024.ORG

ITʻS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT WE SELL MEMBERSHIPS FOR NEXT YEARʻS CONVENTION AT THE DMSFFS • IOWA ATHEISTS AND FREETHINKERS,INC. (IAF)IS A NON- TABLE.BUT WAIT!THEREʻS MORE: T-SHIRTS COMMEMORATING DEMICON FROM YEARS PAST, BADGE HOLDERS WITH PROFIT SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL GROUP DEDICATED TO BY AMANDA ARTHUR-STRUSS SPACE FOR YOUR ROOM KEY (IDEAL FOR COSTUME WEAR WHERE THERE ARE NEITHER POCKETS NOR WALLETS), CUPS SUPPORTING LOCAL ATHEISTS, FREETHINKERS, SECULAR FOR YOUR FAVORITE LIBATIONS, CANVAS TOTE BAGS, AND LANYARDS FOR YOUR BADGES.FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY YEAR, HUMANISTS, AGNOSTICS, AND OTHER NON-RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. GET YOUR DEMICON 30BUTTON AS WELL AS THE NEW DEMICON COOKBOOK.WE ARE CHANGING THINGS UP JUST A IAFIS A WARM AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY OF BIT THIS YEAR AND WILL HAVE SOME MERCHANDISE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR VERY OWN SQUARE STORE AND ALSO HUMANISTS, ATHEISTS, AGNOSTICS, FREETHINKERS, AND NON- SOME SPECIAL ATTIRE THROUGH OUR REDBUBBLE ACCOUNT.CHECK IT ALL OUT, THERE IS MUCH TO SEE AND NEW ITEMS THEISTS OF ALL TYPES.THE GROUP AIMS TO ENRICH THE LIVES TO DROOL OVER.EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BE APART, YOU CAN STILL HAVE YOUR VERY OWN PIECE OF DEMICON! OF ANY WHO JOIN US THROUGH EXPLORATIONS IN SCIENCE, REDBUBBLE - WWW.REDBUBBLE.COM/PEOPLE/DMSFFS-DEMICON/SHOP/?QUERY-DEMICON PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, AND THE ARTS. SQUARE STORE - DMSFFS.SQUARE.SITE/ WWW.IOWAATHEISTS.ORG THE MASQUERADE COSPLAY -YOUTUBE

WHILE WE CANʻT COMPLETELY SHAKE OUR BIAS THAT “MASQUERADES ARE A DISH BEST SERVED LIVE”, THAT DOESNʻT MEAN THAT VIRTUAL MASQUERADES CANʻT BE A GREAT SHOWCASE FOR COSTUMERS AND THEIR WORK.TO HILDREN S ROGRAMMING OU UBE AND ISCORD C ’ P -Y T D THAT END, WEʻRE EXPANDED OUR CALL FOR COSTUME ENTRIES BEYOND THE USUAL “SHOW OFF YOUR STUFF”(WHICH WE STILL TOTALLY WANT YOU TO DO, BTW),AND ADDED IN SOME OPTIONS FOR SHARING PARTS OF YOUR WORK THAT CHILDREN ARE VERY WELCOME TO ATTEND DEMICON 32. THE AUDIENCES RARELY OR NEVER GET TO SEE.EXPERIENCE A MASQUERADE/COSPLAY LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE DEMICON CHANNEL WILL HAVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING JUST FOR KIDS WITH FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS: AS WELL THOSE THAT ARE YOUNG AT HEART. MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE SELF PROGRAMMING AREA OF THE WEB SITE FOR COLORING AS 1. CLASSIC MAINSTAGE-STYLE SHOWCASE. THE MASQUERADE COSPLAY OUR USUAL JUST VIRTUAL. WELL AS OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT PARENTS AND CHILDREN CAN ENJOY TOGETHER. ALSO WE HAVE A CONTEST JUST FOR KIDS. MR. AND MRS.FOGG ARE BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THEIR 2.WORKS IN PROGRESS. WORKS ON A PROJECT THAT ISNʻT FINISHED YET… BUT STILL SUPER-EXCITED TO START ADVENTURES INTO CREATIVE MAYHEM ON THE DEMICON CHANNEL. THIS YEAR THE FOGG'S WILL HAVE TWO FUN- SHOWING IT OFF. FILLED EPISODES THAT WILL COME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTEST. ALL THE BOOKS SHOWN IN THE ACCOMPANYING VISUAL IMAGE NEED TO FIND WONDERFUL HOMES TO BE READ, LOVED AND ADMIRED. THERE WILL BE BOOK-RELATED 3. CONCEPT SKETCHES. IF YOUʻRE FAMILIAR WITH THE FAMOUS FUTURE FASHION FOLIO EVENT AT COSTUMECON, QUESTIONS DURING EACH OF THE TWO CREATIVE MAYHEM PROGRAMS ON THE DEMICON CHANNEL DURING DEMICON THEN YOUʻLL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WEʻRE SHOOTING FOR HERE. WITHIN THE SHOW ITSELF. THE FOGG'S INVITE YOU AND/OR YOUR PARENTS TO GO TO THE DMSFFS DISCORD SERVER (CREATIVE MAYHEM CHANNEL) AND WRITE IN YOUR ANSWERS. ALL THE BOOKS SHOWN ARE AVAILABLE TO 4. DOCUMENTATION PACKETS. DOCUMENTATION PACKETS CAN TAKE AS MUCH WORK AS THE COSTUMES WIN. ALL CORRECT ANSWERS WILL BE PUT INTO A RANDOM DRAWING FOR A BOOK. WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED THEMSELVES, AND YET ARE RARELY SEEN BY ANYONE OTHER THAN WORKMANSHIP JUDGES.AN ART FORM IN-AND-OF VIA DISCORD MESSENGER FOR CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT THE BOOK CAN BE SHIPPED TO ITS NEW HOME. THEMSELVES, NOW WE ARE OFFERING THE AUDIENCE A PEAK INTO THIS BEHIND THE SCENE ASPECT OF COSTUMING. WINNERS ARE LIMITED TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND MUST RESPOND VIA DISCORD MESSENGER WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE END OF THE CONTEST. REMAINING BOOKS WHICH ARE NOT CLAIMED WILL BE CONFISCATED MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS UNDER THE SAME HEADING BY THE SAME PARTICIPANT(S) ARE ACCEPTABLE, AND AN BY MR.FOGG AND GIVEN TO A LOCAL FREE LITTLE LIBRARY OF HIS CHOOSING. ENTRY CAN BE PRESENTED IN MORE THAN ONE OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES – FOR EXAMPLE, A WORK-IN-PROGRESS, A LAST TIME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING WILL BE NOON ON SUNDAY MAY 2, COMPLETED COSTUME SHOWCASE VIDEO, AND A DOCUMENTATION PACKET FOR THE SAME COSTUME ARE ALLOWED. 2021 CENTRAL TIME. MR. OR MRS.FOGG OR THEIR COUNTERPARTS WILL CONTACT THE WINNERS VIA DISCORD AWARDS, IF ANY, WILL BE GIVEN BASED ON THE TYPES AND AMOUNT OF SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED. MESSENGER THAT AFTERNOON FOR CONTACT INFORMATION. QUESTIONS?COMMENTS?JUST WANT TO CHAT ABOUT COSTUMES?WRITE TO [email protected], OR VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DEMICONMASQUERADEANDCOSPLAY

SWEDED MOVIE TRAILER CONTEST LIP SYNC COMPETITION -DISCORD CREATIVE MANGA/COMIC WRITING CONTEST THIS VIDEO CONTEST IS ABOUT HAVING IN THIS FUN AND ZANY COMPETITION, YOU WILL SUPPLY ALL THE VOICES FOR A SHORT ANIMATED CARTOON. THE FUN, TRYING SOMETHING NEW IN AN ACTUAL VOICES HAVE BEEN MOSTLY REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH BLANK AUDIO AND A SUBTITLE. READ THE SUBTITLE DEMICON 32IS TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THE ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT, AND BACK IN THE RHYTHM AND IN A SPECIFIC VOCAL STYLE FOR EACH CHARACTER. THE CARTOON IS A SHORTED FORM OF WRITING CONTEST THIS YEAR.IN KEEPING WITH OUR THEME OF EXPLORING CREATIVITY.IN OTHER WORDS, THE CLASSIC CARTOON “CHEESE BURGLAR” AND YOU WILL BE SUPPLYING THE VOICES OF THE THREE MAIN CHARACTERS: CELEBRATING THE VISUAL ARTS- ENTRIES THIS YEAR WILL INCLUDE NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!SO GET YOUR HERMAN- THE MOUSE (A SAVVY 40ʻS STYLE STREET MOUSE), ALONG WITH A HOUSE CAT AND A HOUSE DOG. THE VISUAL ELEMENTS TO CONVEY YOUR STORY AS WELL. CELL PHONES CHARGED UP AND START CAT AND THE DOG ARE FRIENDS AND ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE MOUSE AWAY FROM THE CHEESE IN THE ICEBOX. BE THIS IS NOT AN ART CONTEST. FILMING. FOREWARNED, THIS CLIP IS PG13AND INCLUDES THE SOCIAL NORMS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE 40ʻS SO THERE IS ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED ON HOW WELL THE VISUAL ELEMENTS IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHAT A SOME VIOLENCE, DRINKING ALONG WITH A BIT OF DARK HUMOR SO PARENTAL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTED. ARE INTEGRATED AND USED TO CONVEY THE CONCEPT.PARTICIPANTS SWEDED MOVIE TRAILER IS, “BE KIND TO ENTER THE COMPETITION, DOWNLOAD THE CARTOON FROM THE LIP SYNC FOLDER ON THE DMSFFS DISCORD CAN TELL THE STORY WITH PICTURES ONLY OR MAY ALSO INCLUDE REWIND” IS A GREAT MOVIE TO SEE FOR SERVER. PLAY THE CARTOON BACK STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CLIP ON YOUR COMPUTER AND RECORD TEXT OR ANY COMBINATION AS LONG AS THERE IS A STRONG VISUAL IDEAS.YOUTUBE IS ALSO A GOOD SOURCE YOURSELF SUPPLYING THE CARTOON VOICES POSSIBLY WITH YOUR PHONE. MAKE SURE AND CREATE THREE VOICES THAT COMPONENT. FOR SWEDED TRAILERS.GOOD LUCK ARE DISTINCT FROM EACH OTHER AND ALSO SEE IF YOU CAN MATCH THE LIP MOVEMENT OF THE CHARACTER TO WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN SUBMIT VISUAL ELEMENTS MADE DIGITALLY FILMMAKERS! YOU ARE SAYING. IT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE TRICKY- ESPECIALLY WITH THE VOCALIZATIONS. THE SUBTITLES WILL OR TRADITIONALLY.SUBMISSIONS MAY BE CREATED USING ANY APPEAR ABOUT 1/2TO 1/4 SECOND BEFORE THE START OF THE CHARACTERʻS NEXT DIALOGUE. BE AS WHIMSICAL DRAWING TOOLS OR SOFTWARE.IF CONTESTANTS CREATE WITH THE CHARACTER VOICES AS YOU WANT AS IT IS A CARTOON AFTER ALL. YOU MAY WANT TO PRACTICE A LITTLE SUBMISSIONS USING TRADITIONAL TOOLS, PLEASE SUBMIT A DIGITAL BEFORE RECORDING. SCAN OF THE ARTWORK. (PAPER SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ONCE YOU ARE THROUGH RECORDING, UPLOAD YOUR ENTRY TO THE DMSFFS DISCORD SERVER IN THE LIP SYNC ACCEPTED). FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME AS THE TITLE OF THE FILE. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. WINNERS WILL BE JUDGED FOR ENTRIES WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THE CHARACTERIZATION, CARTOON STYLE AND ABILITY TO SYNC WITH THE LIPS OF THE CARTOON CHARACTERS AND WILL BE JUDGING ARE ANNOUNCED. ANNOUNCED NEAR THE END OF DEMICON 32. THERE MAY EVEN BE PRIZES OR AT LEAST CERTIFICATES OR RIBBONS THE WINNING ENTRIES MAY BE USED IN PROMOTIONAL THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PICK UP AT THE NEXT DEMICON. MATERIALS FOR DEMICON AND THE DES MOINES SCIENCE FICTION THANKS FOR ENTERING THE LIP SYNC COMPETITION AND HAVE FUN TRYING OUT YOUR ZANY CARTOON VOICES. &FANTASY SOCIETY,INC.

BY ALISON JOHNSTUN DEMICON CHANNEL -YOUTUBE

THE DEMICON CHANNEL FOR ITS SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WILL MIGRATE FROM THE HOTEL'S CLOSE CIRCUIT TV VIDEO GAMES -DISCORD,VIDEO SYSTEM ONTO THE DMSFFS YOUTUBE CHANNEL WITH PREMIERE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION. THE DEMICON 32 BOARD GAMING -BOARDGAME AREA AND GAME, AND TWITCH DEMICON CHANNEL IS HOPING TO HAVE MORE PANELS AND READINGS FROM THE DEMICON GUESTS OF HONOR ALONG DISCORD WITH SOME SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY AUTHORS WHO WILL BE READING A CHAPTER OR TWO FROM THEIR LATEST VIDEO GAMES ARE BEING HOSTED WORKS. ALSO ON THE DEMICON CHANNEL WILL BE SHORTS FROM BOTH THE CONSUITE STAFF ALONG WITH KRIS DEMICON BOARD GAMING IS VIRTUAL THIS YEAR!JOIN YOUR THROUGH DEMICON THIS YEAR, BOTH FOR YOUR VIRTUAL BARTENDER, PERHAPS A COOKING SHOW USING THE DMSFFSCOOKBOOK , SOME TRANS-IOWA CANAL FELLOW DEMICON ATTENDEES ON BOARDGAMEARENA,STEAM, AND THOSE WHO ENJOY PLAYING AND THOSE COMPANY SHOW SEGMENTS AND MAYBE EVEN A VIRTUAL CON HOST OR TWO. MOBILE TO PLAY GAMES TOGETHER!PLEASE SEE THE PINNED POST IN WHO SIMPLY PREFER SPECTATING.THOSE MAKE SURE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE DMSFFS YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND RING THE BELL ICON TO BE NOTIFIED THE DMSFFS DISCORD CHANNEL #GAMER-ONLINE-NAMES TO FIND INTERESTED IN PLAYING IN A SCHEDULED WHEN PREMIERE EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE CHANNEL.THERE MIGHT EVEN BE ANOTHER HIDDEN CONTEST THIS YOUR FRIENDSʻ GAMER TAGS AND ADD YOUR OWN.DISCORD CHAT IS SESSION SHOULD SECURE THEIR OWN COPY YEAR, A CARTOON SHOW, A TAPED CONCERT OR TWO, REPORTS FROM THE FIELD OR EVEN A GUEST APPEARANCE BY USED SO YOU CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER WHILE PLAYING.VISIT OF THE PLANNED GAME THROUGH A GODZILLA.MAKE SURE AND SUBSCRIBE AND CHECK-IN OFTEN DURING THE WEEKEND.THE DEMICON CHANNEL DISCORD CHANNEL #GAMING-BOARDGAMES TO ORGANIZE PLAYS. VIRTUAL STOREFRONT, AND THEN CHECK IN MASTER WILL ALSO TRY AND POST A LIST OF ITEMS ON THE DEMICON WEB SITE BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK VARIOUS #GAMING ROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT AT OUR DISCORD ON THE #GAMING- OUT DUE TO LAST MINUTE SCHEDULE CHANGES. DEMICON.PLEASE SEE THE PINNED CHAT ROOM SCHEDULE IN OUR VIDEOGAMES CHANNEL.SPECIFICS ON IF YOU ARE A DMSFFSMEMBER OR SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY AUTHOR AND WOULD LIKE TO CREATE AN CHANNEL #GAMING-BOARDGAMES TO DETERMINE WHICH #GAMING PARTICIPATING WILL BE POSTED IN THE ITEM FOR THE DEMICON CHANNEL PLEASE CONTACT THE [email protected] TO GET FURTHER ROOMS ARE ASSIGNED AT A GIVEN TIME, OR TO RESERVE ONE FOR CHANNEL SHORTLY BEFORE THE PANELS INFORMATION. THE CHANNEL MASTER IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THIRTY MINUTE TO AN HOUR LONG ITEMS THAT CAN YOUR GROUP. START TIME.THOSE INTERESTED IN BEING BE PRESENTED JUST FOR THE WEEKEND ON THE DEMICON CHANNEL. BOARDGAME ARENA IS A FREE-TO-PLAY WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS AN AUDIENCE TO THE GAMES CAN ALSO BEFORE AND AFTER CHANNEL ITEMS, THE DEMICON CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE WILL ALSO SHOW ADVERTISING YOU TO PLAY A WIDE RANGE OF BOARDGAMES VIRTUALLY.THIS WILL VIEW THE ACTION DURING PLAY AT MAINLY FOR VENDORS IN THE VIRTUAL DC DEALERʻS ROOM.VENDORS CAN SEND THE CHANNEL MASTER BE ONE OF THE WAYS THIS WEEKEND THAT BOARDGAMES WILL BE WWW.TWITCH.TV/DMSFFS. ([email protected]) UP TO TWO OR THREE STANDARD IMAGES OR POWERPOINT SLIDES THAT CAN BE EXPERIENCED.TARA WILL HAVE A PANEL ON SATURDAY MORNING TO USED IN ADVERTISING SEGMENTS.LIMITED STANDARD FULL VIDEO ADVERTISING SPOTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR A SHOW YOU HOW TO SIGN UP FOR FREE ACCESS.YOU DO NOT NEED TO MINIMAL FEE- PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR CON VENDORS OR DMSFFS-RELATED BUSINESSES.CONTACT THE CHANNEL HAVE A PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP TO PLAY, AND IT ONLY TAKES ONE(1) ASTER FOR ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING INFORMATION M . PREMIUM MEMBER IN A GROUP TO SET UP ANY OF THE PREMIUM GAMES. WWW.BOARDGAMEARENA.COM

TRANS-IOWA CANAL COMPANY -YOUTUBE DEMICON 32LARP: CARTOON CHAOS CONUNDRUM!-ZOOM

IN 1980, THE TRANS-IOWA CANAL COMPANY WAS BORN OF A DESIRE TO A BEAR IS ABOUT TO STEAL A PIC-A-NIC BASKET, A BLUE-AND-YELLOW PROVIDE QUALITY FHANNISH ENTERTAINMENT AT MIDWESTERN SFCONVENTIONS. VAN PULLS UP TO A HAUNTED HOUSE, THE BIG GAME STARTS AT MONSTER HIGH LIKE MANY GREAT PROJECTS, THIS ONE TOOK A LITTLE BIT TO GET OFF THE GROUND. SCHOOL AND THEN CRIKEY— WE'RE ALL NEXT TO SKULL CASTLE? AND IS BUT ONCE IT GOT ROLLING, IT COULDN'T BE STOPPED.WITH OVER 100PERFORMANCES THAT MIFUNE MOTORS BEHIND THOSE KIDS WITH THE MONKEY?WHY IS THAT FROM THREE COMPANIES,TICCWAS A JUGGERNAUT.AS WE ENTERED 2020, TRUCK ASKING ABOUT ENERGON? PREPARING FOR OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY, THE SPIRIT OF TICCCOULD BE HEARD ALARPIS A LIVE-ACTION ROLEPLAY WHERE YOU GET TO PRETEND TO BE WHISPERING,"IAM INEVITABLE!" BUT THEN THE SPIRIT OF 2020SAID ,"IAM SOMEONE ELSE FOR A WHILE- IT CAN ACTUALLY BE QUITE FUN AND RELAXING. COVID!" SORT OF LIKE DRESSING UP FOR HALLOWEEN BUT WITHOUT THE COSTUME. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1981,THERE WOULD BE NO TICCPERFORMANCE, AT THIS LARPWILL BE DONE VIA ZOOM SO A LOCATION, AREA OR MAP WILL BE ANY VENUE, IN THAT YEAR.WRITERS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE.ACTORS DESCRIBED OR SHOWN TO YOU AND YOUR GROUP WILL GET TO INTERACT WITH WANDERED AIMLESSLY (SIX FEET APART). CHOREOGRAPHERS WERE LEFT ARRANGING THE ENVIRONMENT OR OTHER PLAYERS TO SOLVE A PUZZLE OR TO COMPETE IN DANCE NUMBERS FOR THEIR STUFFED ANIMALS.ADHERING TO STRICT PANDEMIC AN EVENT. GUIDELINES,TICCDID PRODUCE TWO SHORT FILMS FOR THE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT. IN THIS PARTICULAR LARPYOU 'LL SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF WHAT OR HOW BUT WHERE WAS THE ROAR OF THE CROWD?THE SOUND OF STAMPEDING FEET AS THE OR MAYBE EVEN WHY THESE CARTOON CHARACTERS WERE ALL BROUGHT AUDIENCE ESCAPED FOR THE PLEASURES OF THE CONSUITE?IT WAS A QUIET YEAR DOWN TOGETHER TO THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME.FIND YOUR WAY IN TICCVILLE, AS ALL THE LITTLE TICCSTERS WERE TUCKED INTO THEIR BEDS. BACK TO YOUR OWN CARTOON, OR MAKE FRIENDS AND FIND A BETTER CARTOON SO 2021CAN 'T BE AS BAD --CAN IT?HOPEFULLY NOT THE ENTIRE YEAR, BUT IN WHICH TO INHABIT.BUT FIRST YOU'LL HAVE TO SURVIVE - WHAT IS WAITING DEMICON WILL AGAIN BE VIRTUAL.BUT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE FOR YOU OUT THERE? ROCKET TEAM'S CAT?AHUNTER WITH A LISP?AN DIFFERENT.TICCIS PUTTING TOGETHER A MOVIE (LONGER THAN THE 48 HOUR FILM ATTACK BY VULTURE SQUADRON? PROJECT, SHORTER THAN AVENGERS:ENDGAME). WE ARE CONTINUING THE USE OF THIS IS A WACKY CARTOON ORIENTED LARPWHERE CHARACTERS WILL SAFETY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT IN 2022,WE CAN AGAIN BE IN FRONT OF A HAVE TO WORK TO SOLVE PUZZLES AND TO SURVIVE ON TO THE NEXT CHALLENGE O REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR THE ARTOON HAOS AND JOIN TERRIFIED, ER, ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.THIS FILM WILL BE STREAMED ON FRIDAY NIGHT, . S C C BY ALISON JOHNSTUN AS PART OF THE VIRTUAL DEMICON, 2021. FEEL FREE TO CHEER, LAUGH, AND WONDER TOONS FOR A FUN, MIXED WORLD ADVENTURE WHERE YOU WILL NEVER BE WHAT WERE WE THINKING.IF YOU'RE LOUD ENOUGH, WE'LL HEAR YOU IN DES MOINES. SURE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. SATURDAY SATURDAY

12PM-12:45PM:IOWA ATHEISTS AND 3PM-4PM:ICE CREAM SOCIAL CELEBRATING FREETHINKERS FAN TABLE -ROBERT COOK, RUSTY HEVELIN -BRING YOUR ICE CREAM OF CHOICE FRIDAY SATURDAY MODERATOR:MICHAEL PALMER,ZOOM 1 AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DEMCON HALL OF FAME MEMBER RUSTY HEVELIN.JOIN HIS BEST BUDS JOE 2:45PM-3:45PM: MAD LYRICS FILK -WHAT HAPPENS 9AM-10AM: DEMICON IN THE MORNING 12PM-2PM:ANIME JEOPARDY -SAMATHA AND GAY HALDEMAN WITH AMANDA ARTHUR-STRUSS WHEN YOU MIX THE MAD LIBS GAME WITH A BUNCH OF - IT'S DEMICON'S OWN MORNING SHOW! TUNE HACKETT,MODERATOR: CRAIG LEABHART,ZOOM 2 AS THEY REGALE STORIES AND HISTORY ABOUT HIS SINGERS?FIND OUT IN THIS UPROARIOUS AND INTERACTIVE IN AND START YOUR DAY RIGHT! AMANDA CONNECTION TO DEMICON.LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ACTIVITY. ROBERT UY,MODERATOR: SALLIE ABBA,ZOOM 1 ALEXANDER,ZOOM 1 12PM-1PM:KRAKEN NOT STIRRED (MUSIC), ZOOM AMAZING HEVELIN COLLECTION AS WELL. JOE 4 HALDEMAN,GAY HALDEMAN,MANDI ARTHUR-STRUSS 4PM-5PM:SWEDED MOVIE TRAILERS -COME SEE WHAT 10AM-12PM:MEET THE DEALERS - ZOOM 3 MOVIE TRAILERS OUR CREATIVE FILMMAKERS CAME UP WITH FOR MEET OUR DEALERS!DEMICON CAN'T EXIST 1PM-2PM:PIERRE PETTINGER READING -PIERRE THIS YEAR.THIS COMPETITION WAS JUDGED BEFORE THE WITHOUT THEM.BUY COOL STUFF AND BRING JOY PETTINGER,MODERATOR:AMANDA ALEXANDER,ZOOM 1 3:45PM-4:45PM:LETTIE PRELL READING CONVENTION BY A PANEL OF LOCAL EXPERTS, BUT COME VIEW ALL TO EVERYBODY. ROBERT COOK,MODERATOR: (AUTHOR GOH)-L ETTIE PRELL,MODERATOR: CRAIG THE FUN AND AMAZING ENTRIES AND VOTE FOR YOUR FAN AMANDA ALEXANDER ZOOM 2 1PM-2PM:RANDOM FRACTIONS (MUSIC), ZOOM 4 LEABHART,ZOOM 1 FAVORITE. ROBERT UY,MODERATOR: CRAIG LEABHART, ZOOM 1 SATURDAY 10AM-1PM:LARP: CARTOON 1:15PM-1:45PM:BOARD GAME ARENA -PANEL 3:45PM-5:45PM:REED ALEXANDER READING - CHAOS CONNUNDRUM -ABEAR IS ABOUT TO ON HOW TO CREATE A BOARDGAME ARENA ACCOUNT, WITH REED ALEXANDER READS FROM HIS FIRST PUBLISHED 5PM-6PM:HOW TO DEMICON - BRIEF WALK THROUGH OF STEAL A PIC-A-NIC BASKET, A BLUE-AND-YELLOW HELP FROM TARA. TARA NEWTON,MODERATOR: JUDY NOVELLA,IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN. REED DISCORD AND TO MAXIMIZE YOUR DEMICON WITH IT'S VIRTUAL VAN PULLS UP TO A HAUNTED HOUSE, THE BIG GAME ZAJEC,ZOOM 3 ALEXANDER,MODERATOR: SALLIE ABBA,ZOOM 2 FEATURES! NATE FARMER,ZOOM 2 STARTS AT MONSTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN CRIKEY— WE'RE ALL NEXT TO SKULL CASTLE? 2PM-2:45PM:DRAW CARTOON CHARACTERS - 4PM-5PM:CHESHIRE MOON (MUSIC), ZOOM 4 5PM-6PM:WHAT IS ANIME? -PANEL ABOUT HOW ANIME AND IS THAT MIFUNE MOTORS BEHIND THOSE DRAW SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTERS DIFFERS FROM OTHER ANIMATION & GENERAL THEMES. KIDS WITH THE MONKEY?WHY IS THAT TRUCK WITH THIS WORKSHOP. HAVE YOUR PAPER AND PENCIL OR 4:15PM-5:15PM:BASICS IN WATERCOLOR - SAMANTHA HACKETT,ZOOM 3 ASKING ABOUT ENERGON? MARKER READY FOR THIS STEP BY STEP DRAWING CLASS. ENJOY A RELAXING TIME AS WE EXPLORE WATERCOLOR. (A LARPIS A LIVE-ACTION ROLEPLAY WHERE KIDS CAN JOIN BUT PARENTS NEED TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. LEARN SOME BASICS AS WELL AS TALK AND PAINT ALONG. 7PM-8PM:OPENING CEREMONIES,ZOOM 1 YOU GET TO PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE ELSE FOR A MANDI ARTHUR-STRUSS,ZOOM 3 SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED: WATERCOLOR PAPER, WHILE- IT CAN ACTUALLY BE QUITE FUN AND WATERCOLOR PAINT (KID'S VERSION WILL WORK), A ROUND 9PM-10PM:HISTORY OF THE SMOOTH - YOU HAVE SEEN RELAXING.THIS IS A WACKY CARTOON ORIENTED 2PM-3PM:BETH KINDERMAN & THE PLAYER PAINTBRUSH,2SMALL CUPS OF WATER AND A PAPER TICCDO "THE SMOOTH," DURING PERFORMANCES, BUT WE LARPWHERE CHARACTERS WILL HAVE TO WORK CHARACTERS (MUSIC), ZOOM 4 TOWEL. IF YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITIES MASKING TAPE AND WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THIS TRADITION THAT TO SOLVE PUZZLES AND TO SURVIVE ON TO THE A BOARD (LIKE YOU FIND ON CLIP BOARDS) TO TAPE WAS STARTED BY WILSON "BOB"TUCKER. PLEASE JOIN US IN NEXT CHALLENGE.) JOE STRUSS,ZOOM 3 2PM-5PM:JACKBOX PARTY PACK - THE GAMES WATERCOLOR PAPER ON. MANDI ARTHUR-STRUSS, OUR DISCUSSION OF THIS FINE FANNISH TRADITION. SHERIL UNDER THE JACKBOX UMBRELLA ARE A SERIES OF PARTY ZOOM 3 BOGENREIF,MODERATOR: MANDI ARTHUR-STRUSS,ZOOM 1 10AM-11AM:POWERPUFF GIRLS - GAMES CENTERED AROUND PLAYER GENERATED IDEAS.THIS ANIMATION ADVENTURE, 1996, WATCH SPANS FROM TRIVIA, TO DRAWING, TO WHO CAN COME UP 5PM-6PM:DOCTOR WHO:THE EVERCHANGING 9PM-10PM:LITERARY BEER WITH AUTHOR GOH PARTY/DISCORD/HULU WITH THE WEIRDEST DEFINITIONS FOR WORDS.PLAYERS STORY -DISCUSSION OF THE LAST TWO SERIES OF THE LETTIE PRELL - FANS, WRITERS, LEND ME YOUR BEERS! SHOULD TUNE INTO OUR TWITCH CHANNEL SHOW. KATHRYN SULLIVAN,CORY HUG,MODERATOR: ACTUALLY, BYOBOR YOUR FAVE BEVERAGE AND JOIN AUTHOR 10AM-1PM: STARCRAFT 2 -ONE OF THE WWW.TWITCH.TV/DMSFFS TO VIEW THE GAME SCREEN AMANDA ALEXANDER,ZOOM 1 GOHLETTIE PRELL FOR INFORMAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HER, MOST PROMINENT TOP-DOWN, REAL-TIME DURING PLAY.ANY WATCHER CAN THEN JOIN IN THE FUN BY WRITING IN GENERAL, OR WHATEVER OTHER TOPICS COME UP. STRATEGY GAMES,STARCRAFT IS THE ONGOING GOING TO WWW.JACKBOX.TV IN ANOTHER BROWSER TO 5PM-6PM:MADISON MERTICULA ROBERTS LETTIE PRELL,MODERATOR: AMANDA ALEXANDER,ZOOM 2 BATTLE BETWEEN THE ARMIES OF SPACE.IN THIS SUBMIT RESPONSES AND VOTE ON VARIOUS RESULTS.A (MUSIC), ZOOM 4 SESSION, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE LOOSELY MATCHED WACKY TIME SHALL BE HAD BY ALL.TWITCH, 9PM-10PM:BRYAN BAKER (MUSIC), ZOOM 4 OFF INTO GAMES OF VARYING SIZES BASED ON 6PM-7PM:HORROR TROPES:GRAB THE PLOT EXPERIENCE, FOR THOSE FROM THE TOTALLY 2:30PM-3:30PM:GETTING PUBLISHED FOR KICKING AND SCREAMING -ADISCUSSION OF AWFUL 9PM-1AM:CLAYMORE -TVMA,FANTASY , MATURE INEXPERIENCED TO THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.WILL DUMMIES - A DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIES WITH SOME HORROR TROPES AND CLICHÉS TO AVOID. REED ALEXANDER, AUDIENCE, VIOLENT, 2007,WATCH PARTY/DISCORD/HULU YOUR ARMIES REIGN SUPREME?VIDEO GAME/ SAGE ADVICE THROWN IN FOR GETTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT RACHEL AUKES,MODERATOR: CRAIG LEABHART, DISCORD/TWITCH PUBLISHED. REED ALEXANDER,ADAM WHITLATCH, ZOOM 2 9PM-12AM:LEFT 4DEAD 2 -THE CLASSIC TEAM ZOMBIE MODERATOR: JUDY ZAJEC,ZOOM 1 SURVIVAL SHOOTER;IN THIS SESSION, WE'LL MATCHING OFF INTO SATURDAY 10AM-12PM:EVIL APPLES - 6PM-7PM:HOW TO READ LIKE A WRITER: TEAMS OF HUMAN SURVIVORS TO COMPETE AGAINST TEAMS OF A FILTHY AND HILARIOUS MOBILE GAME FROM THE 3PM-4PM:CWSMITH (MUSIC)ZOOM 4 READING TO GET INSPIRED TO WRITE -IN THIS SPECIALIZED INFECTED.LET THE DOUBLE-TAPPING COMMENCE. CREATORS OF EVIL MINDS AND DIRTY BIRDY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW TO VIDEO GAMING/DISCORD/TWITCH INSPIRED BY THE POPULAR PARTY GAME CARDS 3PM-5PM:VIOLET EVERGARDEN - TV 14/SLICE OF APPROACH READING BOOKS LIKE A WRITER, HOW TO BE AGAINST HUMANITY.PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE APP LIFE WATCH TELEPARTY/NETFLIX INSPIRED BY OTHER BOOKS AND HOW TO GENERATE AND 10PM-11PM:FAITHFUL SIDEKICKS (MUSIC), ZOOM 4 PRIOR TO GAMING.RATED 18+. BOARD DEVELOP THEIR OWN UNIQUE IDEAS. KATYA DE BECERRA, GAMING/DISCORD MODERATOR: AMANDA ALEXANDER ZOOM 3 SATURDAY SATURDAY Sunday DEMICON CHANNEL SCHEDULE

6PM-9PM:TEAM FORTRESS 2 -INSPIRING MANY A CLASS- 10PM-12AM:HORROR PANEL -JOIN THE 1:45PM-2:45PM:WIN LOSE OR DRAW -THE THE CURRENT SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. BASED SHOOTER SINCE ITS DEBUT, THIS GAME STILL HOLDS A SPECIAL FRIGHT CLUB AS THEY DISCUSS CLASSIC AND WHITE BOARD WILL BE OUT ON ZOOM TO BRING BACK REMINDER TO TREAT THE DEMICON CHANNEL LIKE A PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF SOME OF US HERE.IN THIS SESSION, WE'LL BE CURRENT HORROR MOVIES AS WELL AS TV THE VIRTUAL VERSION OF THIS ANNUAL TRADITION CONVENTION.MANY VIDEOS WILL BE DISAPPEARING SUNDAY RUNNING CLOSED MATCHES FOR OUR ATTENDEES.FOR THOSE PROGRAMS IN THE HORROR GENRE. ROBERT UY, FROM DEMICON.MANDI ARTHUR-STRUSS,ZOOM 1 EVENING.PLAN ACCORDINGLY. UNFAMILIAR BUT INTERESTED IN DIVING IN, TF2IS AVAILABLE FOR EDWIN DANE,MARCIE BRIGHTWELL,JOSH FREE ON THE STEAM STOREFRONT.VIDEO GAMING/DISCORD/TWITCH BERTOCKI,MODERATOR: MICHAEL PALMER, 2PM-4PM:LEAGUE OF LEGENDS -AN HERE IS A TASTE OF SOME OF THE ON-DEMAND ZOOM 1 INCREDIBLY POPULAR (IF HIGHLY SPECIFIC) GENRE OF PROGRAMMING YOU WILL FIND ON THE DEMICON CHANNEL. 6PM-9PM:TOKAIDO -JOIN TARA ON BOARDGAME ARENA GAME,LEAGUE OF LEGENDS IS ONE THE MOST POPULAR AND TRAVEL THE ANCIENT TOKAIDO ROAD IN JAPAN.PASS THROUGH MOBAS CURRENTLY PLAYED.TAKE THE ROLE OF ONE • DMSFFSPRESIDENT DC32 WELCOME THE MAGNIFICENT COUNTRYSIDE, TASTE DELICIOUS CULINARY OF SEVERAL CHAMPION CHARACTERS IN THIS TOP- • DEMICON CHANNEL INTRODUCTION SPECIALTIES, PURCHASE SOUVENIRS, BENEFIT FROM THE VIRTUES OF HOT Sunday DOWN, POINT AND CLICK ACTION GAME.USE YOUR • DC32DEALER ADVERTISING SPRINGS, AND HAVE UNFORGETTABLE ENCOUNTERS.TARA DESCRIBES CHARACTER'S STRENGTHS TO HELP PUSH THE VARIOUS • KICKSTARTER GAMES WITH SALLIE FROM ZOOM PANEL 10AM-11AM:BASICS OF COLLECTING TOKAIDO AS THE MOST CUT-THROAT ZEN GAME YOU WILL EVER PLAY! FRONTS OF AISOLDIERS IN THEIR TUG-OF-WAR EFFORTS FROM WINTER SACC ANIMATION CELS -JOE STRUSS,ZOOM 3 ROOM FOR FIVE (5)PLAYERS TOTAL.BOARD GAMING/BOARD GAME TO ADVANCE ON THE ENEMY'S BASE.IN THIS SESSION, • HOW TO DRAW A MONSTER WITH MANDI ARENA/DISCORD PLAYERS WILL BE SPLITTING UP INTO TEAMS OF UP TO • NAME THAT ANIMATED CHARACTER WITH MANDI AM PM HAT AND RAFT OIN US 10 -12 :C C -J FIVE TO COMPETE EITHER AGAINST EACH OTHER OR • ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE WITH MANDI 6:15PM-7:45PM:CHARITY AUCTION. MANDI ARTHUR- IN CHATTING AND CRAFTING.JUDY ZAJEC, AGAINST OTHERS ONLINE (DETERMINED BY • AUKES AUTHOR READING STRUSS,JUDY ZAJEC,JANE ZAJEC,ZOOM 1 ZOOM 2 PARTICIPANTS). AS WITH SOME OTHER GAMES AT • ORIGAMI BOOKMARKS WITH SALLIE DEMICON THIS YEAR, THIS ONE CAN BE OBTAINED FOR • CONSUITE COOKING -RAMEN AM PM TEVEN NIVERSE FAMILY 7PM-11PM:COWBOY BEBOP - TV 14/SPACE BOUNTY 10 -12 :S U - FREE ON THE RIOT GAMES STOREFRONT.VIDEO • TRANS-IOWA CANAL COMPANY PRESENTS SECRET HUNTERS, VIOLENCE, MATURE THEMES, 1998, WATCH PARTY/ COMEDY, 2014, WATCH PARTY/DISCORD/HULU GAMING/DISCORD/TWITCH PROJECT 32 TELEPARTY/NETFLIX • COCKTAILS WITH TOASTMASTER SUSAN AM PM 11:15 -12:15 : DMSFFS 3PM-4PM:CLOSING CEREMONIES -ZOOM 1 • CONSUITE HISTORY - MARTINI WARS HOSTED BY EETING ANDI RTHUR TRUSS OOM 7:15PM-8:15PM:TABLETOP GAMING THE COVID M -M A -S ,Z 3 MANDI YEARS AND BEYOND -ADISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOST EFFECTIVE • AUTHOR KATYA DE BECERRA READS FROM "WHAT THE PM PM PPEAL OF ORTAL WAYS TO RUN A TABLETOP GAME SUCH AS DND VIRTUALLY, AND WHAT 12 -1 :A P WOODS KEEP" ANTASIES TORIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE CHANGES TO THE SCHEDULE TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO DO SO. EDWIN DANE,TOM THOMAS, F -S • BRASSGEARS PRESENTS URANUS STRIKES BACK! MODERATOR: MICHAEL PALMER,ZOOM 2 TRANSPORTED TO OTHER WORLDS, PARALLEL • ORCKES &TROLLES RECORDED LIVE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE TO THE WEBSITE DURING DIMENSIONS OR INTO VIRTUAL GAMES ARE • DISPATCHES FROM THE FIELD WITH TOASTMASTER SUSAN THE WEEKEND WILL THE TIME OF THE UPDATE AND ON 7:15PM-8:15PM:ARTIST GOH ALISON JOHNSTUN -LIVE BECOMING POPULAR AGAIN.WHAT ARE THE APPEAL • CONSUITE HISTORY -SOUP HOSTED BY MANDI THE CHANGES-TO-ONLINE SCHEDULE DISCORD CHANNEL SKETCH PANNEL WITH ARTIST GUEST OF HONOR ALISON JOHNSTUN! OF THOSE GENRE VERSUS SECONDARY WORLD • DWELLINGS OF ELDERDALE PANEL FORM WINTER SACC WHAT WAS CHANGED. JOIN US TO LEARN A BIT ABOUT ALISON AND HER ART, AND WATCH AS FANTASIES? KATHRYN SULLIVAN,MODERATOR: WITH SALLIE SHE WALKS US THROUGH SKETCHING DRAGONS!ALISON JOHNSTUN, SHERIL BOGENREIF,ZOOM 1 • CREATIVE MAYHEM 3-ANIMATION WITH MANDI MODERATOR: SALLIE ABBA,ZOOM 4 AND JOE AM PM AKENOKO OIN ARA ON 1 -1 :T -J T • DOODLES INCLUDING STAR TREK DOODLES WITH MANDI 8:15PM-9:15PM:LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES IN SCIENCE BOARDGAME ARENA AND PLAY TAKENOKO • FAN TABLE DAGOBAHWITH SUSAN FICTION AND FANTASY -APANEL ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OF (‘BAMBOO SHOOTSʻ),WHERE YOU WILL HAVE FUN • CONSUITE COOKING -SCOOBY SNACKS WITH MANDI LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES IN SFFAND HORROR.WHAT ARE SOME OF GROWING BAMBOO AND FEEDING THE GIANT PANDA. • CREATIVE MAYHEM 2-CODES WITH MANDI AND JOE YOUR FAVORITES? KATHRYN SULLIVAN,MODERATOR: SHERIL CAN YOU COMPLETE THE MOST QUESTS AND EARN • CONSUITE HISTORY -RUSTY WITH MANDI THE EMPERORʻS FAVOR?ROOM FOR FOUR(4) BOGENREIF,ZOOM 1 THANK YOU TO … • WEB COMICS PANEL WITH JESSICA FROM SUMMER PLAYERS TOTAL.BOARD GAMING/BOARD GAME SACC ARENA/DISCORD 8:30PM-9:30PM:RACHEL AUKES READING -RACHEL ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED DMSFFS • CREATING A PHANTOM BUSTLE WORKSHOP WITH IVY AUKES,MODERATOR: JUDY ZAJEC,ZOOM 3 THROUGH THIS UNIQUE TIME OF A PANDEMIC. IT FROM SUMMER SACC 1PM-2PM:ART STYLES OF ANIME -ABOUT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO ALL OF US. • FINGER PAINTING A QUASAR WITH MANDI 9PM-10PM:TALK BOOKS WITH DAGOBAH -ROUND ROBIN THE DIFFERENT ARTISTIC STYES SEEN IN THE ANIME • PATTERNS OUT OF PRINT PANEL WITH IVY FROM GENRE AND WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE IN TO THE CHATTING ABOUT BOOKS. SUSAN LEABHART,MODERATOR: CRAIG SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR GUESTS OF HONOR AND SUMMER SACC WORLD. SAMANTHA HACKETT,ZOOM 2 LEABHART.ZOOM 2 TOASTMASTERS. • MASQUERADE/COSPLAY WITH JEANNETTE • TAROT -HIEROPHANT TEMPERANCE PRESENTATION WITH 1PM-2PM:BOOK TALK -WHAT ARE YOU 9:30PM-12AM:AMONG US -WEREWOLF, IN, SPAAACE. ADDITIONAL THANKS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT JEANNETTE READING?COME SHARE AND HEAR WHAT BOOKS AMONG USIS A DECEPTION BASED GAME THAT IS HOT FOR A REASON HEADS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN FLEXIBLE • DEMICON CHANNEL CLOSING PREMIERES OUR PANEL OF AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING OF RIGHT NOW.IN THIS SESSION, WE'LL BE RUNNING VARIOUS MATCHES IN CREATING A VIRTUAL CONVENTION WITH ALL THE LATE. RACHEL AUKES,LETTIE PRELL,ADAM AS PLAYER COUNT DICTATES.GRAB SOME FRIENDS AND TRY CONVINCE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING WILL BE AVAILABLE.FOR TIME OF THEM YOU ARE TRYING TO STAB THEM IN THE BACK.VIDEO GAMING/ WHITLATCH,MODERATOR: AMANDA PREMIERES CHECK THE SCHEDULE AT DEMICON.ORG. DISCORD/TWITCH ALEXANDER,ZOOM 3