Apr 4, 2008 - Barry Malzberg Cancellation - We regret to announce that Barry Malzberg will not be appearing at I-CON 27.

Apr 4, 2008 - Jon Rosenberg and Steven Cloud will not be appearing - Due to circumstances beyond our control, Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Cloud are unable to appear at I-CON 27.

Mar 28, 2008 - Conrad Brooks Cancellation - Due to circumstances beyond our control, Conrad "The Gielgud of Bad Movies" Brooks will not be appearing at I-CON.

Mar 27, 2008 - Rocky Horror Picture Show! - It's a contest! You can be a mad scientist, biker zombie, or suburban housewife losing her inhibitions. Win fabulous prizes!

Mar 18, 2008 - RepRap Demo Cancelled - We regret to announce that RepRap.org's Zach Smith will be unable to attend I-CON. The RepRap demonstration has been canceled.

Mar 16, 2008 - BattleStar Galactica Season Premiere! - Come see the season premiere of the hit series on a big screen, with 700 of your closest friends. Win BSG DVD sets!

Mar 9, 2008 - GM Signup - Interested in running an RPG? Sign up to be a GM.

Mar 9, 2008 - Awards Banquet - Tickets are now available online for the Awards Banquet. This event is held each year honoring guests for outstanding achievements in their field or genre. This year, the Awards Banquet will be held at the Holiday Inn Ronkonkoma on Saturday April 5, 2008 starting at 5:30pm. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit the Awards Banquet page

Mar 9, 2008 - Cosplay Competition - This I-CON 27 Cosplay Competition is now open to all types of cosplay, not just anime! Registration closes March 28, so hurry over to the Anime page to register online!

News Archive

Confirmed Guests:

Betsy Palmer Films Special Guest	Podshock Dr. Who Podcast	Alexia Anastasio Actress, Director, Editor, Designer, Festival Director
Keith Crocker Independent Filmmaker and Publisher	Penny Dreadful Witch, Actress, Horror Film Hostess	Paul Ehlers Artist and actor
Will Hutchins Actor	Anthony Ingoglia Actor	Professor Kinema Cinema Historian
Francis Leik Festival Coordinator, Long Island Film Festival	Keith Matturro Independent Filmmaker and Publisher	Kevin Sean Michaels Artist, Actor, Filmmaker, Producer
Debbie Rochon Actress, Producer, Director, Writer	Clive Young

I-CON is pleased to announce that we will showing the BattleStar Galactica Season Premiere on Friday night at 10pm! Come watch the show with us and 700 of your closest friends in our large lecture hall on a 15' projection screen. The SciFi Channel has graciously given us Season 1 and Season 2 BattleStar Galactica Box sets, which we will be awarding as door prizes after the showing. There will be a discussion panel on the show afterwards.

• ZEPPO: SINNERS FROM BEYOND THE MOON (2008) - by Eric Butts and Jerry Williams
• BACK ISSUES (2008) - by Jonathan Perra
• SALOME - by Alexia Anastasio
• LOST SUBURBIA - by Sean King
• PASTICHE OF THE DEAD - by Jonathan S Kui
• HELLRAISER: PROPHECY - by Jonathan S Kui
• DEMONS TO OTHERS: The Making of HELLRAISER: PROPHECY - by Jonathan S Kui
• G.I. JOE: BATTLE FOR THE SERPENT STONE
• LIVING DEAD LOCKUP - by Mario Xavier
• LIVING DEAD LOCKUP 2: MARCH OF THE DEAD - by Mario Xavier
• BLITZKREIG: ESCAPE FROM STALAG 69 - by Keith J Crocker
• MADMAN - by Joe Gianone
• VAMPIRA; THE MOVIE - by Kevin Sean Michaels
• DINNER FOR TWO - by Steve Strangio
• MY DATE WITH A ZOMBIE - by Steve Strangio
• CHERRY ORCHARD - by RN Millward
• GRAVE PERIL - by RN Millward
• THE HELLRAISER CHRONICLES: A QUESTION OF FAITH - by RN Millward
• HELLBENT: A HELLRAISER CHRONICLE - by Geoff Harmer
• A COLD SUMMER - by Geoff Harmer
• HI HONEY - by Geoff Harmer
• ONE WOMAN SHOW - by Oben Aras
• DARK PRACTICE - by Christopher Parker
• HEY, YOU'VE GOT ZOMBIES IN YOUR BACK YARD (2007) by Greg Hanson
• PRETTY (2007) by Victor Banacore

• A BOY AND HIS DOG (1975) by LQ Jones, based on the novella by Harlan Ellison
• THE LAST UNICORN (1982) by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr, based on the novel by Peter S Beagle
- PLUS -
• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA (2007)
• STARDUST (2007)
• PAN'S LABYRINTH (2007)
• 300 (2007)
• TRANSFORMERS (2007)
• I AM LEGEND (2007)
• FROZEN ALIVE
• MESA OF LOST WOMEN
• THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
• NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
• THE MANSTER
• COSMOS: WAR OF THE PLANETS
• THE DAY THE SKY EXPLODED
• WILD WOMEN OF WONGO
• WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND
• THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE
• THE PHANTOM PLANET
• KILLERS FROM SPACE
• UNKNOWN WORLD
• LADY FRANKENSTEIN
• MADMAN
• THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN
• THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS
• VAMPIRA: THE MOVIE
• BRIDE OF THE GORILLA
• VOYAGE TO THE PLANET OF PREHISTORIC WOMEN
• SHADOW OF CHINATOWN
• THE END OF THE WORLD
• MACISTE IN HELL
• MISTRESS OF ATLANTIS
• THE LAST MIMSY

      





  

Our panels this year include:

• Jason Vorhees' Mom - a talk with Betsy Palmer
• Get Mad with MADMAN - A talk with Madman Mars himself; Paul Ehlers
• Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera with Clive Young
• (Mis)adventures in Low (read, 'No') Budget Filmmaking
• Getting your low budget film project started
• Adventures with a B Movie maven - a talk with Debbie Rochon
• Shock Theatre Remembered
• Before Shock Theatre - Remembering Vampira
• Chiller, Night Fright, Haunted Hollywood, Nightmare Theatre - After Shock Theatre
• Penny Dreadful - Horror Hostessing in the 21st Century
• Guilty Pleasures - An open forum on movies we like, good or bad

• Previews with Bob Greenberger
• Ghoul A-Go-Go

Vintage Japanese Osamu Tezuka Cartoons Rarities from the early 60s

Astro Boy

The famous b/w cartoon that follows the adventures of a small robot created in the image of a scientist dead son and the adventures he gets into on his quest to discover his humanity as he saves the world from criminals, aliens and assorted monsters.

The Amazing 3

This b/w lost rarity tells the story of three alien patrolmen who come to earth after Galactic Control determines that humanity is too dangerous and warlike to exist and give the 3 instructions to study humans for a year and judge if they should be allowed to live or be destroyed by their powerful "solar bomb".

To accomplish their mission they assume the guise of 3 animals so they can move among mankind unnoticed; Captain Bonnie their commander becomes a rabbit, Corporal Ronnie their engineer becomes a horse and Lieutenant Zero a malcontent who did not want to come on the mission becomes a duck. Accompanying them is their friend Kenny a human boy who saved their lives when their flying saucer first lands on earth.

Kimba

Kimba is one of the earliest imported color cartoons and follows the saga of Kimba the White Lion as he journeys back to Africa to recapture his father Caesar's kingdom. After being born onboard the boat carrying his mother to a zoo, he escapes when the boat sinks and returns to Africa, there he meets Caesar's old friends Bucky Deer and Pauley Cracker the parrot, who are led by old Dan'l Baboon. Together they try to help Kimba realize his place as the young Prince, but Kimba is impressed by human civilization and he wants to create a similar animal civilization where animals will not have to prey on each other and can grow food on farms so they can all live in peace.

Marine Boy

Another early color import that showcases the many adventures of Marine Boy the son of a famous scientist and member of Ocean Patrol Headquarters who are responsible for making the oceans of the world safe. The main patrol boat, the P1 is led by Marine Boy and 2 crew members: Piper and Bolton. His main weapon is a sonic boomerang that he keeps in a pouch on his arm, and he moves through the water as fast as the marine life with propeller shoes. He can breath underwater by chewing "oxygum". His other friends are Splasher, a white dolphin, and Neptina, a mermaid, and together they help him in his adventures, saving the oceans from trouble.

Star Maidens

The US Premiere of the 1976 RARE Cult favorite "Star Maidens" starring actors Judy Geeson, Christiane Kruger, Pierre Brice and Gareth Thomas who many Sci Fi fans know was Blake in Terry Nation's Blake's 7.

This show has never before been seen in the US and was an instant cult favorite soon after it was made. It questioned in a fun way the stereotypical roles men and women have in society when the planet Medusa, an advanced society run by women, gets caught in our solar system and the culture shock that follows.

Doctor Who

Also back this year are some fantastic Doctor Who Recons from the people at Loose Cannon.

A nice selection of several reconstructions of the missing stories of the early Doctors, William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, will be shown at selected times this I-CON, so check the schedule.